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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2h

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2h

Housing is too expensive to build and too expensive to afford.

Donald Trump's solution? Make it even MORE expensive with his chaotic tariffs.

Americans can't afford Donald Trump's housing market.

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JB stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 2h

We have two EVs. Currently my wife charges them at work at a rate of (for our commutes/typical driving) 17 cents for every 4.5 miles. For a 30 mpg car, this comes out to about $1.13 per gallon of gas equivalent.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.

How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

i’m actually ok with the “Greater Idaho” plan.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

I’d split NorCal (“Jefferson”) in two vertically - coastal Humboldt / Mendocino is very different from inland Modoc / Lassen - but that’s pretty tiny.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social · 2h

Very kind words about "The Unfinished Metropolis" from one of the leading transit professionals in the US.

Thank you, Jeff!

Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 16h

Book review: As a journalist, @benschneider.bsky.social uses everyday language to unpack the complex, nerdy worlds of housing, transportation and other urban policy. He shows why American cities failed to serve today’s needs – and how to catch up. Perfect as a main text in an Intro to Urbanism class

Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social · Jun 10

American cities have stagnated. Residential neighborhoods, transportation systems, and commercial districts have changed little in 50+ years.

My new book, "The Unfinished Metropolis," explores how that happened — and how to fix it.

Preorder now: shorturl.at/PInVb

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

Good analogy for what the US is doing with solar.

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2h

As I noted earlier this week, it is as if we invented the cell phone, exported it and then spent the next 30 years taking photo ops with rotary phone workers, subsidizing their product and telling people on cell networks that they're too woke. We're playing catch up now. BUT...

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 2h

This is remarkable. The world added more solar and wind capacity in 2024 than we added demand. 100% of demand growth PLUS 9% to retire dirtier sources. Cheap energy keeps winning. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

We have got to do something about electricity rates in California.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 5h

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 12h

$11 billion to raise and widen a highway, through a wetland, during a climate crisis.

Imagine spending $11 billion on workforce housing in Marin/Sonoma/Napa/San Francisco so the people driving across 37 every day to get to work ... could just live where they work.

California is a climate pariah.

Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 14h

The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.

For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 16h

Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 10h

I had a similar feeling about my grandmother telling me about watching the Klan march through town as a kid and, uh, well I’m glad she isn’t here to see what we’ve done

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15h

honestly it's constantly jarring to me that I, as a child, knew several WWI veterans, including my great-grandfather. Soon WW2 will seem just as vanished in time.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12h

Do you think the ICE agents brag at night about shooting a priest in the head then still think they’re the good guys?

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 10h

%#ing typos. VI not IV.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 10h

Christian Slater, best known for his role in Star Trek IV as “the guy who wakes up Sulu while inexplicably wearing Kirk’s uniform from Star Trek II”

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 10h

jinx!

Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Black, best known as Electric Giovanni Ribisi's wingman in The X-Files.

A couple of 1990s teenage shitkickers who happen to be pre-stardom Giovanni Ribisi and pre-stardom Jack Black.

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 10h

Jack Black, best known as Electric Giovanni Ribisi's wingman in The X-Files.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h

The Plot to Enslave America

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 11h

Columbus City Schools may have to stop bussing high school students entirely because Ohio law requires public school districts to prioritize bussing for charter and private school students - and the state is already fining Columbus more than $10 million/year for not complying enough

Honesty for Ohio Education @honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · 14h

Columbus City Schools Board of Education has voted to remove a requirement that the district provide busing for high schoolers as a potential cost-saving move amid district financial challenges.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

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Jason Bradley Thompson @mockman.bsky.social · 10h

Always been a big fan of Allan Servoss’s weird illustrations for the 1975 Arkham House edition of Gary Myers’ “The House of the Worm”. Just learned Servoss passed away (1947-2024) after a long career as an art teacher and landscape painter who occasionally drew monsters. RIP.