We don't need the measles vaccine—nobody even gets measles anymore!

> Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_S...

Hmm, gonna hafta look up IPA again and try.

Wow! Was it closer to “Sealth,” as in the high school in—ahem—Seattle?

Huh! TIL:

> Three formats are common: microfilm (reels), microfiche (flat sheets), and aperture cards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform

Wait, isn't microfiche just French microfilm?

21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!

Thirtyish?! Had to double-check that I'm not older than JDV.

Sounds like he oughta be the whip. Or is there a spot for a consigliere?

I don't want to kink-shame Tony, but what he's watching might not be what we normally call a “TV drama” ...

The War on Cars called it “car brain,” but Dr. Ian Walker et al coined “motonormativity” and have some research on it.

thewaroncars.org/episode-99-c...

psyarxiv.com/egnmj

It's probably a serious tech challenge to make this reliable, ubiquitous, and secure. But surely not impossible.

You keep describing the current system and asking people if they want that as a consequence to some different system.

Not only are regular people experiencing these things, we are already paying more than every other country on earth to do it.

So much of it gets hidden, get it out in the open.

Oh no! What if they made it illegal to break the law?!

The Matrix, but the robots are aliens

@jasonkoebler.bsky.social Mistaken link? “have” in “who have reported on the problem” links to “Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History”