Parker
@parkermd.bsky.social
car fire in memphis type beat
July 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
car fire in memphis type beat
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When people say "bikes" they don't typically mean "just get on a bike and ride everywhere, loser." What they mean is that in a country where the more than half of all local trips are 3 miles or less, our government could do a lot more to make it safe for people to choose to bike if they want.
Have the people who just respond with “bikes” as a solution to everything ever been to 90% of the United States?
June 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM
When people say "bikes" they don't typically mean "just get on a bike and ride everywhere, loser." What they mean is that in a country where the more than half of all local trips are 3 miles or less, our government could do a lot more to make it safe for people to choose to bike if they want.
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Controversial take perhaps, but I think you can install air-conditioning and shutdown data centers at the same time. maybe even steal all the air-conditioning units from the data centers and install them in public housing. Then run them off solar and battery while taxing the hyper rich to death
June 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Controversial take perhaps, but I think you can install air-conditioning and shutdown data centers at the same time. maybe even steal all the air-conditioning units from the data centers and install them in public housing. Then run them off solar and battery while taxing the hyper rich to death
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fuel taxes to 100%, use it to pay for rail passenger transit
”but that means i’ll have to travel less or less conveniently” yes what did you think your philosophy meant? Essays? Vibes?
April 29, 2026 at 1:15 AM
fuel taxes to 100%, use it to pay for rail passenger transit
what do you mean the very hungry caterpillar is eating ass these days
April 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
what do you mean the very hungry caterpillar is eating ass these days
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American higher Ed is a golden goose that’s delivered medical, tech, and science innovations, bolstered soft power internationally, and is one of the largest employers in every state.
This admin is doing everything it can to kill it.
This admin is doing everything it can to kill it.
Visas for international students were down 40% last summer, thanks to a slew of policies designed to throttle visa issuances and scare off students. Students from 40 countries are now outright banned.
April 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
American higher Ed is a golden goose that’s delivered medical, tech, and science innovations, bolstered soft power internationally, and is one of the largest employers in every state.
This admin is doing everything it can to kill it.
This admin is doing everything it can to kill it.
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1. Several hospitals and clinics around the country, ranging from NYU Langone in NYC to Kaiser in California ended trans youth care.
Now, Children's Minnesota is one of the first to bring it back following a court ruling blocking Kennedy's declaration.
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Now, Children's Minnesota is one of the first to bring it back following a court ruling blocking Kennedy's declaration.
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Hospitals Nationwide Caved to Trump on Trans Youth Care. Children's Minnesota Is One of the First to Bring It Back.
“Offering science- and research-based health care to trans and gender diverse youth is part of Children’s Minnesota’s vision of being every family's essential partner in raising healthier children."
www.erininthemorning.com
April 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
1. Several hospitals and clinics around the country, ranging from NYU Langone in NYC to Kaiser in California ended trans youth care.
Now, Children's Minnesota is one of the first to bring it back following a court ruling blocking Kennedy's declaration.
Suscribe to support our journalism.
Now, Children's Minnesota is one of the first to bring it back following a court ruling blocking Kennedy's declaration.
Suscribe to support our journalism.
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You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
April 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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Yeah, the only reason we're hearing about this person is because they (might) be trans. The press is just bringing this up to try to tie trans people to something we had nothing to do with.
Have you *ever*, in all the thousands of shootings in America, heard a word about a friend, roommate or partner of a shooter?
September 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yeah, the only reason we're hearing about this person is because they (might) be trans. The press is just bringing this up to try to tie trans people to something we had nothing to do with.
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man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
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The simple fact of the world is that the vast majority of mass shooters fit a fairly basic profile: Cishet white men with right leaning but completely incomprehensible politics, bigoted in ways that don't super make sense and driven mostly by delusions of grandeur and petty slights.
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The simple fact of the world is that the vast majority of mass shooters fit a fairly basic profile: Cishet white men with right leaning but completely incomprehensible politics, bigoted in ways that don't super make sense and driven mostly by delusions of grandeur and petty slights.
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"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights" - Charlie Kirk, 2023
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
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Essentially, when you install a Ring you’ve become a volunteer cop.
ICYMI: Amazon still doing Amazon things
The company is not only reintroducing new versions of old features that allow police to access footage from Ring users
Amazon is introducing a new Ring feature that will allow police to request *livestream* access to our home security devices.
@eff.org
The company is not only reintroducing new versions of old features that allow police to access footage from Ring users
Amazon is introducing a new Ring feature that will allow police to request *livestream* access to our home security devices.
@eff.org
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
August 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Essentially, when you install a Ring you’ve become a volunteer cop.
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this is interesting but not for the reason anti-bluesky people think because threads, having far more “active users” than bluesky, has half the cultural impact it does. does anything come from threads other than brand posts?
I dunno y'all. This site is 12 liberals who agree with each other about everything shouting at one another. Is there any reason to think it will evolve into anything different?
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/t...
techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/t...
July 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
this is interesting but not for the reason anti-bluesky people think because threads, having far more “active users” than bluesky, has half the cultural impact it does. does anything come from threads other than brand posts?
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Spectacular news - the Medicaid ban for transgender care is OUT as a result of the Byrd rule.
HUGE NEWS: The Senate Parliamentarian has struck the ban on Medicaid dollars for gender-affirming care trans people from the One Big Beautiful Bill!
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
Byrd Rule Violations Continue to Mount on the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Spectacular news - the Medicaid ban for transgender care is OUT as a result of the Byrd rule.
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"B-b-but the public disapproves of Trump's policies!"
Yes, which is why it's insane that Dems are unable to capitalize on that.
Yes, which is why it's insane that Dems are unable to capitalize on that.
June 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"B-b-but the public disapproves of Trump's policies!"
Yes, which is why it's insane that Dems are unable to capitalize on that.
Yes, which is why it's insane that Dems are unable to capitalize on that.
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Anybody with any self respect who had a boss treat them like this in public would resign immediately.
Reporter: What intelligence do you have that Iran is building a weapon? Your intelligence community said they have no evidence that they are at this point.
Trump: My intelligence community is wrong. Who said that?
Reporter: Your director of national intelligence Gabbard.
Trump: She is wrong.
Trump: My intelligence community is wrong. Who said that?
Reporter: Your director of national intelligence Gabbard.
Trump: She is wrong.
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Anybody with any self respect who had a boss treat them like this in public would resign immediately.
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One bright spot for trans people in Montana: Today's SCOTUS decision does not touch Montana. That's because Montana overturned its gender affirming care ban through the state Supreme Court. States are allowed to have protections that go beyond the US constitution, and thus that ruling is unaffected.
June 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One bright spot for trans people in Montana: Today's SCOTUS decision does not touch Montana. That's because Montana overturned its gender affirming care ban through the state Supreme Court. States are allowed to have protections that go beyond the US constitution, and thus that ruling is unaffected.
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MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
June 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports.
This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.
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FTC's latest move is to see how many trans kids they can kill. This is dangerous and beyond stupid, and way beyond anything the FTC is supposed to have authority over.
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FTC's latest move is to see how many trans kids they can kill. This is dangerous and beyond stupid, and way beyond anything the FTC is supposed to have authority over.
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I'll never forget that Linda Tirado lost an eye and is dying from TBI-induced dementia caused by a cop shooting her in the face by a rubber bullet at the George Floyd protests.
protect your eyes, protect your head. "less lethal" munitions are lethal when fired directly at a human being and cops love to use them this way. pepperballs will take your eye out, a tear gas canister can fracture your skull.
cops will kill you on purpose and by accident, all with impunity.
cops will kill you on purpose and by accident, all with impunity.
June 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'll never forget that Linda Tirado lost an eye and is dying from TBI-induced dementia caused by a cop shooting her in the face by a rubber bullet at the George Floyd protests.