Famously treacherous… Canadians?

I actually don’t give a shit what the Russian envoy thinks is a good peace plan for Ukraine. I care about what Ukraine thinks is a good peace plan for Ukraine.

He’s gilded the entire White House, slapped his name on both the Kennedy Center and Institute for Peace, installed a new Trump Gold Card, and now proposing a new “Trump class” of naval vessels. I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.

well, archivists gonna archive. torrents remain undefeated www.404media.co/archivists-p...

People leaving your country is not a sign of a job well done

This is the institutionalization of Turning Point's professor watchlist. It invites mass harassment and declares war on independent ideas. If unlearned sociopaths can influence your teaching through threats, academic freedom is essentially dead.

Bondi gets community noted

Freeway fighting good news ♥️

These caps have always been lipstick on a pig. The renderings belie the truth of the designs, which will result not in vibrant civic spaces, but in noisy, hollow, non-places. We can't keep playing on TxDOT's terms.

Good news in San Antonio! Moving elections to November makes sure more San Antonians are weighing in on local contests, saves money, and just makes sense.

Every new Trump Epstein revelation is somehow both shocking and not a surprise at all.

If you’re tracking, this makes 3 big wins at the municipal level tonight: Seattle, Manchester, Bozeman! Municipal campaigns are such a slow burn, but tonight they all got hot!

And Greg Abbott is partnering with TPUSA to get chapters in Texas schools.

1. President Trump brags about Miriam Adelson donating $250 million (directly and indirectly) to his campaign. He then brings her up on stage, where she says she spoke to Alan Dershowitz about a legal strategy to get Trump to run for a third term and tells Trump she’s in for another $250 million.

Almost Christmas Horn! 📯

Standpoint theory does not claim that suffering automatically grants political authority. Or objective truth. Insight is situated, not infallible. The problem here is epistemic neoliberalism. Where experience is commodified as moral capital; not feminism as a materialist project.

What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.

Tapping the sign again.

Leaving CDMX and, again, feeling three things at once: 1️⃣ Sad to leave this incredible city 2️⃣ Very happy to be going home to Austin 3️⃣ Less happy to be going home to the political reality in United States

No readings, just vibes! Join us tomorrow (Friday, December 12) for a very casual gathering to ring in the holidays and celebrate a great year of urban reads in Austin. 🎄

Last week was special. So many folks to thank for Life After Cars in Austin — starting with everyone in these photos — but also our partners: @aura-atx.org @rethink35.org @bookpeople.com A place is special because people work hard to make it that way, and these folks keep Austin a cut above.

Texas Democrats cannot get out of our own way

You’re telling me this trans Siberian is an orchestra?

Last night was incredible, and we aren't done yet! Join us tonight at the Future Front House (1900 E. 12th Street) at 7 PM to discuss Life After Cars with the authors. No tickets required, just show up!

Openly racist, not even veiling it anymore

Austin's Life After Cars event with the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social is TOMORROW AT 8 PM! Get your tickets now! bookpeople.com/event/2025-1...

Holy shit San Francisco! 60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval. Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆

They literally talk to him like he’s god

Short answer: Yes, YIMBYs are winning the housing debate.

Let’s go, Zo! Full-throated support. Time to re-elect my council member!! 🏆

Like Riley Gains tying for fifth, this is a situation where a cis woman was graded based on the merits of their work but because a trans person was involved it is unfair that they didn’t win.

if this is discrimination, I’m genuinely unsure what you’re supposed to do when a student responds to a prompt with some religious gibberish

“My dad and other survivors of the USS VINCENNES sinking off Savo Island in August, 1942, were machine gunned by the enemy. It was a war crime then. What are we doing now?” - Admiral Mike Franken

Thrilled to intro our panel for Life After Cars! Joining co-hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social, @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social: @vanessafuentes.bsky.social, MPT Talib Abdullahi, Black History Bike Ride @kutnathan.bsky.social, KUT (moderator) 🎟️ bookpeople.com/event/2025-1...

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NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social: An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods. Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!

Lots of new housing coming online in downtown San Antonio — good. Now connect it to the rest of town and the region and the entire state with trains.

The People desire to live in Austin, and The People shall have a home here

Brazil understood the assignment.

Join us 12/4 8pm for a special Austin live panel with War on Cars podcast hosts Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon! Panelists also include Austin Mayor Pro Tem Vanessa Fuentes and Black History Bike Ride's Talib Abdullahi. KUT's Nathan Bernier will moderate. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-war-on...

dude love goes absolutely crazy. hard as fuck. have u heard abt this

Mayor-elect Mamdani is bringing on the best, so naturally he is bringing @annemariegray.bsky.social! 🏆 So excited for Annemarie, and also so excited for what her leadership in the team means for the Mamdani administration. Housing is being taken seriously — FINALLY!!

It’s so telling that the NYT headline focuses on the partisan politics of this rather than the moral rot

Mark your calendars because you don't want to miss this!!!

Pro-housing policy: supported by the literal, no joke *full spectrum* of mainstream American politics.

Why do I love making bibliographies so much

he never looks at JD that way

You're invited! Join us on Dec. 4 for a can't-miss conversation with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and local leaders about a future for Austin after cars. Tix: bookpeople.com/event/2025-1...