Andrew McLaughlin
@andrewmcl.bsky.social
Nerd. @mcandrew from the Other Place.
Manhattan anti-congestion tolling is a massive success.
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Manhattan anti-congestion tolling is a massive success.
You can tell the AI hype cycle is over, because now we're seeing the truly transformative applications of AI to solve otherwise intractable problems. spicerr.com
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January 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
You can tell the AI hype cycle is over, because now we're seeing the truly transformative applications of AI to solve otherwise intractable problems. spicerr.com
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Celebrations in the Syrian city of Hama
December 8, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Celebrations in the Syrian city of Hama
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Syrians destroy statue of Hafez al-Assad in the Syrian city of Tartous
December 8, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Syrians destroy statue of Hafez al-Assad in the Syrian city of Tartous
However fraught the aftermath, the fall of a brutal, corrupt, hereditary dictator is a moment of joy. The 54yr Assad regime was horrific: torture & detention of 10,000s of opponents; targeting of civilians w/ sarin & chlorine gas, barrel bombs, starvation sieges. Here's hoping Bashar faces justice!
toppled the statue of the cursed criminal Hafez al-Assad.
Homs 💚
Homs 💚
December 8, 2024 at 5:20 AM
However fraught the aftermath, the fall of a brutal, corrupt, hereditary dictator is a moment of joy. The 54yr Assad regime was horrific: torture & detention of 10,000s of opponents; targeting of civilians w/ sarin & chlorine gas, barrel bombs, starvation sieges. Here's hoping Bashar faces justice!
Is @sarahjeong.bsky.social 's on-the-ground thread from Seoul highly informative? Of course. Insightful? Definitely. Hilarious? Also yes.
I keep saying i'm korean but it's moments like this that remind me im a korean american. I simply have no idea what the fuck is happening here
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Is @sarahjeong.bsky.social 's on-the-ground thread from Seoul highly informative? Of course. Insightful? Definitely. Hilarious? Also yes.
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Americans killed annually by
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737
2017 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737
2017 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.
December 1, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Americans killed annually by
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737
2017 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737
2017 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.
A concert I wish I could've seen live: 1987 Graceland show in Harare. Paul Simon + an insane lineup of South African musicians, including Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, John Selolwane, Bakithi Kumalo, many others. Against moral atrocity, music you gotta groove to.
Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (from The African Concert, 1987)
YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO
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November 29, 2024 at 3:26 AM
A concert I wish I could've seen live: 1987 Graceland show in Harare. Paul Simon + an insane lineup of South African musicians, including Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, John Selolwane, Bakithi Kumalo, many others. Against moral atrocity, music you gotta groove to.
I've been failing to capture for my skeptical kids how supremely fantastic the 1970s were. A thing that comes close is Stevie Wonder's "1-2-3 Sesame Street". I've been humming, singing, dreaming this since I first saw it age ~6. Voice box, earth tones, hairdos, funky singers, square horns. So great!
Sesame Street - Stevie Wonder performs "1-2-3 Sesame Street"
YouTube video by Sesame 101
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November 22, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I've been failing to capture for my skeptical kids how supremely fantastic the 1970s were. A thing that comes close is Stevie Wonder's "1-2-3 Sesame Street". I've been humming, singing, dreaming this since I first saw it age ~6. Voice box, earth tones, hairdos, funky singers, square horns. So great!
Pro-business. Pro-entrepreneurship. Pro-technological progress. Pro-American Dream.
Pro-Kamala.
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Pro-Kamala.
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July 31, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Pro-business. Pro-entrepreneurship. Pro-technological progress. Pro-American Dream.
Pro-Kamala.
www.vcsforkamala.org
Pro-Kamala.
www.vcsforkamala.org
First #kamalaharris ad of the new campaign - it's a banger:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHky...
If 2024 turns out to be joy/future/freedom vs anger/grievance/cruelty, we might still lose, but at least I'll want to wake up every day to fight that fight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHky...
If 2024 turns out to be joy/future/freedom vs anger/grievance/cruelty, we might still lose, but at least I'll want to wake up every day to fight that fight.
Kamala Harris Launches Her Campaign for President
I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States. _____Follow Kamala! Kamala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/KamalaHarrisKamala's Faceboo...
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July 25, 2024 at 2:29 PM
First #kamalaharris ad of the new campaign - it's a banger:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHky...
If 2024 turns out to be joy/future/freedom vs anger/grievance/cruelty, we might still lose, but at least I'll want to wake up every day to fight that fight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHky...
If 2024 turns out to be joy/future/freedom vs anger/grievance/cruelty, we might still lose, but at least I'll want to wake up every day to fight that fight.
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23 June 1918 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Cudzich, was born in Kuty. A university student.
In Auschwitz od 27 July 1942.
No. 11978
She was evacuated to the Ravensbrück camp and liberated there.
In Auschwitz od 27 July 1942.
No. 11978
She was evacuated to the Ravensbrück camp and liberated there.
June 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM
23 June 1918 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Cudzich, was born in Kuty. A university student.
In Auschwitz od 27 July 1942.
No. 11978
She was evacuated to the Ravensbrück camp and liberated there.
In Auschwitz od 27 July 1942.
No. 11978
She was evacuated to the Ravensbrück camp and liberated there.
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9 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Gyuri Köppich, was born.
In June 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
In June 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
June 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
9 June 1937 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Gyuri Köppich, was born.
In June 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
In June 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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Let's go!
Call the governor and your state reps right at 9 AM and tell them to start congestion pricing as originally planned.
Find your Assembly member: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Find your senator:
www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...
Call Governor Hochul: 1-518-474-8390
Call the governor and your state reps right at 9 AM and tell them to start congestion pricing as originally planned.
Find your Assembly member: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Find your senator:
www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...
Call Governor Hochul: 1-518-474-8390
June 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Let's go!
Call the governor and your state reps right at 9 AM and tell them to start congestion pricing as originally planned.
Find your Assembly member: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Find your senator:
www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...
Call Governor Hochul: 1-518-474-8390
Call the governor and your state reps right at 9 AM and tell them to start congestion pricing as originally planned.
Find your Assembly member: nyassembly.gov/mem/search/
Find your senator:
www.nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...
Call Governor Hochul: 1-518-474-8390
For ~12 years, I've worked alongside Brett Solomon, the immensely talented, intrepid, dedicated ED of Access Now. After 15 years of leadership, Brett is stepping down, and the board has launched the search for the organization's next ED. All the details here:
Seeking Access Now's next Executive Director - Access Now
The Access Now Board is launching the search for Access Now's new Executive Director.
www.accessnow.org
March 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
For ~12 years, I've worked alongside Brett Solomon, the immensely talented, intrepid, dedicated ED of Access Now. After 15 years of leadership, Brett is stepping down, and the board has launched the search for the organization's next ED. All the details here:
Candidly, this corner of Tribeca, at Canal & Laight, looked slightly more interesting in 1898.
February 7, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Candidly, this corner of Tribeca, at Canal & Laight, looked slightly more interesting in 1898.
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Welcome to the public domain, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)! archive.org/details/Stea...
January 1, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Welcome to the public domain, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928)! archive.org/details/Stea...
The Biden Administration's AI Executive Order, but written by a VC-backed startup founder. (Credit: an AI). www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
October 31, 2023 at 2:47 AM
The Biden Administration's AI Executive Order, but written by a VC-backed startup founder. (Credit: an AI). www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...
For fantastic, engrossing, utterly distinctive party music, check out Jantra, who just released "Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground". However wild the music, the story behind artist & album is crazier: www.theguardian.com/music/2023/s...
‘People have weapons, but it’s to celebrate!’ Jantra, the Sudanese keyboardist making wild par...
In his first ever interview from wartorn Sudan, Jantra explains how he hacked hardware to create melodies that send dancers into a rapturous frenzy
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2023 at 1:35 AM
For fantastic, engrossing, utterly distinctive party music, check out Jantra, who just released "Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground". However wild the music, the story behind artist & album is crazier: www.theguardian.com/music/2023/s...
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport.
September 21, 2023 at 9:35 PM
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport.
Holy bananas, Destiny, the new album from @djsabrina.bsky.social is insanely great. Best £5 I've spent in a long time. It's delirious fun - dense, catchy, nostalgic, smart, soulful. Plundercore meets dancefloor. https://djsabrinatheteenagedj.bandcamp.com/album/destiny
August 16, 2023 at 3:06 AM
Holy bananas, Destiny, the new album from @djsabrina.bsky.social is insanely great. Best £5 I've spent in a long time. It's delirious fun - dense, catchy, nostalgic, smart, soulful. Plundercore meets dancefloor. https://djsabrinatheteenagedj.bandcamp.com/album/destiny
How does this perfect pop song not have a billion listens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdeqYx-9-AQ
Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough
Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough (Official Video) Listen on Spotify - http://smarturl.it/Fanclub_UltimateListen on Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/Fanclu...
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July 9, 2023 at 10:14 PM
How does this perfect pop song not have a billion listens? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdeqYx-9-AQ
RIP Teresa Nervosa, ultimate slacker. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/music/teresa-taylor-dead.html
Teresa Taylor, Butthole Surfers Drummer and Face of Generation X, Dies at 60
In addition to playing with the audacious Texas band, she helped define the image of an aimless generation with her role in the 1990 film “Slacker.”
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2023 at 12:04 AM
RIP Teresa Nervosa, ultimate slacker. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/music/teresa-taylor-dead.html
Amigos: If you're going in person to @rightscon in Costa Rica this week, let me know! The program is incredibly interesting, intense & perhaps even a tad overwhelming -- I don't want to blow the chance to catch up with you! https://rightscon.org
June 4, 2023 at 11:42 PM
Amigos: If you're going in person to @rightscon in Costa Rica this week, let me know! The program is incredibly interesting, intense & perhaps even a tad overwhelming -- I don't want to blow the chance to catch up with you! https://rightscon.org