People would riot, especially cable news networks, but there should be a moratorium on reporting election results until every last vote is tallied or at least until enough are tallied that the remainder wouldn't affect the outcome.
If you are following the data center story in Oregon, you should definitely read this. Data center jobs are a myth.
The great thing about @volts.wtf in this interview with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social is that you go in expecting to hear about oil prices, federal shenanigans, etc, but you get the juxtaposition of pastoralists vs promethians which I haven’t thought about since my env philosophy class 20 years ago
Later in the 1970s, Roger Freeman — a key educational adviser to Nixon then working for the reelection of California governor Ronald Reagan — spelled out quite precisely what the conservative counter attack was aimed at preventing: "We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. That's dynamite! We have to be selective on the we allow to go through higher education. If not we will have a large number of highly trained and unemployed people." The two most menacing institutional sources of the same described by Freeman were obviously those two great public university systems charging no tuition: the University of California and the City University of New York. Governor Reagan was able to wipe out free tuition at the University of California. Source: Vietnam and Other Fantasies, by H Bruce Franklin
"We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. That's dynamite!"
Haphazard word of the moment: bathymetry: the underwater equivalent of topography.
⚖️ BREAKING: This week the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to take up St. Mary Catholic Parish v Roy, a case about whether states can ensure that all children have equal access to publicly-funded preschools — regardless of the sexual orientation of their parents.
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what if they made the entire administration out of katrina response
haven't tapped the sign in a while: "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" when and how you are able
9/ If you want to read more about what the data show or get links to a few other pieces we've written on this topic over the years, here's the latest newsletter I wrote with Dr. Megan Ranney, a fellow expert in gun violence
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/gun-violence-domestic-violence-and
UPDATE: the SPD has told me they have footage from this secret camera of CHOP but refuse to disclose it, citing an ongoing (Antonio Mays Jr.) homicide investigation.
A separate bike path and walking/running path along a street
Minneapolis is a great and improving city for cycling - photo thread of a recent trip heading from my house in south Minneapolis to Falling Knife brewery in NE. Just a quick jump over to the river trail. Mostly separate space for people walking and rolling - all separate from cars. 1/
Saying clothing is "too provocative" is just admitting that you have no self control and believe everything you see belongs to you.
Yes, the group that yells about Sharia Law coming to the USA wants to bring us
THE BRA POLICE
Or, if we can use the British nickname for police…
THE BOOBIE BOBBIES
The FBI can initiate an investigation against you without any criminal predicate, reasonable suspicion or probable cause.
Individual agents and task force officers who are part of your local police can do this on their own without supervisor approval.
It's called an "Assessment."
A cargo bike outside home depot, carrying a 2x4 and a 150L storage tote.
Golden hour cargo bike.
Will Kash Patel’s libel suit work? None of the Trump & Trump adjacent lawsuits are actually lawsuits. They are ways to extract cash payments with regulatory threats. The lawsuit is a vehicle to capture the money. If the co has no regulatory exposure the suit goes nowhere. NYT, Atlantic are examples.
With the Olmos Guitarras biketar, first you rock and then you roll
(sound on 🚲🎸🎵🔊)
A year ago, this conversation was on no one's docket. Now here we are. Glad to see it.
"Charlotte council member pushes for water, power regulations for future data center developments"
“We hear you humans are joining the Bird Fan Club. We approve.”
(Blue Jay) #birds 🌿
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Broader alliances between prison abolitionists and "labor, environmental, and disability justice campaigns are still very limited. We hoped this project could encourage more connections." Mon M Community Justice Exchange talks with Joanie Steffen @endmassinc.bsky.social
wait. wait. you're telling me that the equality of citizens *works?*
Me, wearing a grey t-shirt that reads “Don’t fear the reader,” with the grim reaper reading a book.
Cookies I baked for the writing club’s last meeting of the year: triple chocolate with salted caramel topping, triple chocolate-covered cherry, and gluten free chocolate chip.
Another year of writing club came to a close with today’s meeting. I’ll miss the kids this summer, and the lone senior making her way toward a world I believe she will move toward a better place. But today was about a celebration of the year that was. With cookies, of course.
New to the idea of adding Alt Text to images? This is the best thread I’ve seen explaining what and why. The basic idea is to write a brief description of any image you post. For people who can’t see the image well and need a text-based option.
Before joining the Trump administration last year, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer lobbied for tariffs that limited fertilizer imports and drove up prices for American farmers.
Fascists cant be shamed. They arent committed to rules & institutions. When they overturn them there is no cognitive dissonance. A political strategy aimed at calling them out wont stop them, because the problem is not that they're inconsistent.
I'm sure Alito is fuming about the Virginia vote and itching to strike down the rest of the Voting Rights Act as petty revenge.
But Democrats are likely retaking the House, maybe the Senate, no matter what SCOTUS does now.
Killing the VRA would just be a final insult that speeds court reform.
