Amazing that the leader of a pariah state would even be invited to speak at the UN(?) www.bbc.com/news/article...

Chicago is out of control, quick send the national guard

While 🇺🇸 farms go under…

New nails-on-a-chalkboard malapropism unlocked "Right from the gecko"

As @kyledcheney.bsky.social notes it sure looks like Idiot Trump tried to text or email Pam Bondi and INSTEAD POSTED IT 🤦🏼‍♂️

A newer/younger model, unless Bondi does as ordered. Very on-brand for #45 / #47.

Wannabe Mob-Boss Brendan Carr to ABC: "Look, we can either do this [getting rid of Kimmel] the easy way or we can do this the hard way." Professional Liar Karoline Leavitt: "This was 100% ABC's decision. There was absolutely no pressure put on them."

genuinely believe that a large number of political, economic and media elites do not realize that nearly half the voting public did not vote for trump

...and I've finally cancelled all of my #Hulu subscription, ending a day-long tug-of-war between my desire for entertainment + disgust at #Disney / #ABC ' s knuckling under to the pariah US regime. #boycottABC #boycottDisney #boycottHulu #Kimmel #Kimmelsuspension www.latimes.com/entertainmen....

“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”

Robert Redford was a glorious artist and a committed activist, but the kindest thing I can say about him is he seemed, first and foremost, like a consummate adult in the room. He carried himself with honor and dignity. He embodied good faith. He prioritized character.

Alrighty, then

I didn't get the goose case, but considered it when I ordered a different model. :) Pela cases are made in Canada from flax shive and plant based biopolymer and are compostable. We'll see how it holds up! But durability aside, it feels great to subtract more plastic from my daily surroundings.

This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway. Read all of it. He wrecks them: newrepublic.com/article/1999...

The transit agency equivalent of "eating the seed corn." penncapital-star.com/transportati... #SEPTA #PRT #PA #transit #transitfunding #TransitForAllPA

reposting with alt text and commentary. PA's transit agencies are having to raid their capital savings to maintain service, leaving them unprepared to actually address necessary repairs and other crises as they occur. this is deeply irresponsible fiscal planning and only delays disruption 1/2

THE BOROWITZ REPORT: Trump Furious at Having to Pay All His Hard-earned Bribes to E. Jean Carroll open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

Yep! Make a gratuitous attack on one of the most beloved, versatile, and civically involved American actors of all time because he didn't vote the right way. Definitely a productive and appropriate use of a POTUS's time and energies. #epsteinfiles #ITMFA #film www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“The badges on our caps. Have you looked at them? They’ve got skulls on them.” “Hans, are we the baddies?”

Is it the brain worm or is it just RFK being anti-science? He can't even recall basic facts about Covid-19 response when asked by Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social It’s about time we make this Quack waddle away. #ImpeachRFK

BREAKING: The Pentagon has authorized up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. This is a blatant expansion of military power into a civilian judicial process, a dangerous erosion of the separation between the two. Every day, we inch closer to fascism.

This is never going away, is it?

Yet another reason to take transit, bike and/or walk ...

stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...

Good.

going back to the founders it would have been recognized as an act of gratitude and patriotism to dedicate one's life to service of their adopted country, but Vance rejects the fundamental ideal of America in favor of crude blood-and-soil Nazism that he learned on the internet five years ago

Thank you, @represent.us, as usual, for pulling no punches. It's painful -- but important -- to accept that we're now living in a mafia-style state. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3b_... #WhoProfits #RepresentUs

" ... and produce is rotting in the fields." It's almost as if we're destroying our food system by deporting its hardworking workers(?) Just a guess

Republicans are DEFUNDING mass transit in the fifth largest state in the country. Thanks for nothing PA Republicans 😒

ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people

@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social ... best.deadpan.ever... www.youtube.com/shorts/KlF2m...

"MA sends $4,846 more per capita to (the feds) than it gets back...NJ + WA, bleeding 1000s per person annually. Over 5 years, NY...contributed $142.6 B more than it received ... Red states pocket $1.24 for every $ they send to DC. Blue states (pay) red states to undermine democracy." bit.ly/4mRgecA

A new malapropism (for me, anyway), overheard today: "Y has always been part and partial of the Z program." 🧐

Like a well oiled machine www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Oh. Good to know.

Thanks so much for joining us at yesterday's rally in downtown Pittsburgh, Senator!

Dear @meidastouch.com: your coverage is wonderful + much needed -- thank you! But please sometimes use other adjectives than just "disastrous" (even though it's almost always applicable) when describing the admin? Thanks! @bmeiselas.bsky.social @meiselasb.bsky.social @meidasjordy.bsky.social

Auto-reply email of the year. 🏆 FDA official resigning in spectacular fashion #badass #dropthemic #goals 🔗 www.instagram.com/p/DNG3MdWyto...

Flood the Zone with Shit(TM) 💩

Yesterday’s ICE raids at Emiliano’s is just another example of how the Trump admin is terrorizing our communities and ripping families apart. This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.

"... #transit agencies across the state’s 67 counties face steep cuts, w/ many serving #rural + #suburban populations." ~1 million #PA residents rely on transit daily. House #Transportation Cmte Chair Ed Neilson (D-Philly): “We can’t keep kicking this can down the road." bit.ly/4mvwBvb #SEPTA

Rage Against The Machine - 8/2/25

Happy to see @milesintransit.com's and @64streetcar.bsky.social's latest ambitious transit-centric caper on national news! Pushing transit to its limits ... just on a bigger scale than usual 🚌 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpMT... #transit #publictransit #WestCoast #California #Oregon #Washington

"As Deerhoof succinctly put it in their statement on leaving #Spotify: 'If the price of ‘discoverability’ is letting oligarchs fill the globe with computerised weaponry, we’re gonna pass on the supposed benefit.'” www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... #spotify #musicstreaming #streamingalternatives

Sorry to see that neo-Nazis showed up this weekend in Concord, the capitol city of New Hampshire -- the state which was my home on and off for decades. But also glad to see them energetically chased away by the only language they understand ... loud, unceasing profanity. 1/2

“Both of them.”

The former owners of our home had an active front door Ring camera; it was dormant when we bought the home last year. We haven't bothered to remove it yet; it was installed pretty poorly + would leave behind an ugly patch on the door frame. So for now we added a label on top: JUST KNOCK LOL 1/2

"The proposal would create a commission to develop 'a comprehensive, strategic proposal for addressing the #transportation funding needs of #PA' by 1/1/26. If the legislature fails to act on those (reccs), the bill would automatically double public #transit #funding in 2028." 😯 🚋 🚌 bit.ly/457Riq9