B Bugle
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Luxembourg. USA. Just starting here.
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NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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policy via some Time magazine headlines you saw in 1982, which as far as you know was ten years ago
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
policy via some Time magazine headlines you saw in 1982, which as far as you know was ten years ago
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This is inspired by the Irish tradition of putting a candle in the window on Christmas Eve, a sign to the needy of an open door & food on the table. Then exploring in the 2nd stanza how a once hospitable nation has become less welcoming to strangers
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#IrelandisNOTFull
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#IrelandisNOTFull
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is inspired by the Irish tradition of putting a candle in the window on Christmas Eve, a sign to the needy of an open door & food on the table. Then exploring in the 2nd stanza how a once hospitable nation has become less welcoming to strangers
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#IrelandisNOTFull
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#IrelandisNOTFull
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the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
the fact that there is free parking at all in manhattan is wild to me
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Don't forget a reason for the season!!
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don't forget a reason for the season!!
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Maybe Australian? Maybe just fever-dreamed.
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Maybe Australian? Maybe just fever-dreamed.
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More on the deliberate betrayal of professional norms at the hands of the most privileged academics.
Senior academics organizing these conferences laid the groundwork for this denial of service attack, creating explicit policies to welcome LLM-generated "papers", to normalize LLM-generated "reviews", and partnered with tech companies in PR/lobbying campaigns.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
More on the deliberate betrayal of professional norms at the hands of the most privileged academics.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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Three of the most rebellious things a woman in 1900 could do in one photo: smoke cigarettes, wear bloomers above the knee, and ride a bicycle
Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes
ca. 1900
Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes
ca. 1900
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Three of the most rebellious things a woman in 1900 could do in one photo: smoke cigarettes, wear bloomers above the knee, and ride a bicycle
Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes
ca. 1900
Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes
ca. 1900
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🛑 Is this the future of Europe’s town centres?
Massive 🇺🇸 pick-up trucks are already squeezing onto our streets. But EU-US trade talks could open the floodgates.
Here’s why "Mutual Recognition" is a disaster for road safety. 🧵
youtube.com/watch?v=ckc_gEiNMyY&feature=youtu.be
Massive 🇺🇸 pick-up trucks are already squeezing onto our streets. But EU-US trade talks could open the floodgates.
Here’s why "Mutual Recognition" is a disaster for road safety. 🧵
youtube.com/watch?v=ckc_gEiNMyY&feature=youtu.be
Dutch television reports on the threat from US vehicles in the EU-US trade deal
YouTube video by European Transport Safety Council
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🛑 Is this the future of Europe’s town centres?
Massive 🇺🇸 pick-up trucks are already squeezing onto our streets. But EU-US trade talks could open the floodgates.
Here’s why "Mutual Recognition" is a disaster for road safety. 🧵
youtube.com/watch?v=ckc_gEiNMyY&feature=youtu.be
Massive 🇺🇸 pick-up trucks are already squeezing onto our streets. But EU-US trade talks could open the floodgates.
Here’s why "Mutual Recognition" is a disaster for road safety. 🧵
youtube.com/watch?v=ckc_gEiNMyY&feature=youtu.be
From the article: “Technology that prevents drivers from ‘dooring’ cyclists would also be at risk from this freeze; the German government has said it wants to require this feature on new cars as a high priority, and that would require EU legislation."
Responding to a draft proposal leaked to the Financial Times, ETSC has warned that plans to grant a 10-year exemption from updating essential safety regulations for a new class of small electric cars will put pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicle occupants at risk.
etsc.eu/etsc-slams-p...
etsc.eu/etsc-slams-p...
ETSC slams proposed safety exemptions for new small car category
Responding to a draft proposal leaked to the Financial Times, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has warned that plans to grant a ten-year exemption from updating essential safety…
etsc.eu
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From the article: “Technology that prevents drivers from ‘dooring’ cyclists would also be at risk from this freeze; the German government has said it wants to require this feature on new cars as a high priority, and that would require EU legislation."
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We are calling for a stop to "Mutual Recognition" of these dangerous standards. Trade deals shouldn't come at the cost of lives on our streets.
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and civil society
Opening the EU market to vehicles certified under US standards would weaken the protections that save lives in Europe, say more than 80 civil society organisations and the administrations of Amsterdam...
etsc.eu
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are calling for a stop to "Mutual Recognition" of these dangerous standards. Trade deals shouldn't come at the cost of lives on our streets.
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
Read more about the risks here:
etsc.eu/accepting-us...
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That's not how you summon a winter deity. You need a mandolin, a specific chant, and absolutely no actual pigs present. Amateur.
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That's not how you summon a winter deity. You need a mandolin, a specific chant, and absolutely no actual pigs present. Amateur.
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
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these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
these people are fraudsters selling snake oil and after their reforms crash and burn they'll be on to the next institution to do the same song and dance
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every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
every time i read about one of these college presidents promising to reinvent the liberal arts education i think of "marge v. the monorail"
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Some great gift ideas for the wheel-person on your list. Pneumatic Cycle Dog, anyone?
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some great gift ideas for the wheel-person on your list. Pneumatic Cycle Dog, anyone?
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I don't think most people have any clue how much the boring company and Tesla set municipalities back.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
Watching all the defense wonks on my TL tear this NYT piece apart has been interesting. So many parallels to “Gadgetbahn” discourse in transportation policy. Editorial boards, pundits, and electeds are in love with the idea that “innovation” could relieve them of political problems and tradeoffs.
I see the gizmo cult has made its way into the NYT
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I don't think most people have any clue how much the boring company and Tesla set municipalities back.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
It's hard enough getting politicians and admins to commit to sensible yet expensive public trans that pay for themselves over time when they think Tech magic is around the corner, you're fucked.
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This case in LA raises questions about video these bots collect, how it’s stored, retained, and available to police or potentially sold to other third parties.
A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LA
Serve Robotics, a partner of Uber Eats, provided LAPD with footage from one of its robots after an attempted theft. The robot was able to get away on its own.
www.engadget.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This case in LA raises questions about video these bots collect, how it’s stored, retained, and available to police or potentially sold to other third parties.
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To add onto this: a lot of people in legal media and the legal profession want to believe in the impartiality of the SCOTUS. The talking point that “John Roberts cares about his legacy and the appearance of the SCOTUS” has been parroted so often, do we even know that it’s ever been true?
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
To add onto this: a lot of people in legal media and the legal profession want to believe in the impartiality of the SCOTUS. The talking point that “John Roberts cares about his legacy and the appearance of the SCOTUS” has been parroted so often, do we even know that it’s ever been true?
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A half dog half man holds a pistol to a man in colonial dress. The man holds a bottle of wine in one hand and a goose in the other.
December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A half dog half man holds a pistol to a man in colonial dress. The man holds a bottle of wine in one hand and a goose in the other.
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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I'm absolutely not an MMT Partisan, I'm sure it's as flawed as any of the other post Keynesian subschools, but the way in which people with their trousers round their ankles and their bare arses flapping in the wind discuss it is really quite something.
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm absolutely not an MMT Partisan, I'm sure it's as flawed as any of the other post Keynesian subschools, but the way in which people with their trousers round their ankles and their bare arses flapping in the wind discuss it is really quite something.
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If MMT is as bad as you say it is then you need to come up with your own explanation for why everything sucks and nothing works, and how it can be fixed, because abundance, vibecession and "just let us raise taxes a bit" ain't it lads.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If MMT is as bad as you say it is then you need to come up with your own explanation for why everything sucks and nothing works, and how it can be fixed, because abundance, vibecession and "just let us raise taxes a bit" ain't it lads.