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My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
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One of my more controversial opinions is that the US needs to significantly raise taxes to the tune of a couple % of GDP right now, even before any expansive social democratic reforms, and that means you—yes you, dear highly educated professional—will need to pay up, not just nebulous billionaires.
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
One of my more controversial opinions is that the US needs to significantly raise taxes to the tune of a couple % of GDP right now, even before any expansive social democratic reforms, and that means you—yes you, dear highly educated professional—will need to pay up, not just nebulous billionaires.
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Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
“It's a Wonderful Life” Tried to Warn Us
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
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LTNs: what the latest evidence tells us: that people living in LTNs reduced the distance they drove by around 6% more than those living outside them. Quieter streets make local journeys feel safer and more appealing on foot or by bike.
findingspress.org/article/7547...
findingspress.org/article/7547...
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LTNs: what the latest evidence tells us: that people living in LTNs reduced the distance they drove by around 6% more than those living outside them. Quieter streets make local journeys feel safer and more appealing on foot or by bike.
findingspress.org/article/7547...
findingspress.org/article/7547...
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
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To all the car furries in my life, I offer you this video. See the light! I lived in Victoria for 6 years car-free and it set the bar for what good living feels like. So much bicycling. So cheap and good-feeling. The key is it has to feel safe and fun. Not scary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
How to Build a Bike City...FAST
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
To all the car furries in my life, I offer you this video. See the light! I lived in Victoria for 6 years car-free and it set the bar for what good living feels like. So much bicycling. So cheap and good-feeling. The key is it has to feel safe and fun. Not scary.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
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Auckland Council and Auckland Transport from 2026 are looking returning streets back to the people. That is allowing streets to serve their purpose of being extensions of living and social interaction spaces.
This is excellent to see. Note, this applies to streets not roads. Big difference!
This is excellent to see. Note, this applies to streets not roads. Big difference!
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Auckland Council and Auckland Transport from 2026 are looking returning streets back to the people. That is allowing streets to serve their purpose of being extensions of living and social interaction spaces.
This is excellent to see. Note, this applies to streets not roads. Big difference!
This is excellent to see. Note, this applies to streets not roads. Big difference!
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism. This is a hill we will die on. Vaccines are a feat of science and are safe and effective
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism. This is a hill we will die on. Vaccines are a feat of science and are safe and effective
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Noise pollution is harmful, unwanted, disruptive and negatively impacts people's health. And is often caused by motorised traffic 🚘 🛻 🚖
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Noise pollution is harmful, unwanted, disruptive and negatively impacts people's health. And is often caused by motorised traffic 🚘 🛻 🚖
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
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Boston Data Show Streets With New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic, With Fewer Cars and Way More Bikes - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
Boston Data Show Streets With New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic From Cars to Bikes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
Mayor Wu has hard evidence that her bike lane projects are helping reduce traffic – but her administration is reluctant to share it.
mass.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Boston Data Show Streets With New Bike Lanes Successfully Shift Traffic, With Fewer Cars and Way More Bikes - mass.streetsblog.org/2025/12/05/b...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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The Database Powering America’s Hospitals May Not be What You Expect
The Database Powering America’s Hospitals May Not be What You Expect
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Database Powering America’s Hospitals May Not be What You Expect
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1. Missouri prefiled bills are in, and the anti-trans panic continues.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
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One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New Missouri Bill Would Ban "Social Transition" In Schools, Even With Parental Permission
The bill defines social transition as name changes and pronouns, and would disallow any "conduct that facilitates" such social transition.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1. Missouri prefiled bills are in, and the anti-trans panic continues.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
One even goes as far as to ban social transition in schools.
Any teacher who "supports" it, including name changes, pronouns, or "treatment," would be fired.
Even with parent permission!
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Now I understand why there's so many cargo bikes in #Victoria, BC. 41% of families living downtown don't own a car.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
How This Small City Tripled Its Cycling In Just 11 Years
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Now I understand why there's so many cargo bikes in #Victoria, BC. 41% of families living downtown don't own a car.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpWm...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A mile of Utrecht's Amsterdamsestraatweg w 300 businesses, buses, freight & 20K bikes/day was rebuilt last year. It's so good
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
2.5m bike lanes on both sides of the road
1.8m sidewalks
1.4 million pavers
116 new trees
5 new plazas
new lights bus shelters & sewer lines
...58 fewer car parking spots
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, a new review finds.
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, new review finds
These non-coercive measures need to be combined with measures such as higher driving costs or reduced car access to have an effect
road.cc
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Improving cycle infrastructure and public transport has little impact on car use, a new review finds.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
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Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
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When the “Neighborhood Bikeway” has ZERO traffic calming. Paint and signs will never be enough.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When the “Neighborhood Bikeway” has ZERO traffic calming. Paint and signs will never be enough.
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"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
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Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Downtown businesses supported free buses because they helped bring people downtown & decreased workers’ transit costs."
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
Ditto protected bike lanes. If you make travel easy, it turns out that people spend their time & money doing what they need & want to do--not fighting traffic.
(Gift link)
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We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We love our free busses in Iowa City. Stress free too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...