@ryanidious.bsky.social
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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I think about strategic nonviolence like this: you are trying to defeat the greatest chess grandmaster in world history. The good news is you get to pick the game.
Don’t pick chess.
Don’t pick chess.
what do you make of the theory i’ve seen in various places that nonviolence really only works when it has a violent wing to back it up? “how to blow up a pipeline” argues that many successful nonviolent movements had such an arrangement
February 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I think about strategic nonviolence like this: you are trying to defeat the greatest chess grandmaster in world history. The good news is you get to pick the game.
Don’t pick chess.
Don’t pick chess.
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🙋♂️we absolutely do not need violent tactics right now. Use your fucking minds, people. Miller, et al. are practically begging for people to get violent and/or start destroying property. They want that so they can crack heads.
i guess i would like to hear the theory on which setting fire to a random dumpster advances the cause of stopping ice
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🙋♂️we absolutely do not need violent tactics right now. Use your fucking minds, people. Miller, et al. are practically begging for people to get violent and/or start destroying property. They want that so they can crack heads.
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Elon made the world's most un-sellable "truck." He hasn't developed a new car in years. He just shut down production of two models and he can barely sell the cars he is making. So now it's the pipe dream of "automation" keeping his meme stock afloat 🙄 #TeslaTakedown
www.theverge.com/transportati...
www.theverge.com/transportati...
Tesla throws in the towel on car sales
You need to spend money to make money.
www.theverge.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Elon made the world's most un-sellable "truck." He hasn't developed a new car in years. He just shut down production of two models and he can barely sell the cars he is making. So now it's the pipe dream of "automation" keeping his meme stock afloat 🙄 #TeslaTakedown
www.theverge.com/transportati...
www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Sunday morning cartoons in Canada.
February 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Sunday morning cartoons in Canada.
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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
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And by the way, and I'm sorry if this ends up in front of people because this is the third reply, *it's not unrelated at all"
It is Republicans who keep strangling renewable energy. They need to be called out for that.
That they're enabling fascism is also important to say right now.
It is Republicans who keep strangling renewable energy. They need to be called out for that.
That they're enabling fascism is also important to say right now.
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
And by the way, and I'm sorry if this ends up in front of people because this is the third reply, *it's not unrelated at all"
It is Republicans who keep strangling renewable energy. They need to be called out for that.
That they're enabling fascism is also important to say right now.
It is Republicans who keep strangling renewable energy. They need to be called out for that.
That they're enabling fascism is also important to say right now.
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It’s easier to rape and exploit kids if you cut them off from means of communication that might allow them to figure out how to escape - or help them realize they don’t deserve to be raped and exploited.
hey and remember how conservatives have been passing all these repressive laws and saying it's because they oppose sex trafficking but it's because they're in favor of it
January 31, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It’s easier to rape and exploit kids if you cut them off from means of communication that might allow them to figure out how to escape - or help them realize they don’t deserve to be raped and exploited.
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It makes sense that the actually-real global cabal of powerful pedophiles made destroying USAID one of their first priorities.
They have to protect the global supply of profoundly desperate poor kids - that’s exactly who they target for trafficking and rape.
They have to protect the global supply of profoundly desperate poor kids - that’s exactly who they target for trafficking and rape.
January 31, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It makes sense that the actually-real global cabal of powerful pedophiles made destroying USAID one of their first priorities.
They have to protect the global supply of profoundly desperate poor kids - that’s exactly who they target for trafficking and rape.
They have to protect the global supply of profoundly desperate poor kids - that’s exactly who they target for trafficking and rape.
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If public transit and cycling had even 10% of the subsidies we give to car culture, our cities would look completely different.
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If public transit and cycling had even 10% of the subsidies we give to car culture, our cities would look completely different.
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I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
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I keep seeing takes that F1 is leaving IndyCar in the dust in America, but IndyCar found a way to embarrassingly link up with an unpopular despot of a country for a street race without even leaving its home market. That's innovation! F1 has to go to other continents to do that!
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I keep seeing takes that F1 is leaving IndyCar in the dust in America, but IndyCar found a way to embarrassingly link up with an unpopular despot of a country for a street race without even leaving its home market. That's innovation! F1 has to go to other continents to do that!
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There’s nothing about Ontario’s transit expansion that should make anyone hopeful if one is looking at best practices.
Are we building more transit?
Yes.
Are we building it well?
No.
Is it cost effective?
No.
Is it meeting user expectations?
No.
Is it better than doing nothing?
Sure 🤷🏾♂️
Are we building more transit?
Yes.
Are we building it well?
No.
Is it cost effective?
No.
Is it meeting user expectations?
No.
Is it better than doing nothing?
Sure 🤷🏾♂️
Is it Time to Be Hopeful About Transit in Ontario? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social (@civmin.bsky.social), @giopetti.bsky.social, and Marco D'Angelo (Canadian Urban Transit Association)
Is it Time to Be Hopeful About Transit in Ontario? | The Rundown
YouTube video by TVO Today
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There’s nothing about Ontario’s transit expansion that should make anyone hopeful if one is looking at best practices.
Are we building more transit?
Yes.
Are we building it well?
No.
Is it cost effective?
No.
Is it meeting user expectations?
No.
Is it better than doing nothing?
Sure 🤷🏾♂️
Are we building more transit?
Yes.
Are we building it well?
No.
Is it cost effective?
No.
Is it meeting user expectations?
No.
Is it better than doing nothing?
Sure 🤷🏾♂️
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cover of The Economist this week
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cover of The Economist this week
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In order to experience a high quality LRT, Toronto only needs to look to Waterloo Region. The ION LRT is fast and frequent, and has so many features that the TTC and Metrolinx can learn for LRTs and streetcars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwJw...
Advocates say lessons from Kitchener’s ION LRT could help Toronto projects
YouTube video by CityNews
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 AM
In order to experience a high quality LRT, Toronto only needs to look to Waterloo Region. The ION LRT is fast and frequent, and has so many features that the TTC and Metrolinx can learn for LRTs and streetcars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwJw...
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January 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Tesla stopping Model S and X production for Y and X and HUMAN ROBOTS is LOL funny. Like Ford deciding to ditch cars and focus on flying contraptions.
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Tesla stopping Model S and X production for Y and X and HUMAN ROBOTS is LOL funny. Like Ford deciding to ditch cars and focus on flying contraptions.
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People on here need to stop making their failure to comprehend the magnitude of what was lost in 2024 everyone else’s problem.
Shoulda spent 2 months borderline catatonic and crying a lot like I did, so you wouldn’t say such dumb things.
Shoulda spent 2 months borderline catatonic and crying a lot like I did, so you wouldn’t say such dumb things.
January 28, 2026 at 9:57 PM
People on here need to stop making their failure to comprehend the magnitude of what was lost in 2024 everyone else’s problem.
Shoulda spent 2 months borderline catatonic and crying a lot like I did, so you wouldn’t say such dumb things.
Shoulda spent 2 months borderline catatonic and crying a lot like I did, so you wouldn’t say such dumb things.
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Tesla and the auto industry are working overtime not to make trains.
They work as hard as they possibly can to fight any forward motion on public transit so they can clog the roads with gas cars, and diesel trucks, and e-cars which obfuscate how bad or good for the environment they really are.
They work as hard as they possibly can to fight any forward motion on public transit so they can clog the roads with gas cars, and diesel trucks, and e-cars which obfuscate how bad or good for the environment they really are.
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Tesla and the auto industry are working overtime not to make trains.
They work as hard as they possibly can to fight any forward motion on public transit so they can clog the roads with gas cars, and diesel trucks, and e-cars which obfuscate how bad or good for the environment they really are.
They work as hard as they possibly can to fight any forward motion on public transit so they can clog the roads with gas cars, and diesel trucks, and e-cars which obfuscate how bad or good for the environment they really are.
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Watch the full clip. In short, Wolfers says we are not talking about what future generations are going to lose as a consequence of Trump's sabotage of institutions, because our news media is not designed to ask those questions.
He says we need to ask them.
He says we need to ask them.
Wolfers: This is the most interventionist government of my lifetime. It’s the least conservative government of my lifetime. When you are the richest country in the world, maybe you are not the ones who should be tearing down your existing institutions. But that’s exactly what this president is doing
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Watch the full clip. In short, Wolfers says we are not talking about what future generations are going to lose as a consequence of Trump's sabotage of institutions, because our news media is not designed to ask those questions.
He says we need to ask them.
He says we need to ask them.
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it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
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Bovino out is a great indicator. It’s a great start. But none of us can be appeased right now. It’s still abolish ICE. It’s still prosecute these fascists. It’s still destroy the whole apparatus that has been terrorizing and disappearing and murdering our neighbors.
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bovino out is a great indicator. It’s a great start. But none of us can be appeased right now. It’s still abolish ICE. It’s still prosecute these fascists. It’s still destroy the whole apparatus that has been terrorizing and disappearing and murdering our neighbors.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM