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.

When my cat yawns I always think of Fizgig. You’ll know what I mean if you do.

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

forget horoscopes, which Adonis are you today?

1/x Just FYI, for those who didn't know: The first head-on challenge to the US gov't's authority to ban queer marriage was in 1970. Less than 1 year after Stonewall, on May 8, 1970, James McConnell and Richard Baker got hitched and then, presumably, went home and boinked their brains out.

"I write to urge you to impose a AI-moratorium in NYC's schools. At stake are not only the cognitive + emotional health of NYC's children but also— • Labor + economic conditions for educators • Climate + struggles for energy justice • Widening of the political + economic power-gap b/t rich + poor."

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 4d ago

Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

same

With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/

This seriously makes me consider shaving.

Nathan Daniel Hernandez@natedhernandez.bsky.social · last wk.

Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy

See you in court, creep.

MPR News@mprnews.org · last wk.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Minnesota over a first-in-the-nation law banning technology that allows users to create and post deepfake videos or images of people naked without their consent.

Y'all just Trojan Horsed us into talking about Trojan Horses and now that we're all "Oh, shit... look at all this Trojan Horse stuff!" these historians are jumping out like "μητροκοίτης παπαῖ!"

This is the best film complaint I’ve ever seen

Evergreen post

Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning@booktweeting.bsky.social · 2w ago

GODZILLA WE LOVE YOU GET UP #HorrorWatch

Yeah man, this definitely seems like *consults lexicon* COMMUNISM.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

NYC’s small business owners have said it over and over: endless paperwork and uncertainty has made getting their stores up and running too difficult. So we’re cutting red tape, eliminating redundant permits (did you know you need a permit just to serve some ice cream?), and speeding up inspections.

Great piece on the largely imaginary shoplifting surge: I do think one thing the piece misses is that a bunch of major police departments started years-long work slowdowns in 2020 where they refused to do their jobs (often falsely claiming their hands were tied by woke prosecutors)

We used to be able to buy things in this country

Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy

dannykatch.substack.com

Affirmation Coyote wants you to know that THAT coyote is a perv obsessed with, you know, a bird. An unscrupulous Hollywood producer has been exploiting his kink for decades, supplying him with gift cards for a gadget company we don't need to name. Don't mistake honest work-a-day coyotes with him.

an unhoused man was recently arrested for "felony camping" & it's telling imo that, once he was released from custody, he went right back to the park where he sleeps turns out when you put a homeless person in jail, they're *still homeless* when they leave jail! ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Unhoused People Are Paying the Price For the Supreme Court’s Cruelty

The Grants Pass decision allowed more cities and states to impose criminal penalties for the offense of being poor in public.

ballsandstrikes.org

👇🏽🤷🏼

Barbie Girl

Becky Tyler@beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2w ago

What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.

Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵

CRY HAVOC AND LET SWING THE GATES OF WAAAH!

My father worked for an amusement park in the 70s, directing people toward parking lots so they filled evenly. He started sorting VW Beetles (v popular at the time) by color out of boredom. End of the day, people couldn't find their Beetle in the sea of same-colored Beetles. A giant mess.

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

this is where they keep the Pratchett books, I assume

The ability to recognize the suffering of others and offer assistance is not only honorable, but it will serve you well in many situations, some unexpected. Compassion is a transferable skill.

This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.