Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.

"Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest." 💯

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social I’m away traveling but heard Tuesday’s HB City Council meeting was more of a shitshow than normal. Hard to believe it could get worse especially given the largely ceremonial nature of typical December meetings of the past. Can you confirm?

just for anyone who lost track; The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.

@editorialboard.bsky.social Hard liberalism message?

CARTOON OF THE DAY

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Don't quote me, but this is what Trump's MRI found. #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpisaNationalDisgrace

As a daily cyclist and (class 1) e-bike rider, this piece is an excellent, balanced piece. I also firmly believe anything with just a throttle, and no pedalling, needs to be classified as an e-moto and subject to (much) stricter regulation than bikes or class 1 e-bikes.

The wealthy have stolen so much wealth and rigged the system so far that our economy is on the verge of collapse. They’re pushing fascism and dismantling democracy to get at what little remains. We don’t have to live like this. We deserve better. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-game-t...

The same political party that treats a single murder by someone from a foreign country as a pretext for "a complete & total shutdown" of immigration from that country, is at the same time calling for a "let 'er rip" approach to AI chatbots that are harming (and sometimes killing) us in myriad ways.

For all those who believe e-bikes are the biggest roadway safety issue ... You are either: A) A complete clown (very likely) B) Have NEVER walked or bike anywhere for transit C) Believe everything you see in car commercials, or D) A grotesque mixture of A, B & C *The correct answer is D*

We are quite sure of our plan to transition back to Brazil in the coming years, largely for her. She'll have access to free healthcare, education, and be able to go to school without needing to do active shooter drills. 3/

Aside from everything else wrong with it, the vanity and vandalism and illegality of it, it is a monument to bribery, funded by naked corruption, a cankerous tumor on the heart of the republic. Any future president who lets it stand would be endorsing and affirming the legitimacy of that symbolism.

WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW

The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.

Three key factors in societies that overcame crises: a willingness of the elites to make sacrifices, comprehensive institutional reforms, and the state’s ability to sustain these reforms #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition csh.ac.at/news/when-co...

The Trump administration’s war on the Inflation Reduction Act embodies the horrors of Republican rule: a paranoid, lawless crusade waged by online ideologues who use their control over every branch of government to stoke culture wars, settle scores, and please deep-pocketed donors. trib.al/S7iLPWC

The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.

When I speak publicly abt the need for safe ped/bike infrastructure, elected officials often say: "We have bike lanes, & they're fine." My response has always been the same. I ask: "Would you take your young child for a ride using our bike lanes?" For me, that's the difference between good & bad.

Trump's America. Wake up Americans! This is fuck'n pathetic.

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Of course they aren't. This isn't an effort to make Americans safer. It is an attempt to make Americans afraid.

i don’t think it is appreciated enough how much roberts has right-wing legal theoried himself into being a dumbass

🧐 "Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

This is why "let's just not talk about race/immigration" has never ever been an option. The only story authoritarians tell is blaming some "other" for all possible ills - if the response to that is change the topic or, worse yet, affirm their thesis - all voters imbibe is division, fear and hate.

He tricked Dems into exercising political power for the public good in a manner appropriate to the situation, truly a monumental achievement.

Charlie Kirk was a tool. I mean that literally. He was useful to the American right for organizing and propaganda, then they thought they could use his death to silence and persecute people they don't like, which worked a bit but fizzled, and then he was no longer of use to them so they moved on.

Yikes. From the Texas gerrymandering ruling:

@markbixby.bsky.social LOOK! A DOJ letter authored by HB’s very own MikieG. As it turns out, Michael Gates is worse as a lawyer than as a human being. Didn’t think that was possible.

Bigotry is a helluva drug. He gives people permission to not just be their worst selves, but to demand deference as they do so.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.

I keep saying this. . . amzn.to/4i8Q5Vt

As always, I'm astonished far less by Trump himself than I am by the tens of millions of Americans, powerful and not, who are essentially pretending this is all normal. It's like the court martial judges saying "well, maybe they DID steal his strawberries" and making Queeg Secretary of The Navy.

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

Does it ever even occur to these people that unemployed people can't buy their stuff??

>Helsinki+surrounding suburbs have a population of abt 1.5 million residents. >Leaders took active steps to make their public rights-of-way safer. >Helsinki just went a full year w/o a single traffic death. >Why doesn't every city make the same choice? Talk'n to you Huntington Bch, California!

The stench of Stephen Miller

“Hey Megyn Kelly, I'm Eloise & I'm 14y” “kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“ ”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”

Eloise is speaking! 🙌🏻

Reproductive rights was one of the Biden Administration’s signature policies. And Roe v Wade had been law for almost 50 years. The Supreme Court “interfered” with it.

Corruption Corruption Corruption. Not only is Trump et al ROBBING US BLIND, giving this traitor anything beyond a jail cell is a crime.

No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Anne Applebaum as usual on the mark. I would add: most elected Republicans quietly fold the millisecond this happens to them. So in speaking up MTG is GOP unusual.

Dem messaging for the foreseeable future: *Pro-Affordability/ Anti-Corruption* The next American presidential admin will have 4yrs to: >reestablish governing competence & accountability >undo vast networks of corrupt dealing >focus on affordability for all & >re-built a dwindling middle class

Ironically, it's difficult to talk about climate change when you're battling oppressive heat and torrential rain Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Remember: MTGs break with Trump isn’t abt some newly found disgust with the worst president in American history. Nope. MTG simply sees Trump as an electoral liability. She still has no problem with his corruption, bigotry & incompetence. Jewish Space Lasers forever!