┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻ "sam a"
@pfhlick.bsky.social
Rhode Island, bicycle stuff, bla bla bla
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Here's the thing, though: There's joy in also just doing the nice thing for people! Accommodating those who don't "need" it isn't Letting Them Get Away With It — it's just being nice! If you must, it's being generous to them. That's okay, you're a generous person! Let yourself be okay with that.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Here's the thing, though: There's joy in also just doing the nice thing for people! Accommodating those who don't "need" it isn't Letting Them Get Away With It — it's just being nice! If you must, it's being generous to them. That's okay, you're a generous person! Let yourself be okay with that.
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But in reality, we're all disabled. Maybe you're in a moment of respite from it, or in that brief window before the truth of the inevitability of it has been revealed to you (sorry, spoiler warning!), but it's true for all of us — even when it's not visible. So we must default to accommodation.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
But in reality, we're all disabled. Maybe you're in a moment of respite from it, or in that brief window before the truth of the inevitability of it has been revealed to you (sorry, spoiler warning!), but it's true for all of us — even when it's not visible. So we must default to accommodation.
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A lot of folks have spent time dunking on this and being angry in response; both are understandable because this view is wrong. But I also understand how people *arrive* at this mindset, because it's the cultural default that we're taught if we don't know any better. One of scarcity and vengeance...
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A lot of folks have spent time dunking on this and being angry in response; both are understandable because this view is wrong. But I also understand how people *arrive* at this mindset, because it's the cultural default that we're taught if we don't know any better. One of scarcity and vengeance...
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We are glad to see @sanders.senate.gov pushing back against the tech broligarchy, but we wish he would base his arguments on reality rather than Hinton's fantasies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We are glad to see @sanders.senate.gov pushing back against the tech broligarchy, but we wish he would base his arguments on reality rather than Hinton's fantasies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We take apart the report he cites here:
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I’m certain that a thesis could be written on the Herald’s use of unflattering photographs of women and people of color in positions of responsibility, relative to white men holding comparable seats of government and private sector power.
These choices parallel the biases of the Herald’s base.
These choices parallel the biases of the Herald’s base.
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I’m certain that a thesis could be written on the Herald’s use of unflattering photographs of women and people of color in positions of responsibility, relative to white men holding comparable seats of government and private sector power.
These choices parallel the biases of the Herald’s base.
These choices parallel the biases of the Herald’s base.
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A scan of all daily Herald covers to date this year (2025) supports my assertion:
In its choices of photos, the Herald has a clear predilection for dignifying white males in positions of responsibility, while choosing photos that demean women and people of color.
In its choices of photos, the Herald has a clear predilection for dignifying white males in positions of responsibility, while choosing photos that demean women and people of color.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A scan of all daily Herald covers to date this year (2025) supports my assertion:
In its choices of photos, the Herald has a clear predilection for dignifying white males in positions of responsibility, while choosing photos that demean women and people of color.
In its choices of photos, the Herald has a clear predilection for dignifying white males in positions of responsibility, while choosing photos that demean women and people of color.
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If you are a Democrat who works on climate, why aren’t you working on the Trump bottleneck?
heatmap.news/politics/per...
heatmap.news/politics/per...
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
If you are a Democrat who works on climate, why aren’t you working on the Trump bottleneck?
heatmap.news/politics/per...
heatmap.news/politics/per...
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Incredibly frustrating how the Overton window has shifted on the disabled to where even really good accounts like this seemingly get sucked into reactionary centrist-takes like extra accommodations are some kind of problem that needs to be addressed for the betterment of society. It's ass-backwards.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Incredibly frustrating how the Overton window has shifted on the disabled to where even really good accounts like this seemingly get sucked into reactionary centrist-takes like extra accommodations are some kind of problem that needs to be addressed for the betterment of society. It's ass-backwards.
The means testing bureaucracy costs more than it saves
The energy wasted by governments and companies trying to keep people from accessing the services we need vastly outweighs the energy it would take to produce sufficient resources that everybody can have what they need.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The means testing bureaucracy costs more than it saves
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This is an argument you can have once disabled people are accommodated. Until then Im not losing sleep on someone trying to defraud wheelchair ramps or whatever this ring doorbell brained threat is.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is an argument you can have once disabled people are accommodated. Until then Im not losing sleep on someone trying to defraud wheelchair ramps or whatever this ring doorbell brained threat is.
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"Asserting democratic control over corporate investment decisions is key to an anti-capitalist climate agenda…Imagine if we had collectively decided to build wind turbines and flood gates instead of data centers. Imagine that we could." 👀
Today, @madisoncondon.bsky.social makes the case that we should stop thinking of climate change as an externality.
The latest in our series on @alybatt.bsky.social's *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.*
The latest in our series on @alybatt.bsky.social's *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.*
Is Climate Change an Externality?
Environmental harms are often cast as externalities, even by those seeking to emphasize their urgency. Yet the major modern environmental statutes, written before America'
lpeproject.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Asserting democratic control over corporate investment decisions is key to an anti-capitalist climate agenda…Imagine if we had collectively decided to build wind turbines and flood gates instead of data centers. Imagine that we could." 👀
Ahh, New England
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ahh, New England
RIDOT straight trolling us
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
RIDOT straight trolling us
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Remember when it was imperative that we take Haidt seriously?
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Remember when it was imperative that we take Haidt seriously?
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Lately my 52 year old knee has been hurting so I just pump up the level on my e-bike and it goes away
"In summary, cycling is associated with lower risks of functional disability and mortality, especially among non-drivers."
#eBikes are especially good for senior folks.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#eBikes are especially good for senior folks.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Changes in cycling and incidences of functional disability and mortality among older Japanese adults
Although several studies have reported an inverse association between cycling and mortality in the general population, prospective studies in older ad…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Lately my 52 year old knee has been hurting so I just pump up the level on my e-bike and it goes away
A lot of small business owners would love it if their lender wanted to do this kind of heavy lifting for them
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A lot of small business owners would love it if their lender wanted to do this kind of heavy lifting for them
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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@mbta needs to add these to rush hour commuter train sets. Let bikes onboard, get more riders.
Believe it or not, this is my first time taking my bike on @mta.maryland.gov MARC Train! Trains with the Bike Car make it so easy.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@mbta needs to add these to rush hour commuter train sets. Let bikes onboard, get more riders.
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A growing number of Americans are rolling into the holidays by train with Amtrak reporting an increase in riders after federally mandated flight reductions led to thousands of delays and cancellations at major airports nationwide. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A growing number of Americans are rolling into the holidays by train with Amtrak reporting an increase in riders after federally mandated flight reductions led to thousands of delays and cancellations at major airports nationwide. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
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People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People will say it's the lack of enforcement, and that's a factor, but we also have technology to limit phone use while driving and our automakers and leaders refuse to implement it. It's a choice to allow distracted driving. And all the deaths and injuries that result are because of that choice.
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email