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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
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In the Times today there’s an op-ed saying that childless women may have legitimate “private” reasons for declining to give birth. But one reason I have is not private but explicitly political: I want my life to serve as a rebuke to the notion that childbearing is women’s highest or truest calling.
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In the Times today there’s an op-ed saying that childless women may have legitimate “private” reasons for declining to give birth. But one reason I have is not private but explicitly political: I want my life to serve as a rebuke to the notion that childbearing is women’s highest or truest calling.
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COYOTE put together some tips and resources that will always be free to access www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-can-...
What We Can Do About ICE
ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
COYOTE put together some tips and resources that will always be free to access www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-can-...
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Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.
A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
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U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a woman on Saturday morning in Brighton Park marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month, the @chicago.suntimes.com reports
Federal agents shoot woman they say 'boxed in' authorities in Brighton Park
Authorities were on patrol when they were "rammed by 10 cars," according to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security. One of the drivers "was armed with a semi-automatic weapon," prompting...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a woman on Saturday morning in Brighton Park marking the second shooting since President Donald Trump’s administration launched an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the area last month, the @chicago.suntimes.com reports
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Please read and share and consider becoming a paid subscriber. I depend on the generosity of my readers to continue to do this work as my opportunities within mainstream media get smaller and smaller. <3 burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
What Would Trans Compromise Even Look Like? (The Right Won't Accept It)
Conservatives and complicit centrists have obliterated every trans compromise position, so I don't know what we're supposed to do now.
How would you react if I said that puberty blockers were once th...
burns-notice.ghost.io
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.
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the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
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(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
(Person who destroyed homeless peoples belongings with a smile on their face) political violence is bad
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Abolish ICE.
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Abolish ICE.
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
Abolish "A.i."
No arms for genocide.
Protect trans kids.
Shut down the concentration camps.
Abolish tariffs.
Fire RFK, Jr.
Boycott Avelo & Tesla.
Delete Twitter.
No crypto.
Care over punishment.
Vote Mamdani.
Primary every do-nothing D.
Protect vaccines and SSRIs.
No fascism.
#NoKings
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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
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Every single person who thinks a trans person should just pipe down until we restore democracy is, in my view, an enemy of democracy.
I’m not doing it.
I’m not doing it.
August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Every single person who thinks a trans person should just pipe down until we restore democracy is, in my view, an enemy of democracy.
I’m not doing it.
I’m not doing it.
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And if targeting trans people and the unhoused is somehow a "purity test" for you, then what the fuck are you actually fighting for and against?
I'm serious: If the literal things our enemies are doing are not bad enough for you to say "hey maybe this guy isn't actually on my side," then *What Is*?
I'm serious: If the literal things our enemies are doing are not bad enough for you to say "hey maybe this guy isn't actually on my side," then *What Is*?
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
And if targeting trans people and the unhoused is somehow a "purity test" for you, then what the fuck are you actually fighting for and against?
I'm serious: If the literal things our enemies are doing are not bad enough for you to say "hey maybe this guy isn't actually on my side," then *What Is*?
I'm serious: If the literal things our enemies are doing are not bad enough for you to say "hey maybe this guy isn't actually on my side," then *What Is*?
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I'm going to be honing the set of muscles that allows me to gleefully imagine throwing Gavin Newsom in front of this administration like a grenade, but also being very very clear that I do not like grenades or want grenades to run for president.
Not everyone on this battlefield gets to be a hero.
Not everyone on this battlefield gets to be a hero.
August 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm going to be honing the set of muscles that allows me to gleefully imagine throwing Gavin Newsom in front of this administration like a grenade, but also being very very clear that I do not like grenades or want grenades to run for president.
Not everyone on this battlefield gets to be a hero.
Not everyone on this battlefield gets to be a hero.
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Reports indicate plans to occupy other US cities. We need Congress to act now if we are going to stop US troops from being spread throughout the country.
act.sojo.net/page/86796/a...
act.sojo.net/page/86796/a...
End the occupation in the District of Columbia!
We demand Congress act to preserve democracy!
Tell Congress to end the occupation of the District of Columbia!
We need Congress to act now! End the occupation in the District of Columbia!
act.sojo.net
August 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reports indicate plans to occupy other US cities. We need Congress to act now if we are going to stop US troops from being spread throughout the country.
act.sojo.net/page/86796/a...
act.sojo.net/page/86796/a...
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HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
heatmap.news
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
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That they overturned Roe and immediately the media started a nationwide moral panic over “male loneliness” has got to be one of the least subtle moments in the long history of antifeminist backlash.
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That they overturned Roe and immediately the media started a nationwide moral panic over “male loneliness” has got to be one of the least subtle moments in the long history of antifeminist backlash.
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Tell the State Department to free Chris Smalls and other US citizens on board the Handala which was on a mission of mercy to Gaza.
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tell the State Department to free Chris Smalls and other US citizens on board the Handala which was on a mission of mercy to Gaza.
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
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I don’t want to ask CoPilot, I am making a Word document. I don’t want to search with Meta AI, I want to search Instagram. Leave me alone
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I don’t want to ask CoPilot, I am making a Word document. I don’t want to search with Meta AI, I want to search Instagram. Leave me alone
Facebook is censoring this article.
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Facebook is censoring this article.
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"I received your missive of Thursday last with the greatest of gratitude, as my brave compatriots and I have now waited five hours for the orders to approach a moderately busy intersection in the shopping district of a mid-sized American city."
A Letter to Home from a Weary ICE Agent
Dearest Beloved, I received your missive of Thursday last with the greatest of gratitude, as I and my brave compatriots have five hours now awaited...
buff.ly
June 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"I received your missive of Thursday last with the greatest of gratitude, as my brave compatriots and I have now waited five hours for the orders to approach a moderately busy intersection in the shopping district of a mid-sized American city."
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There's nothing to do but make jokes. What else is there to say, other than:
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
June 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
There's nothing to do but make jokes. What else is there to say, other than:
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.