@nickjuliano.bsky.social
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I know, I know, tons of folks grew up in suburbs so have come to believe "that's just what people want." Fish/water etc.
But we really, actually outlawed urban growth in the ~ 1960s thru '80s and mandated suburbanization.
that is not the same as "what people want." It is "all that's on offer."
But we really, actually outlawed urban growth in the ~ 1960s thru '80s and mandated suburbanization.
that is not the same as "what people want." It is "all that's on offer."
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I know, I know, tons of folks grew up in suburbs so have come to believe "that's just what people want." Fish/water etc.
But we really, actually outlawed urban growth in the ~ 1960s thru '80s and mandated suburbanization.
that is not the same as "what people want." It is "all that's on offer."
But we really, actually outlawed urban growth in the ~ 1960s thru '80s and mandated suburbanization.
that is not the same as "what people want." It is "all that's on offer."
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perhaps instead of cowering under a blanket labeled "health care," democrats should respond and advance on the issues that move people. this, of course, would require a foundation of conviction and principle, which may be asking too much of the party's leadership and strategists.
After Volatile Summer, Trump’s Approval Remains Low but Stable, Poll Finds
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
perhaps instead of cowering under a blanket labeled "health care," democrats should respond and advance on the issues that move people. this, of course, would require a foundation of conviction and principle, which may be asking too much of the party's leadership and strategists.
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One of the way they are making us less safe in DC is initiating police chases and causing crashes: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One of the way they are making us less safe in DC is initiating police chases and causing crashes: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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When e-bike/e-scooter rentals descended upon cities, politicians argued for speed governors on safety grounds, and in a number of cases forced companies to install them. That may have been the right call! But it highlights the obvious absurdity of allowing cars in cities without them.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
August 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When e-bike/e-scooter rentals descended upon cities, politicians argued for speed governors on safety grounds, and in a number of cases forced companies to install them. That may have been the right call! But it highlights the obvious absurdity of allowing cars in cities without them.
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firefox even does this for you
July 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
firefox even does this for you
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
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Trump’s latest climate rollback makes it all but official: The US is giving up on trying to stop the planet’s warming.
In some ways, the effort has barely started.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
In some ways, the effort has barely started.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Trump is trying to kill the US climate effort. It was already in trouble.
Court rulings and the two Trump administrations have repeatedly derailed regulators' attempts to forestall rising temperatures, while scientists' warnings grow more dire.
www.politico.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump’s latest climate rollback makes it all but official: The US is giving up on trying to stop the planet’s warming.
In some ways, the effort has barely started.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
In some ways, the effort has barely started.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Once again thinking about how the great untold story of our age is the nexus of PR professionals and conservative activists and how and why some people are able to consistently get sympathetic stories into the newspaper and others aren't bsky.app/profile/ajba...
I have to see those nasty little child beating natalist weirdos every two months and their big convention had like 200 people total
I think there's a lot of truth to this but it's also really important to observe that right wing protests do not have this problem. Even very small groups of right wing activists get widespread press attention (because the press likes Republicans and wants to help them)
June 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Once again thinking about how the great untold story of our age is the nexus of PR professionals and conservative activists and how and why some people are able to consistently get sympathetic stories into the newspaper and others aren't bsky.app/profile/ajba...
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The 2-3 cops on regular traffic patrol are nailing this stuff, but yes, this is as blatant as brandishing a pistol in a crowd. Anyone who does this should be treated as a homicidal maniac.
May 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The 2-3 cops on regular traffic patrol are nailing this stuff, but yes, this is as blatant as brandishing a pistol in a crowd. Anyone who does this should be treated as a homicidal maniac.
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Dude, a DC bartender might be in charge of making our war plans against Iran right now
How many dc bartenders likely know the detailed plans for invading Iran? Possibly written on a cocktail napkin?
April 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dude, a DC bartender might be in charge of making our war plans against Iran right now
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one other way to think of this is that it is a massive program of upwards redistribution to wealthy business owners who can skimp on worker, consumer and environmental safety to juice profits for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
one other way to think of this is that it is a massive program of upwards redistribution to wealthy business owners who can skimp on worker, consumer and environmental safety to juice profits for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
April 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
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Good. This isn't rhetoric or hyperbole: On the current trajectory there is simply no way the United States survives a full Trump term as any kind of recognizable liberal democracy. Thinking about how to beat him in 2028 is a waste of time; it will be too late by then.
It seems clear we are seeing the beginnings of a sustained mass protest movement to oust Trump.
April 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Good. This isn't rhetoric or hyperbole: On the current trajectory there is simply no way the United States survives a full Trump term as any kind of recognizable liberal democracy. Thinking about how to beat him in 2028 is a waste of time; it will be too late by then.
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We pay taxes to fund this essential work. We have a right to it. This administration is stealing from us.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Layoffs have begun at US health agencies charged with tracking disease, conducting research, regulating food and drugs.
April 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We pay taxes to fund this essential work. We have a right to it. This administration is stealing from us.
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There’s nothing patriotic about interfering with Americans’ freedom to read. End. Stop. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
Trump Administration Moves to Shutter Library Agency (Gift Article)
The staff of the independent Institute of Museum and Library Services, the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries, were put on leave.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
There’s nothing patriotic about interfering with Americans’ freedom to read. End. Stop. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...
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one thing i hate about the modern era is that in order to understand what is happening you have to read a whole bunch of total nonsense
again, online lunacy is dictating great swathes of federal policy bsky.app/profile/theo...
anyway, this is Curtis Yarvin talking expressly about the motivation underlying the Trump Pentagon's shift to drone-centric warfare: they want a cryptographically verifiable thousand-year reich which excludes the possibility of popular revolt or democracy forever.
March 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
one thing i hate about the modern era is that in order to understand what is happening you have to read a whole bunch of total nonsense
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Solidarity with all the IMLS staff today.
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Solidarity with all the IMLS staff today.
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Silicon Valley guys casting government employees as lazy, parasitic, and malevolent seems like a giant case of projection imo
March 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Silicon Valley guys casting government employees as lazy, parasitic, and malevolent seems like a giant case of projection imo
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Second note: The statute states that only the DD for Libraries and the DD for Museums can serve as Acting Director. So how the fuck is Keith Sonderling all of a sudden the Acting Director? IMLS leadership refused to illegally terminate their workforce & now the T admin is just breaking the law.
March 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Second note: The statute states that only the DD for Libraries and the DD for Museums can serve as Acting Director. So how the fuck is Keith Sonderling all of a sudden the Acting Director? IMLS leadership refused to illegally terminate their workforce & now the T admin is just breaking the law.
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NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
March 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — Keith Sonderling, Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Labor, has been named the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an agency source tells me. He’ll arrive tomorrow at their office with DOGE and their security detail.
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The first Trump administration felt like it was full of 1960s Batman villains who’d use a flock of birds to steal a bank shaped like a giant ceramic pig. The second Trump administration feels like it’s full of 1980s Batman villains who’d break into your home and shoot your daughter to make a point.
March 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The first Trump administration felt like it was full of 1960s Batman villains who’d use a flock of birds to steal a bank shaped like a giant ceramic pig. The second Trump administration feels like it’s full of 1980s Batman villains who’d break into your home and shoot your daughter to make a point.
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The librarians, who are really good at organizing things, are mobilizing against Trump’s effort to delete the agency supporting libraries and museums in all 50 states.
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The librarians, who are really good at organizing things, are mobilizing against Trump’s effort to delete the agency supporting libraries and museums in all 50 states.