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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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A single phone call asking a city council member or state legislator to vote your way on a specific legislative proposal has *significantly* more political impact than a social media post with 1,000 shares.
December 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A single phone call asking a city council member or state legislator to vote your way on a specific legislative proposal has *significantly* more political impact than a social media post with 1,000 shares.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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it's important to remember that the reason they're lying like this is to justify the ongoing and coming right-wing violence
there is no significant left-wing violence in the united states. all these white guy terrorist shooters are right-wing
there is no significant left-wing violence in the united states. all these white guy terrorist shooters are right-wing
White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.
September 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
it's important to remember that the reason they're lying like this is to justify the ongoing and coming right-wing violence
there is no significant left-wing violence in the united states. all these white guy terrorist shooters are right-wing
there is no significant left-wing violence in the united states. all these white guy terrorist shooters are right-wing
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OK folks. Don't do this. The reason we try to give vaccines for potentially sexually transmitted diseases at 12 is *because* it is before most people will have been exposed. Do not sexualize that guideline, even if you hate the current dipshit please. Not helping.
September 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
OK folks. Don't do this. The reason we try to give vaccines for potentially sexually transmitted diseases at 12 is *because* it is before most people will have been exposed. Do not sexualize that guideline, even if you hate the current dipshit please. Not helping.
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unpopular take, but complaints from the left about how Dems being anti-palestine enabled this are the same as takes from the center about "cancel culture" enabled this. the GOP is doing this because they wanted to, not because of what someone else did.
September 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
unpopular take, but complaints from the left about how Dems being anti-palestine enabled this are the same as takes from the center about "cancel culture" enabled this. the GOP is doing this because they wanted to, not because of what someone else did.
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The reason they’re going to take up such an insane amount of space is that the city wants to dedicate them to each building (vs. international best practice of having them be city-owned and shared), and only collect 3x/week (vs. up to 14x/week in Barcelona).
NYC's push to get trash in bins may take 7 years due to parking concerns, report says https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-push-to-get-trash-in-bins-may-take-7-years-due-to-parking-concerns-report-says
NYC's push to get trash in bins may take 7 years due to parking concerns, report says
New York City drivers must sacrifice some parking spaces in order to eradicate trash bag mountains from the sidewalks.
A notice published by the sanitation department on Wednesday said putting trash containers in parking spaces may have a "socioeconomic impact" and requires an extensive study. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The reason they’re going to take up such an insane amount of space is that the city wants to dedicate them to each building (vs. international best practice of having them be city-owned and shared), and only collect 3x/week (vs. up to 14x/week in Barcelona).
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When you drive a car, it's hard to see others doing it, but when walking or biking, you see so many drivers playing with their phones that it's absolutely alarming.
I'm often a distracted cyclist.
Distracted by the fact that every other driver has their face in their phone.
Distracted by the fact that every other driver has their face in their phone.
September 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When you drive a car, it's hard to see others doing it, but when walking or biking, you see so many drivers playing with their phones that it's absolutely alarming.
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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I am once again asking people who should know better to stop conflating maintaining infrastructure with gentrification.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I am once again asking people who should know better to stop conflating maintaining infrastructure with gentrification.
archive.ph/X0P2m
archive.ph/X0P2m
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Happy Avelia Liberty Day to all who celebrate!
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy Avelia Liberty Day to all who celebrate!
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It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
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Someone posted about zohran going full Anne Hidalgo on nyc and I for one would love to see it 😻
PARIS: In the last 20 years, 44ha of Paris car parking has been transformed, making room for wider sidewalks, bikes & buses (15ha), bike racks, EV spots, accessible space, & 2.2K new patios/terraces for outdoor dining. 90% of Paris trips are via walking, biking & transit. V/@villedeparis.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Someone posted about zohran going full Anne Hidalgo on nyc and I for one would love to see it 😻
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they need to outlaw ads that cover train/bus windows immediately. look how obnoxious this is
June 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
they need to outlaw ads that cover train/bus windows immediately. look how obnoxious this is
When Republican voters surprise pundits, there's always a spate of opinion pieces arguing that we must take the time to understand the wants and desires of said voters. Apparently, when Democratic voters do it, the response is to say they're unserious people who need to grow up. Interesting.
June 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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i'll take this a step further and say the smaller and more regionally important the city they're afraid of, the more embarrassed they should be. what do you mean you don't want to get out of your car driving through Tulsa
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i'll take this a step further and say the smaller and more regionally important the city they're afraid of, the more embarrassed they should be. what do you mean you don't want to get out of your car driving through Tulsa
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Exactly this. The point of the FBI Director having a ten-year term was so that it would cut across presidential terms. "Trump announces FBI pick" is not a normal thing.
This is what has me so crazy about Kash Patel. Everyone has jumped right to the merits of Patel and no one has even paused to say, “Presidents don’t get to fire the FBI director without paying a huge political price.”
There seems to be a vast under-appreciation for the lines we’ve crossed and the world we’re in.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
December 2, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Exactly this. The point of the FBI Director having a ten-year term was so that it would cut across presidential terms. "Trump announces FBI pick" is not a normal thing.
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Recently upzoned areas are often among the more diverse neighborhoods in a city, and the reason is fairly obvious: the profile of a young professional renter or first-time homebuyer in the 2010s is far more diverse today. (Ditto for new suburbs, by the way.)
in 1990 seattle grabbed swaths of land to upzone hoping to create 100k homes. the debate that upzones cause displacement is a myth. over the next 30 years, the black population cratered in single family zoned areas and grew where housing growth was allowed. density has saved our city’s diversity
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Recently upzoned areas are often among the more diverse neighborhoods in a city, and the reason is fairly obvious: the profile of a young professional renter or first-time homebuyer in the 2010s is far more diverse today. (Ditto for new suburbs, by the way.)
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My column: The congestion pricing fiasco is an opportunity to put a price tag on the cynicism in politics, the same cynicism that lets Albany pols get away with treating the MTA like a jobs program while complaining about 'waste' and demanding 'audits' -- www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why...
Vital City | The Cost Containment Conundrum
Want to know why transit expenses are so high? Look at the history of politics in New York.
www.vitalcitynyc.org
October 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
My column: The congestion pricing fiasco is an opportunity to put a price tag on the cynicism in politics, the same cynicism that lets Albany pols get away with treating the MTA like a jobs program while complaining about 'waste' and demanding 'audits' -- www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why...
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By rule, the LIRR must "pay overtime or double-time when doing track work on nights or weekends, when it’s most logical to do the work. MTA management has to make a choice: Which headline do you hate the most: Botching a rush hour? Or handing out overtime?" — www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why...
October 3, 2024 at 2:49 PM
By rule, the LIRR must "pay overtime or double-time when doing track work on nights or weekends, when it’s most logical to do the work. MTA management has to make a choice: Which headline do you hate the most: Botching a rush hour? Or handing out overtime?" — www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why...
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Two new polls that square up pretty nicely:
National: Harris +5 -- www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
NC: Trump +1 (-4) -- surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com/pr/north-car...
National: Harris +5 -- www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
NC: Trump +1 (-4) -- surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com/pr/north-car...
ECU Center for Survey Research
North Carolina Election Heats Up: Trump leads Harris by 1 point in North Carolina; Stein widens advantage over Robinson in race for Governor
surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com
September 3, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Two new polls that square up pretty nicely:
National: Harris +5 -- www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
NC: Trump +1 (-4) -- surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com/pr/north-car...
National: Harris +5 -- www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
NC: Trump +1 (-4) -- surveyresearch-ecu.reportablenews.com/pr/north-car...