So Flint, Michigan gave $1,500 to all pregnant people, plus $500 each month for the first year of the child’s young life. It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions. The right thing, AND cheaper.

This is an extremely basic point, but one that bears repeating: in a law-governed society, the state cannot simply murder people it has identified as potential criminals. It does not matter if those alleged criminals are foreigners. If you illegally kill people, you have committed murder.

people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

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Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Just cancelled my Washington Post subscription. Toxic billionaires like Bezos are incompatible with a free press. It's not hard to predict what would happen to a Post reporter who dared to investigate Watergate-scale crimes today.

Speaking of Italians, the right-wing/MSM project of the past week sounds just like Mussolini's granddaughter.

Banksy, always on point. But now they cover up his work.

The governing law for cyclists is that they don’t want to die. You really don’t need much more than that. Almost all of the other laws are people being mad because “it’s not fair cyclists run red lights. Why can’t I plow through the crosswalk inside my motorized wrecking ball doing mach 5?”. 3/3

London is growing on me a bit, and one of the things that sold me is how completely ungovernable cyclists are. I’m a believer that most road laws should not apply to cyclists. Laws are for protecting other people. Cars pose a low risk to the driver and a high danger to basically everyone else 1/3

Gonna be a damp evening in Boston... @universalhub.com

Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

Trump’s face hasn’t been seen in public since this 👇

Beware of any politician doing this. It’s a major red flag of the most cynical political opportunism, weaponization of lies & misinformation, and manipulation of some consultant’s idea of a “wedge issue.” It would waste public money, risk or even cost lives, weaken the city, make traffic worse, etc.

You do love to see it.

ACAB. Remember that the first 'A' stands for ALL.

People are lonelier than ever, so here is a robot you can talk to. It won't make you less lonely but it will drive you insane. That will be five thousand dollars.

I think they think the troops are the cops' dad and you're really in trouble when he gets here?

Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.

Great week for people who are like once I saw a black person, therefore it’s time for martial law

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...

The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA. I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

Have any of the polling firms asked "Do you hope he dies?" I think that would be a fun chyron for President TV to see before sundowning.

Combining new Trump admin initiatives to save space: "Former Fox News host plans to erect nuclear-powered Confederate general statue on the moon."

Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much

Massachusetts has five cities where the typical starter home is worth at least $1 million.

Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash

I also think that it's important to keep pointing out that many of the corporate boards, University Trustees etc... SUPPORT FASCISM.

Your least competent colleague is currently explaining CSS to a neural network while it reassuringly nods in binary.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Bribes work!

no it wasn’t and no it didn’t

12 years ago, Jill Viles sent @propublica.org reporter David Epstein what he calls "the most interesting email I ever received." The subject line: "Woman with muscular dystrophy, Olympic Medalist—same mutation."

Paris urban biking DOUBLED in just one year. “Cycling in Paris has transcended mere trendiness; it’s become a fundamental aspect of the city’s identity. Despite challenges like inclement weather, cyclists continue to flock to the streets, setting new records and reshaping the urban landscape.”

People don’t get what I mean when I say the way AI is going to change my job over the next five years is that I’m going to spend a lot more time firing people

The bane of my existence is that my skillset is best suited for counterintelligence focused cybersecurity roles, which have the strictest background checks. Meanwhile my background is best suited for being unable to get a job as shift manager at Wendy's.

lol, training AI is a very good use of your valuable time. www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/com...

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I... Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

“Hatch disclosed that the agency relied heavily on… Canary Mission, to identify international students who protested the war in Gaza, including Öztürk, as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on the pro-Palestinian movement on college campuses.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/15/m...

No shade toward Wired, who have a done a lot of fantastic journalism this year alone, but isn't it a tiny bit concerning that they're constantly scooping legacy political media with far fewer resources? If I were a reporter at a legacy outlet, that would make me question what my bosses are doing.

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I love me some Bike Farmer, truly the misanthropic Bob Ross of wrenching. "I've never been so mad at a bike. I hate dealing with this shit." www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_CF...