"The White House [didn't say] who operates Freedom Fuel, or how it is offering gasoline at more than 30 cents a gallon below the national average. The stations are run by a private company and aren't part of a government program, nor are they receiving funding from the administration." come on.
@escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 4w agoDAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND
There’s a scene in the dystopian sci-fi movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise’s character is riding in an autonomous vehicle that gets remotely commandeered by the police to bring him into custody. The audience is supposed to see this as flagrant disregard for privacy and due process.
Chicago Tribune@chicagotribune.com · 4w agoWaymo car delivers misbehaving teen passengers to San Mateo police
Somewhere some retired federal white collar prosecutor just came to point like an old hunting dog who saw a particularly stupid and large duck out the window bsky.app/profile/rico...
Rich Swinton@ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 4w ago"The White House [didn't say] who operates Freedom Fuel, or how it is offering gasoline at more than 30 cents a gallon below the national average. The stations are run by a private company and aren't part of a government program, nor are they receiving funding from the administration." come on.
Heads up for the Chicago transit nerds. IDOT is hosting a meeting to gather feedback about the Metra Clybourn station. Thursday July 23 530p-730p Holstein Park Fieldhouse
Indiana has a pivotal role to play in developing the nation’s passenger rail network. The Indiana draft state rail plan does not recognize that. Please comment on the draft by July 6. You don’t have to live in Indiana to comment.
Comment on Indiana State Rail Plan | High Speed Rail Alliance
Indiana's draft rail plan does not include any growth. Please comment by July 6.
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A California cyclist is currently suing Waymo after a passenger opened the door when the vehicle parked in a bike lane, hitting the cyclist and throwing her off her bike, only to be hit by another Waymo dropping off another passenger in the bike lane.
Bay Area Bicycle Law Files Lawsuit Against Waymo and Alphabet After San Francisco Bike Lane Collision - Bay Area Bicycle Law
Bay Area Bicycle Law and Instalaw have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of local cyclist Jenifer Hanki against Waymo LLC and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., following a ser...
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Rudy Faust@rudyfaust.bsky.social · last mo.I was appalled that the lede of this editorial used Riley O'Neill's death to imply that he would be alive if the driver had taken a Waymo, and by extension, we are causing deaths by not allowing them to operate. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/e...
The Trib’s editorials are always gutter nonsense, but this was so bad, even by their low standards. Utterly disgusting stuff from the Trib.
Dave Byrnes@djbyrnes1.bsky.social · last mo.The Trib editorial board using a Chicago cyclist's death to run free ad content for Waymo is both grotesque and tbh pretty on-brand.
It’s been less than a week since Riley O’Neil’s funeral and the city is actively removing protected bike lanes from 18th street. Just 2 weeks ago everyone in the city made public comments that Riley’s death was a tragedy & yet this week they’re making biking less safe
Mayor Brandon Johnson's team secretly offered $3.3 billion to buy back Chicago's parking meters, a rival bidder said. blockclubchi.co/4uTzbPl
All right, Chicagoland Sustainable Transportation Advocacy Nation, it's your time to shine. 🚲 🚲 🚲 ✊ Tribune: "Bike lanes inspire a lot of passion. We’d like to hear your thoughts. Do you support bike lanes? Or are you opposed?" Submit your letter here: www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/01/s...
“They call it ooze, but many people are calling it beautiful, believe me. If you want to talk about ooze, talk about Barack Hussein Obama. Don’t talk to me about ooze. It’s big, beautiful, algae. They call it algae. An old fashioned word. Nobody had ever heard about algae before.”
his excuse is they wouldn’t put the starving children on the phone with him.
@andrefor40th.bsky.social CDOT says "“CDOT has not received a request for a traffic study at this time, but we will continue collaborating with both ward offices on potential traffic safety improvements along the corridor."--- Can you officially request one to get this corner made safer???
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · last mo.Drivers keep running over warning signs at a North Side intersection, but the city is planning no major changes. blockclubchi.co/4xJQghl
Drivers keep running over warning signs at a North Side intersection, but the city is planning no major changes. blockclubchi.co/4xJQghl
There are 3x as many traffic fatalities as homicides in San Diego. We had to fight city hall for a month just to get half the traffic safety road design team funded at ~$1.5 M The police budget is over $700M. They do almost no traffic enforcement, now they are running us over.
@sdtrafficdeaths.bsky.social · 2mo agoAround 1:30 a.m. today, a San Diego police officer struck and killed a pedestrian, white male in his early 20s, on Linda Vista Road near USD. Make/model of patrol vehicle unclear. Officer "felt an impact on his vehicle," turned around and rendered aid, but the man died of his injuries. #VisionZero
4Chan Christian guns-and-God conservatives plotted to bomb the MMA at the White House over the Epstein Files but were foiled when one of their moms overheard an encrypted voice chat when she delivered hot pockets to the basement where her son lives. Not kidding.
2 SoCal men arrested in alleged plot targeting UFC fights at White House
Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa, and Michael Alan Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills were arrested on Saturday, the day before the fight.
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The fact that Elon Musk is now one of history’s greatest mass-murderers, due to his total destruction of USAID, is still far too little-known. It’s on all of us to shout this from the rooftops. Never shut up about Elon Musk’s genocidal crimes.
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2mo agoListened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
Every Dem in the committee except one (Nadler) voted yes to advance the bill. 🙃
Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 2mo agoIf it gets its way, the US House would drastically reduce funding for transit & rail systems. The House's proposed legislation—supported by GOP & Dems—would cut overall authorized transit funding by 15% compared to the current law, and reduce potential funding for projects like new lines by 45%.
Tell your alder to pass the ordinance! elpc.org/take-action-...
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Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸
Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
The law is salvageable, though, if these people face punishment. They dragged my family through hell despite a jury of our peers saying repeatedly they wouldn't indict protesters. A perversion of justice like this needs to be met with real justice for the prosecutors who broke the law.
The idea that this just happened to the Broadview 6 — forcing grand juries to indict by cajoling them in an elevator, vouching to the grand jury, and telling "no" votes to leave if they don't want to indict — is nuts. It's probably happening everywhere. And it means the law as we know it is dead.
Elon Musk has the greatest job in the world. Just get blasted off your ass on ketamine, promise everyone interdimensional unicorn-based travel by 2027, and receive free money. why am I working like some kind of peasant
Reminder that alderman Nicole Lee is reminding drivers to slow down, but voted against the 25mph ordinance. Aldermen need to take traffic fatalities seriously.
Logical Frank@logicalfrank.com · 2mo agoAlderman Nicole Lee's statement from this week's newsletter.