By the way I am still rocking 100% cotton H&M button downs I bought in college for like $20, consumers in America have incredibly cheap *and* relatively durable options
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I love how there are actual people walking around and doing random stuff in the background because they’re supposed to be in a city and not on a movie set
Sirobin@sirobin.com · 5h agoThe first essay we wrote in my intro film class was breaking down this scene from Singin' in the Rain, and I know it's not a fair comparison, but rewatching it now feels like a breath of fresh air. I particularly love how we get an almost two minute uninterrupted shot of them walking and talking
CA stopped building condos, depriving Californians of homeownership. Condos are 3% of CA apartments, vs 40% in Canada. A 2002 law lets HOA lawyers sue builders instead of repairing defects, spiking insurance costs and building risk. AB 1903 would help fix. via @tobyhardtospell.bsky.social
Even if this were true (it’s not) The availability of cheaper goods are still not “exploitation” ! I’d rather have cheap but replaceable goods available to me than only the expensive, super durable ones! (And this is the revealed preference of American consumers over the past 60 years!)
There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterdayDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
SB 79 at one month: 1) Very encouraging signs of developer interest in actually using the law 2) New projects are all in high resource areas with exclusionary histories 3) We won’t see the full impact in most of the state’s biggest cities for another 5 year 4) Beverly Hills is on some bullshit
Aaron 🏗️🚲🌲🏀@aceckhouse.bsky.social · 2d agoMost cities are doing their best to follow the law, but some are not. The worst is probably Beverly Hills, which is trying to use a shell game to disappear nearly 3,000 homes worth of zoned capacity. HCD should have nipped this in the bud, but there's still time for them to bring down the hammer.
Some lawyer should figure out a 14th Amendment argument to remove from office or terminate from federal employment anyone who refuses to state that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Doesn't matter if it's cogent or valid, it's just something from the new 10,000 member Supreme Court to rubber stamp.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoBLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
The ROAD to Housing Act has just created a bunch of pots of free money for cities and states that can get it together and start legalizing housing. ifp.org/the-success-...
The Success of the New Federal Housing Law Now Rests on States and Localities | IFP
Billions of dollars could flow to proactive jurisdictions that build more homes
ifp.org
"Get away from me right now," King, a retired U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq and earned both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, can be heard telling the three male guard members in the video as they approach her on the bench. "You have absolutely no authority to detain me."
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
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Zero rich Republicans — literally zero — send their kids to trade school. But they push trade school relentlessly on the middle class. It's interesting!
the intentional abdication by Congress of nearly all of its constitutional responsibilities is at the core of most of our problems as a nation
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
I have zero knowledge about military stuff. So correct me if I'm wrong: Basically we spent decades building up a big stockpile of advanced weapons so we could be ready for any potential conflict with China or Russia? And then Trump used ALL OF THEM in a literally aimless war with Iran?
Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · yesterday"US has used 'virtually all' PrSM and ATACM munitions" we are out of ammo www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
'Flock Off': Mass Surveillance Surge Jeopardizes Lifesaving Crash Reduction Strategy — Streetsblog USA
A surveillance company's controversial business model has made traffic enforcement look bad by association. The effects could cost hundreds of lives.
usa.streetsblog.org
Second Ave. Sagas@2avesag.as · yesterdayThe cops are really going to poison the well on automated traffic enforcement - which perhaps is the point considering how many of them get dinged for speeding in school zones and running red lights. bsky.app/profile/jaso...
The cops are really going to poison the well on automated traffic enforcement - which perhaps is the point considering how many of them get dinged for speeding in school zones and running red lights. bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · yesterdayNew: Police are being told to hide the fact that they're using Flock to pull people over and arrest them in both encounters with citizens but ALSO in their official police reports: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
this was always the outcome we were headed for and one we could've had literally 4 months ago. not only did trump lose the war he spent half a year continuing to lose it for no reason.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · yesterdayAll the indicators I’m seeing suggest this is the Iran‑controlled route, with a service fee attached. Trump took the loss and is now going to try to lie and spin it as a positive outcome.
We burned billions and achieved nothing
Aron Lund@aronlund.bsky.social · 2d agoIran has now gobbled up nearly all U.S. ATACMS and PrSM ballistic missiles, plus half of Tomahawk cruise missiles and a very considerable share of the THAAD and Patriot interceptors, sources tell @reuters.com’s Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay, and Michael Stone. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
i drive an EV and have definitely cranked up the music just to make sure i am not sneaking up on pedestrians. it should be louder!!!
Jake Gotta@jakegotta.bsky.social · 2d agoYeah yeah no tailpipe emissions is great & all but from the pedestrian perspective the concept of EVs is basically “what if we took the things most likely to kill you and made them HEAVIER and SILENT”
Yeah yeah no tailpipe emissions is great & all but from the pedestrian perspective the concept of EVs is basically “what if we took the things most likely to kill you and made them HEAVIER and SILENT”
Car-blindness is real! Psychologists or sociologists should study this. Giant two-ton boxes flying all around us, piloted by people who have been rendered psychopaths, regularly injuring & killing our neighbors, and many/most people just ... don't register it. It's just background noise.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 4d agoI was talking to my neighbor when a group of cyclists came by at maybe 25 mph. “That’s so dangerous,” she exclaimed. In the meantime, quite a few drivers came by at 40 mph, and she’s completely unfazed. 🤦🏻♂️
everyone forgot this! doctors and nurses got sick and died because of this theft! bsky.app/profile/cras...
@crashcityrocker.bsky.social · 3d agoKushner literally stole PPE that my hospital system had bought and sent it to Florida. This is big reason why why Charlie Baker is no longer (directly) in politics. abcnews.com/amp/Health/e...
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve wearing a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while her team played against (and beat) Sophie Cunningham and the Indiana Fever is such a big "hell yeah fuck you TERFs" moment.
Most people on earth have no realistic pathway to legally immigrating to the United States There is no “right way” or “legal process” for the vast majority of the entire world
Matt@tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 2d agothe options for US immigration are basically: 1) have immediate family here (still can take years) 2) marriage (see 1) 3) have consistent H1b sponsorship in a professional job for years 4) win the lottery (paused) 5) be a refugee/asylum seeker (paused, unless you’re a white south african farmer)
most people on earth fall into category 4 and have no realistic pathway to entrance into the US legally.
It's genuinely a massive problem that the median voter both 1) believes "criminal illegal immigrants" to be an astronomically more serious threat than they actually are, and 2) believes that the legal immigration process is substantially easier than it actually is.
Sunsette / Cynthia Skye@sunderedmarches.com · 2d agoI understand your position, but those are different situations. People straight up both envision a system much milder than exists and cannot imagine a modern world without that imaginary system. By default they have no real grasp of reality on the matter, but are usu. sympathetic to individuals.
Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children
Portland Press Herald@pressherald.com · 5d agoElon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins’ U.S. Senate bid
one aggressive hardball thing I would like to see happen is blue states coordinating to have deliberately contradictory and difficult to navigate regulatory environments for hostile regime-aligned businesses such as X. what red states did with abortion pre dobbs.