orbarbarism.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Manhattan buses have for decades been among the slowest in the nation. But speed gains from congestion pricing have made riding on those routes desirable again. buff.ly/5QN98o5

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

It’s not a surprise but this is a terrible, terrible verdict and will have major consequences for advocacy and protest. Fossil capital destroys everything

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

it’s been said, but every genocidaire in history said they were provoked

submitted 15 days ago • 30 comments

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR. In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.

submitted 17 days ago • 119 comments

🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

submitted 18 days ago • 38 comments

bro my grocery store launched a sports betting app im never gonna be able to afford eggs again

submitted 21 days ago • 41 comments

Spending $1 billion on electric buses that will reduce our transit frequency to save 2% on CO2 emissions seems rather ridiculous to me. www.theurbanist.org/2025/03/05/c...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past. The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 28 days ago • 46 comments

If people in Los Angeles have to hear about Eric Adams constantly you have to hear about L.A. earthquakes.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

i challenge new yorkers to elect a mayor I never have to hear about

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

Well this is interesting cleantechnica.com/2025/01/09/m...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 54 days ago • 7 comments

A good way to understand why wealth inequality is a problem is, if some idiot says "no regulations should exist" you just laugh at him, but if that idiot has $400 billion then it's an existential crisis for America.

submitted 56 days ago • 45 comments

this sort of naked cynicism is jarring, but you’re going to see more of it because this is how kleptocracy works. it makes groveling and sycophancy the rational choice, because it will very often be rewarded.

submitted 71 days ago • 35 comments

The upcoming NWS LA / Oxnard forecast is... rough www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProd...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

If I take a bus downtown and back it costs me $4.50. If I take the 'L' downtown and back it costs me $5.00. If I take Metra downtown and back it costs me at least $7.50. If I drive downtown and back it costs me zero dollars. Remind me again why we should feel bad about changing that last one?

submitted 84 days ago • 15 comments

I am ready to testify against the Clintons

submitted 92 days ago • 10 comments

'the market will solve our affordable housing shortage' the market:

submitted 93 days ago • 11 comments

Santa embodies the commodity fetish….when my children ask where their presents come from, I tell them a plastics manufacturing complex in jiaxing

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

i love that chicago has the bean. more cities should have ominous relics. let’s put a big dark hole that god can’t see down in cleveland, ohio

submitted 96 days ago • 139 comments

Code review of the shooter's Github: - No requirements.txt - No packages / init.py - Using ClsName instead of self to access class vars. - Docstrings above methods (??) - no name main block; no clear indication of how to run - looping over range(len(iterable)) Overall, not particularly good.

submitted 112 days ago • 16 comments

You’re laughing? Americas greatest criminal is named Matthew Spaghetti and you’re laughing?

submitted 112 days ago • 24 comments

DSA chapters should organize for & expect regular public engagement with elected officials they endorse — it’s an important part of collective organization & building toward co-governance against a hostile establishment. Looking forward to seeing what’s discussed here

submitted 124 days ago • 1 comment

how to filter out baking recipes published march 2020

submitted 125 days ago • 46 comments

Saying "this is a distraction" in response to anti-trans attacks without actually pushing back on the attacks is exactly what Kamala Harris did in response to anti-trans attacks during her campaign. That sure worked out well! 🙃

submitted 127 days ago • 107 comments

Holy fuck, Whole Foods union just dropped. 300 grocery store workers for Whole Foods in Philly are unionizing with UFCW local 1776. As far as I can tell, this is the first organizing effort at a whole foods store, ever.

submitted 129 days ago • 57 comments

gaetz not ready for the major league, returns to minors

submitted 130 days ago • 124 comments

thanks but I’d still like to see that report

submitted 130 days ago • 23 comments

Signs of some "big time" weather for TBD portions of U.S. West coast over next 10 days. A major #AtmosphericRiver, & perhaps a short sequence of very wet ARs, will affect some section of coast between NorCal & WA--perhaps bringing very heavy rain accumulations. #CAwx #ORwx [1/6]

submitted 135 days ago • 8 comments

🪴 follow DSA's first and only Marxist caucus 🪴

submitted 134 days ago • 1 comment

Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Fc...

submitted 136 days ago • 8 comments

$7 trillion in subsidies for fossil fuel companies in 2023 www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Art...

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

oh you think a fascist politician actually has some interesting takes on antitrust policy? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite matt stoller

submitted 138 days ago • 20 comments

People who say they care about women’s and girls’ sports are noticeably quiet about how eliminating the Department of Education would end federal oversight of Title IX enforcement of the equal existence of women’s and girls’ sports

submitted 139 days ago • 214 comments

Today, the Board ruled that, going forward, an employer will violate the National Labor Relations Act by requiring employees to attend “captive-audience” meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization under threat of discipline or discharge. www.nlrb.gov/news-outreac...

submitted 138 days ago • 24 comments

ventra machines at certain L stations are currently dispensing retro paper transit passes btw

submitted 139 days ago • 6 comments

Alright apologies to people who followed for sports takes, but I'm going to be tracking Los Angeles election results here for the next week or so, as we get progressive new vote drops from the county. my spreadsheet is here docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

submitted 143 days ago • 2 comments