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Kalamazoo, Michigan, journalist. Bike pedaler. I ride bikes far, I pet our kitties hard, I drink coffee like in those '80s Coffee Achiever commercials. I cover housing, culture, bikes, road infrastructure, environment, a hodgepodge, secondwavemedia.com
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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 76 comments

the rise of the fascist nerds was anticipated by Ellen Ullman's 1995 essay "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life."

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

submitted 22 hours ago • 344 comments

I've covered housing issues for Second Wave, and know there's a lot of federal funds meant for Kalamazoo to help build housing, to help people who are unhoused, to provide support.

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This is extortion of an ally: “The terms of the new proposal … call for Ukraine to relinquish half of its revenues from natural resources, including minerals, gas and oil, as well as earnings from ports and other infrastructure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

submitted 1 day ago • 47 comments

JEEZuz. This full clip.

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elon musk at cpac was so fucking weird you guys I know this reads like a parody but I literally just wrote down what happened www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

submitted 2 days ago • 259 comments

Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report

submitted 2 days ago • 82 comments

🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

submitted 3 days ago • 967 comments

In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing. Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space. The cameras are staying on!

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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VOA asked the White House to clarify President Trump’s comments on Ukraine spending, specifically seeking any documentation for the mathematical discrepancy. The White House replied by referring VOA back to the president’s comments. www.voanews.com/a/us-figures...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Almost the entirety of American right interprets the US constitution, sovereignty and presidential authority thru the prism of early 20th century continental philosophy tied up with the origins of fascism. All of it totally alien to how constitution writers understood these concepts and ...

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

submitted 4 days ago • 256 comments

Hey, I’ve dealt with a chronic illness. Have you? Let’s be a real threat.

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What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."

submitted 5 days ago • 24 comments

Throwback Streetfilms video from 15 years ago. Pre-SNL Kate McKinnon as Veronica Moss, A.U.T.O. lobbylist. "Bikers are a pimple on the butt of any city. " A little NSFW but fun.

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John Oliver is back with a pretty good summary. He was the first source. that I saw anyway, to outline Project 2025 last summer, and he focused on their promise to do what they are doing now -- purge the government of federal workers.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

cool as hell

submitted 5 days ago • 84 comments

if you told someone in 2008 that Drudge Report would be better at writing hard-hitting headlines than actual news outlets you would be laughed out of whatever room you were in

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

Quite the difference in the crowd reaction during the U.S. and Canadian national anthems during the 4 Nations Face-Off tonight

submitted 7 days ago • 522 comments

Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

submitted 8 days ago • 231 comments

We got a new seal from Costco.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

"No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives."

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments