Vince Cima
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There are significantly better bus systems around the world with fewer stops than Chicago. The status quo of transit being 3x slower than driving is unethical
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
There are significantly better bus systems around the world with fewer stops than Chicago. The status quo of transit being 3x slower than driving is unethical
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there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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December 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
there is one and only one political strategy, and that is: “hang trump like an anchor around the neck of every single elected republican and the party itself.” no ‘friends across the aisle.’ no ‘the fever will break.’ anyone not on board with that has to go. no exceptions
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Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Very well done. I could nitpick as I usually do but Elizabeth got all the important stuff right and didn't sensationalize anything. Worth your time to read!
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God it’s such a perfect synecdoche for Trump’s entire life. Take some institution that someone else carefully designed and bully your way into slapping your name on it, and turn it into a cheap imitation of itself in the process. His real estate. His golf courses. The United States of America
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
God it’s such a perfect synecdoche for Trump’s entire life. Take some institution that someone else carefully designed and bully your way into slapping your name on it, and turn it into a cheap imitation of itself in the process. His real estate. His golf courses. The United States of America
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One reason I like this is because spacing out bus stops would allow for more consistently co-located services. Arterial stops could be aligned with Divvy stations, L stations, larger warming shelters, grocery stores, etc.
New from me! Chicago has far too many bus stops to provide efficient service for its riders—nearly twice the national standard. I reimagined what Chicago's bus network could do to make it look like its peers.
citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
A plan for faster buses
We can speed up the bus at (almost) no cost
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December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
One reason I like this is because spacing out bus stops would allow for more consistently co-located services. Arterial stops could be aligned with Divvy stations, L stations, larger warming shelters, grocery stores, etc.
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NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
NY transit workers union demanding double the level of staffing on trains that other cities have is what I mean by unions interest’s not always being the public’s interests. Totally legitimate and appropriate thing for union to push for, would make transit system worse overall.
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Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
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The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
i have been thinking a bit about how any political program that requires the premise of “america bad” is a dead end
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
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Democrats letting Trump get credit for Medicare drug negotiation is one of the stupidest policy designs of all time
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Democrats letting Trump get credit for Medicare drug negotiation is one of the stupidest policy designs of all time
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Reminds me of the whole work from home/return to office thing, where people wanted services they paid for to return to in person, and services they got paid for to stay remote.
The fact that the public *overwhelmingly* wants the actual price level to fall, and for prices to go down across the board is important info about public opinion, but also more than a little tricky to try to implement!
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Reminds me of the whole work from home/return to office thing, where people wanted services they paid for to return to in person, and services they got paid for to stay remote.
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A silver lining to the Epstein files is the demonstration that many people who have achieved the highest levels of professional success are deeply pathetic.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A silver lining to the Epstein files is the demonstration that many people who have achieved the highest levels of professional success are deeply pathetic.
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Hey could you affirmatively defend the editorial processes that lead you to consider drama on a discord server that, apparently going by the poll, has ~30 people in it as newsworthy? What aspects of this made you think this was an important story to bring to your reader’s attention?
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hey could you affirmatively defend the editorial processes that lead you to consider drama on a discord server that, apparently going by the poll, has ~30 people in it as newsworthy? What aspects of this made you think this was an important story to bring to your reader’s attention?
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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Journalists love thinking about the Republican primary electorate that exists solely in their head
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Journalists love thinking about the Republican primary electorate that exists solely in their head
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Parody of America to have the president live-tweeting misinformation about a mass shooting
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Parody of America to have the president live-tweeting misinformation about a mass shooting
Love this, Kobo makes its manuals available in EPUB format
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Love this, Kobo makes its manuals available in EPUB format
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As a former publisher responsible for a large forum site: gutting 230 would destroy the internet as we know it. Most community discussion sites would be forced to close down, leaving only the mega corps, who would censor any meaningful discussion. This is the opposite of controlling big tech.
Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As a former publisher responsible for a large forum site: gutting 230 would destroy the internet as we know it. Most community discussion sites would be forced to close down, leaving only the mega corps, who would censor any meaningful discussion. This is the opposite of controlling big tech.
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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The weird thing is that I can't find evidence that Trump has made a threat like this publicly.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The weird thing is that I can't find evidence that Trump has made a threat like this publicly.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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I just need more people to realize that this current moment is the product of a thousand smaller decisions by the liberal party to concede a topic, to avoid a fight about values and agree to a national-security framing to migration. And it doesn’t have to be this way.
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just need more people to realize that this current moment is the product of a thousand smaller decisions by the liberal party to concede a topic, to avoid a fight about values and agree to a national-security framing to migration. And it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
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www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
The Attack on Somalis is Hate Politics
Right-Wing Terror Descends on Minnesota
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December 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).