George Coffey
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This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity.
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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October 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity.
Imagine someone telling you they live in a mid sized suburb and saying "damn, you must be cool as hell"
i do in fact think that cities are better for people. they make us more informed and more interesting, and they produce an overall richer and deeper life. that's my opinion, but i have never seal-clapped for anyone to die in nuclear hellfire about it. maybe because city life made me better than that
October 8, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Imagine someone telling you they live in a mid sized suburb and saying "damn, you must be cool as hell"
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Proud papa alert: My 13-year-old son is really into comedy and is organizing and hosting an open mic on the Park Slope 5th Ave Open Street this Saturday, October 10th at 5:30. All ages and experience levels welcome! Sign up:
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October 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Proud papa alert: My 13-year-old son is really into comedy and is organizing and hosting an open mic on the Park Slope 5th Ave Open Street this Saturday, October 10th at 5:30. All ages and experience levels welcome! Sign up:
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One of the best podcasts I've ever done on the public transit challenge in the US. A great conversation with @clmarohn, the founder of @strongtowns. Please share. podcast.strongtowns.org/e/the-transi...
The Transit Tradeoff No City Can Escape | The Strong Towns Podcast
Putting a route near every community sounds fair until the buses only arrive once an hour. Jarrett Walker, author of Human Transit and principal of the firm helping Des Moines rethink its bus network,...
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September 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
One of the best podcasts I've ever done on the public transit challenge in the US. A great conversation with @clmarohn, the founder of @strongtowns. Please share. podcast.strongtowns.org/e/the-transi...
This is especially insane given that the related helicopter crash will be fully investigated by the NTSB and based on those findings changes may result, and yet with the car crash we're just gonna say "oh the driver was drunk, better luck next time"
This is the six-lane car sewer where the crash took place. The State Senate just killed a bill that would crack down on drunk drivers and the Mayor of LA got a road diet like by calling in a favor with the legislature.
California is a pro vehicular homicide state. We're like chud states with guns.
California is a pro vehicular homicide state. We're like chud states with guns.
September 18, 2026 at 5:49 AM
This is especially insane given that the related helicopter crash will be fully investigated by the NTSB and based on those findings changes may result, and yet with the car crash we're just gonna say "oh the driver was drunk, better luck next time"
Those thick-ass towels that rich people give you when you stay at their house, that's a prank right?
August 25, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Those thick-ass towels that rich people give you when you stay at their house, that's a prank right?
I'm so sick of the free transit thing. As if Metro wasn't burdened enough by it's own wasteful nonsense already, Bass is out giving it more slopulism to carry.
Check out @lintonjoe.bsky.social live thread of Metro State of the Agency event - Board Chair Mayor Bass previews her priorities for the year ahead, including more bus lanes & “fare-free” transit plan.
At Metro State of the Agency event right now at Union Station. Outgoing Board Chair Fernando Dutra speaks about accomplishments World Cup, A Line extension Pomona, D Line extension
July 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'm so sick of the free transit thing. As if Metro wasn't burdened enough by it's own wasteful nonsense already, Bass is out giving it more slopulism to carry.
Here's a tip: If you've got bad breath just light a couple matches in there.
July 21, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Here's a tip: If you've got bad breath just light a couple matches in there.
Wild that after this administration we actually do have to make America great again
July 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Wild that after this administration we actually do have to make America great again
honestly what's inside the Mona Lisa's head tho? have we tried drilling into it?
June 11, 2026 at 4:48 AM
honestly what's inside the Mona Lisa's head tho? have we tried drilling into it?
"We do not consider [someone who averages 5% support] to be a protest vote"
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May 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM
"We do not consider [someone who averages 5% support] to be a protest vote"
How funny would it be if the D line immediately explodes due to a methane leak
May 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
How funny would it be if the D line immediately explodes due to a methane leak
Could you imagine having to come back to earth RN
April 11, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Could you imagine having to come back to earth RN
Every airline safety video shows the "blowing into the vest" like this. But that can't possibly be how you're supposed to do it right?
March 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Every airline safety video shows the "blowing into the vest" like this. But that can't possibly be how you're supposed to do it right?
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Good morning. Someone is always going to make money on housing.
Personally, I think it is better for developers to make money building new homes for people to live in than for landlords and homeowners to continue getting rich off of artificial housing scarcity.
Personally, I think it is better for developers to make money building new homes for people to live in than for landlords and homeowners to continue getting rich off of artificial housing scarcity.
March 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Good morning. Someone is always going to make money on housing.
Personally, I think it is better for developers to make money building new homes for people to live in than for landlords and homeowners to continue getting rich off of artificial housing scarcity.
Personally, I think it is better for developers to make money building new homes for people to live in than for landlords and homeowners to continue getting rich off of artificial housing scarcity.
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Also now that they have drafts here we are so back
February 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Also now that they have drafts here we are so back
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If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
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Agree.
There should never have been a DHS. (Argued that at the time.) Nor the "Patriot" Act.
Every Democrat, every actual patriot, should start with abolishing the modern gestapo that is "ICE."
There should never have been a DHS. (Argued that at the time.) Nor the "Patriot" Act.
Every Democrat, every actual patriot, should start with abolishing the modern gestapo that is "ICE."
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Agree.
There should never have been a DHS. (Argued that at the time.) Nor the "Patriot" Act.
Every Democrat, every actual patriot, should start with abolishing the modern gestapo that is "ICE."
There should never have been a DHS. (Argued that at the time.) Nor the "Patriot" Act.
Every Democrat, every actual patriot, should start with abolishing the modern gestapo that is "ICE."
AI is the culmination of the instagram culture of "who did this"/"credit on request" stealing of content, which itself was created by the hopelessly long copyright lengths in the US
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
AI is the culmination of the instagram culture of "who did this"/"credit on request" stealing of content, which itself was created by the hopelessly long copyright lengths in the US
Honestly, after so many of the Kennedys getting killed it makes sense one of them would be like, "what if..."
December 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Honestly, after so many of the Kennedys getting killed it makes sense one of them would be like, "what if..."
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More fundamentally, the political tension in American cities right now is between a faction who exists to protect the rents of incumbent interests and another who is allergic to any idea of trade-offs because they think there's a magic button that eliminates scarcity and only they will press it.
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
December 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
More fundamentally, the political tension in American cities right now is between a faction who exists to protect the rents of incumbent interests and another who is allergic to any idea of trade-offs because they think there's a magic button that eliminates scarcity and only they will press it.
Barnaby by Crockett Johnson
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Barnaby by Crockett Johnson
The rise of on-deck-bucket open mics was the worst thing to happen to standup
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The rise of on-deck-bucket open mics was the worst thing to happen to standup
If Pepsi just did an anti AI commercial I'd drink it from here on out. And I fucking hate Pepsi.
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If Pepsi just did an anti AI commercial I'd drink it from here on out. And I fucking hate Pepsi.