JTerno
@jterno.bsky.social
Just some dude trying to make the world a better place for everyone.
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Like the CDC, the FDA has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now siding with the diseases.
Doesn’t help that the NYT is helping these assholes to launder their disinformation.
Appointing RFK Jr & his cronies has been an unmitigated public health disaster that may take decades to fix
Doesn’t help that the NYT is helping these assholes to launder their disinformation.
Appointing RFK Jr & his cronies has been an unmitigated public health disaster that may take decades to fix
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Like the CDC, the FDA has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now siding with the diseases.
Doesn’t help that the NYT is helping these assholes to launder their disinformation.
Appointing RFK Jr & his cronies has been an unmitigated public health disaster that may take decades to fix
Doesn’t help that the NYT is helping these assholes to launder their disinformation.
Appointing RFK Jr & his cronies has been an unmitigated public health disaster that may take decades to fix
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November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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"Vehicle bloat is real, driven by lifestyle and marketing, even though the size of cargo beds has not grown." -Shawn Micallef www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: This truck ad shows why Toronto needs smaller vehicles — if only the carmakers wanted to sell them
A car comically overloaded with plywood? It’s a good ad for a pickup — but also a sign of the incredible amount of money, weight and energy being wasted on
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Vehicle bloat is real, driven by lifestyle and marketing, even though the size of cargo beds has not grown." -Shawn Micallef www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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“Transit expansion is the climate solution that is also a cost-of-living solution.” – Denis Agar, quoted in a HUB Cycling press release in response to CleanBC.
Read more:
Read more:
Media Release: CleanBC Review directs government to cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation direction | HUB Cycling: Bike Events, Education, Action in Metro Vancouver
The newly released independent CleanBC Review shows how implementing the existing CleanBC plan would improve affordability, health, and safety.“Protecting children and future generations from climate disasters can make life better and more affordable now,” said Eric Doherty, BC Climate Emergency Campaign transportation working group lead. “The Review points out that improving public transit, walking, rolling and cycling makes life more affordable, while also reducing carbon pollution.”
bikehub.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“Transit expansion is the climate solution that is also a cost-of-living solution.” – Denis Agar, quoted in a HUB Cycling press release in response to CleanBC.
Read more:
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This is how the Netherlands handles road closures - cars have to divert (in one direction) but families on bikes are provided with a temporary cycleway during the works
November 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is how the Netherlands handles road closures - cars have to divert (in one direction) but families on bikes are provided with a temporary cycleway during the works
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
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I just want to point out that she pushed him and had this great line:
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I just want to point out that she pushed him and had this great line:
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
Gerson: “What I thought was really interesting about that column: at no point did you stop to consider whether or not America was a country worth joining.”
Douthat: “I did not.”
Gerson: “Which is a very American thing to do.”
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The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
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Still holds true.
![Advertising poster promoting cycling for transport featuring four people in a row on bikes. At the top the text says, "You'd be better on a bicycle", and then in a bubble it says "Still [emphasized with big, red, italicized letters] the cheapest, handiest, healthiest way of getting about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreihcp247ahol26isqxpjmh54kczqp6ieyycvhakzjug6ysgeqndpb4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Still holds true.
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In the Netherlands, over 40% of rail passengers arrive by bike. Since 2012 the country has invested €400m+ to add 200,000 new bike parking spaces at stations. The result? More rail use, fewer car trips, lower congestion and emissions, better public health - and far more efficient use of urban space.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In the Netherlands, over 40% of rail passengers arrive by bike. Since 2012 the country has invested €400m+ to add 200,000 new bike parking spaces at stations. The result? More rail use, fewer car trips, lower congestion and emissions, better public health - and far more efficient use of urban space.
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That tracks. If you own a single-family house, work remotely, and have access to delivery, leaving your house at all requires a proactive choice.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
And if you have a car, you could go literally months without interacting with anyone who isn’t in your household or being paid to interact with you.
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Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
A crossing guard dies in Hamilton, Ontario, due to regulatory failure and bad design
Meanwhile, in London, the government says, "safe vehicles save lives."
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great post on how our unsafe trucks (they’d never be allowed in Europe) kill so many pedestrians, and how our governments and companies do almost nothing about it despite endless safety theatre.
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
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Wife (29 weeks pregnant): We need some groceries.
Me: Ok, I'll go pick them up.
Wife: No, I'll do it, I need the bike ride.
Bikes are therapeutic for most things in life. 😉
Me: Ok, I'll go pick them up.
Wife: No, I'll do it, I need the bike ride.
Bikes are therapeutic for most things in life. 😉
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wife (29 weeks pregnant): We need some groceries.
Me: Ok, I'll go pick them up.
Wife: No, I'll do it, I need the bike ride.
Bikes are therapeutic for most things in life. 😉
Me: Ok, I'll go pick them up.
Wife: No, I'll do it, I need the bike ride.
Bikes are therapeutic for most things in life. 😉
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“If you want to attract tourists, you need an attractive city,” she said. “Nobody’s going to sit and have a coffee in a parking lot.” @davidzippel.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
On the French Riviera, Street Reforms Come From the Right
Politically conservative Côte d’Azur cities like Cannes and Nice have embraced pedestrianization, car bans and bike lanes. That’s a departure from global norms.
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“If you want to attract tourists, you need an attractive city,” she said. “Nobody’s going to sit and have a coffee in a parking lot.” @davidzippel.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Cargo bikes are great because you can pick up bonus kids!
Today I got to bring @jamesthe500.bsky.social ‘s awesome kiddos (+ my 7yo) on our bike.
The speed bumps we went over on the route resulted in many giggles.
Riding together in a cargo bike is a great way for kids to make friends.
🚲 ❤️
Today I got to bring @jamesthe500.bsky.social ‘s awesome kiddos (+ my 7yo) on our bike.
The speed bumps we went over on the route resulted in many giggles.
Riding together in a cargo bike is a great way for kids to make friends.
🚲 ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Cargo bikes are great because you can pick up bonus kids!
Today I got to bring @jamesthe500.bsky.social ‘s awesome kiddos (+ my 7yo) on our bike.
The speed bumps we went over on the route resulted in many giggles.
Riding together in a cargo bike is a great way for kids to make friends.
🚲 ❤️
Today I got to bring @jamesthe500.bsky.social ‘s awesome kiddos (+ my 7yo) on our bike.
The speed bumps we went over on the route resulted in many giggles.
Riding together in a cargo bike is a great way for kids to make friends.
🚲 ❤️
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WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
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It's amazing to see all of the positive downstream outcomes of investing into public transit. Reduced congestion, lower emissions, quieter and safer streets, improved access to jobs, there's just so many reasons to make our transit better, everyone benefits!
#Ottawa #PublicTransit
#Ottawa #PublicTransit
@strongtownsottawa.ca Inspiring story about free transit in Iowa City of all places!
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's amazing to see all of the positive downstream outcomes of investing into public transit. Reduced congestion, lower emissions, quieter and safer streets, improved access to jobs, there's just so many reasons to make our transit better, everyone benefits!
#Ottawa #PublicTransit
#Ottawa #PublicTransit
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This is the same extortion tactic used back in March of 2025, which led to many Ukrainian civilian deaths and saw Russia mysteriously gain enhanced precision strike capabilities for a brief period of time.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is the same extortion tactic used back in March of 2025, which led to many Ukrainian civilian deaths and saw Russia mysteriously gain enhanced precision strike capabilities for a brief period of time.
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The criminal US Trump regime is threatening to halt all weapons supplies and intelligence sharing with Ukraine if Kyiv does not sign the “Surrender to Russia and disarm while giving Trump billions of dollars “Peace Plan”” by November 27th.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The criminal US Trump regime is threatening to halt all weapons supplies and intelligence sharing with Ukraine if Kyiv does not sign the “Surrender to Russia and disarm while giving Trump billions of dollars “Peace Plan”” by November 27th.