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ICE is a terrorist org

Just like how we need geofences for speed, we need geofences for horn volume. A horn loud enough to be heard in another vehicle at 50 yards over 70 mph road noise should not be allowed in cities

I want to live in a world where transportation engineers have to work in the margins of landscape architects' plans

Today is a good day to remind you that there are wonderful things happening in the world but you have to go looking for them *OR* you can subscribe to a good news newsletter. As a chronically online person it does wonders for my mental health Try this one (not an ad) fixthenews.com/301-the-fift...

I hope Trump grows taste buds in his butthole

Followup: I looked at the account and this is a *black woman cyclist,* a triple-threat to his identity which is based entirely on being none of those things

This is a great example of how toxic men have created toxic systems that enable toxic men to be even toxicer men Down with the patriarchy

“I stand with the troops” is about as rhetorically honest as “Won’t somebody think of the children?” It’s an emotional appeal designed to shut down discourse about stopping wars, which tells you a lot about anyone who says it

I’m looking up books for a thing I’m working on and got a Prager U ad on the Antifa Comic Book We’re outfunded, but that’s not going to save them in the end

Moon Bears (aka Are We Going To War With Iran Today?) youtu.be/pvjgIxuVdo4?... A skit from 2008 that is still relevant today

The Steak Bake Spider is the best and most unsettling map visualizer I've ever seen. It maps the nearest Gregs bakery to the map center alasdairrae.github.io/steakbakespi...

If you have to commit violence to stay in power, your power is illegitimate

It’s super hard to solve systemic problems in a society where everyone thinks individualistically

Safely Maneuvering Across Lin He Road - Lin Yilin 1995

"People won't work if there's no financial incentive." No, bro, also you just outed yourself as someone with no passions in life outside of counting your money and using that number to compare yourself to other people

Prediction: AI is going to end up exposing how bullshit the jobs are of the people who think they can control AI

This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever read regarding the surprising awkwardness you feel when when you first take control of your life or become successful or stop being a fuckup or step into your divine feminine or whatever you wanna call it open.substack.com/pub/audacity...

I love the internet because I am still finding out things from my favorite childhood show 30+ years later ironicsans.ghost.io/proof-that-p...

They have forgotten that the people they command are people to the point of forgetting they need sleep to do their bidding

Maybe we should stop referring to them as law enforcement

Clearly you’ve all been waiting with bated breath: It’s an ashtray. Right in the middle of the sidewalk for some reason As you were.

Name that infrastructure, Hutchinson, KS, edition:

More like “the bikes are a threat to the profits of the car industry”

Rural Nebraskan Not Sure He Could Handle Frantic Pace Of Omaha theonion.com/rural-n...

Can you imagine how immoral a society would have to be if it let one person have ten times the access to resources as someone else? Oh wait… apnews.com/article/ceo-...

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22 (x2)

Capitalism is a social construct

If the patriarchy wanted to, it would

Do you *actually* hate people, or do you just have bad conflict resolution skills?

Why have we as a society let toxic men convince us that if we're not also a toxic man then there's something wrong with us?

I found the gen z Fiona Apple

They made generative AI because they are jealous of those of us who did not sacrifice our creativity and humanity to the false gods of profit and professionalism

It’s deeply unethical to require drug tests for low-income jobs but not leadership jobs Also, I don’t think it got the way it is by accident

Those who abuse power are not going to have a change of behavior out of the goodness of their hearts www.youtube.com/watch?v=0quk...

Social mobility has been declining for decades but that's fine, we don't need the talents of 340 million people as long as we have the several dozen children of our stupidest oligarchs

The solution to illegal immigration is not to double-down on the law, the solution is to make immigration irrelevant by Schengen-Zonifying the entire world ⬇️ The world with borders vs the world without borders

This is how power do

Cars are a violation of the social contract

Capitalism is incompatible with the future

I am no longer wasting my breath on people who refuse to acknowledge the existence of systemic problems, which is going to be extremely difficult in a society where everyone thinks individually

The richest person should not be more than an order of magnitude richer than the poorest person

The Swiss are also catching repeat offenders with their speed cameras www.bbc.com/news/article...