David Tod
@dtod.bsky.social
Work for Virginia's Community Colleges.
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When This Is All Over™, I will be insufferable about a return to constitutionally protected non-partisan redistricting, and I want it at a national level.
In the meantime, if Trump wants a redistricting war, hell yes, we're going to have a redistricting war, and Democrats will win.
In the meantime, if Trump wants a redistricting war, hell yes, we're going to have a redistricting war, and Democrats will win.
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When This Is All Over™, I will be insufferable about a return to constitutionally protected non-partisan redistricting, and I want it at a national level.
In the meantime, if Trump wants a redistricting war, hell yes, we're going to have a redistricting war, and Democrats will win.
In the meantime, if Trump wants a redistricting war, hell yes, we're going to have a redistricting war, and Democrats will win.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
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Yes. What we are hoping here is that dems finally see that money alone doesn’t produce a base. We have to make this a very stark choice for them: you want money and no power or a base and power?? And again be prepared to lose a lot…but plan to win.
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yes. What we are hoping here is that dems finally see that money alone doesn’t produce a base. We have to make this a very stark choice for them: you want money and no power or a base and power?? And again be prepared to lose a lot…but plan to win.
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(To be clear, I support gerrymandering Virginia’s House seats within an inch of their lives. Once Trump told Republican states to do so, and they immediately complied, all prior norms and standards were gone. We’re under Purge rules now.)
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(To be clear, I support gerrymandering Virginia’s House seats within an inch of their lives. Once Trump told Republican states to do so, and they immediately complied, all prior norms and standards were gone. We’re under Purge rules now.)
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."
Zohran Mamdani, the Internet’s Mayor
Mere months ago, New York’s mayoral front-runner was polling right next to “Someone Else.” He spoke to WIRED about building a social media machine, Big Tech capitulation, and learning from Eric Adams.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on making public transit accessible: "I think the way that you move around the city, it influences the way in which you see the city. Too often if you're riding around only in a car with tinted windows, the only New Yorker you might see is a reflection of yourself."
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A new cycle hub has opened at Richmond Station, with capacity for 650 cycle parking spaces.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lar...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lar...
Large cycle hub for 650 bikes opens at Richmond Station
A new cycle hub has opened at Richmond Station, with capacity for 650 cycle parking spaces.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A new cycle hub has opened at Richmond Station, with capacity for 650 cycle parking spaces.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lar...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lar...
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Jetta driver fatally struck Boris Nudelman, 89, Friday around 6 AM as he crossed 6-lane 6800 block of Dempster in Morton Grove.
abc7chicago.com/post/morton-...
abc7chicago.com/post/morton-...
89-year-old man hit by car, killed while trying to cross Morton Grove street: police
A car struck and killed an 89-year-old man as he tried to cross a north suburban road on Friday morning, police said.
abc7chicago.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Jetta driver fatally struck Boris Nudelman, 89, Friday around 6 AM as he crossed 6-lane 6800 block of Dempster in Morton Grove.
abc7chicago.com/post/morton-...
abc7chicago.com/post/morton-...
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Let’s fucking goooooo
Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "
October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Let’s fucking goooooo
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I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm skimming, but this paragraph stood out:
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One of the most interesting things about Jimmy Kimmel, and what I loved most about his conversation with Bill Burr a few months back, was that they’re both middle-aged white comedians who heard how culture has evolved, took notes, grew up, didn’t get defensive, and became *even more* successful.
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
One of the most interesting things about Jimmy Kimmel, and what I loved most about his conversation with Bill Burr a few months back, was that they’re both middle-aged white comedians who heard how culture has evolved, took notes, grew up, didn’t get defensive, and became *even more* successful.
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Incredible to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
So happy to have worked with the amazing people @visionzerovancouver.ca
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/02/d...
So happy to have worked with the amazing people @visionzerovancouver.ca
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/02/d...
August 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Incredible to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
So happy to have worked with the amazing people @visionzerovancouver.ca
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/02/d...
So happy to have worked with the amazing people @visionzerovancouver.ca
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/02/d...
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New research: Darkly-painted cars cause heat islands:
"Dark-colored vehicles made the air around them 3.8°C hotter compared to the nearby asphalt road."
(Darker cars are also more likely to be in crashes. www.researchgate.net/publication/...)
"Dark-colored vehicles made the air around them 3.8°C hotter compared to the nearby asphalt road."
(Darker cars are also more likely to be in crashes. www.researchgate.net/publication/...)
Parked Vehicles Significantly Intensify Urban Warming: Report
The colour of the car is also crucial and can directly change how city surfaces hold on to heat, the study says
carboncopy.info
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New research: Darkly-painted cars cause heat islands:
"Dark-colored vehicles made the air around them 3.8°C hotter compared to the nearby asphalt road."
(Darker cars are also more likely to be in crashes. www.researchgate.net/publication/...)
"Dark-colored vehicles made the air around them 3.8°C hotter compared to the nearby asphalt road."
(Darker cars are also more likely to be in crashes. www.researchgate.net/publication/...)
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New research from @marcelmoran.com et al. finds that protected bike lanes -- but not painted bike lanes -- strongly increase Citibike trips in NYC.
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.04936
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.04936
July 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New research from @marcelmoran.com et al. finds that protected bike lanes -- but not painted bike lanes -- strongly increase Citibike trips in NYC.
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.04936
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.04936
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Good news and "While counties now have the power to block most large solar and wind projects, local governments can’t even enforce zoning restrictions against oil and gas development." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/16/a...
An Ohio solar project overcomes local opposition and misinformation • Ohio Capital Journal
A contested dual-use solar agrivoltaics project in Knox County avoided having its permit denied by Ohio regulators, likely thanks to the neutral stances of a county board and one of its townships.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Good news and "While counties now have the power to block most large solar and wind projects, local governments can’t even enforce zoning restrictions against oil and gas development." ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/16/a...
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“We want to rejuvenate Oxford Street; establish it as a global leader for shopping, leisure & outdoor events with a world-class, accessible, pedestrianized avenue."
London to pedestrianize 0.7mi of Oxford St. after 2/3 of residents and business owners backed the plan.
📍London
London to pedestrianize 0.7mi of Oxford St. after 2/3 of residents and business owners backed the plan.
📍London
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“We want to rejuvenate Oxford Street; establish it as a global leader for shopping, leisure & outdoor events with a world-class, accessible, pedestrianized avenue."
London to pedestrianize 0.7mi of Oxford St. after 2/3 of residents and business owners backed the plan.
📍London
London to pedestrianize 0.7mi of Oxford St. after 2/3 of residents and business owners backed the plan.
📍London
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It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.
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Our culverts were crushed like aluminum cans. Our neighbors are all in the same situation. We’ll have to tear it all out and rebuild. It’s probably a $30k job. 😳 We don’t have flood insurance because why would we have flood insurance?
Climate change comes for us all.
Climate change comes for us all.
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our culverts were crushed like aluminum cans. Our neighbors are all in the same situation. We’ll have to tear it all out and rebuild. It’s probably a $30k job. 😳 We don’t have flood insurance because why would we have flood insurance?
Climate change comes for us all.
Climate change comes for us all.
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Under Trump, we have been trained that a law enforcement officer can just be a dude wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a hat, and a gaiter covering everything but his eyes, and we must comply with anything they order us to do, or risk assault and arrest.
June 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Under Trump, we have been trained that a law enforcement officer can just be a dude wearing jeans, a T-shirt, a hat, and a gaiter covering everything but his eyes, and we must comply with anything they order us to do, or risk assault and arrest.
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When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left?
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
All the shifts are in just one direction.
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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Relevant to Charlottesville 5th Street protected bike lane proposal: VDOT must put some form of traffic calming at every cross street onto 5th. www.instagram.com/reel/DHlNU-E...
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May 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Relevant to Charlottesville 5th Street protected bike lane proposal: VDOT must put some form of traffic calming at every cross street onto 5th. www.instagram.com/reel/DHlNU-E...
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Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
I mean, Jesus Christ, can you people even *hear* yourself?
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
I'm about to die of secondhand embarrassment just reading this crap.
February 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Repeating myself, but the idea of Trump & Musk as "masculine" remains bizarre. They're just the toxic and immature parts with none of the traditional "masculine" virtues. They're whiny, entitled, unreliable, dishonest, self-absorbed, never take responsibility, never put duty over self-interest, etc.
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there were THREE YEARS of nonstop press and political hyperventilation about the dangers of Tiktok
But China hacks into a dozen major telecoms to spy on powerful people and not only is the press coverage 1/100th as noisy, we're dismantling the regulators and organizations tasked with preventing it
But China hacks into a dozen major telecoms to spy on powerful people and not only is the press coverage 1/100th as noisy, we're dismantling the regulators and organizations tasked with preventing it
Good thing Trump/Musk fired the folks supposed to be doing the investigation into what happened.
China's Salt Typhoon hackers are still breaching telecom networks worldwide, including two in the US in Dec-Jan, says Recorded Future. Lately they're exploiting Cisco devices with unpatched 2023 bugs and seem undeterred by high profile exposure and sanctions. www.wired.com/story/chinas...
February 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
there were THREE YEARS of nonstop press and political hyperventilation about the dangers of Tiktok
But China hacks into a dozen major telecoms to spy on powerful people and not only is the press coverage 1/100th as noisy, we're dismantling the regulators and organizations tasked with preventing it
But China hacks into a dozen major telecoms to spy on powerful people and not only is the press coverage 1/100th as noisy, we're dismantling the regulators and organizations tasked with preventing it
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we are getting stories crazier than watergate every single day and no one bats an eye at them anymore. society has hypernormalized intense corruption that it feels like NOT being openly corrupt hinders you
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, resigned on Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order that she drop a corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, that she had championed, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
Manhattan’s Federal Prosecutor Quits After Adams Case Is Ordered Dropped (Gift Article)
Danielle R. Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit after the Justice Department told her to withdraw corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
we are getting stories crazier than watergate every single day and no one bats an eye at them anymore. society has hypernormalized intense corruption that it feels like NOT being openly corrupt hinders you