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I am inundated with messages from federal workers who are feeling frantic, furious and fed up after receiving Musk’s email and reading his threatening X post. The psychological warfare is the point.

submitted 2 days ago • 153 comments

This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

submitted 2 days ago • 1025 comments

In Washington last year, a traffic crash killed or seriously injured someone every 2.7 hours, but I've never seen a TV news station claim that even a single horrific crash "highlights the dangers" of roadway travel.

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.

submitted 9 days ago • 273 comments

These are Fort Campbell-based 101st Airborne Division soldiers escorting the Little Rock Nine in 1957. Fort Campbell is erasing its own history.

submitted 9 days ago • 129 comments

As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit

submitted 9 days ago • 479 comments

“Shoot, aim, ready.” Reckless Trump administration officials fired over 300 National Nuclear Security Administration employees, including those overseeing our nuclear arsenal. Now they’re trying to get them to come back. We have 1435 days left of this shitshow!

submitted 10 days ago • 357 comments

Portland, Oregon - Monday:

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A serious strike might do the trick...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I appreciate how clearly @jamellebouie.net spells put the stakes. The constitutional order we grew up with is dead and the fight is over what replaces it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Most startups fail badly.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I think the real question is just what will they be attempting to do with this access. My guess-make it very easy for Trump to threaten & deny federal funds to any group "not playing ball" with his desires (on immigration, or anything else). Would they make this possible at a state or city level?

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

“The last several days we’ve witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal government by Elon Musk and Donald Trump. They have set their sights on a full purge of anyone in government that doesn’t bend the knee and follow their orders.” - Sen. @wyden.senate.gov

submitted 21 days ago • 122 comments

“Regulations, basically, should be default gone,” Musk said. “Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in.” www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

submitted 22 days ago • 540 comments

Bring it on!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications

submitted 24 days ago • 158 comments

The Star-Ledger was the main area paper in my New Jersey days.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

10 years in they are still asking Trump to be a good guy

submitted 24 days ago • 23 comments

As a break from the nozzle of crap flowing from DC, this seems to me to be important thinking about what AI will sooner or later do for/to us... (though I'm not sure if there will be any paying customers left)

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

These are important wording choices. When you describe lawbreaking this way, you’re communicating to the reader that sure, maybe it’s TECHNICALLY illegal, but it can’t REALLY be that important. Nobody describes street criminals as “unbound by legal niceties.”

submitted 25 days ago • 44 comments

Overnight the WH told reporters it was out of the loop on the two big stories that roiled the federal government all week talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

What's bad about this isn't even trying to undo congestion pricing. It's the idea that a president has legal authority to undo state or local law by executive fiat, which is absolute horseshit. This is a trial balloon. Don't accept he has this power because he absolutely DOES NOT.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

Running (down) the Federal Gov't just like Twitter. Are we now the U.S. of X?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

submitted 40 days ago • 1667 comments

Correct.

submitted 40 days ago • 6 comments

it's legitimately insulting that of all the millions of people in this country, the President-elect nominated someone to this particular job for the sole reason that he liked how the guy yelled on his TV

submitted 42 days ago • 16 comments

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...

submitted 43 days ago • 222 comments

Better "virtue signaling" than non-virtuous actions.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

This rhetorical move has no sway whatsoever any more, maybe it never did.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Wikipedia is the last major, visible platform for facts that they can’t buy. The attacks are going to be merciless.

submitted 48 days ago • 136 comments

A thoughtful list and writeup of Dylan songs, though I gotta say it takes something to put LARS at #22! I do agree with the #11 pick - feels like your right in the midst of that storm.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people did so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

submitted 51 days ago • 25 comments

As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.

submitted 53 days ago • 138 comments

I seem to end up blocking about 90% of the random follows, kind of a pain.

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

A single sentence, that if embraced by urbanists, mayors, city councillors & the dude who works in finance but is convinced he intuitively knows how to design a street, would greatly improve cities. This sentence would also make community engagement sessions far more productive.

submitted 67 days ago • 10 comments

And how do you create walkable neighborhoods? #1: You stop prioritizing cars over pedestrians. #2: You legalize housing types that allow more people to live closer together. #3: You allow shops and restaurants in residential areas. Pretty simple, really. today.ucsd.edu/story/walkab...

submitted 64 days ago • 4 comments

I recently watched SAFE again and it holds up very well.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

"To make good art or to do good community work, often a gauntlet is thrown down: You either don't concern yourself with money and do good work, or you do shitty work and you're interested in money. I just felt like I had to stop in order to avoid burnout..."

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Grateful for the opportunity to chat with Sarah and Doug of @thewaroncars.bsky.social. I think we could have talked about the psychology of transportation for hours more (y'all know I could have, brevity isn't my strong suit 😄). I shout out a lot of you smart people, from whom I'm always learning. 🙏

submitted 69 days ago • 11 comments

Worth a look for Portland folks. One takeaway: "Barriers to Voter Information: Amidst unprecedented choice on the ballot, voters faced a significant shortage of information about council candidates." In this 'information age' is it even a surprise at this point?

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments