renzriquez
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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On this day, 100 yrs ago, cars were given priority over pedestrians in the streets of the US.
It began Jan. 24, 1925, when the 1st "jaywalker" was arrested in Los Angeles.
Until then, it had been a city of walkers, with an extensive street railway network.
Victim shaming started right away...
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It began Jan. 24, 1925, when the 1st "jaywalker" was arrested in Los Angeles.
Until then, it had been a city of walkers, with an extensive street railway network.
Victim shaming started right away...
🚶♂️🧵
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On this day, 100 yrs ago, cars were given priority over pedestrians in the streets of the US.
It began Jan. 24, 1925, when the 1st "jaywalker" was arrested in Los Angeles.
Until then, it had been a city of walkers, with an extensive street railway network.
Victim shaming started right away...
🚶♂️🧵
It began Jan. 24, 1925, when the 1st "jaywalker" was arrested in Los Angeles.
Until then, it had been a city of walkers, with an extensive street railway network.
Victim shaming started right away...
🚶♂️🧵
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This Wednesday, January 22nd at 2pm CST/ 3pm EST, Drew and I will be hosting our annual @wehrlegig.games stream. We'll be reflecting a bit on 2024 and showing you all a bit of what we have in store for the coming year. See you over on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/wehrlegiggames
January 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This Wednesday, January 22nd at 2pm CST/ 3pm EST, Drew and I will be hosting our annual @wehrlegig.games stream. We'll be reflecting a bit on 2024 and showing you all a bit of what we have in store for the coming year. See you over on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/wehrlegiggames
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We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We keep hearing about masculinity from the Zuckerbergs of the world-- this woman has shown more courage in this 60-second clip than any of the tech billionaires have shown in recent memory as they grovel at Trump's feet.
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This might be the most relevant line in pop culture history. #StarWars
a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
This might be the most relevant line in pop culture history. #StarWars
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Guns and cars, two ideological obsessions in the United States wrongly associated with “freedom” and carrying deadly consequences.
Americans are ~2.5x more likely to die in a crash than a Canadian, ~3.5x more likely than a Spaniard, and ~5x more likely than a Japanese person.
Here are a few of the articles I wrote in 2024 trying to understand why the US is uniquely terrible at road safety.
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Here are a few of the articles I wrote in 2024 trying to understand why the US is uniquely terrible at road safety.
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January 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Guns and cars, two ideological obsessions in the United States wrongly associated with “freedom” and carrying deadly consequences.
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Why do my cats pose for photographs like they’re 18th-century aristocracy?
January 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Why do my cats pose for photographs like they’re 18th-century aristocracy?
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BREAKING
Swedes informed that Covid is airborne:
“Unlike during the pandemic, we now have more knowledge about how the virus spreads via exhaled air. Research results from Lund University show that a few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to get the virus yourself.”
Swedes informed that Covid is airborne:
“Unlike during the pandemic, we now have more knowledge about how the virus spreads via exhaled air. Research results from Lund University show that a few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to get the virus yourself.”
Så snabbt kan du få covid-19 via luften
Lunds universitet. Det är aerosolforskarna vid LTH som ligger bakom studien där virusets smittsamhet har kartlagts hos ett fyrtiotal personer med bekräftad covidinfektion. – Aerosoler är små luftburna...
www-lu-se.translate.goog
December 27, 2024 at 7:24 AM
BREAKING
Swedes informed that Covid is airborne:
“Unlike during the pandemic, we now have more knowledge about how the virus spreads via exhaled air. Research results from Lund University show that a few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to get the virus yourself.”
Swedes informed that Covid is airborne:
“Unlike during the pandemic, we now have more knowledge about how the virus spreads via exhaled air. Research results from Lund University show that a few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to get the virus yourself.”
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the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
December 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM
the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
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Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord is a great game because you do a whole big medieval battles and then you slowly make a series to clicks to move the losing parties butter into your inventory. Now the butter is mine.
December 21, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlord is a great game because you do a whole big medieval battles and then you slowly make a series to clicks to move the losing parties butter into your inventory. Now the butter is mine.
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This is what the Philippines calls the e-trike/e-bike and yeah, they are eating ICE vehicles' lunch. That's why the government is fear mongering and trying to ban them wholesale (so far unsuccessfully)
restofworld.org/2024/electri...
restofworld.org/2024/electri...
December 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
This is what the Philippines calls the e-trike/e-bike and yeah, they are eating ICE vehicles' lunch. That's why the government is fear mongering and trying to ban them wholesale (so far unsuccessfully)
restofworld.org/2024/electri...
restofworld.org/2024/electri...
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
December 14, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Before choosing bottled water over tap water, remember it takes more than 10X the water that a bottle of water holds to make the plastic bottle and transport the water. And that’s before considering the fuel and GHGs, the 1000 year bottle life, and the RIDICULOUS amount of $ we’re paying for water.
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North Carolina estimates that a new medical debt program could wipe out $4 billion in debt for up to 2 million people.
The state's new program incentivizes hospitals to conduct debt relief and eliminate harmful debt collection practices.
ncnewsline.com/2024/12/10/n...
The state's new program incentivizes hospitals to conduct debt relief and eliminate harmful debt collection practices.
ncnewsline.com/2024/12/10/n...
North Carolina leaders celebrate program to curb medical debt • NC Newsline
North Carolina leaders held a Zoom event to highlight the state's efforts to relieve more than 2 million people of medical debt
ncnewsline.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:01 PM
North Carolina estimates that a new medical debt program could wipe out $4 billion in debt for up to 2 million people.
The state's new program incentivizes hospitals to conduct debt relief and eliminate harmful debt collection practices.
ncnewsline.com/2024/12/10/n...
The state's new program incentivizes hospitals to conduct debt relief and eliminate harmful debt collection practices.
ncnewsline.com/2024/12/10/n...
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It’s not just about taking away car space.
It’s WHAT you replace that car space WITH.
Pic via @LolitaBoston
It’s WHAT you replace that car space WITH.
Pic via @LolitaBoston
December 10, 2024 at 5:37 AM
It’s not just about taking away car space.
It’s WHAT you replace that car space WITH.
Pic via @LolitaBoston
It’s WHAT you replace that car space WITH.
Pic via @LolitaBoston
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December 9, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Here's some renders I did for Minecraft Askew a while back!
Most of these were for individual song releases on my soundcloud, but I still really enjoy the pieces on their own :D!
#resourcepacks #minecraftaskew #blender #minecraftmusic
Most of these were for individual song releases on my soundcloud, but I still really enjoy the pieces on their own :D!
#resourcepacks #minecraftaskew #blender #minecraftmusic
December 6, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Here's some renders I did for Minecraft Askew a while back!
Most of these were for individual song releases on my soundcloud, but I still really enjoy the pieces on their own :D!
#resourcepacks #minecraftaskew #blender #minecraftmusic
Most of these were for individual song releases on my soundcloud, but I still really enjoy the pieces on their own :D!
#resourcepacks #minecraftaskew #blender #minecraftmusic
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Me: Hey can you do your dishes
My roommate The Buddha: Perhaps your problem is not my dishes but your attachment to a clean sink
Me: Alright man
My roommate The Buddha: Perhaps your problem is not my dishes but your attachment to a clean sink
Me: Alright man
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Me: Hey can you do your dishes
My roommate The Buddha: Perhaps your problem is not my dishes but your attachment to a clean sink
Me: Alright man
My roommate The Buddha: Perhaps your problem is not my dishes but your attachment to a clean sink
Me: Alright man
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It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth.
Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.
People underestimate the Pacific.
Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.
People underestimate the Pacific.
December 6, 2024 at 3:52 PM
It’s interesting that the emojis show the earth from three angles 🌎 🌍 🌏 but not the fourth.
Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.
People underestimate the Pacific.
Though 🔵 is a fair approximation of what it would look like.
People underestimate the Pacific.
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Are you STILL being told there just isn’t enough space on your streets to make them enjoyable for walking, biking, transit or simple, vibrant civic life? The REAL “capacity” challenge for streets is fundamentally about our PRIORITIES. Are streets for cars, or for everyone? HT cartoon by Ian Lockwood
December 5, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Are you STILL being told there just isn’t enough space on your streets to make them enjoyable for walking, biking, transit or simple, vibrant civic life? The REAL “capacity” challenge for streets is fundamentally about our PRIORITIES. Are streets for cars, or for everyone? HT cartoon by Ian Lockwood
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There is a perception in the Philippines that e-bikes "cause traffic" and are "unsafe." This is an extension of the error that roads are for cars first and we should question the presence of any other road user. Sad that DOE is not pushing back on this.
www.philstar.com/the-freeman/...
www.philstar.com/the-freeman/...
DOE: LGUs can regulate or ban e-bikes
The Department of Energy-Visayas Field Office said they will respect local government units (LGUs) on their respective ordinances on regulating or even banning the use of e-bikes in their jurisdiction...
www.philstar.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 PM
There is a perception in the Philippines that e-bikes "cause traffic" and are "unsafe." This is an extension of the error that roads are for cars first and we should question the presence of any other road user. Sad that DOE is not pushing back on this.
www.philstar.com/the-freeman/...
www.philstar.com/the-freeman/...
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"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie."
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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I am thrilled to present Amberspire, a science-fantasy dice city builder. In the glow of a gas giant, roll dice to build a city in harmony with an alien ecology atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM
I am thrilled to present Amberspire, a science-fantasy dice city builder. In the glow of a gas giant, roll dice to build a city in harmony with an alien ecology atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...