Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.

Hogwash. ~10k of the 13k families in Peachtree City, GA own a golf cart that maxes out at ~15 mph. (New ones cost $10k+.) And Peachtree City is a suburb, not a retirement community or college town. Americans will absolutely buy small, fun vehicles if they have safe places to use them.

Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

The facts: -Bezos paid $0 fed'l income tax in 2007 -He paid $0 in '11 -Btn '14-19, his wealth grew by $99 BILLION and he paid $973 million in taxes. Sounds like a lot but it's 0.98% of his wealth growth (which is his true income). www.propublica.org/article/the-...

"The moment you begin to censor the writer- and history bears this out in the ugliest of fashions -so begins a process of decay in the body politic that ultimately leads to disaster." ~Rod Serling Speech, Library of Congress (1968)

What an absolutely terrific read! So much nostalgia for my pre-teen self, then all the crazy #USFL stories that I was way too young for at the time. Find myself bookmarking a lot of USFL games on YouTube now.

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Well. you can't say FIFA doesn't know how to Dallas properly. They came to town and immediately destroyed a beloved downtown mural painted in 1999 by a revered artist. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Wilford Brimley if he stayed in the Cocoon pool too long

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I was excited to finally get to a lighter book that's been on my list for a *long* time. Then I read the Prologue - I am even more pumped! Almost like reading my elementary school biography🏈 #books #football #USFL @jeffpearlman.bsky.social

Not that it'll boost ridership or anything but a nice touch on #LIRR tickets. (Like my library receipt reminding me how much I've saved). I recall systems in Europe doing the same. #transit

"E-cargo tricycles park closer to delivery destinations than trucks, reducing pedestrian travel effort." Makes sense—and encouraging! doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

"Why are all the journalists laid off now" this is why. Pretty simple.

Found in a shoebox of baseball/football cards. Great #BetterThanEzra show, great venue. Biggest takeaway for me was walking into Pete's Tavern for an after-show beer to see the news that U.S. had invaded #Iraq and thinking, Ugh, we're committed to being there 20 years 🤦‍♂️

Last ride coincidentally on #PublicTransportDay, time to move on to the new TAPP card. Not quite as cool as an old subway token but still love the commemorative cards; will file this one away with my Centennial Grand Central MetroCard. #PATH #SuperBowlXLVIII #SuperBowl48

Dan Rather represents an era when journalism wasn't as polarized into political groups. I miss those days. 😭

When did they throw a halftime show in between #FinalFour games? Dreadful. @ncaa.bsky.social Gonna go yell at some kids to get off my lawn now.

Transit agencies across the county are hustling to complete projects and expand service before the World Cup begins in June.

Remember this when certain state funerals are planned in the future and people get their knickers tied in a bunch because people aren’t sufficiently grieving, and call for them to lose jobs and such.

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Can't recommend this book enough. Informative , fast-paced read about the Second Avenue subway and why it's taken generations. Just a terrific read. share.google/jmS4Yk4pBlhP... #books #NYC #secondavenuesubway #transportation

[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

#SlideMountain #Catskills #HudsonValley

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Realized I've been using this #PATH card since the last time the #Seahawks won it all #SuperBowlLX #SuperBowlXLVIII

That was about as dominating a defensive performance as any in the #SuperBowl. Up there with SEA-DEN, BAL-NYG, and CHI-NE. #SuperBowlLX

You should read this. It is the type of detail that experts in authoritarian regimes see as telling. In this case, state agents are offered impunity from higher ups, and the legal system is rendered inoperative as a mode of accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

FY26 US govt spending bill that Congress just agreed to mostly funds agencies as in FY25, though it: —Reinforced DOGE’s 24% cut to HUD staff —Reduced resources for rail substantially, including recissions of $950m for high-speed rail grants —Reduced spending for transit, increased it for highways

Starting a rewatch of Schitts Creek

@hcrichardson.bsky.social nails it, as usual: "Criticism of all the living Democratic presidents, along with his disastrous performance in Davos...and his plummeting numbers—as well as the fact the American people have not forgotten that the administration is continuing to break the law..."

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Been walking by this for at least 15 years and you can still make it out. To put it in perspective, U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas (D-Mass) ran for the Democratic Presidential nomination in *1992* (he finished 3rd, BTW). He died in 1997! #Hoboken

This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation.

Without fail, every single time I chop garlic, at some point Paul Sorvino crosses my mind #Goodfellas

This is how to make rents go up instead of down.

Picked right PATH car this morning. Saw that it was my transfer from across the platform. No time to waste. Doors open, I bolt across the platform, and tuck in just before doors closed. Sat down amid some knowing glances & nods, caught my breath and thought: "Could be a good sign for today." It was.

After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. Revisit our full archive, five years later:

Not crazy about the title but #TrainDreams is a beautiful film. Maybe a little slow if you're not in the mood but so well done. Best movie I've seen this year. #Oscars

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.

"Do you guys realize what the street value of this mountain is?" #BetterOffDead

Absolutely bonkers anecdote about "inefficiencies" in the old Soviet Union, from #TheWorldForSale

"One of the things people are commonly worried about with this kind of program is that when you give people cash they’re going to be less likely to go to work and be less productive members of society. And we didn’t actually find any evidence of that in our study." Enough testing. Just do it. #UBI