Great first step. We need to really reset expectations about what kinds of vehicles should be where, and how they should behave (starting with cars! But also including these other vehicles)

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 23m ago

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces that New York City is issuing cease and desist letters to more than 40 retailers selling illegal e-bikes (generally, vehicles that can go faster than local speed limits allow). The targeted retailers include Amazon and Best Buy.

El-Sayed in particular describes himself as a proud capitalist so yeah it is not just DSA. People with organizing experience - inclusive of but not limited to DSA folks - are the ones who are best prepared to face our fractured media environment b/c they have experience going and finding ppl (1/n)

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3h ago

I know we are chalking the success of some leftist candidates almost entirely to the DSA. However, it seems like the more common theme is that these are candidates with organizing experience?

So excited about this; I kept thinking Erin (and my own research) were wrong that there hadn't been a book on this before..?!

Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 3h ago

Some professional news ... I've been spending some time in the archives and am looking forward to having cake at all the events for this book.

I feel like I’ve said it 1,000 times but the best way to make sure no trans girls or women ever get to participate in women’s sports is to simply not have women’s sports, problem solved. This is always where this was headed within sports.

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · yesterday

You can see the very obvious throughline from “men could transition and easily dominate women’s sports” to “women’s sports are lesser and shouldn’t be taken seriously” to “women shouldn’t play sports” to “here are the acceptable life choices for women”

I know I am just being a grouchy elder but how is it 2026 and writers are still out here saying "we" think of the Internet as "immaterial"—who is this "we" and where have they been for the last decade

This is exactly right. Spider-Man exists outside the Marvel phenomenon (whatever remains of it) the same way that, to a lesser (in terms of box office) extent, Batman exists outside of the DC phenomenon (whatever remains of it).

Adam B. Vary@adambvary.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm seeing a lot of SUPERHERO MOVIES ARE BACK posts in the wake of #BrandNewDay's success. Spider-Man movies were breaking box office records well before the MCU existed. They are a cinema phenomenon onto themselves, because Spider-Man is a singularly resonant and relatable character.

The good news here, such as it is, is that I think this opens the door for radical immigration reform that would move the actuality is it to where people's assumptions and moral intuitions already are.

Jonathon M. Floyd@jfloyd314.bsky.social · 2d ago

Legal immigration as most Americans conceive of it does not meaningfully exist in the United States. "Just come here the right way" is one of the most pernicious lies in contemporary US politics, accepted across the aisle as the goal of the immigration debate when it's impossible in reality.

can't find premium content like this on threads i'll tell you that much

I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

> Rudy deserves a lot of credit for taking those early risks when it was much harder to build and being the first to prove that it can be done, but it’s getting easier and easier. We are seeing more and more BlueSky and BlackSky-style networks pop up pretty often Shoutout the Original Risk Takers™️

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control. www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...

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ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2d ago

oh yeah the broader newspaper industry is turbo fucked. down ~80 percent since 1990

I have long wanted to write for the excellent Bay Area publishing collective COYOTE...and they let me write something that honestly no other publication would. All hail independent media!!

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2d ago

Early on @coyotemedia.org made a list of dream bylines we'd LOVE to have on the site and @annaleen.bsky.social was one of the first on it for me. So stoked to see this piece about ~~speculative transit~~ and big dreams for the Bay Area. www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...

this is, imo, just a really good column from Rosenthal. It is honest about how things will be framed and how things actually are (in ways both dodgers supporters and detractors might not like). I just really appreciate the extra effort to provide context around how this will play in wider discourse:

Tarik Skubal addition takes anti-Dodger hysteria to new heights as MLB lockout looms

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Those of you eager to serve wealthy MLB owners as volunteer Pinkertons won’t like to read this, but as usual Joe Sheehan nails the real problem:

People are being very cute with this but Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, The Beatles is three separate correct answers.

Mia Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d ago

What's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)

The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.

Damn... 300% higher yields for peppers 200% for tomatoes. 65% lower water use for jalapenos. #agsky #agrivoltaics ,🌱🌞🔌..

hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago

*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…

we are talking about covid because their base is pissed and telling pollsters they won’t show up and the racism dial is already turned as far as it can go but they think maybe there’s a little blood to be squeezed still from the fauci stone. that’s it. that’s the only reason we are doing this.

1. I think a lot of teams could have / should have beat the Dodgers' offer for Tarik Skubal 2. It is nonetheless a huge haul for a rental player in this era, maybe the biggest a decade. 3. The CBA isn't stopping your team's front office from beating that offer. Your team's front office is.

You do not get to do the whole "baseball is ruined" thing because the Dodgers gave up two serious prospects, one of whom is 100 years old, for a two-month rental. On this particular thing, your team literally could have done it if they wanted

A salary cap isn't going to make the small-market teams good enough at player development and acquisition to put together better trade returns.

I am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all.

People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

There’s also something to how women are socialized to be suspicious of flattery — it’s how we transfer responsibility for men’s desire onto women’s bodies; we are taught to defend against that in service to our “innocence” or whatever — whereas men accept flattery as their due. Perfect marks.

Extremely correct. Starting (back) up modern dance classes a few years back has been good for me in so many ways but it deft starts with foot strength, balance, and the whole kinetic chain unfolding from there.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

If you are 38 years old or older, I want you to start working on your foot strength and ankle mobility. Unless I hate you. Then I want you to rest for ten years and then suddenly try to hop off a step one day, cold.

Continuing (and hopefully concluding) our efforts to put Hanukkah tickets into the hands of fans, the many many tickets flagged as purchased by scalpers and bots have been cancelled, and will be re-sold in a lottery through Ticketmaster Request… (cont’d ->)

Yeah so NYT asked me ~2 yrs ago to write an op-ed about how the Colorado is running dry, & what we should do to keep this exact thing from happening. I said "There's only one real answer. Bill farmers by how much water they use. Duh." NYT editorial staff freaked tf out & cancelled the piece.

Elias Thorne@truebe.horse · 6d ago

saw an article today about an az politician saying how great it was that we're now in emergency drought conditions because the farmers get automatic bailouts and I feel like way more Professional Rural Understanders just breeze by sentences like that. www.paysonroundup.com/news/arizona...

Agree w/Josh here, definitely give a read. One additional thing that is part of the equation is the absolute one-sidedness of the data center equation. Not only are billionaires doing whatever they want but, other than a few HVAC/construction gigs, there are no jobs. Why *should* ppl support them?

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 5d ago

Why the Backlash Against Data Centers Is So Potent talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-t...