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This has been under the radar, but the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies dissolved a lot of their committees recently. On equity, energy, alt fuels, and more. Just gone. The conference is the main transportation conference where our students would present their research.

submitted 48 minutes ago • 4 comments

I fundamentally, profoundly disagree with this incredibly dangerous A+B take from someone who has absolutely no business pretending to be a public intellectual. We shouldn't use polling to tell us what our values are, we should use polling to further advance the causes we value.

submitted 1 hour ago • 10 comments

It's really wild watch the culture and discourse pivot to "but why don't we eugenics harder? really, really lean into it..."

submitted 4 hours ago • 8 comments

"Nothing / none" is the second most frequent response. We are not breaking through. If you care about health care (Medicaid,, Medicare, the ACA), if you care about SNAP, if you care about ordinary Americans, this ought to be very alarming.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is apparently on his way back to the U.S. — because the administration indicted him in Tennessee and sought his return for that purpose. abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl... Indictment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 7 hours ago • 30 comments

I am decently good at my job www.youtube.com/watch?v=adRJ...

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

"Americans don't care that a billionaire installed a bunch of far-right psychos in office who then gutted healthcare."

submitted 23 hours ago • 26 comments

NEW: Even after leaving public service, Elon Musk and DOGE employees are still subject to criminal conflict of interest laws. We're calling on the Office of Government Ethics to review whether Musk and others leaving DOGE complied with financial disclosure requirements.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

My notes on yesterday's Senate Judiciary hearing literally included I SEE YOU Whitney Hermandorfer dropped 3 big hints about the hackery she would engage in on the bench ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Is it kayfab or is it real?

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

@amtrak.com has been a fucking awful experience - last minute cancellation, “customer service” chat that seems like it’s AI, and Amtrak employees who are just straight up hostile. We deserve better trains than this bullshit

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

grateful for colleagues who are unwilling to throw disabled people under the bus.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This Midwestern lady’s response to that other cemetery video… yes people will die. #ProtectMedicaid

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

"Nothing / none" is the second most frequent response. We are not breaking through. If you care about health care (Medicaid,, Medicare, the ACA), if you care about SNAP, if you care about ordinary Americans, this ought to be very alarming.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

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submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

Another question he should be asked

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Someone should ask Thune, “so why do you want to take Medicaid away from people who lose their job?”

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I've only done a little bit of graduate theology work, but I'm fairly certain killing children who rely on Medicaid isn't what Jesus meant by "let the little children come to me"

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

re last quote post — the legal reporting has been often wrong, getting basic factual stuff incorrect

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

I hate that someone who is a large news aggregator with a big platform and trans needs to be called out like this but these behaviors have been going on a while

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

You phrase the response choices this way if you want a particular outcome mashable.com/article/big-... drive.google.com/file/d/1J2Q4...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

You phrase the response choices this way if you want a particular outcome mashable.com/article/big-... drive.google.com/file/d/1J2Q4...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

FakeSpot and Pocket were both incredibly useful

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Shutting down Pocket feels like yet another blow to quality journalism, especially longform journalism, that could have a huge ripple effect. Incredibly useful tool for saving things to read later that encourages thoughtful, deep engagement with articles — and incentivizes longform as an art.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

It’s Mourning In America

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” 🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

submitted 9 days ago • 186 comments

They’re cloning robots now?!?!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

If you're gonna accuse me of posting a deepfake, I'm just going to block you

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I've only done a little bit of graduate theology work, but I'm fairly certain killing children who rely on Medicaid isn't what Jesus meant by "let the little children come to me"

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Data For Progress projected 9% of voters in Iowa support Medicaid cuts. Senator Ernst ought to listen to her constituents instead of making bizarre cemetery videos for IG www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/4/...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

I'm a genuine expert in the claim I'm making here: The key is sharing this beyond BlueSky

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Do me a favor and share this WIDE

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Joni Ernst fucked up, if we exploit the opportunity: "This is the sort of thing that breaks through to people who don't follow politics. Share the town hall video, share the cemetery video with people in your networks and ask them to call both of their Senators"

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

The unemployment, yes. They're going to lay people off right and left, then realize it was a HUGE mistake, like they always do. Customers sure as hell don't want AI, it's going to cost way more and won't cure anything.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I mostly agree. I do think we are going to see parts of this come true as rapidly as he's suggesting, but that we will see a very severe backlash against products and services made with AI. Products made by humans will become very valuable.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

do you agree with the premise re AI? cancer cured, budget balances, 20% unemployment? www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Tornado activity nearby, sheltering. Will be on livestream a bit later than normal

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments