for months, ive been trying to map out the ways the right and the left were uniting against data centers and AI both here's my story on my efforts, featuring steve bannon's anti-tech prophet, my girlfriend's high school english class, and the unabomber:

How Data Centers Broke American Politics

What the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.

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who up remembering the facebook breaking news tag function

If you live in Philadelphia, I'm teaching a free class (with free stickers!!) on how to score a baseball game at Val's Lesbian bar next tuesday! Please come!

Genuinely think it's time that we have federal regulations on the sale of e-motos.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last wk.

On our bike ride with @aoc.bsky.social, we discussed the proliferation of illegal e-motos and e-scooters, and what (if anything) can be done federally to regulate the industry. youtube.com/shorts/Kibjl...

Absolutely devastating.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 7d ago

Gabriel Nacato, 17, was riding an e-moto purchased for him by a family member when he was killed in a crash with the driver of an SUV steps from City Hall. Nacato was commuting from Bensonhurst to his job in Manhattan. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/29/e...

Yo! Mega doses of @streetfilms.bsky.social footage in this awesome @nyc.streetsblog.org portrait of @aoc.bsky.social #bikenyc around Queens! Nice job by @dmey.bsky.social and @emilylip.bsky.social CHECK IT OUT!! @openplans.org youtu.be/s1-jM1SuZR0?...

We went on a bike ride with AOC

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A box truck pulled into the unprotected Bedford Avenue bike lane on my ride to work this morning. That's how I got into my crash on Bedford and Lafayette in 2021, but that time, the driver sped along before stopping short. That block is protected now. This one... not so much.

american TdF athlete was the victim of traffic violence on his way to the start of stage 16 and @theathletic.com brushes this off by the way they report on it www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

American cyclist Brandon McNulty knocked off bike by car before Tour de France time trial

The UAE Team Emirates XRG rider is due to start Tuesday's stage at 16:40 CET.

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The end of lugging your bike up the stairs to your fifth-floor walkup is near 😤 @nyc-dot.bsky.social is bringing 500 secure bike parking lockers to New York City's streets by the end of 2027! And there's still time to request one for your block 👇 youtube.com/shorts/v8PBb...

500 bike parking lockers are coming to NYC's streets! #nyc #bike #urbanism #bikeparking

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I suspect we'll discover child safety was not the primary objection, after all.

The goal shouldn't be to have uncomfortable conversations, but the possibility of an uncomfortable conversation shouldn't stop someone from asking questions that need to be asked.

The Bedford Avenue bike lane continues to be a totally unnecessary policy quagmire — it’s safer for residents and commuters alike, but people with cars who want to double park insist the “community” doesn’t want it.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last mo.

Mayor Mamdani has had almost six months to fix the mess on Bedford Avenue left by his predecessor, so what's the hold-up? Plus the news. buff.ly/g4HJHXR

This was two blocks of the Bedford bike lane earlier this month, and this doesn’t include the guy I saw drive the wrong way up it and park there.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last mo.

Mayor Mamdani has had almost six months to fix the mess on Bedford Avenue left by his predecessor, so what's the hold-up? Plus the news. buff.ly/g4HJHXR

“if you can” is easy to say when you don’t live on those blocks :(

J Dub@johnwalters.org · last mo.

guys, it sucks, but please don't ride on bedford through that stretch, it's not worth dying over. go around if you're able until the administration is able to reverse what Adams did.

love riding to work or the grocery store and getting to wonder if today is the day i get killed on bedford

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last mo.

It's looking like someone will have to die on Bedford Avenue before the unsafe corridor will have its protected bike lane restored.

fact check: journalism’s job is to hold power to account

bing bong@brianvan.bsky.social · last mo.

And also, it’s not our job to hold the mayor accountable. It’s our job to get the bike lane back, including holding the mayor and the DOT and all the local pols accountable for getting that done ASAP before more lousy drivers and double-parkers on that stretch hurt someone.

i made the mistake of riding 42nd street on a day that i thought there was a world cup game (but there wasn't) and my god...... we need this busway to be permanent !!!!!

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last mo.

On World Cup game days, 42nd Street in New York City is transformed into a busway — closing the street to cars and trucks to let buses, emergency vehicles, and cyclists like @emilylip.bsky.social get across town with ease. But what if 42nd Street could be like this all the time?

On World Cup game days, 42nd Street in New York City is transformed into a busway — closing the street to cars and trucks to let buses, emergency vehicles, and cyclists like @emilylip.bsky.social get across town with ease. But what if 42nd Street could be like this all the time?

NYC's 42nd Street Busway should exist after the World Cup ends #worldcup #nyc #manhattan #bus

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Hey L👀K! It is @aoc.bsky.social in a teaser for @nyc.streetsblog.org on @34ave.bsky.social #openstreet featuring @streetfilms.bsky.social footage! That's a lot of love linkage right there. @emilylip.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/JqhFe...

full AOC bike ride interview coming this week 👀 #nyc #bike #cycling #queens #aoc #interview

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"Let's make it safer for everyone: Whether you're in a car, on a bike, walking down the street." The @aoc.bsky.social x STREETSBLOG BIKE INTERVIEW is coming to YouTube this week! Subscribe so you don't miss it: youtube.com/shorts/JqhFe...

full AOC bike ride interview coming this week 👀 #nyc #bike #cycling #queens #aoc #interview

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A redesigned truck network! Vickie Paladino vs. bike lanes in Northeast Queens! Congressional candidates answer our questions! All that and more happened in New York City last week, hear about it in @emilylip.bsky.social's recap. www.youtube.com/shorts/5La0O...

It's Vickie Paladino vs. bike lanes... again #nyc #news #icymi #bike #queens #brooklyn

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On our very first Pride Night in 2013, Jason Collins threw out the first pitch. Tonight his brother, Jarron, honors him.

i talk a lot of trash about uchicago and they deserve it. but uchicago’s core curriculum was truly one of the most comprehensive, most rigorous in the US. they gutted the core because of bad crypto investments. and now they’re all in on claude. uchicago’s whole brand was “you *will* learn here.”

Sarah Osment@smosment.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hahahahahahahhahahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

old roslyn now has a van leeuwens next to a pop up bagels next to an italian place with like 10 NYC locations immediate inner suburb is UES redux

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 2mo ago

You're all going to make your little jokes, but this is Long Island Bullshit, not New York City Bullshit

Going to Port Washington (for Dotcakes) by The Mountain Goats

In his remarks about the next stage of the McGuinness Blvd. safety project, @mayor.nyc.gov noted the truest sign of the importance of this moment: @davecolon.bsky.social wearing sleeves. youtube.com/shorts/IbYBS...

Mayor Mamdani on the importance of McGuinness Boulevard improvements #nyc #greenpoint

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Yeah we gotta regulate this shit immediately.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

New York just passed legislation that would force drivers who are caught speeding 16 times in a year to install a speed-limiting device in their car, similar to an ignition interlock breathalyzer if you get a DWI. @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social explains: youtube.com/shorts/I45ds...

New York is finally doing something about speeding drivers #nyc #speeding #traffic #safestreets

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