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More people need to understand the intersection of car culture, toxic masculinity, and fascism. I'm glad to see @19thnews.org tackling this, especially given the amount of car brained NIMBYism we see from liberals and progressives. The fights against fascism and car dependency are intertwined.
Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood
Inside the Trump administration's campaign to sell a vision of masculinity rooted in speed and strength — and what it means for people who walk, bike and ride the bus.
19thnews.org
August 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
More people need to understand the intersection of car culture, toxic masculinity, and fascism. I'm glad to see @19thnews.org tackling this, especially given the amount of car brained NIMBYism we see from liberals and progressives. The fights against fascism and car dependency are intertwined.
Even one of the most evil presidents in american history was right a couple of times.
August 22, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Even one of the most evil presidents in american history was right a couple of times.
As a Chicago resident, I hope it rains all weekend and the planes never take off.
August 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
As a Chicago resident, I hope it rains all weekend and the planes never take off.
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cyclists aren’t even safe from being killed by drivers even when they’re competing in major international races
This is so awful.
"According to a report by RTP, local authorities said Tarling died after being struck by a driver not affiliated with the race."
"According to a report by RTP, local authorities said Tarling died after being struck by a driver not affiliated with the race."
Volta a Portugal organisers confirm death of Finlay Tarling after 'serious accident' during stage 8
Race suspended after fatal crash
www.cyclingnews.com
August 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
cyclists aren’t even safe from being killed by drivers even when they’re competing in major international races
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A load bearing mythos of pop leftism is that the Dems used to be good and for the working man and then embraced neoliberalism so the working man got sold out, instead of "white America as a whole turned on the Dems after the Civil Rights Act and began tearing down their own commons and prosperity"
August 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A load bearing mythos of pop leftism is that the Dems used to be good and for the working man and then embraced neoliberalism so the working man got sold out, instead of "white America as a whole turned on the Dems after the Civil Rights Act and began tearing down their own commons and prosperity"
People are betting on wildfires what could go wrong...
As Oregon burns and gamblers bet, lawmakers push back against wildfire betting markets drawing millions
Wyden and Merkley are urging federal regulators to crack down on prediction markets that allow users to wager on how long wildfires will burn and how much damage they will cause
www.oregonlive.com
August 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
People are betting on wildfires what could go wrong...
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Just remembered I’ve this on my calendar for the better part of a decade. Happy Dying Smart House day to all who celebrate.
August 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Just remembered I’ve this on my calendar for the better part of a decade. Happy Dying Smart House day to all who celebrate.
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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians.
I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap | Opinion
No matter how good Zohran Mamdani makes grocery affordability sound, he's selling New Yorkers the same broken promise that has failed everywhere else.
bit.ly
August 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians.
I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
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as a Chicagoan it's weird to see all these stories about Mamdani doing stuff that don't first pass through three weeks of 50 absolutely inscrutable alderpeople batting around the idea before settling on the most clownish perversion of the original concept you can imagine
July 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
as a Chicagoan it's weird to see all these stories about Mamdani doing stuff that don't first pass through three weeks of 50 absolutely inscrutable alderpeople batting around the idea before settling on the most clownish perversion of the original concept you can imagine
What if we spent tax money on good things instead of more car shit war shit forever
Gross that China is investing so much time and money into "unlimited clean energy" when it could be drilling for oil.
🇨🇳 China's nuclear fusion research has completed a massive magnet weighing 582 tons.
The goal is an "unlimited energy" artificial sun.
They plan to start the first power generation by 2030.
A safe, CO2-zero ultimate energy race.
The goal is an "unlimited energy" artificial sun.
They plan to start the first power generation by 2030.
A safe, CO2-zero ultimate energy race.
July 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
What if we spent tax money on good things instead of more car shit war shit forever
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The people who complain about empty bike lanes do not want full bike lanes. They want no bike lanes.
July 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The people who complain about empty bike lanes do not want full bike lanes. They want no bike lanes.
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Do you ever think how driving 35 miles for a donut would be stupid, annoying, and wasteful, but biking 35 miles for a donut is a damn fine way to spend a morning?
July 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Do you ever think how driving 35 miles for a donut would be stupid, annoying, and wasteful, but biking 35 miles for a donut is a damn fine way to spend a morning?
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When one group in society has the right to kill and maim others with little consequences, you have two options:
1. Take that right from them (political suicide)
2. Enable other people to kill and maim THEM without consequences (compromise is the essence of democracy)
1. Take that right from them (political suicide)
2. Enable other people to kill and maim THEM without consequences (compromise is the essence of democracy)
July 26, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When one group in society has the right to kill and maim others with little consequences, you have two options:
1. Take that right from them (political suicide)
2. Enable other people to kill and maim THEM without consequences (compromise is the essence of democracy)
1. Take that right from them (political suicide)
2. Enable other people to kill and maim THEM without consequences (compromise is the essence of democracy)
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Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
July 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
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“Who was the first man to look at a
house full of objects and immediately
assess them only in terms of what
he could get for them in the market?
Surely, he can only have been a thief.”
- David Graeber
(from Debt, The First 5,000 Years)
house full of objects and immediately
assess them only in terms of what
he could get for them in the market?
Surely, he can only have been a thief.”
- David Graeber
(from Debt, The First 5,000 Years)
July 18, 2026 at 6:01 AM
“Who was the first man to look at a
house full of objects and immediately
assess them only in terms of what
he could get for them in the market?
Surely, he can only have been a thief.”
- David Graeber
(from Debt, The First 5,000 Years)
house full of objects and immediately
assess them only in terms of what
he could get for them in the market?
Surely, he can only have been a thief.”
- David Graeber
(from Debt, The First 5,000 Years)
I would like to go back to not seeing the air.
July 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I would like to go back to not seeing the air.
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Rest in Piss Lindsey Graham.
Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died (live)
YouTube video by Giorgos Dimitropoulos
www.youtube.com
July 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Rest in Piss Lindsey Graham.
We used to have one and now we have the other
Never forget that we can chose to have a society without an Oligarchy having such power.
July 13, 2026 at 4:12 AM
We used to have one and now we have the other
"DEI bike lanes"!?!?! What in that actual fuck is wrong with these people? Do they not know what DEI stands for or what bike lanes are?
"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that his department would redirect $1.73 billion in Biden-era grants away from establishing “DEI bike lanes” to build roads and bridges instead."
The most shallow, simplistic fuckwits to have ever lived are running the US government...
The most shallow, simplistic fuckwits to have ever lived are running the US government...
Trump Secretary Says Bike Lanes Are DEI
Apparently the Trump administration is just calling anything it doesn’t like “DEI.”
newrepublic.com
July 9, 2026 at 11:42 AM
"DEI bike lanes"!?!?! What in that actual fuck is wrong with these people? Do they not know what DEI stands for or what bike lanes are?
The US looks like athletic people who have never actually played soccer but learned strategy on youtube.. and was on their phone while the videos played.
July 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The US looks like athletic people who have never actually played soccer but learned strategy on youtube.. and was on their phone while the videos played.
Iran is shutting down Belgian passing lanes like the Strait of Hormuz.
June 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Iran is shutting down Belgian passing lanes like the Strait of Hormuz.
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Pride month and Juneteenth, bad month to be an MLB middle reliever
June 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Pride month and Juneteenth, bad month to be an MLB middle reliever
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Please join me in supporting this Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers! Just like in Chicago, the DOJ is trying to make examples of people who LEGALLY resisted this administration’s reign of terror. (See their story.)
Let’s fight back!! chuffed.org/project/1865...
Let’s fight back!! chuffed.org/project/1865...
Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
chuffed.org
June 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Please join me in supporting this Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers! Just like in Chicago, the DOJ is trying to make examples of people who LEGALLY resisted this administration’s reign of terror. (See their story.)
Let’s fight back!! chuffed.org/project/1865...
Let’s fight back!! chuffed.org/project/1865...
Vonnegut knew how to be a human
May 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Vonnegut knew how to be a human
John Brown and Sherman had the right ideas about the south.
Happy birthday to John Brown, who knew exactly how to handle the south’s “Peculiar Institution”
May 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
John Brown and Sherman had the right ideas about the south.