I miss when ICE vehicles just meant internal combustion vehicles.

"Solar generation met a large proportion of US electricity demand growth in 2025, including in regions where demand rose most. It met all the rise in daytime electricity demand and, supported by batteries, also met much of the rise in evening electricity demand."

I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.

Want modernity? Vote Dem.

It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state

After the assassination of Melissa Hortman it’s not hard to understand why a woman in Minnesota would be afraid of a man in a mask who says he’s a cop.

Make it viral.

keep thinking of a vocally anti-woke reporter who insisted that the term "environmental racism" was nonsense

People who designed this bike lane don't realize that cars have doors.

A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

“It will be hard to kill the congestion fee now because it’s been a striking success. Traffic speeds are up. Pollution is down. The fee is generating high revenue for the city’s transit system. And predictions that it would be bad for business have proved completely wrong.” Via @pkrugman.bsky.social

i am rooting as much as is appropriate for mamdani to be an effective mayor because if he manages it, he will be an important model and national leader for american progressives — one part fiorello la guardia, one part robert la folette

Mamdani plans to take the oath of office on New Year’s Eve in a disused subway station beneath city hall… “It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social said. Encouraging.

A new word & # to embrace #waussie

The single most important scientific advancement for the future of our species and planet. #ClimateCrisis

There is no place for antisemitism. Terrorism, such as occurred in Bondi, is abhorrent. Peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy & not the cause of terrorism. Banning peaceful protest takes society to a dark(er) place, including passive support for genocide. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works

Remarkable comments from 2016, about how rising racism in Australia inevitably increases attacks on Jewish people. One Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, visited the Bondi memorial and was loudly applauded and cheered by mourners after she called for massive cuts to immigration in response

Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.

I always feel lucky to work alongside the graphic designers at @pewresearch.org. This year-end roundup highlights some of their coolest data visualizations of the year and the design choices that went into them:

• I oppose Zionism AND I grieve the murder of Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach. • I oppose Israel's #GazaGenocide AND I want Jewish people in Australia to feel loved, respected & safe. • I yearn for a #FreePalestine. • I mourn the deaths at Bondi Beach. #BondiBeachShooting

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

okay looks like I’m giving credit where due today, hopefully not prematurely. Capping gun ownership and abolishing perpetual licenses are much more sensible policy proposals than previous kneejerk nonsense we have gotten from Albanese and Minns. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

big ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed. Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

With 4m guns in 🇦🇺 the shift to the individual has gone too far. There is no need for private guns in cities, only wants of individuals. Obviously the number of guns needs reducing to meet community safety. Another buy back scheme 2/

Here’s an article from this year with the Australian gun lobby boasting that, with surging gun numbers, it was winning the fight against firearms control advocates. Blame guns. Blame anti-Semitism. Blame terrorists. Do not blame everyday Australians who marched for peace.

As an American who has personally written statements for American politicians after mass shootings, it has been wild to see how differently such a tragedy has been playing out in Australia.

In Australia we do not always agree with our politicians, especially here in Queensland where we are extremely vocal. One thing that unites us is our national firearm laws. Any US pro-gun comments on the back of the Bondi shooting are unequivocally rejected. www.gq.com/story/rob-bo...

Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked

Our infrastructure isn’t ready for what’s coming.

The new quarterly update to Australia's emissions inventory shows emissions down 2.2% for the year to June 2025. Emissions down across most sectors, except for transport. www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-chan...

The “debate”. My @smh @theage cartoon.

There is no more important job for a parent than protecting their children. The rage I have for people letting their babies die from whooping cough to lean into conspiracy and stupidity. Enough already.

Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup. If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock. www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...

"The cars are not [your] constituents!" - @sgoodyear.bsky.social speaking truth to power (elected officials)

This is brilliant.

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects. US transport spending increased by 30%, but: —Funding for non-highway projects flatlined —Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure

"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."

Breaking news from down under today, Australian scientists have figured out how to add a fifth vowel to the word "No", English speakers around the world call the discovery "devastating"

Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day. Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...

God I am listening to @aoc.bsky.social unapologetically celebrating cities -- urbanity, diversity, creativity, decency -- and it is giving me life. Nothing but respect for *my* president.

Exactly. Bicycling in the absence of car drivers is one of the most fun ways to move around. Bicycling in the presence of them is one of the worst.

US carmakers will make some short-term profits from selling more ICE vehicles, but in the long run it basically guarantees they’ll lose global market share to Chinese EV-makers that will simply have the better tech and vehicles once EVs mature.

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.

This is actually a pretty convincing argument for fare free transit…

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing