Skooter
@penguinstorm.bsky.social
Hiding out in the big city blinking
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. One of our volunteers @margiesanderson.bsky.social spent the morning postering locations where pedestrians have been killed this year in Vancouver alone.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. One of our volunteers @margiesanderson.bsky.social spent the morning postering locations where pedestrians have been killed this year in Vancouver alone.
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Pretty obvious answer is they become elected officials.
Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
grist.org/video/parasi...
#Nature #Science #Parasites #Health
grist.org/video/parasi...
#Nature #Science #Parasites #Health
Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Climate change is affecting parasites, but not in the way you might expect.
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pretty obvious answer is they become elected officials.
Arguably AI has already revolutionized the creative world (but not all revolution is positive) www.creativebloq.com/design/adver...
Hilarious graphic shows how bad the Coca-Cola Christmas ad really is
Real Magic?
www.creativebloq.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Arguably AI has already revolutionized the creative world (but not all revolution is positive) www.creativebloq.com/design/adver...
Sentient Cheeto 101: hurt the poor people long enough that people forget. It’s evil.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP
The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sentient Cheeto 101: hurt the poor people long enough that people forget. It’s evil.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
Building is the wrong tense. This is built.
When ICE stormed through Santa Ana, CA, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system.
Recordings obtained by @propublica.org captured the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. / Story by @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Recordings obtained by @propublica.org captured the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. / Story by @davidmcswane.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Building is the wrong tense. This is built.
Del Toro’s #Frankenstein is visually stunning with a cliche script that feels like it was cured for length so many times it now serves as a rationale to show stylish clips filmed in some form of sequence. A major disappointment, honestly.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Del Toro’s #Frankenstein is visually stunning with a cliche script that feels like it was cured for length so many times it now serves as a rationale to show stylish clips filmed in some form of sequence. A major disappointment, honestly.
The Weekly Wrap: Stop painting Alberta as the villain of Canada
thehub.ca
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Why Typefaces matter (and Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica remains one of the coolest movies ever)
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
Why fonts matter more than ever in 2025
We talk to type foundry Monotype about its fascinating new typography report.
www.creativebloq.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Why Typefaces matter (and Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica remains one of the coolest movies ever)
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
Cycling is cool, yo. www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Cycling is cool, yo. www.economist.com/internationa...
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#FYI
"According to an online obituary, Alexandra Amaro, 23, was fatally struck by two vehicles outside Dufferin Mall on Dec. 2. She is being remembered as a kind and intelligent young woman who was studying to be a journalist."
h/t @cycletoronto.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"According to an online obituary, Alexandra Amaro, 23, was fatally struck by two vehicles outside Dufferin Mall on Dec. 2. She is being remembered as a kind and intelligent young woman who was studying to be a journalist."
h/t @cycletoronto.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#FYI
"According to an online obituary, Alexandra Amaro, 23, was fatally struck by two vehicles outside Dufferin Mall on Dec. 2. She is being remembered as a kind and intelligent young woman who was studying to be a journalist."
h/t @cycletoronto.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"According to an online obituary, Alexandra Amaro, 23, was fatally struck by two vehicles outside Dufferin Mall on Dec. 2. She is being remembered as a kind and intelligent young woman who was studying to be a journalist."
h/t @cycletoronto.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
My ability to concentrate diminished as I spent more time on my phone. So I started to log and learn every new word I came across, and felt my brain begin to flex
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
Jane Fonda is a hero www.salon.com/2025/10/05/h...
Hollywood fights back again, Jane Fonda revives Committee for the First Amendment - Salon.com
Jane Fonda revives of father’s McCarthy-era free speech coalition, warn of government efforts to silence dissent
www.salon.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Jane Fonda is a hero www.salon.com/2025/10/05/h...
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This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
Suck it, Yankees. In general, and baseball specifically. #okbluejays #bessbollbinberryberrygoodtome
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Suck it, Yankees. In general, and baseball specifically. #okbluejays #bessbollbinberryberrygoodtome
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Drug trials are supposed to be overseen by independent watchdogs. But the ethics and safety of many trials are vetted by companies with private-equity backing and corporate ties to drugmakers, posing conflicts of interest, a New York Times investigation found.
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Drug trials are supposed to be overseen by independent watchdogs. But the ethics and safety of many trials are vetted by companies with private-equity backing and corporate ties to drugmakers, posing conflicts of interest, a New York Times investigation found.
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This, but just about every definition, is fascism. The only question now is whether everyone lets it continue. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed some years ago that fascism is quite hard to define. It is not an ideology, she said. “I think it is a method,
www.thestar.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This, but just about every definition, is fascism. The only question now is whether everyone lets it continue. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Car drivers kill people quite frequently, and more often cause serious injury and harm. It’s rarely taken seriously.
This kind of misogyny and sense of entitlement starts early and the fact that no one involved did anything about the clear red flags is disturbing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Car drivers kill people quite frequently, and more often cause serious injury and harm. It’s rarely taken seriously.
Yeah, this is a functional country. I mean, this is normal now.
Los Angeles City Hall was evacuated on Friday during a tense two-hour standoff between the police and a motorist who drove his car onto the sidewalk outside the building and barricaded himself inside the vehicle.
Man Drives Car Onto Sidewalk Outside L.A. City Hall, Barricading Himself Inside
A man in a vehicle displaying a handwritten sign referring to President Trump refused to exit his car as the authorities shut down surrounding streets. The man was taken into custody.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yeah, this is a functional country. I mean, this is normal now.
Larry Campbell did nothing in his time as mayor of Vancouver to improved the city. Nothing. Why trust him now? apple.news/AP55X7RXHQqe...
B.C.’s former chief coroner Larry Campbell takes on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – again — The Globe and Mail
Campbell has been assigned a six-month contract to ‘drive forward solutions’ in the community hard-hit by the overdose crisis
apple.news
October 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Larry Campbell did nothing in his time as mayor of Vancouver to improved the city. Nothing. Why trust him now? apple.news/AP55X7RXHQqe...