There was, however, one exception to this: Minneapolis-St Paul. There, a finance bro, the mob, and a crooked lawyer really did buy the trains and sell them for scrap - but that was the exception, not the rule. 12/12

How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities

There is a common folk theory that the North American streetcar disappeared because of a conspiracy. Allegedly, industrialists connected with the auto and motor bus industries bought up North Ameri…

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this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

(addendum: if you want to read the book, it's called "the lost subways of north america". if you get a copy directly from me, i'll sign it for you)

The Lost Subways of North America

Official website for Jake Berman's book, "The Lost Subways of North America," containing transit maps and his writings on cities.

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Heat Safety Experts Advise Americans To Seek Privilege https://theonion.com/heat-safety-experts-advise-americans-to-seek-privilege-1850623871/

@weratedogs.com This one. OMG, this one.

The Mouthy Renegade Writer@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 2h ago

This dog, Jip Jip, is hilarious. His owner gives him butt slaps, and he begs for them. His noises are so damn funny. 😅

Corey Ruiz should be alive.

I pitched both of my usual outlets about the Cunningham stuff, one said yes, one said not right now. In 2019 I would have had a dozen editors competing for my words on this.

Frankie de la Cretaz@thefrankiedlc.news · 9h ago

It’s true, in the past I would have had multiple editors in my inbox asking me to write about the Cunningham stuff. I haven’t gotten a single assignment request. Trans writers used to be tokenized to write about these things but now that the topic is “mainstream,” those bylines go elsewhere.

This is what happened 5-10 years ago in the UK. Journalistic seriousness was stripped from trans journalists and columnists despite trans topics dominating headlines.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 6h ago

I pitched both of my usual outlets about the Cunningham stuff, one said yes, one said not right now. In 2019 I would have had a dozen editors competing for my words on this.

🚨 HAPPENING NOW 🚨 Women's Marchers have been arrested in the Capitol for standing vigil for the people killed by ICE. #AbolishICE llustrations by @channeldraw

El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."

How will Democrats be talking about Palestine once the Congressional caucus has not just Tlaib and AOC and Omar and Jacobs and Raskin and Pressley and Jayapal and Casar but DAC, Valdez, Kiros, Lander, Rabb, Hamawy, and the Senate has an Abdul in addition to CVH et al?

Jackson police are investigating the death of an unidentified Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant home in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday night. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-...

Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Home in Jackson, But Details Are Sparse

Jackson police are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a home in Mississippi's capital city.

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Oh wow, it's almost like the GOP sees our servicemembers as props and not people

Mar-a-Hell-No!@mara-hell-no.bsky.social · 5h ago

A Ship doctor warns exhausted sailors may go insane on the USS Abraham Lincoln. After 9 months at sea & 5 consecutive months in combat operations, conditions are deteriorating incl moldy showers, food shortages & severe lack of basic supplies. All for Trump's war. www.rawstory.com/uss-abraham-...

Blue Cities in Red States are God's strongest soldiers.

A sweet little girl with autism brought her stuffed puppy to the dog show. One of the judges noticed her, came over, and asked if she’d like to show her dog too. What followed was pure magic. Original post

The hospital chaplain defeated two rivals and is favored in November to become the state’s first transgender legislator.

Apparently it’s unprofessional to have a murdered son

Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 3h ago

Christine Wells Wonsley, the mother of Nolan Wells, has learned that the Mississippi Board of Nursing opened a professional misconduct investigation against her following an anonymous complaint, the family’s lawyer said. www.mississippifreepress.org/nolan-wells-...

So the context is that MAGA Senator Bernie Moreno — and Republicans generally, covered up these crimes against his daughter and granddaughter? Both to protect a MAGA Frat Brother, and to avoid his son-in-law Rep. Max Miller providing evidence of his sexuality/affairs/whatever? Is that about right?

Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 2h ago

"There is a bruise that accompanies the injury that appears to be in a handprint... it appears that it was inflicted." We take you inside the room where a child protection specialist speaks to police about the fracture sustained by Rep. Max Miller's toddler. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It's been reported that Grace Chang, Hong Kong's preeminent Mandarin screen diva of the 50s, passed away this afternoon, one day shy of her 93rd birthday. Watch Mambo Girl and The Wild, Wild Rose to see her at the height of her powers.

"In his films, and in his life, until the most tearing and aggressive moments, he was looking for a form, for a new beauty and joy based on the ruins of a Germany drained of life and soul." Ingrid Caven #BOTD on Fassbinder

Grab some nuts day…

“I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.” -John Huston #BOTD

Ida Lupino goes bowling in “Road House” (1948) #FilmNoir

Brad Davis | Querelle | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1982.

In the beginning was Varda With La Pointe Courte Agnès Varda marks the start of a new aesthetic, anticipating by just a few years the adventures of the Nouvelle Vague. Read Here: substack.com/@massimocorv...

Komako Hara 原 駒子 #filmsky #actres #japan #cinema #silentfilm #倉形駒子 #KuragataKomako #原駒子 #HaraKomako

Sitting at one of my local parks while my kids play in the mud and folks approach me with this flyer. I ❤️ Minneapolis.

ok hear me out here: birria tacos made with scallion pancakes

new PAC in hennepin county attorney race: safe and just hennepin registered on friday and will be working to elect anders folk. due to timing, only large pre-election contributions are being reported. majority are coming from california haven't seen a launch yet taylordahlin.com/f/who-is-fun...

Who is funding Safe and Just Hennepin PAC to elect Anders Folk?

A new PAC has been registered called Safe and Just Hennepin to elect Anders Folk for Hennepin County Attorney. Due to the timing, having registered on July 31, there are only large pre-election contri...

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St. John is already a U.S. district judge. "You have a lifetime appt," Blumenthal tells her. "Trump can't do anything to you. You have no reason to fear his vaunted vindictiveness against anyone who would defy his illusion about Jan. 6." He rips her "rehearsed + regurgitated" responses.