I liken congestion pricing to smoking bans: if you were around when they were being debated, there were endless flags thrown about how it wasn’t the right solution, businesses would be adversely impacted, etc etc.
Then the bans went into effect and everyone wondered why we didn’t do them sooner.
It's not some tactical maneuver, it's not secret negotiations to extract concessions, it's not because they conclude some nominee is actually pretty reasonable and qualified. They do it because they literally don't care and aren't even paying attention, and have been taught this is thing you do.
We're great at parties.
I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
the feature is called Search Party for god’s sake
terrifying, panopticon shit.
fuck this Ring commercial hiding fascism behind dogs
To so many people, this is what the word "America" means. We do not have to let that go away
everyone who cooks has a favorite spatula, spoon, and set of tongs if they're willing to be honest with themselves
The permitting reform “debate” is a sterling example of some misguided liberals inventing a reasonable conservative position to engage with that simply isn’t held by any conservatives with the power to implement it.
Grandpa Simpson talking to children about Tunde in TV on the Radio before he became known as an actor.
You see. Before he was the teacher in Spider-Man or the tornado hunter in Twisters — Tunde Adebimpe was the lead singer of one of the best band of the 2000s. You’d never think it now while watching Skeleton Crew, but that man brought the falsetto to Brooklyn.
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.
In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.
"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
He was just giving him a little nose rub.
He was just giving him a little nose rub. It’s a sign of affection.
I know, I know, tons of folks grew up in suburbs so have come to believe "that's just what people want." Fish/water etc.
But we really, actually outlawed urban growth in the ~ 1960s thru '80s and mandated suburbanization.
that is not the same as "what people want." It is "all that's on offer."
The really wild part was that every paper in his district got the initial tip about the travel, but it was only the smallest paper with the most novice reporter that actually chased it down and wrote it up
He also used taxpayer money to take his family on vacation, which seems quaint in retrospect but was absolutely a scandal at the time
perhaps instead of cowering under a blanket labeled "health care," democrats should respond and advance on the issues that move people. this, of course, would require a foundation of conviction and principle, which may be asking too much of the party's leadership and strategists.
One of the way they are making us less safe in DC is initiating police chases and causing crashes: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
When e-bike/e-scooter rentals descended upon cities, politicians argued for speed governors on safety grounds, and in a number of cases forced companies to install them. That may have been the right call! But it highlights the obvious absurdity of allowing cars in cities without them.
firefox even does this for you
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25
Trump’s latest climate rollback makes it all but official: The US is giving up on trying to stop the planet’s warming.
In some ways, the effort has barely started.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Once again thinking about how the great untold story of our age is the nexus of PR professionals and conservative activists and how and why some people are able to consistently get sympathetic stories into the newspaper and others aren't bsky.app/profile/ajba...
The 2-3 cops on regular traffic patrol are nailing this stuff, but yes, this is as blatant as brandishing a pistol in a crowd. Anyone who does this should be treated as a homicidal maniac.
Dude, a DC bartender might be in charge of making our war plans against Iran right now
one other way to think of this is that it is a massive program of upwards redistribution to wealthy business owners who can skimp on worker, consumer and environmental safety to juice profits for themselves www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
ALA is back in court to protect library funding. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association.
NEW: Today ALA & our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social filed a preliminary injunction in federal court.
This continues our ongoing legal action to save federal library funding.
Our goal is to immediately halt the dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services. 1/3
