The Leaf Sheep Slug: The Animal That Eats Sunshine This is an animal called the leaf sheep: It’s a species of slug that is partially solar-powered, like a plant. Leaf sheep are kleptoplastic organisms tha

The Leaf Sheep Slug: The Animal That Eats Sunshine kottke.org/26/04/the-le... via @kottke.org

Picture of street filled with people when cars are prohibited, with a prominent sign saying “road closed.” Via Urban Truth Collecrive (Also, it’s a street, not a road)

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong?

Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

But if there’s not a top of ticket race to get republicans out to vote we might win more down ballot races.

funniest possible outcome is that enough Dems drop to shut Rs out of the GE

Urban Truth Collective and the Fight to Fix Misinformation About Bike Lanes, Traffic, and City Living.
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The Poodle Room will never be the same.

We badly need a completely protected bike lane 17th St, which is a crucial connection from the Castro through the Mission, and to Potrero, Dogpatch, and Mission Bay / UCSF.

Brazilian Official Put China’s BYD on Slave Labor List. Then He Was Fired.

Brazil's "dirty list" names and shames companies using forced labor. It's a powerful tool, but this week it was shaken: the top labor inspector was fired after putting the world's largest EV maker, BYD, on it. 🧵 (1/6) nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/americas/brazil-lula-workers-rights-labor-abuse.html

How did your bike enrich your life, fix your finances, or change your family's daily routine?

​A Stanford study showed stories are 22x more memorable than facts. If we want to get people out of cars, throwing emissions stats at them won't cut it.

Humans need stories. Tell me yours. 👇

Trump’s Staggering Humiliation in Iran Desperate for an off-ramp, the president is setting up the U.S. to lose another war in the Middle East—even if the ceasefire doesn’t hold.

The fact is, Trump’s hubris cost thousands of lives, rattled economies around the world, and made the U.S. significantly weaker. trib.al/LOPbVsH

Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutional A federal judge struck down part of Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, calling it viewpoint discrimination and a First Amendment violation.

Breaking news: A judge struck down part of President Trump’s executive order targeting funding for NPR and PBS, ruling that it was unconstitutional retaliation that violated their press freedom rights.

i asked a magic 8 ball if everything was going to be ok and it collapsed in on itself like a dying star is that good

Thank you!

Dumpsters completely blocking a bike lane on a sunny morning in downtown Oakland.

Every week waste management tries its best to completely block the beautiful new bike like on 14th street in downtown Oakland.

Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a 'moral imperative' Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a "moral imperative" that ‌people have access to the health services they need.

“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Tell the Westside Cities Council of Governments to include bike lanes in their awesome Bus Connection Program!

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Rename everything to honor Delores Huerta, who has always been overshadowed by Chavez.

rename all the Chavez streets after Delores Huerta

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

All statewide California petitions require the signer has a sheet that tells you their major funders. If they don't have it, don't sign. If you don't know who the funders are because they sound like a pretty name, don't sign it.

Imagine if the laws for driving changed every time you crossed a city border. It would be a mess, impossible to follow, & ripe for police enforcement abuse right? Same goes for e-bikes, & why #SB956 needs to be DOA.

The mocking bird outside my work this morning was making kitten sounds.

The lengths that Trump and Netanyahu will go to to stay in power and out of the courts. This should be considered a war crime.

Footage published by Iranian media today shows damage to Chehel Sotoon, a 17th century, Safavid-era landmark palace and garden located in the historic centre of Isfahan, after air strikes in its vicinity.

The Persian garden that surrounds the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We don’t know what the targets are. In Isfahan, however, authorities said the governor’s office was struck, along with a UNESCO-listed historic site.”

holy shit

is it true ben gvir is dead???

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.