Ghostest
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There are many ghosts in the machine. I'm GHOSTEST.
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They just didn't account for the roadbuilding industry's ability to coerce politicians into building more roads.
@thewaroncars.bsky.social
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There will be so many cars that none of them will be able to move
January 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
They just didn't account for the roadbuilding industry's ability to coerce politicians into building more roads.
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Everyone who thinks about cities needs to read this. Housing, transport, and economics are the same problem in cities. ”Access” is the technical term for how much you can get to from a destination. It’s how we evaluate so many critical choices in our lives.
That's why we need to be talking about access to opportunity instead of fetishizing rail technologies. The access frame will help pick the great rail projects, but often the answer will be bus projects. It's the path away from expensive magical thinking. 10/10 humantransit.org/basics-acces...
Basics: Access, or the Wall Around Your Life — Human Transit
What if we planned public transit with the goal of freedom? Well, it’s hard to improve things that you can’t measure, but now it’s becoming possible to measure freedom, or as we call it in transport ...
humantransit.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Everyone who thinks about cities needs to read this. Housing, transport, and economics are the same problem in cities. ”Access” is the technical term for how much you can get to from a destination. It’s how we evaluate so many critical choices in our lives.
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Wait. Trump is accusing Biden's team of using the auto-pen without Joe's knowledge?
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Wait. Trump is accusing Biden's team of using the auto-pen without Joe's knowledge?
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Georgia’s election deniers on the State Election Board got caught holding secret meetings. A watchdog lawsuit forced them into the sunlight—and to pay $50K in legal fees. A rare win for transparency in Georgia.
Settlement Forces Transparency from Election Deniers on Georgia Board
Read more here.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Georgia’s election deniers on the State Election Board got caught holding secret meetings. A watchdog lawsuit forced them into the sunlight—and to pay $50K in legal fees. A rare win for transparency in Georgia.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on why Speaker Mike Johnson kicked her out of his office...
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on why Speaker Mike Johnson kicked her out of his office...
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October 25, 2025
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
October 25, 2025
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I'm just remembering that pub in London that survived the Blitz and was illegally demolished by its new landlords a decade ago. They were forced to rebuild it brick by brick, as much as possible. It stands as a lesson and a restored memory. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rising from the rubble: London pub rebuilt brick by brick after illegal bulldozing
Carlton Tavern reopens six years after planning ruling that campaigners hope will prevent developers demolishing other sites
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I'm just remembering that pub in London that survived the Blitz and was illegally demolished by its new landlords a decade ago. They were forced to rebuild it brick by brick, as much as possible. It stands as a lesson and a restored memory. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Details on the down time of the newest coal fired power plant in the US can be found here. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027
The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.
ieefa.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Details on the down time of the newest coal fired power plant in the US can be found here. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 ieefa.org/resources/ne...
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if it was any other country doing it, then it would be genocide.
July 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
if it was any other country doing it, then it would be genocide.
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
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DOJ under Trump is dismantling guardrails designed to stop political interference in criminal investigations involving politicians, federal judges and other public figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DOJ under Trump is dismantling guardrails designed to stop political interference in criminal investigations involving politicians, federal judges and other public figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
Perspective.
Things really could be a lot worse.
Things really could be a lot worse.
May 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Perspective.
Things really could be a lot worse.
Things really could be a lot worse.
What may be obvious from one angle could be completely wrong.
May 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What may be obvious from one angle could be completely wrong.
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Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.
She has been on a govt salary for years.
Something aint right
She has been on a govt salary for years.
Something aint right
April 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.
She has been on a govt salary for years.
Something aint right
She has been on a govt salary for years.
Something aint right
This shows that what's ethical and what's legal can differ. d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/...
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This shows that what's ethical and what's legal can differ. d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/...