A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

David Brooks pearl-clutching over John Ossoff calling a white nationalist a “white nationalist,” as if the problem with violent white nationalism is people objecting to it, illustrates this point as well as humanly possible.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.

NYC has lots of carrots and not enough sticks — because "It's miserable to drive" is clearly not a big enough stick. Expand congestion pricing and paid parking, build LTNs, implement ULEZ and ZEZ... it all has to be on the table for when the political tide turns.

Miser@misernyc.bsky.social · 13h ago

I'm tired of beating around the bush. A lot of the people that choose to drive around NYC need to make better choices and the city needs to make them.

This is so ridiculous

Meghan L. Hall@itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 5h ago

Barring any last-second changes, Game 3, 4 and 6 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta will be played at Gateway Center Arena (3,500+ seats), multiple sources tell USA TODAY. Efforts to move games to State Farm Arena (17,000 seats) have proved unsuccessful.

"Did Mike Collins employ "half the Third Reich," as Jon Ossoff claimed? The Third Reich ended in 1945 with the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, so unless Collins employs people who are well over 100 years old this cannot be true. We rate this four Pinnochios." - The Washington Post.

An excellent example of the windshield perspective and car brain and, to put it even more plainly, the utter selfishness of drivers.

Zach Lipton@zachlipton.com · yesterday

I, personally, would not go on the record with a reporter to announce I’m in favor of destroying the playground my kid is currently loving because I drive to work once a week (and the road still wouldn’t go there anyway), but everyone lives their lives differently I guess

The War on Cars, welcome to Tampa/St. Pete.

question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis?

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

If Democrats retake the Senate, Warren will surely become chair of the Senate Banking Committee and, as such, in a position to investigate, humiliate and ultimately destroy Scott Bessent.

David Gura@davidgura.bsky.social · yesterday

A letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and a member of the Senate Finance Committee:

What's even better here is that Ossoff didn't call Collins himself a Nazi. He said Collins employs "half the Third Reich" and promoted neo-Nazi content, all of which is true. Classic "I'm not saying he's a Nazi, I'm saying the Nazis think he's a Nazi” stuff.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

So excited to welcome @thewaroncars.bsky.social to Tampa! Come join us Tuesday night at the HCC Ybor campus—there's a group ride starting from Willa's too!

Life After Cars! Podcasters dish it out - Tampa event

Presented by Activate St Pete, WalkBikeTampa, & Transit Now, a podcast-host dialogue with the authors + local transportation experts + you!

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The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 19h ago

Tampa/St. Pete! We're on our way. See you Monday and Tuesday. Check the full book tour schedule: www.lifeaftercars.com

Low-hanging fruit for reporters and Dem trackers: ask a Republican running for office, "what would you do if you were in a car with your child and men in hoodies charged at you with guns drawn?" Follow up with "do you think it's reasonable for a parent in that situation to use lethal force?"

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · yesterday

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RFK Jr is one of the worst people to ever wield power in US government. Eternal shame on anyone who has ever elevated him.

Rachel Fairbank@sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · yesterday

“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.

Open Mic on the Open Street! Thanks to the good folks at the Commissioner Bar and Park Slope Open Streets for letting my kid organize this.

AAA's Your Driving Costs 2026 report came out last month. Unsurprisingly, the researchers found that the average cost of owning and operating a new vehicle has shot up—it's now estimated at $12,863/yr or $1,072/mo. newsroom.aaa.com/2026/09/aaa-...

Today in DC: "Beginning Saturday, crews will start another major round of cutting at the historic public golf course. The first phase contains 169 trees marked for removal. The Trump Administration says as many as 529 could eventually come down..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2026/...

More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign

Beginning Saturday, National Park Service crews will start another major round of cutting at East Potomac Golf Links, according to a new filing in federal court.

washingtonpost.com

Families deserve guidance grounded in science, and the Trump administration’s abrupt changes to seven childhood vaccines are reckless. I sued to protect our kids and make sure every family can trust the advice they get from their pediatrician.

Democratic-led states sue Trump administration over childhood vaccine schedule

The lawsuit seeks to restore the recommended childhood vaccine schedule to protect against 18 diseases

spectrumlocalnews.com

Life After Cars continues to be a big seller at @communitybookstore.bsky.social in Brooklyn. They're down to their last copy yet again. Go get it if you're in the neighborhood! www.lifeaftercars.com

Measles hits the 100-case mark in Kentucky From @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/09/m...

Measles hits the 100-case mark in Kentucky • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky has now confirmed more than 100 cases of measles as the state grapples with its highest case load this century.

kentuckylantern.com

"Even in the absence of a conviction, the impeachment process is a valuable political tool. It underscores, for the public, the simple fact that the president is unfit to serve."

Opinion | Trump Is Begging to Be Impeached

The president’s despotism is itself a constitutional offense.

nytimes.com

My cousin is a senior director at a major tier 1 auto supplier. Biggest car guy I know. Used to own a F150 Raptor. Texted me out of the blue asking if I heard of the book “Life After Cars”. His coworker recommended it to him and he’s loving it. Unreal!! @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Less than a month until our big live show at Hunter College on Fri, Nov 6th w/ Janette Sadik-Khan. We'll be celebrating her pioneering street transformations AND looking ahead as Mayor Mamdani now has a chance to make NYC streets truly world class. Tickets: host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration...

This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2d ago

The NYPD just released surveillance video of the ICE shooting (which occurred off camera). Two men in civilian clothes run up to a car with guns drawn. One second later, one man begins smashing the butt of his gun into the driver’s side window. The driver appears to panic and hit the gas.

Let’s go, Liberty!

A driver caused a massacre in the Bronx today. Ran through a crosswalk and a red light and struck a bunch of people and five cars. What will the city council’s 17 e-bike bills do to address this?

At least 9 hurt, 3 critically, after car strikes pedestrians and other cars in Allerton

Surveillance footage obtained by News 12 shows a white sedan fly through the busy intersection, plowing through a group of people in the crosswalk and hitting multiple cars waiting at the light.

bronx.news12.com

::low whistle:: apple.news/AbOgHERrCRnG...

US surpasses 4,000 measles cases, infections confirmed in 45 states, CDC data shows — ABC News

Most cases are among those unvaccinated or with unknown status, CDC data shows.

apple.news

A kid was hit crossing the Bedford Avenue bike lane by an e-bike rider and that bike lane was ripped out by the last mayor and still hasn't been restored by the current mayor.

Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon@davecolon.bsky.social · 3d ago

I should be allowed to drive a pickup truck into the guy who hit these kids crossing with the signal and then claimed to have the light nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/10/09/o...

Far too many people simply hate children for existing

If more of them talked like that, more of them would.

Richard M. Nixon@dicknixon.bsky.social · 3d ago

You don't talk like Ossoff did unless you're going to win by 10-12.

“Do we really expect our children to act like adults just so adults can act like children?”

Cycle Of Rage: One Crash Shows How Reckless Car Drivers Ruin Kids' Childhoods - Streetsblog New York City

We want our kids off their phones and reading books in the library. Too bad drivers don't give a shit. A rant from Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman.

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