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This guy doesn't math

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Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

submitted 36 days ago • 788 comments

highway to the danger zone? please. what this city needs is free and accessible public transit to the danger zone

submitted 599 days ago • 27 comments

So it's just cool for the Marines to drive in prospect Park now?

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I don’t think people understand how devastating the end of net neutrality, and consumer protections around internet connectivity, are going to be. Imagine the situation where you pay for 4 or 5 different streaming services, each with different “exclusives” — but for the Internet itself.

submitted 54 days ago • 120 comments

This morning I heard @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social on 99pi and I just finished listening to every episode

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

The official "FBI Terrorism Rubric" has been leaked

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

I wonder what “this is not a terrorist event” means in this context

submitted 56 days ago • 10 comments

I wonder what happened to this sign

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Waymo is peak American innovation. With way less money they could have built a reliable public transport network, but instead someone was like "what if we could find a way for empty vehicles to contribute to traffic too? There's no reason we can't have more cars on the road than there are drivers"

submitted 57 days ago • 120 comments

There’s a huge double standard when it comes to funding public transit vs funding highways. It plays out in various ways in how society looks at the costs of building & operating transit vs highways. The result is massive under-investment in transit. 🧵:

submitted 61 days ago • 9 comments

manipulating wikipedia has been a longstanding project of the nazi alt-right. on 4chan they used to post instructions about how to use scripts to fix typos on wikipedia to create a helpful-looking history and parlay that into moderator privileges so you can insert nazi stuff onto the platform

submitted 63 days ago • 35 comments

Do you ever wonder which is greater, the number of grains of sand on earth or drones in the sky?

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

“There are pros and cons of living in Rockland and Orange counties, and this is a con,” Seibel said about the prospect of having to pay to drive into lower Manhattan. "But this being a con doesn’t make congestion pricing unconstitutional.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/23/c...

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

We've officially hit "too cold for citibike breaks and gears" season

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Red One is a movie that bravely asks, "what if Santa were a cop?"

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She is so bad

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A sheriff in Virginia has been found guilty of taking $75,000 in bribes from people in exchange for deputy badges so they could carry concealed weapons and get out of tickets. Scott Jenkins, 53, appointed dozens of deputies in Culpepper County who lacked the required training or background checks.

submitted 67 days ago • 420 comments

🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

submitted 66 days ago • 102 comments

I have still never heard a good explanation for why NYC allows cars to legally park blocking the curb cuts at T intersections

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility

submitted 70 days ago • 12 comments

Every single one of these articles is the same: Blame Democrats for capitulating to "progressive advocates," blithely note that no one in power has actually done that, then tell Democrats to do exactly what they're already doing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 71 days ago • 91 comments

This is class warfare. www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...

submitted 72 days ago • 33 comments

My response below to Qs for this article on “Private Schools Group Apologizes After Claims of Antisemitism at Event” in which my talk was one that made four Jewish students feel threatened bc I used the word genocide. Let’s unpack since they gave ADL the last word. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/n...

submitted 72 days ago • 17 comments

A secondary part of this story is how The Times is, for now, selecting which stories to put on which social media site based on the perceived politics of that site. Here’s what happens on X.

submitted 75 days ago • 4 comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and grants 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern US history.

submitted 76 days ago • 77 comments

Maybe Dr. Oz owning $550,000 in UnitedHealth stock and seeking to run the agency that oversees UnitedHealth's biggest cash cow (Medicare Advantage) should get more attention www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

submitted 77 days ago • 77 comments

NYPD officials say a massive, citywide hunt for overtime pay is underway.

submitted 80 days ago • 79 comments

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This guy doesn't math

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

highway to the danger zone? please. what this city needs is free and accessible public transit to the danger zone

So it's just cool for the Marines to drive in prospect Park now?

I don’t think people understand how devastating the end of net neutrality, and consumer protections around internet connectivity, are going to be. Imagine the situation where you pay for 4 or 5 different streaming services, each with different “exclusives” — but for the Internet itself.

This morning I heard @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social on 99pi and I just finished listening to every episode

The official "FBI Terrorism Rubric" has been leaked

I wonder what “this is not a terrorist event” means in this context

I wonder what happened to this sign

Waymo is peak American innovation. With way less money they could have built a reliable public transport network, but instead someone was like "what if we could find a way for empty vehicles to contribute to traffic too? There's no reason we can't have more cars on the road than there are drivers"

There’s a huge double standard when it comes to funding public transit vs funding highways. It plays out in various ways in how society looks at the costs of building & operating transit vs highways. The result is massive under-investment in transit. 🧵:

manipulating wikipedia has been a longstanding project of the nazi alt-right. on 4chan they used to post instructions about how to use scripts to fix typos on wikipedia to create a helpful-looking history and parlay that into moderator privileges so you can insert nazi stuff onto the platform

Do you ever wonder which is greater, the number of grains of sand on earth or drones in the sky?

“There are pros and cons of living in Rockland and Orange counties, and this is a con,” Seibel said about the prospect of having to pay to drive into lower Manhattan. "But this being a con doesn’t make congestion pricing unconstitutional.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/23/c...

We've officially hit "too cold for citibike breaks and gears" season

Red One is a movie that bravely asks, "what if Santa were a cop?"

She is so bad

A sheriff in Virginia has been found guilty of taking $75,000 in bribes from people in exchange for deputy badges so they could carry concealed weapons and get out of tickets. Scott Jenkins, 53, appointed dozens of deputies in Culpepper County who lacked the required training or background checks.

🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

I have still never heard a good explanation for why NYC allows cars to legally park blocking the curb cuts at T intersections

“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…” @nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility

Every single one of these articles is the same: Blame Democrats for capitulating to "progressive advocates," blithely note that no one in power has actually done that, then tell Democrats to do exactly what they're already doing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This is class warfare. www.npr.org/2024/12/16/n...

A secondary part of this story is how The Times is, for now, selecting which stories to put on which social media site based on the perceived politics of that site. Here’s what happens on X.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and grants 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern US history.

Maybe Dr. Oz owning $550,000 in UnitedHealth stock and seeking to run the agency that oversees UnitedHealth's biggest cash cow (Medicare Advantage) should get more attention www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

NYPD officials say a massive, citywide hunt for overtime pay is underway.

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

I have so many thoughts about this article.

One of my favorite movies of the year