The people want a new, more modern political system which is designed to represent who we are and what we want. A political system with more parties. A political system without kings or oligarchs. A political system that's controlled by normal people, not the billionaire few.

Our political system is fundamentally broken. It was not designed to represent the will of the people and it is incapable of doing so today. The people don't want a king. The people don't want Democrats to surrender. The people don't want only two parties. The people don't want any of this.

This week, the US Senate and the two-party system have shown why they serve no purpose in a functional democracy.

Tonight’s vote may have ended the shutdown — but it sent Wisconsin families the bill. Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.

Britain's best new building is a machine for building social relationships. This project reflects so much of our work on social wellbeing in housing. Help people connect with neighbours AND the wider community Bravo! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

If you can't beat them, join 'em. Let GOOG take the heat for building and running data centers and ruining the environment. Play catch-up with their own AI capabilities until it's ready for prime time. (à la Apple Maps) On second thought, not a bad move from Tim Apple as far as brand reputation

A young dad brought his two toddlers to the polling station. Hogging and hovering around the ballot box for quite some time. Broke my flow and stride, but I was more than happy to oblige. Democracy starts at home

My friend and I once rolled into a hotel in Long Beach, CA on our bikes. The reception staff who checked us in all but dropped their jaws and gawked at us like we grew multiple heads right then. *rolls eyes* How I wished Socal has the same welcoming culture... Portland continues to amaze me

Low-key hoping this air travel debacle would give Amtrak a shot in the arm — y'know, as the spacious, comfortable competitor. #MoreTrainsNoKings

Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.

I am still unclear on the details — is it just game 7 score or total runs? Toronto had more runs overall? 🤷🏼‍♀️ — but Karen Bass has won this bet. I feel like she should still ride to highlight the lack of contiguous protected bike lanes in the city of LA 😇 Where should she ride, LA cyclists 🚴🏽‍♀️🚴🏾‍♂️🚴🏼

Don’t set fire to buses please

“Let's celebrate an extra hour of sleep with all sorts of firework all night!” -some Angelanos, probably

Where I live, at night, coyotes would mishear and howl at blaring sirens moving across town. Then one of the dogs in the private breeder's yard would join in; then the whole lot. Next thing you know, it's a symphony with darn near the whole canine population. Not really smthg you'd notice at move-in

Whether to drop a deuce or your filled-out ballot, Pomona (North) has you covered. For those who ride the A line to/from the northern end, I am glad to announce the new Throne bathroom just outside the paid area, as well as a drop box for your votes.

Oh hey, a reason to be hopeful: groves of American chestnut trees have once again become self-reproducing in the wild. Turned off comments so 12 people don't show up to tell me why this is actually very sad. Be happy, you assholes.

As if anything a candidate's Aunt is wearing or not wearing has any bearing on the candidate's fitness for the role they are being considered for... SMH

18 innings! Almost 7-hr game. Ohtani, Klein, and Freddie, man. Legendary Game! #GoDodgers

I haven't looked forward to a new movie in a while. Thanksgiving theater trip sorted. Definitely giving 𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 aka the 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘰𝘬𝘶𝘫𝘪𝘯-coping-with-culture-shock shtick. Not a replacement, but the more I learn about Bill Murray, the less I come to enjoy it. OTOH, Fraser, I can get behind.

After May gray and June gloom, now we have October umbra 🌫️😶‍🌫️🌫️ Just in time for Silent Hill f

Imitation is the sincerest from of flattery

Perfect title. No clarifications needed.

Tech is getting hounded for enabling age-inappropriate online activity, seeks to rectify that. Showbiz says their streaming platforms are not ready; how content-sharing works varies. Caught in the middle of it all is Newsom. Which side shall he favor? So much political calculus wrapped up in this..

Go watch 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! (preferably this opening weekend) Watching ethno-fascists drop dead is beyond gratifying. Show Hollywood with your wallet what you wanna watch!

I'm not saying this admin is incapable of objectively moral actions. I do question how the CBP arrived at this decision. If this admin has taught us anything, most likely 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥. Perhaps stateside bike makers w/ connections to this admin wanted to eliminate some Taiwanese competitors? FOIA after 2028

Short-term rentals is to hotel industry what rideshare is to transportation. Airbnb and Uber seemed like novel boons to visitors at first, but what they do is they divert resources — housing units, roadway capacity — from locals to visitors, soaking up supply & even inducing more idle drivers/cars.

𝘓𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘻-𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 capitalism as an economic policy makes no guarantee for the common good. That's why it falls on the gov to safeguard the welfare of the ultimate source of its legitimacy, the people, not to collude with hulking corporations to exploit them. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

It’s really funny for Trump to declare that flags need to be flown half-staff for Charlie Kirk on 9/11

It's surprising to see that Brazil managed to do what the USA could not... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Strangely enough, a non-political YouTuber I've been subscribed to for over a decade has predicted years ago that the U.S. would turn into a failed state like Argentina — admittedly, he thought it'd stem from a shortage/depletion of crude oil, not a home-grown Autocrat. I ought to remind him.

Americans used to get very upset at me for saying that the US has a mostly codified constitution with important unwritten elements and yell at me that "The Constitution is a document!" so I almost appreciate that the President has spent the last 7 months on speedrun proving me right... almost.

”The American system depends upon public understanding that law is bigger than politics,” that morality trumps personal grievances. Yet, Frum argues, the Autocrat derived his political fortune precisely and alarmingly from the successful reversal of this priority. The damage has already been done.

No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

It's no longer a question of if authoritarianism comes to America; now it's just a question of how bad it gets, and how long it lasts. It's here. We can get rid of it if we fight together.

There’s something so charming about seeing people dressed up for special occasions choosing to take a bicycle instead of a car—and it can be done even if you have to transport things like flowers and a kid. Photo courtesy of @paparidesabike.bsky.social, used with permission.

elizabeth warren constantly trolling cnbc with her appearances gives me life. its a hostile booking i endorse.

NEW: After massive contract terminations for consulting giants like Accenture, Booz Allen, and Deloitte, Palantir has emerged ahead. Now the data analytics firm is partnering with those companies—offering them a lifeline while consolidating its own power. www.wired.com/story/palant...

Selçuk Bayraktar, Erdoğan's son-in-law, was in charge of creating 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘢𝘭. His team admitted that it's based on Mastodon, but refused to release their modified source code. (AGPL requires transparency and attribution.) Open-source advocates assert that this is "a violation of legal obligations."

Gerrymandering only works because the US still uses winner-take-all elections, where 51% of the vote = 100% of the power. It's the water we're swimming in here in America, but it's really a crazy way to elect representatives. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The North Cascades Highway is such a gem. Never gets old.

Some kind of symbols here for LA’s failing #VisionZero approach: install wimpy inadequate plastic stuff, then let drivers destroy it - and don’t replace or maintain

Pour @numerama.com j'explique comment le projet Highland Rim s'inscrit dans une dynamique "d'exit" (dévoiement de la thèse d'Hirschman) d'une société inclusive. Merci Eitanite Bellaiche. www.numerama.com/politique/20...