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Happy Person Must Either Be Stupid Or Evil theonion.com/happy-p...

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A majority of Californians support High Speed Rail. A majority of CA's High Speed Rail funding has come from our state, not the feds. We are going to build High Speed Rail, no matter what Trump and Musk say. ktla.com/news/califor...

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"If you could pass along a brief message to [CONGRESSPERSON], I would like to express my support for plunging the universe into an eternal and dreamless sleep."

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CCR without John Fogerty is to the 1990s as "Nirvana" without Kurt Cobain is to the 2020s. I will not be taking questions at this time.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

the democrats 'could' do this or 'should' do that but the democrats 'would' push you into farm machinery for a long weekend

submitted 10 days ago • 30 comments

Over the past few weeks I've been cancelling streaming accounts, deleting apps, and now I'm working on winding down the Gmail account I've had since it was an invite-only service. Honestly not missing any of it. We're going back to the 90s and it feels great. Maybe I'll start a zine.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

California trips between 10-50 miles account for 26% of all trips but 50% of all VMT.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

RIP to one of the greats—a true visionary and inspirational person whose mark will be felt as long as we still have cities and planning.

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H5N1 strain that had B.C. teen on life-support found in Nevada cows www.cbc.ca/news/health/... 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Short answer: Yes "Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

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Under the slender gaze of the Bay Bridge, the Sacramento Northern "Meteor" swings into Track #6 of SF's Transbay Terminal, the final leg of its trip. Having left Chico at 12:15 PM, the Meteor's 5:58 PM arrival in SF marks the end of a long 187-mile interurban journey. c. 1940

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African American inventor Isaac R. Johnson patented the folding bicycle frame in 1899, "so that it can be compactly stored -- as, for example, in trunks or compartments, or other small places, or conveniently carried, as in elevators, cars, or the like." 🎉February is Black American History Month🎉

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So tired of Apple shitting up my carefully curated music library and frustrated with everything else going on in the world that I'm canceling my Apple Music account and going back to MP3, CD, and vinyl. The greybeards were right. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR? YOU WERE RIIIIIGHT.

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Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

submitted 106 days ago • 177 comments

The first set of Black History Month facts are about transportation and the fight for civil rights. Day 1 - Elizabeth Jennings For more information: www.nytransitmuseum.org/elizabethjen... #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #bhm

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

submitted 23 days ago • 876 comments

Working on a new journalism glossary. To access journalism we add complicity journalism—willful naïveté—& collaborationist journalism. Today’s term: objectivity theater, in which a reporter hides under cover of objectivity their previous failure to understand the story.

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

112 people died daily in vehicle crashes throughout the US on average in 2023—almost 41,000 people over the course of the year.

submitted 24 days ago • 10 comments

Allowing right turns on red (or left in left-side driving countries) has been proven to endanger pedestrians. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/right-t...

submitted 26 days ago • 7 comments

Investors Worried AI Could Leave Shred Of Humanity Intact theonion.com/investors-wo...

submitted 26 days ago • 35 comments

lol

submitted 26 days ago • 22 comments

"AI" is sea monkeys and a lotta kids didn't get scammed at a developmentally appropriate age, and now we're here

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

In Ep 215, "'Bipartisanship' as High-Minded Rhetorical Cover for Pushing Rightwing Policies," we examine US media's obsession with "finding common ground" and "reaching across the aisle" which more often than not just means embracing war, xenophobia and austerity w/ guest @malaikajabali.bsky.social

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Finally.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Just started using Discogs and wondering how “sort by last name” became some sort of eldritch lost technology that confounds modern programmers. Apple Music, I’m also looking in your direction.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

[Entire dem establishment covers up for a sundowning president] and when we are found out, we will blame The Groups

submitted 36 days ago • 9 comments

"We have to come together as a government and remove the one thing that brings this nation joy. That’s the only way they won’t realize that things could be better."

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Seems bad.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

We will meet again in the Black Lodge.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Aside from the destruction and deaths, the most horrifying part of the LA fires is the knowledge that nothing will fundamentally change, except it will keep getting worse.

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More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

submitted 43 days ago • 483 comments

Somebody tell Calbike to get on Bluesky!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Congratulations Zucc, you finally convinced me to delete my Instagram and Facebook!

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Weird, it's almost like 1) the climate crisis is causing more wildfires to become more severe more quickly than before, 2) people should no longer be living in the WUI, and 2) cars are not an efficient mode of transportation. www.redding.com/story/news/l...

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Meet the California Couple Who Uses More Water Than Every Home in Los Angeles Combined How megafarmers Lynda and Stewart Resnick built their billion-dollar empire.

submitted 45 days ago • 29 comments

“A 5-year study of 263K U.K. commuters, published in the British Medical Journal in 2017, found regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%, and the incidence of cancer and heart disease by 45% and 46% respectively. Other large-scale studies have found similar.” Via @CarltonReid.com

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"We will never stop fighting this fascist tide. We’re simply going to fight it by giving up—which, if you’ve been paying attention, has always been our strategy. And now, above all else, consistency is key."

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

For anyone who believes highways and roads pay for themselves, the country's Highway Trust Fund is projected to run out in 2028.

submitted 47 days ago • 17 comments