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Amid these plane crashes and derailments (not a coincidence), I’m reposting my public transportation thread from the bird app: Now that we’re in the middle of a plane Armageddon™️, it’s a good time to remember how public transportation is *purposely* underfunded across the ENTIRE United States.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

I was too optimistic so now v1 is actually the fourth version. Probably should go to bed instead

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Shout out to 5calls.org for making it easy to find your representatives and contact their staff to share what is important to you. I managed to reach 2 out of 3 reps. today.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It's an interesting framing of the situation, one that we've seen US media take very often in the recent history, but only when the topics covered are unlikely to create legal liabilities domestically.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

After I read this, I want to crawl into a hole and throw my phone and computer out the window. “The average person’s experience with technology is one so aggressive and violative that I believe it leaves billions of people with a consistent low-grade trauma.”

submitted 32 days ago • 7 comments

Cheers to everybody that took the last few weeks as an opportunity to “relax” and “recuperate”! Happy new year? Let’s make this a mindful year

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Great story by @wsjwernau.bsky.social about one effective way to help treat the mental health crisis. www.wsj.com/health/schiz...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Apologies for the minutia, but why do I get the notification that our flight is delayed by four hours moments after we get in the pre paid cab to jfk…

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

Have a good evening! *repeatedly smashes the door close button*

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

The state of media for Americans is so completely broken

submitted 77 days ago • 356 comments

My god. It’s happening. A post-Bashar Syria. The transition starts now. Make no mistake: it will be incredibly rocky. But today, take a beat to hear the soft, human joy of many Syrians as they cry, embrace, learn if wrongly jailed loved ones survived & vow “now we can go home.” 🧵

submitted 77 days ago • 59 comments

Streets of NYC so full, I could probably swim faster than traffic (and I’m a bad swimmer)

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Another noise related post: Sitting in a Thai restaurant and the smoke detector battery is running low, beeping obnoxiously loud every 39.6 seconds. I don’t know how the staff can handle that all day long.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I’m in a hotel room, and there’s this mysterious deep brumming noise that I just can’t identify. It permeates the building, but it’s only audible in one corner of the room. I’m suspecting some kind of weird resonance, because we are on the third floor, pretty far away from any usual culprits.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Having grown up in Austria, this entire story is unfathomable to me.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

I totally forgot just how nice it is to walk through the forest, through fresh snow.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

The thing you have to understand about the banality of evil is that it was mundane. It was people just doing their job. A journalist just publishing an uncritical article about a collaborator. A scientist just doing a calculation without thinking through the implications for weapons.

submitted 79 days ago • 9 comments

> Actual reality is too boring to be fun and too specific to be believable. Love this line from the verge article about ai companions – it's such a good article!

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

This is such a tragic story, a first-hand account about homelessness in the US, written by an accomplished writer, Patrick Fealey. 😞 www.esquire.com/news-politic...

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

siri set a reminder to research "thanksgiving dishes with fiber question mark" for nov 1, 2025

submitted 84 days ago • 44 comments

South of France

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Munchkins is a game that makes you say gender neutral boots of butt-kicking.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

A much needed public service for those visiting relatives and watching a film together- turn these abominations off through the TV Menu. Thank You @instantsunrise.bsky.social ‬. you are a hero.

submitted 86 days ago • 37 comments

For my fellow engineers, any guesses from where these pics are? One hint: it's Alaska / Canada.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Finally managing to edit photos from our trip to Alaska. We went on a boat ride in Seward, exploring Resurrection Bay and the fjords.

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments