@neelblair.bsky.social
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
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You can watch here:
BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
You can watch here:
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She Tracked Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On. Then She Was Fired From NOAA.
She Tracked Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On. Then She Was Fired From NOAA.
Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
She Tracked Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On. Then She Was Fired From NOAA.
“There is no aspect of my life that is not motivated by absolute terror. That propelled almost every decision. It propels many decisions at this company.”
“I wake up every morning and think ‘I’m fucked.’”
This is what tech leaders say on the record.
These are not stable geniuses.
“I wake up every morning and think ‘I’m fucked.’”
This is what tech leaders say on the record.
These are not stable geniuses.
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“There is no aspect of my life that is not motivated by absolute terror. That propelled almost every decision. It propels many decisions at this company.”
“I wake up every morning and think ‘I’m fucked.’”
This is what tech leaders say on the record.
These are not stable geniuses.
“I wake up every morning and think ‘I’m fucked.’”
This is what tech leaders say on the record.
These are not stable geniuses.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
You kill someone with your car and it's clearly your fault, you lose your license and car. Temporarily at a minimum.
Manslaughter is functionally decriminalized in much of the United States if you do it with a nice car.
She was in crosswalk.
He was taking a fuqen left turn.
And:
He was taking a fuqen left turn.
And:
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You kill someone with your car and it's clearly your fault, you lose your license and car. Temporarily at a minimum.
10/10 post.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
10/10 post.
Many things can be true at the same time.
1. People who are not neurotypical deserve full lives
2. Being atypical has pluses and minuses
3. If a leader displays atypical behavior, it is TOTALLY FAIR to question their fitness for leadership
4. Good at earning money ≠ good at leading societal change
1. People who are not neurotypical deserve full lives
2. Being atypical has pluses and minuses
3. If a leader displays atypical behavior, it is TOTALLY FAIR to question their fitness for leadership
4. Good at earning money ≠ good at leading societal change
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Many things can be true at the same time.
1. People who are not neurotypical deserve full lives
2. Being atypical has pluses and minuses
3. If a leader displays atypical behavior, it is TOTALLY FAIR to question their fitness for leadership
4. Good at earning money ≠ good at leading societal change
1. People who are not neurotypical deserve full lives
2. Being atypical has pluses and minuses
3. If a leader displays atypical behavior, it is TOTALLY FAIR to question their fitness for leadership
4. Good at earning money ≠ good at leading societal change
FIFA has ruined the World Cup. It's time to blow it up and start over. Not hyperbole. This organization is beyond parody and beyond corrupt.
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
FIFA has ruined the World Cup. It's time to blow it up and start over. Not hyperbole. This organization is beyond parody and beyond corrupt.
Florida's economy would crater if the true facts of climate risk were part of every home sale. So they'll never do it. Hope buyers wise up before too many more life-savings are drowned and washed away.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Florida's economy would crater if the true facts of climate risk were part of every home sale. So they'll never do it. Hope buyers wise up before too many more life-savings are drowned and washed away.
Everyone knows what's happening and it's bullshit. Cut this shit out and block all congress people from trading stocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Everyone knows what's happening and it's bullshit. Cut this shit out and block all congress people from trading stocks.
Imagine a city that makes flats like this illegal to build in the majority of the city, and allows them mostly on the most car choked, polluted, loud streets.
Then imagine thousands of people in that same city saying there's nothing that can really be done about housing affordability or quality.
Then imagine thousands of people in that same city saying there's nothing that can really be done about housing affordability or quality.
Imagine aging in place in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine raising kids in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine being a kid growing up in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine being anyone living in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine raising kids in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine being a kid growing up in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Imagine being anyone living in a flat like this in a walkable community.
Bless this plex.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Imagine a city that makes flats like this illegal to build in the majority of the city, and allows them mostly on the most car choked, polluted, loud streets.
Then imagine thousands of people in that same city saying there's nothing that can really be done about housing affordability or quality.
Then imagine thousands of people in that same city saying there's nothing that can really be done about housing affordability or quality.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona
In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong? What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...
citylabbcn.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
Reading about the sad end of Columbia City Funeral
Home and realizing the owners’ comment is literally a fill-in-the-blank for Seattle
We warped supply and demand for generations with exclusionary zoning and now this is broadly true for hundreds of businesses in Seattle.
Home and realizing the owners’ comment is literally a fill-in-the-blank for Seattle
We warped supply and demand for generations with exclusionary zoning and now this is broadly true for hundreds of businesses in Seattle.
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reading about the sad end of Columbia City Funeral
Home and realizing the owners’ comment is literally a fill-in-the-blank for Seattle
We warped supply and demand for generations with exclusionary zoning and now this is broadly true for hundreds of businesses in Seattle.
Home and realizing the owners’ comment is literally a fill-in-the-blank for Seattle
We warped supply and demand for generations with exclusionary zoning and now this is broadly true for hundreds of businesses in Seattle.
@jrock08.bsky.social - imagine rollin up to Seattle street fixers with one of these!
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
@jrock08.bsky.social - imagine rollin up to Seattle street fixers with one of these!
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
We are all the product and they don't give a shit about us unless we are paying them or giving away our attention and lives so they can get paid.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We are all the product and they don't give a shit about us unless we are paying them or giving away our attention and lives so they can get paid.
If you haven't read "Winners Take All" by @anandwrites.bsky.social you should, but if you don't want to read a whole book - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
If you haven't read "Winners Take All" by @anandwrites.bsky.social you should, but if you don't want to read a whole book - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Sometimes when I’m just moving through my neighborhood, I notice the level of every day destruction that cars cause that we just accept as normal. Bent fence posts, knocked over signs, curbs crumbling because they’ve been repeatedly run over…
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sometimes when I’m just moving through my neighborhood, I notice the level of every day destruction that cars cause that we just accept as normal. Bent fence posts, knocked over signs, curbs crumbling because they’ve been repeatedly run over…
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
It is exceptionally important that @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social end up with a highly competent, effective, and mission-focused team in key areas of city government.
There will be very difficult revenue and tax-related decisions that need to be made to make her agenda work.
There will be very difficult revenue and tax-related decisions that need to be made to make her agenda work.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is exceptionally important that @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social end up with a highly competent, effective, and mission-focused team in key areas of city government.
There will be very difficult revenue and tax-related decisions that need to be made to make her agenda work.
There will be very difficult revenue and tax-related decisions that need to be made to make her agenda work.