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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14h

At least as a freelancer, I can enjoy more of my money now since you won’t be withhold--

Really?

You need me to complete a W-2?

Doesn’t that basically make me your employee?

An employee without any health insurance benefits or PTO?

Well, thank god for my day rate.

Excuse me?

I Am a Freelancer (In the Lack-of-Gigs Economy)

Thanks for reaching out. Yes, I’m interested in your one-week project, which you’ve described as a “sprint”—a fun euphemism for seven days of sheer...

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 3h

The average Democratic Congress Critter in America is probably to the right of a member of Germanys CDU on healthcare, climate change, and housing.

Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 3h

It’s important to realize that while the GOP went full fascist, there was a concerted, relentless, and obscenely well-funded campaign to pull the Dems to the Right.

They became the conservative party and the project isn’t even close to being finished.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 3h

It’s important to realize that while the GOP went full fascist, there was a concerted, relentless, and obscenely well-funded campaign to pull the Dems to the Right.

They became the conservative party and the project isn’t even close to being finished.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 8h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 3d

i love when i overthink a problem so profoundly that i actually do uncover something new at the bottom that puts me at ease. it wasn't an anxiety spiral, i was simply swirling down towards the answer-hole

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 1d

It was in real life too

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 1d

We need woke back so I can do standup about the trans woman who tried to convince me that the guy who stalked me wasn't why I had PTSD, it's because I was actually trans, without that starting a pogram. My problem was with a different dick!

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
"Australia doesn’t just excel at big renewables and big batteries. Four million homes produce rooftop solar; a few weeks ago, those households temporarily supplied 55% of demand on the National Electricity Market, Westerman said."

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 2d

Yep!

Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 2d

Better things are possible

A bicycle street with broad raised sidewalks and outdoor dining

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 2d

Garfield endorses walkable neighborhoods.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 3d

One of my biggest fears is that I will arrive in Portland once and simply refuse to leave

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 7d

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 8d

the paradox of sprawl

Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 8d

This place is both the most hostile to car ownership and most necessary place to own a car I've ever been

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 8d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 8d

This place is both the most hostile to car ownership and most necessary place to own a car I've ever been

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 8d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

One-third of Angelenos do not drive

Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

www.torched.la

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

I really need to visit New England in my 30s

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

The lyrics on this album are consistently bad.

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

My insane take: Actually Romantic is about the Gaylors after the first few lyrics

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 12d

TELL MAX MARTIN THANK YOU EVERYBODY

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."