...which academy?

For major issues with policy changes, civilian control over the state is exercised through elections. Candidates can run on an agenda and win on it; Wegner ran explicitly on a promise to build the U8 extension (which is approved but on a leisurely timeline), Mamdani won on a pro-transit agenda, etc.

now THIS is architecture!

X is a critical component of the regime’s communications and information control system.

Pro-democracy forces should boycott X because it’s not a neutral platform—it’s main purpose is spreading regime propaganda and discrediting pro-democracy actors.

I feel like "anti-liberal" leftists on here have this weird strawman caricature for what "liberals" believe. They use "liberal" to mean "weak candidate unwilling to stand up to fascism", but that's some (not all) members of the Democratic party leadership, NOT rank-and-file liberals!

A picture of Six’s bread, fresh out of the oven.

A picture of Six’s bread outside of the bread pan.

I saw someone baking bread on my timeline and I thought “wtf i could do that”

so anyway this is the first successful bread i’ve ever made!!!

You're looking at velvet malachite, Cu2CO3(OH)2.

A few warnings:
Please resist the urge to touch it to feel how soft it is.
Absolutely /do not/ lick it.
Keep far away from any Supermen.
If a wingéd creature emerges, do not agree to any pacts.

Let's talk about the science here.

That expressly violates the SB79 law, doesn't I?

Absolutely.

I think community engagement sessions are valuable in a few use-cases - but unless you are doing man-on-the-street random sampling of a specific community, it won't be valuable.

the idea of nebulous community input also undermines the explicit democracy we all participate in. i went in to pull the lever for mamdani with an idea of how DOT will run and will do the same for hochul because i have a good idea of how the mta will continue to run under her and lieber.

IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE

I remember my grandpa talking about how fundamentally crazy the flu quarantines made people feel as a kid and COVID was way more severe. Thinking it’s NBD to stay out of socializing as fundamentally social creatures where clearly the experience massively rocked all societies is a crazy take.

All but two of the Democrats in the California gubernatorial race have the same tax platform as both republicans: reduce or repeal the income tax (Porter, Yee, Bianco, Hilton), no new taxes (Mahan, what is wrong with you) or reducing the fossil fuel tax (Villaraigosa). These are the worst democrats.

Unfunded IZ presupposes a permenant housing shortage: the moment rents fall too low to cross-subsidize the unfunded mandate, development stops until rents rise again. It's housing policy pseudoscience.

The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.

I read the British fascist speech from 1939 that they are obsessed with. If you want to know what it says, just listen to JD Vance. I'm serious.

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

Wouldn't it be cool if apartments could be build in a single night?

Bruh that apartment looks nice

Oh, the above should say:

The generals who listen to my strategies and use them will triump: keep them. Those generals who ignore my strategies will be defeated; dismiss them.

將聽吾計，用之必勝，留之；將不聽吾計，用之必敗，去之。

The generals who listen to my strategies and use them shall surely triumph and survive; those generals who ignore my advice shall be defeated and so perish.

(cont) -hments are clear? With this I can predict the winner.

曰：主孰有道，將孰有能，天地孰得，法令孰行，兵眾孰強，士卒孰練，賞罰孰明，吾以此知勝負矣

They ask: Which king is morally in the right (OR: controls the roads)? Which generals are competent? Who does the weather and terrain favor? Whose methods are orderly? Whose armies are strong? Whose knight-troops are experienced? Whose rewards and punis-

故校之以計，而索其情。

The old school names them thus, and we shall study their aspects. (?)

法者，曲制，官道，主用也。凡此五者，將莫不聞，知之者勝，不知者不勝。

For the Law: detailed rules (?) and the morality of officials (?) are important.

Your generals must pay attention to all these five things; those who know it will triumph, and those who do not will be vanquished.

將者，智，信，仁，勇，嚴也。

Your generals must be wise, trustworthy, kind, brave, and respect you.

地者，遠近，險易，廣狹，死生也.

The land may be far or near, rugged or easy, broad or narrow. This too is of life and death.

天者，陰陽，寒暑，時制也。

The Sky may be cloudy or sunny, cold or hot: this controls your time.

道者，令民與上同意也，可與之死，可與之生，而不畏危。

The Path [apparently, morality] makes the common people agree with their superiors: to follow them to death or life, and to not fear danger.