"...for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met." Glad to have gotten the opportunity to push this line in Time time.com/collections/...

The good news here is that Stephen Lynch is absolutely going to get primaried. Stay tuned.

I'm excited to finally drop this: After 20 years of bike commuting, a book, and a YouTube channel, I've compiled everything I've learned about urban cycling into a course to help people overcome the barriers to making the bike a bigger part of their lives. shiftercourses.thinkific.com

🌿Paris is turning the car-centric model of urban design on its head. Following a historic vote, Parisians voted to close 500 streets to cars and reallocate them to pedestrians, cyclists, and green space. → eurocities.eu/latest/there... #UrbanMobility #GreenerCities #SustainableCities #PublicSpace

Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists. But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.

ILLINOIS… Gov. Pritzker…

Good job team America www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Since 2000, Paris has seen vehicle trips drop by 50%, transit ridership increase 40% and cycling increase from 3% to 11% mode share with 50mi+ of new protected bike lanes. The City also added thousands of trees & "green streets" helping to lower nitrogen dioxide levels by 50%. 🇫🇷

If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.

New, from me: The Trump administration is killing Direct File, the free IRS e-filing tool. Users love it, and it creates incredible value for the public. It's the clearest sign that DOGE wants a government that serves private and not public interests. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

A former Meta PR person has come out in support of "Careless People", saying that the book IS accurate

New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.

Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio Rep Victoria Spartz of Indiana just became the deciding votes to gut Medicaid.

If only there was a word for when an unelected oligarch moves quickly to take over control of the government. The legacy media is failing us. Support independent media. www.democracydocket.com

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com

BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With @normeisen.bsky.social I'm launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We'll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. contrarian.substack.com

The Contrarian masthead already the strongest pro-democracy group in the country, probably stronger than all of legacy media combined. Check it out (and it’s already growing beyond this): Contributors include: Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Andrew Weissmann, Andy Borowitz, Asha Rangappa, Barb McQuade,

Putting my money where my mouth is on the critical importance of local news-- I subscribed to The 51st because we need real reporting in DC more than ever. DCist is sorely missed, and I'm grateful to the team that launched @51st.news from its ashes.

Need some great naturey, sciencey art in your day? Check out this excellent feed:

i'm moving away from a two column/week pace in favor of a single extended argument. here is this week's.

A book for every urbanist on your holiday gift list. usa.streetsblog.org/2024/12/02/t...

BIG STARTER PACK NEWS! Announcing an important new team-up…celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com and I are co-curating this Starter Pack full of people & organizations that specifically overlap smart/better cities and climate action. Please share & suggest additions! go.bsky.app/7Wh2uvp

100 years ago tomorrow. New York Times, November 23, 1924: “The automobile looms up as a far more destructive piece of mechanism than the machine gun. The reckless motorist deals more death than the artilleryman. … Immediate action [is necessary] to halt the homicidal orgy of the automobile.”

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THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS

NYC congestion pricing news: “The board of the MTA, which runs the city’s transit system and is implementing the new toll, voted 12 to 1 Monday to begin the program, which officials anticipate will provide $15 billion to modernize a more than 100-year-old system.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Today marks 51 years since Alan Watts’ passing on November 16, 1973. His wisdom continues to inspire and transform countless lives! Did Alan helped You?

An excellent piece from @melaniemitchell.bsky.social on our struggle to find appropriate metaphors to think about what Large Language Models *are*. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An area that is not getting enough attention in the autopsies of 2024 is the civic structure of the Democratic Party: how money, attention, organizing, leadership, and decision-making power flow through the party. My start to an exploration here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Looking for people to follow? Here’s a directory of 4,500 starter packs which you can search by keyword! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

Nothing mattered more for Trump's win than where people get their info. Trust in traditional media hit a new low as even liberals bailed. Disinformation soared, especially in America's growing news deserts How do we get out of this mess? My new column🎁 share.inquirer.com/bpjtJ3

Bolts does extremely granular coverage of local elections and ballot measures. Absolutely essential reading if you care about local politics! (Everyone should care about local politics, that’s the really juicy stuff is and also you’ll feel it personally.)

HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk

A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting. Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.

I am thrilled to see the number of k-12 history/social studies teachers, who have made the move to Bluesky. These are some of my favorite people in the world. I have so much respect for them. Give them a follow. Still room to join. go.bsky.app/Ej43Kbg

At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better. Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful

Going to reiterate that everyone on this website should run for something. Tree warden, Senator, horse catcher, whatever. The Democratic Party is currently screaming at each other about precisely how much more racist and transphobic they should get. Sneak past them, primary an old guy, take control.

Hello, Bluesky! I'm going to start posting/interacting here more regularly. I've created a "Starter Pack" of legal experts and analysts to follow and learn from: go.bsky.app/KkfPPiN

Dear Blueskyers: I am finding it rather nice here. Can anyone please tell me the best way to search out various starter packs? Looking for mostly for journalist to cover law and politics. But I’ll also take a good set on sports and cute puppies!

Hello Bluesky - I've pulled the plug on Twitter/X and am looking to build a community here. Follow me for posts on white collar crime - there will be plenty to talk about for the next four years! Please suggest other good follows, and consider subscribing to my blog at Sidebarsblog.com - it's free!