God bless @theonion.com theonion.com/trump-audibl...

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

200 years ago today, September 27 1825, the first train hauled by a steam locomotive ran on the Stockton & Darlington Railway in the UK. Railways had developed since ancient times, but the S&D was the first public railway to use steam locomotives. www.bbc.com/news/article...

No matter what this meeting is about, Pete will always be a National Guardsman assigned to a Civil Affairs unit who got a bunch of crusader tattoos in his 40s because he wants you to think he's a cool, war-criming operator instead of an extremely online wife-beating loser

What a brilliant thread.

/4 SCOTUS has lost the presumption of regularity -- the mandate of the legal heavens -- through its shadow docket actions, which by invoking SCOTUS' equitable discretionary powers have obliterated the pretext that SCOTUS is merely calling balls and strikes, merely calling lines where they see them.

Trump's UN speech is lunatic grade ranting.

This is my favorite Charlie Kirk quote

With 29% of all trips made by bike and 64% of bike trips made by women, Osaka is a cycling city beyond compare. What makes it even more remarkable is these gains were made in spite of very little dedicated infrastructure. So what can we learn from a place that didn't build it, and they came anyway?🧵

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

less expensive (save tens of thousands of dollars) faster under 3 miles fun unlike EVs - electric cargo bikes are actually sustainable

If piracy in the sense of murdering people on the high seas is ok, does that mean piracy in the sense of copying Disney copyrighted materials is also OK?

I’m a humanist so that means I’m against murder. Even when the person getting murdered is a vile human being. It’s a real quirk of my world view: I dont have to like people to support their right to live!

Strongly advise avoiding the video. It came up in my Twitter feed and you really do not want to see it

No hyperbole this is what the Supreme Court just authorized ICE to do.

A doctor I trust more than RFK Jr.

It took awhile because of various disruptions, but I finally finished this. It's really good! There are some chapters that fall into the "I'm not really the audience foe this one" but they're all worthwhile. Some chapters I didn't think I'd like I actualky found really informative.

Urban agenda for Aust cities; Beware; -motorwaymania -‘world class waterfront developments’ -casinos -misplaced stadia -internalised malls ..or any combination of them Encourage; -public space -all public transport -walking & cycling -urban canopy/greater landscape -public & affordable housing

Here is my starter pack of @bluesky people across urbanism/architecture/climate/culture/environment… with a bit of humour & art thrown in. Would be good if people became more active here, & avoided other XXXX 🙏 @brenttoderian.bsky.social go.bsky.app/LJyi6W8

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

A friend suggests every mention should call them the TrumpStein files. Spread the word, a portmanteau with a stinger.

I'm seeing more and more evidence that Trump has had a stroke.

They’re totally going to do this.

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

The sheer amount of time, money, and resources this government has spent to torture one random guy is astounding.

i cannot express the dire importance of shade and free access to water in incredible heat we have had here. there are some 1,300 potable fountains in the city. i think we collectively used 10% this weekend. shade has been critical to avoid overheating. plus it prevents overheating in buildings.

Humanity A system that rips fathers from their families in immigration court is not justice; it’s cruelty. People can only take so much before heartbreak turns into resistance.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Trump 2020: Find me 11k votes Trump 2025: Find me congressional seats

The great thing about gerrymandering is that if there is a mild swing against Republicans, they will get wiped out.

Important www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

This a million times. Our brains are like an AI algorithm (because AI is based on brains) so kids being exposed to more reading, more context in reading, more enjoyment of reading, all trains our brains to be better at reading. It also improves speaking and writing.

Another example of why housing is unaffordable. Look at the photo. Residents want “preservation of heritage” standing in front of a vacant lot. This site is a 13 minute bus trip to the CBD – an ideal site for 150 new dwellings. 1/3

Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.

#Canberra #urbanism #yimby

I expected more of Maple!

we need to teach the 1930s properly so that people know the Reichstag Fire was exactly this stupid

I just finished Lewis Mumford’s magisterial exploration of city life. Published in 1962, it has some of the sharpest takedowns of car-centric society I’ve ever read. Mumford: “We have sold our urban birthright for a sorry mess of motor cars. As poor a bargain as Esau’s pottage.” Choice bits 🧵

An ongoing thread of nice streets designed for people, not cars.

One underapreciated thing about unclear rules, arbitrary planing decisions and community vetoes is that they create risk. While it's not tangible, risk is absolutely incorporated into building costs, which are passed on to buyers and prevent construction.

really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not

admit every block in Washington DC as its own state

These people can only conceive of win-lose situations, and so they forgo win-win arrangements in favor of lose-lose arrangements

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social wants to make NYC more like Sesame Street, less like Wall Street. That's a goal that benefits everyone (OK, maybe not the billionaire, or not in a way that they can even acknowledge).

This is beautiful!

Trump announced plans to Make America Gilded Again, with a gaudy $200 million White House ballroom designed in the style of Late-Stage Ceaușescu meets Liberace. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumps-war...