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the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
October 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.
New book day!!! Can't wait to dig in to the new book by the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social 🎉
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New book day!!! Can't wait to dig in to the new book by the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social 🎉
Sitting at a local coffee shop where weirdly I'm the only one here, it took half an hour to make a latte, most of the lights are off, and the barista playing a playlist of Phoebe Bridgers Christmas songs on repeat. Either she's trippin'or I'm going to get murdered right? Or am I trippin'? 😅
September 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sitting at a local coffee shop where weirdly I'm the only one here, it took half an hour to make a latte, most of the lights are off, and the barista playing a playlist of Phoebe Bridgers Christmas songs on repeat. Either she's trippin'or I'm going to get murdered right? Or am I trippin'? 😅
Not to be a dick, but sometimes people should feel imposter syndrome.
It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!
It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not to be a dick, but sometimes people should feel imposter syndrome.
It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!
It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!
Or, rather than relying on the largess of rich individuals, how about the rich pay their share of taxes so we can fund social programs to help each other and publicly fund elections so we can get money out of politics.
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Or, rather than relying on the largess of rich individuals, how about the rich pay their share of taxes so we can fund social programs to help each other and publicly fund elections so we can get money out of politics.
"Hot" take:
Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist.
Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅
Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist.
Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅
June 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Hot" take:
Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist.
Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅
Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist.
Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅
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EVs are here to save the car companies, not our liveable planet. A freeway packed full with single occupancy electric cars is still a freeway packed full of cars. Fund the bus. Build more trains. Ride your bike. Cars are the least efficient way to move people in a city.
June 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
EVs are here to save the car companies, not our liveable planet. A freeway packed full with single occupancy electric cars is still a freeway packed full of cars. Fund the bus. Build more trains. Ride your bike. Cars are the least efficient way to move people in a city.
Maybe 🔥 take: On the web CSS is how a design system is created; not sketches in figma. If your're a web designer, you need to design in the language of the web.
May 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Maybe 🔥 take: On the web CSS is how a design system is created; not sketches in figma. If your're a web designer, you need to design in the language of the web.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
May 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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This is horrific. 😔
UPDATE: IMPD says a young child who was riding in a bike trailer was killed when a driver ran a red light at State Avenue and Raymond Street Wednesday night.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
IMPD: Child in bike trailer killed, 2 hurt when speeding driver runs red light on Indy's southeast side
The child was riding in a bike trailer behind the bicycle, which was being ridden by their father, who was critically injured.
www.wthr.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is horrific. 😔
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Stop child murder! Ban cars.
UPDATE: IMPD says a young child who was riding in a bike trailer was killed when a driver ran a red light at State Avenue and Raymond Street Wednesday night.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
IMPD: Child in bike trailer killed, 2 hurt when speeding driver runs red light on Indy's southeast side
The child was riding in a bike trailer behind the bicycle, which was being ridden by their father, who was critically injured.
www.wthr.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Stop child murder! Ban cars.
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terrible, and also entirely predictable. this has been an issue for years now and no one with power has done a single thing about it
UPDATE: IMPD says a young child who was riding in a bike trailer was killed when a driver ran a red light at State Avenue and Raymond Street Wednesday night.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
The child's father, who was riding the bicycle, and the driver of another car that was struck were critically injured in the crash.
IMPD: Child in bike trailer killed, 2 hurt when speeding driver runs red light on Indy's southeast side
The child was riding in a bike trailer behind the bicycle, which was being ridden by their father, who was critically injured.
www.wthr.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
terrible, and also entirely predictable. this has been an issue for years now and no one with power has done a single thing about it
I was riding my bike home tonight and apparently a bug fell into my shirt pocket, got smashed, and now somehow left a bloodstain on the front of my shirt 🤔 Not a hazard I knew to watch out for 😅
April 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I was riding my bike home tonight and apparently a bug fell into my shirt pocket, got smashed, and now somehow left a bloodstain on the front of my shirt 🤔 Not a hazard I knew to watch out for 😅
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Also interesting: "These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving" - a comparison of data on fatal crashes and crime on transit versus roadways www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving
The rates of fatal crashes and crime are both lower on public transportation than on roadways
www.scientificamerican.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Also interesting: "These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving" - a comparison of data on fatal crashes and crime on transit versus roadways www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
(via @theoverheadwire.com)
Well....... Fuck.
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Well....... Fuck.
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States like Georgia are taking a critical look at their drivers education programs — but some say the whole concept of driver's ed deserves scrutiny.
Does Driver’s Ed Really Make Roads Safer? — Streetsblog USA
States like Georgia are taking a critical look at their drivers education programs — but some say the whole concept of driver's ed deserves scrutiny.
buff.ly
April 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
States like Georgia are taking a critical look at their drivers education programs — but some say the whole concept of driver's ed deserves scrutiny.
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As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
April 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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"Space used to be a frontier for human exploration, a fount of innovation, and a symbol of a bright, uncertain and expansive future. Now it is a background for the Instagram selfies of the rich and narcissistic."
No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes
No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes
The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan
The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"Space used to be a frontier for human exploration, a fount of innovation, and a symbol of a bright, uncertain and expansive future. Now it is a background for the Instagram selfies of the rich and narcissistic."
No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes
No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes
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Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard
April 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com
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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
"Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..."
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
Wearing even just mid-range menswear is such a life-hack! I spent around $30 at thrift stores (dark brown leather brogues, basic tan slacks, houndstooth shirt, unstructured navy corduroy jacket with patch pockets) and I've received TWO compliments from people in the course of my day ❤️ Nice boost :-)
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Wearing even just mid-range menswear is such a life-hack! I spent around $30 at thrift stores (dark brown leather brogues, basic tan slacks, houndstooth shirt, unstructured navy corduroy jacket with patch pockets) and I've received TWO compliments from people in the course of my day ❤️ Nice boost :-)