A statistic that haunts me because it is 100% true and shocking and useless in advocacy precisely because it is true and shocking: Policy that enables a 1-car lifestyle rather than 2 is equivalent to giving a family a $25,000 annual pay raise.

Peter Flax@pflax1.bsky.social · 4w ago

This story buries the lede, but if you pull out a calculator and do the math, AAA found that the average American spends $15,031 a year for a single car! www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/c...

Whoever took and/or chose this picture for the headline should win an award.

Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 4w ago

Bailey — who's in a tight spot as he appeals to moderate suburban voters — said he appreciated Trump's nod, "but that's not what this race is about."

Who exactly is asking what Joe Manchin is doing right now?

Manchin endorses Collins in Maine Senate race

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), a prominent centrist who left the Democratic Party at the end of his Senate career, has endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), praising her as the “soul of the Se…

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This seems fine. I'm sure this is normal and fine.

The Pines@thepines.bsky.social · last mo.

It is beyond understandable to me how parents are worried about #books in the library and #trans kids trying to live their lives but do not get incandescently angry every time there is an e-mail about the active shooter safety drill their kids have to do.

I had saw an ad online for Slavoj #Žižek's speaking tour in my area that described him as the "Rockstar Philosopher." It reminded me of this, one of the best things ever on the internet. RIP Toast and Hairpin. medium.com/the-hairpin/...

This is going to push me to completely make the switch to Waze and to never use @searchliaison.bsky.social Google search since now I know if Trump says something Google will put it in their information no matter how wrong it is. blog.google/products-and...

How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" in the United States. Since we update Google Maps …

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I hope all you people saying "wrong 80 yo" are happy now. 😭 www.vanityfair.com/story/tim-cu...

Tim Curry, Iconic Star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Dies at 80

The prolific actor had reportedly been suffering from serious health issues for over a decade.

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So, I have somehow gotten locked out of my LinkedIn account. they said there was a security breach and my account was locked for my safety.

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

In a recent tragedy a 9 yo child was hit by a minivan and killed in a nearby area. I don't think I would have noticed before I started listening to @thewaroncars.bsky.social but every. single. headline. talks about the scooter and not one say what he was struck or killed by.

More on polling, this time climate change. According to the Yale Climate survey, 77% of Americans think global warming is impacting extreme heat. And 73% say it's impacting wildfires. Only 73% of Americans think climate change is happening. 🤷‍♀️ climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/...

Reading a bunch of 2024 polling information and really amazing seeing all these descriptions of how young white, male voters swung harder for Trump than other groups and amazing how none of them are willing to talk about the obvious.

My county brings a bounce house to a different park in the county two days a week during the summer. Sounds great, right? So far this summer, four days have been cancelled for heat. One for air quality. Welcome to summer in the #Anthropocene.

I don't want to dwell on Platner forever. But I will say that the fact that Platner and Swalwell had to drop out but Paxton is in the race and Trump is president says *everything* about who has the part of values.

Me, when we're out for ice cream: I love root beer floats so much. Husband: You know, we can get root beer and vanilla ice cream. You can have root beer floats whenever you want. Me: That's not the same. I don't want them at home. Husband: I'll buy them tonight. Me: *deep sigh*

Reminder again that jerks are rarely just jerks in one area, and the likelihood that a guy with a Nazi tattoo was just a stand up fella everywhere else was always pretty low.

The administration has been relentless about attacking or silencing science and research since Trump took office for the second time in 2025. It's obvious why - objective truth is anathema to authoritarians. You can use UCS' new tool to view the attacks now: blog.ucs.org/jules-barbat...

A New Way to Uncover How Science Is Under Attack

We’ve built a new system to help us monitor and explain what’s happening.

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I've had this fowl language from when I used to work for #Audubon and my kids are now old enough to get it. My middle schooler told me this morning my mug is *very inappropriate*.

I assume this will be as well planned and executed as all his other latest ventures and I for one cannot wait.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: President Trump announces Republicans will hold their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas in September.

I have two girls who play sports. I am far more concerned about the additional potential costs (in time and money) and how they verifying girls in sports than I ever have been about a passionate trans girl being good at one of their sports.

This is legit fewer people than you'd usually see just hanging out on the Mall on a summer day.

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3mo ago

TMZ DC with perhaps the most brutal video from Trump's Great American State Fair, showing Dr. Oz on stage bragging to Dean Cain about how big the crowd is, only for the reporter to pan around and show absolutely nobody is there. Original post: x.com/i/status/207...

The notion that the president has absolute power over creations of Congress is already nuts, with no basis in law, but it reaches utterly absurd when it includes an unwritten "but not when some Supreme Court Justices feel like he's messing with the money" exception.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We have Slaughter and Cook. By a 6–3 vote, SCOTUS overturns Humphrey's Executor and lets Trump fire heads of independent agencies. But by a 5–4 vote, it refuses to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

My parents were among the faith groups, environmentalists, Tribal organizations, immigrant rights groups, and just overall good neighbors protesting this concentration camp on the regular. There is much work to do but let's take a moment to celebrate Alligator Alcatraz being shut down. <3

MS NOW@ms.now · 4mo ago

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ closes after nearly 1 year, DeSantis says www.ms.now/news/florida...

The people Mamdani endorsed are on the rise and the people Jeffries' wanted are leaving Congress. Seems more like he's the one who has to patch things up?

HuffPost@huffpost.com · 4mo ago

The House minority leader told CNN the mayor is going to have to patch things up with congressional Democrats follow Tuesday's primary upsets.

Versailles, huh? So you think anyone's gonna tell him?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it."

I will once again suggest that someone with a *Nazi tattoo* likely has some other skeletons in his closet.

Report shows that people who were told they were above the law continued committing crimes.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

1/ As the EPA continues to fall short, a solution to curb freight pollution at the source could improve air quality for millions and help transition away from fossil fuels use.

Addressing Freight Pollution at the Source

Indirect Source Rules (ISRs) provide state and local governments a tool to address inequitable pollution impacts from the freight system.

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Any discussion of Platner needs to recognize that a D is better than an R at this point in time. Even if we end up with another Fetterman situation, caucus and subpoena power is based on party, full stop, and I would vote for Platner over Collins.