any discussion of city transit improvement online ever

Another from Sam Morril

Here's another one I like. This one's from Sam Morril:

“Did critics even read the study?” my fav subgenre of @enbrown.bsky.social’s journalism and tbh you’d be stunned - even if you’re already skeptical about these things - at how much the answer is: LOL No. reason.com/2025/12/31/s...

the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans

Toad leaped over a snowbank. “I could not steer the sled without you, Frog,” he said. “Winter is fun!”

something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore

I would like to see what Mark Ruffalo's career would be if he chose projects such as "whatever Adam Sandler's making," and voices in classic films like "Top Cat," "Pups Alone," "Norm of the North," and "Jungle Shuffle" instead of Marvel movies, Spotlight, Foxcatcher, and Shutter Island

Plug that space heater directly into a wall, friends. Fire is LOOMING.

David Sacks in 2025 vs David Sacks in 2023 In less than three years, the Biden administration bailing out Silicon Valley venture capitalists has been completely forgotten.

My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves. www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...

i miss when things sucked in a different but far more familiar way as opposed to the way that things suck right now

Bicyclists are tough but getting around by bike shouldn't be. If we can clear the interstate and state highway system within a day, we should be able to create and maintain safe sidewalks, bus stops, and bikeways.

Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words

Lou Ferrigno was sitting at the booth behind us at a diner (there was a con nearby) and he accidentally elbowed my son in the head. "Sorry little guy." My son survived a Hulk attack.

In 249 years, this country has yet to outlaw slavery. We change its form, we change its name, but slavery has been constant. Powerful people and businesses just really love slave labor, and a chunk of our economy is built on that.

Gravy.

The median American has $8,000 in savings in the bank. In other words, this is like giving the median American an opportunity to make a massive, scandalous crime go away for a fine of $240.

“We don’t have a contest culture”. Ok buddy, sure, but you: - only hire “top talent” - reward individuals, not teams - fire low performers - have a Wins channel where you “celebrate” individuals - laser focus on KPIs/OKRs - don’t hire juniors - do RIFs vs retraining Guess what! Contest cultures!

Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol

What these people are doing to the power of calling out real antisemitism, in an incredibly dangerous time of surging global antisemitism….man, it is just so worrisome

“Everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?,” Zuckerberg said at a Meta all-hands meeting this year. This came after Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump and the company agreeing to pay $22 million for the Trump Presidential Library. From January: www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...

A few excerpts from Darmok's Christmas Story: Ralphie and Flick, at the flagpole. Randy, his arms down. The Old Man, when the lamp broke. Santa and Ralphie, on the mountain.

Something that's getting lost in this story is that the "instructor" in question is not a professor with a PhD; she is a Graduate Teaching Assistant, meaning the University of Oklahoma has thrown one of ITS OWN STUDENTS under the bus to appease a right wing grifter who tried to dunk on a trans woman

Merry Christmas. Please stop asking if you're on the naughty list

Current temps at 1:30PM on what is now confirmed to be the warmest Christmas Day in Denver and Boulder that anyone alive has ever experienced

“Toad said, “Frog, you are looking quite green.” “But I always look green,” said Frog. “I am a frog.”

Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth. What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭

I don't know who needs to know this, but Jesus is not everyone's savior in the United States.

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

if you're wondering why your trans friends everywhere are a little on edge right now, it's because a story about a radical conservative christian student abusing rules and processes to deliberately target a trans instructor consistently gets reframed to omit the entirety of the anti-trans bigotry

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merry christmas, my gf got us a print sub to @theonion.com and gave it to me like this

Live your life in such a way that you don't need to argue with randos in your replies on Christmas day.

This shit doesn't even make sense, what the hell are you supposed to spend your "sky-high salary" on if you're stuck in space

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

BREAKING: by an apparent vote of 7–2, the Supreme Court has *denied* President Trump‘s plea to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago

2025 was another banner year for crypto hacks and heists, the third year in a row that a new crypto theft record was set.

Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.

there is just no evidence that anyone in Trump’s circle is able to execute any sort of subterfuge. in fact, they think subterfuge is girly and gay, so they either attack everything with brute force or they have such contempt for the process of subterfuge that they fuck up in super obvious ways.

The thing about Trump is that everything with him is exactly what it looks like. We've been through this before, with anxious liberals fretting that something or other is a clever double-fakeout. It never is. It's always just the thing in itself.

This is what the ENTIRE GOP is trying to hide. Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

Some of you will believe any horrific allegation about our president merely because it's fully consistent with who he is

These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.

This is absolutely fucking bullshit. Ruined a trans person's career because she wanted fame. Fucking disgusting.

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university

when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal

Once again for the dense: warning us about the dangers of fascism from your Substack tells us you’re not willing to do the work you’re telling us we need to do. All of your excuses are bullshit.