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How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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This is a very sad vision that I find to be required viewing for everyone. Enjoy 😀
youtu.be/040ejWnFkj0?...
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Screw Anduril and Palantir... I want to start a company called Bombadil that just makes fun shit, staffed by people who enjoy their jobs and have plenty of time to smoke weed and laugh. I don't even know what they'd do but it'd be something _whimsical as fuck_ let me tell you
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Screw Anduril and Palantir... I want to start a company called Bombadil that just makes fun shit, staffed by people who enjoy their jobs and have plenty of time to smoke weed and laugh. I don't even know what they'd do but it'd be something _whimsical as fuck_ let me tell you
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Animals affect ecosystems within ecological limits. Industrial systems override them.
No animal flattens mountaintops, fragments watersheds, mines globally, & redistributes materials at planetary scale.
Invoking animals normalizes impacts that are categorically different in magnitude & permanence.
No animal flattens mountaintops, fragments watersheds, mines globally, & redistributes materials at planetary scale.
Invoking animals normalizes impacts that are categorically different in magnitude & permanence.
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Animals affect ecosystems within ecological limits. Industrial systems override them.
No animal flattens mountaintops, fragments watersheds, mines globally, & redistributes materials at planetary scale.
Invoking animals normalizes impacts that are categorically different in magnitude & permanence.
No animal flattens mountaintops, fragments watersheds, mines globally, & redistributes materials at planetary scale.
Invoking animals normalizes impacts that are categorically different in magnitude & permanence.
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Don't mistake my disdain for the ultra-rich for jealousy. I don’t want your yacht, mansion, or your gold-leaf dinner.
I want roads that don't crumble, hospitals that heal, schools that teach, & people who can afford to live.
I’m just pissed that you’d rather hoard than have a functioning society.
I want roads that don't crumble, hospitals that heal, schools that teach, & people who can afford to live.
I’m just pissed that you’d rather hoard than have a functioning society.
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Don't mistake my disdain for the ultra-rich for jealousy. I don’t want your yacht, mansion, or your gold-leaf dinner.
I want roads that don't crumble, hospitals that heal, schools that teach, & people who can afford to live.
I’m just pissed that you’d rather hoard than have a functioning society.
I want roads that don't crumble, hospitals that heal, schools that teach, & people who can afford to live.
I’m just pissed that you’d rather hoard than have a functioning society.
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Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Genuine question: Why's the reaction of many politicians to AI 'it's transformational, we must go faster, we can dismiss concerns over energy, copyright, job losses', yet the reaction to a clean tech transition that's more advanced and has less overt downsides is 'steady now, we need to slow down'.
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Why not post some commie Jesus for christmas?
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Why not post some commie Jesus for christmas?
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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Current AI is as if Rich Tech Executives invented a 'Napster' that can steal all the cool shit you ever made. Then they get to sell whatever comes from it
AND they own the entire infrastructure it's built on.
AND they make you pay exorbitant artificial scarcity rent it to utilize it yourself.
AND they own the entire infrastructure it's built on.
AND they make you pay exorbitant artificial scarcity rent it to utilize it yourself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Current AI is as if Rich Tech Executives invented a 'Napster' that can steal all the cool shit you ever made. Then they get to sell whatever comes from it
AND they own the entire infrastructure it's built on.
AND they make you pay exorbitant artificial scarcity rent it to utilize it yourself.
AND they own the entire infrastructure it's built on.
AND they make you pay exorbitant artificial scarcity rent it to utilize it yourself.
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
Where is the US?
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Where is the US?
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
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Under capitalism, leisure is a luxury bought with other people’s lives.
Workers of the world unite! ...
#marxistmonday
Workers of the world unite! ...
#marxistmonday
October 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Under capitalism, leisure is a luxury bought with other people’s lives.
Workers of the world unite! ...
#marxistmonday
Workers of the world unite! ...
#marxistmonday
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Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.
According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Don’t give in to hopelessness.
Everything we do helps, no matter how small.
Everything we do helps, no matter how small.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Don’t give in to hopelessness.
Everything we do helps, no matter how small.
Everything we do helps, no matter how small.
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Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!
September 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Such a powerful video from @boston.gov and @streets.boston.gov about the impact of e-bikes (and the city's e-bike voucher program). Just look at the joy these bikes have brought to Steven and Muriel Leonard!
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Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues because genocide can only proceed without witnesses. Western media outlets have failed to condemn the systematic murder of Palestinian journalists, and in the process have become accomplices.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
The Western media is complicit in Israel’s murder of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif
Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues because genocide can only proceed without witnesses. Western media outlets have failed to condemn the systematic murder of Palestinian journalists, and...
mondoweiss.net
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues because genocide can only proceed without witnesses. Western media outlets have failed to condemn the systematic murder of Palestinian journalists, and in the process have become accomplices.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
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Things That Sound Like Hyperbole But Aren't: the world's dominant communications systems now principally reward the production and sharing of information that is directly harmful not only to democracy but to life on Earth.
Again, why critical thinking skills are crucial in education. If people are bombarded with a constant stream of algorithmically selected content that engages them emotionally and we aren't equipping them with critical thinking skills from an early age then things like this are the inevitable outcome
think this is sort of interesting as actually.....no you probably didn't need to do "more research" into it? you just had to trust the state and local authorities to know better than you when it came to vaccinating your child? not good that the internet has killed faith in institutions!
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Things That Sound Like Hyperbole But Aren't: the world's dominant communications systems now principally reward the production and sharing of information that is directly harmful not only to democracy but to life on Earth.
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It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
July 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s worse than “Gaza is being starved and destroyed and no one cares.” It’s that hundreds of millions *do* care and are powerless to stop it. We need a world where that can never happen, where the masses actually have political power.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!