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Mike Chen 陳懋華 @mikechensf.com · 5h

Gov Gavin Newsom signed #SB720 allowing for automated red light camera enforcement! This will help hold drivers accountable for dangerous behaviors and keep our streets safe. #VisionZero

@governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am signing Senate Bill 720.

This bill would allow local governments to establish an alternative automated traffic enforcement program that uses automated equipment to detect violations of traffic control signals, with violations issued to the vehicle's registered owner and subject to escalating civil penalties ranging from $100 for a first offense to $500 for repeat offenses.

Preventing accidents and saving lives is a critical priority, and this measure provides another tool to advance that goal. Its success, however, will depend on thoughtful implementation at the local level and ongoing evaluation, with a willingness Io make adjustments to guard against unintended consequences. Civil penalties alone may not always provide sufficient deterrence, particularly for those able to easily absorb the cost. To be effective, the program must also remain a safety-focused tool rather than drifting into a revenue-driven exercise.

As this program moves forward continued vigilance will be essential to ensure it fulfills its promise — safer streets, stronger accountability, and genuine deterrence of dangerous driving behaviors.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 5h

lol. ok.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 5h

ok, by what measure? even adjusted for PPP Romania is below UK. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 5h

the UK is poorer than Romania?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

How many scripts are floating around Hollywood right now with "criminals posing as ICE" as the basic premise?

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

as he would.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6h

perhaps the best Holocaust novel I have ever read is a little-known alternate history novel called "The Severed Wing," which is set in a world where the Holocaust didn't happen.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 19h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

it’s fantastic! the show was great too… unfortunately just one season but relatively complete arc at least.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

Paper Girls - Season 1. Check it out now on Prime Video! watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=a...

Amazon.com

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

you ever watch Paper Girls?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

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Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 6h

I remember someone once scolding me that advocating for cats to be indoor-only is “classist” because not everyone can afford toys to keep them entertained inside. I was like madam their favorite things are sticks, crinkly paper, and cardboard boxes. Literal garbage.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

ok this is a good one.

Deadanie @delrex.bsky.social · 13h

Hamlet's to be or not to be is NOT a sincere soliloquy, but a deliberate ploy to convince the King and Polonius that he might kill himself so they don't take action. "Death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns" is complete bullshit, he's doing revenge FOR A GHOST HE SAW

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

The coat of many colors and the tongue of many truths

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Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 7h

🫡

Robin Bradford @tuphlos.bsky.social · 10h

SIR!!!

Thank you.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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BlackCatRanch @blackcatranch.bsky.social · 7h

Miss Mercy says the rain makes her sleepy
- Eclipse looks tired too - Simón is tucked into his fruit box #BlackCatRanch #blackcats #cats #failedferal #siamese #catsofbluesky

Two black cats sit on a Mexican blanket covered ottoman. The cat on the left is much bigger and he’s looking off to the left side of the picture.

The cat on the right is very small and she’s yawning with her mouth open and her eyes closed.

On the floor down to the right in a cardboard box that is white on the outside is another black cat.

And if you look between the two black cats on the ottoman, you’ll see the cocoa brown back of the seal point Siamese cat curled up in a pink and white textile basket.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t really recommend the writer any more but “A Study In Emerald” was brilliant.

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Scarewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 9h

By the Russian River
We sat down
And there we wept
When we remembered Palo Alto

When the Linux carried us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing Tim Apple’s song in a strange land.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 7h

which one is the largest usually?

I have no idea what year I could actually make this happen…

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 7h

Seems about right.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

Portland debrief:
-Eem is incredible
-Powell’s is overwhelming
-How does an entire city sustain itself on thrift stores, coffee shops, bars, and restaurants? I’m a little worried the regional economy is a pyramid scheme built around the exchange of vintage cardigans

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 8h

If you are interested in old New York gay history, watch old episodes of The Emerald City, the first TV show made for gay and trans people. 1977, right before AIDS. My old film teacher Gene Stavis produced and interviewed in it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQW...

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 8h

My current ttrpg convention wish list. Any small to medium ones I’m missing?

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N8 þə Gr8 @nclud.bsky.social · 8h

I’m kinda partial to this one

Political axis quadrants from top left clockwise:
Fuck me mommy
Fuck me daddy
Fuck you mom
Fuck you dad

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 8h

i have some bad news for you about gay men.

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