costrike
@costrike.bsky.social
Lecturer, writer, & socent interested in inequality, sustainability, resource use, systems thinking, & maintaining democracy. Enjoy cooking, gardening, writing & wandering.
Matters will not improve of their own accord.
Matters will not improve of their own accord.
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costrike
@costrike.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I'm noodling on the next Wicked Problems Collaborative project, so it feels like a good time to create a starter pack. It's been a huge honor to collaborate with this crew - so many great people who are trying to make things better.
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"You have to leave it up. It's part of our history."
"Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis....Donald Trump revealed on Sunday that his domestic policy chief’s main priority is building a triumphal arch for Washington DC." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump says building DC triumphal arch is domestic policy chief’s ‘primary thing’
Trump praises Vince Haley, his ex-speechwriter tasked with creating Arc de Triomphe knockoff amid affordability crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"You have to leave it up. It's part of our history."
Glorious
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Glorious
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
I'm putting off a half dozen things I should be doing, but sometimes you just gotta scroll Marketplace for the entertainment value.
December 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I'm putting off a half dozen things I should be doing, but sometimes you just gotta scroll Marketplace for the entertainment value.
Humiliate this man, MN. Make sure that he never tries again.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell announces a campaign for Minnesota governor
Lindell, a Trump backer who promoted debunked allegations about the 2020 elections and has been embroiled in defamation suits, joins a crowded Republican field.
www.nbcnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Humiliate this man, MN. Make sure that he never tries again.
Why won't knights stand up to the Rabbit of Caerbannog? We asked brave, brave Sir Robin
Why Won’t Senators Stand Up to Trump? We Asked 3 Who Called It Quits.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Why won't knights stand up to the Rabbit of Caerbannog? We asked brave, brave Sir Robin
No flux capacitor?
With alt text.
But also, I feel like lists like these don't address how much slower tech moved because of how much more expensive it was. Like 8 track players were short lived but I used one in the 90s because my parents were cheap as fuck
But also, I feel like lists like these don't address how much slower tech moved because of how much more expensive it was. Like 8 track players were short lived but I used one in the 90s because my parents were cheap as fuck
December 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
No flux capacitor?
I have taught in Thailand for the last decade and this has never crossed my mind.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I have taught in Thailand for the last decade and this has never crossed my mind.
Those who are truly exceptional should demand the opportunity.
Let’s replicate this a few hundred times to establish a baseline.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Those who are truly exceptional should demand the opportunity.
Meanwhile, in America
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Meanwhile, in America
Bridge out ahead in the land of paycheck-to-paycheck
It's a lot of people, it's not small change, and it sure sounds like a lot of people who let mail pile up because holidays are going to find themselves in surprise overdraft come January
This is not going to go well for the GOP. I really don't think they comprehend how large this is.
December 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bridge out ahead in the land of paycheck-to-paycheck
Steal Jello Biafra's car
Buy Jello Biafra's car
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
www.hemmings.com/auction/1989...
Punk Legend Jello Biafra's 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible
Owned and driven by music legend Jello Biafra since 1995, this 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible has impeccable punk rock credentials. As Jello’s daily driver for decades, this T160-generation...
www.hemmings.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Steal Jello Biafra's car
Aliens and antifa are whoever they say they are
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Aliens and antifa are whoever they say they are
'I'll be fine."
Did something happen that suddenly made climate change not be an existential threat in a couple decades or have the extremely online centrists decided to embrace the inevitability of oblivion?
is there something in the Matt group chats about climate change or...
December 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
'I'll be fine."
Parenting, politics, and cleaning up after I cook
One of the most frustrating things about both parenting and politics is that it takes at least ten times longer to clean up a mess than to make the mess in the first place.
December 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Parenting, politics, and cleaning up after I cook
Bigger, faster plagiarism machines
So we're taking away from actual, needed physical infrastructure investments to create plagiarism machines. Got it.
“Road repairs, bridge reconstructions and sewer overhauls are at risk of getting delayed as the data center boom sucks up resources in the construction market.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bigger, faster plagiarism machines
I'm thinking about the time in the pandemic when people were starting to realize the value of those who kept necessities going (& the lack of some others), just before everything was rushed to reopen. I wonder if we'll get a similar knee-jerk to prop up our extortionate insurance-based system.
I'm really beginning to think that GOP legislators are not just indifferent to but actively detached from median consumer reality.
Their attitude has always been "fuck 'em," but I don't think they grasp the degree to which they're immediately fucking people, and the impact it will have
Their attitude has always been "fuck 'em," but I don't think they grasp the degree to which they're immediately fucking people, and the impact it will have
I do not understand why no one is talking about how much money is going to suddenly be missing from the consumer economy in starting in January. This is one of my...Am I Crazy....moments. Money sunk into higher insurance payments will not be spent on consumer goods, and this will happen quickly.
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm thinking about the time in the pandemic when people were starting to realize the value of those who kept necessities going (& the lack of some others), just before everything was rushed to reopen. I wonder if we'll get a similar knee-jerk to prop up our extortionate insurance-based system.
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"Pisto is the Spanish version of France’s ratatouille, Italy’s caponata or Turkey’s imam bayildi. It’s a hearty vegetable stew made with eggplant, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, red and green peppers, and lots of olive oil."
So many dishes, same ingredients. 🍽🍅🧄🍆
www.cookedandloved.com/recipes/pist...
So many dishes, same ingredients. 🍽🍅🧄🍆
www.cookedandloved.com/recipes/pist...
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Pisto is the Spanish version of France’s ratatouille, Italy’s caponata or Turkey’s imam bayildi. It’s a hearty vegetable stew made with eggplant, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, red and green peppers, and lots of olive oil."
So many dishes, same ingredients. 🍽🍅🧄🍆
www.cookedandloved.com/recipes/pist...
So many dishes, same ingredients. 🍽🍅🧄🍆
www.cookedandloved.com/recipes/pist...
ter·ror·ism
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
noun: terrorism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
noun: terrorism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ter·ror·ism
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
noun: terrorism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
noun: terrorism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
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I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
If not now, when?
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If not now, when?
Just used the thumbprint reader to unlock my phone with a glove on. Seems secure.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just used the thumbprint reader to unlock my phone with a glove on. Seems secure.
We will not honor that bullshit.
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
We will not honor that bullshit.
Good time for that general strike
🚨CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten said President Donald Trump is now in “Nixon-level” political danger a year before the midterms, calling his negative 24 net approval “a disaster if it holds.”
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Good time for that general strike