This is team player shit, beat the bad guys shit. I love it. No fucking around with it, just let's go.

Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · 3h ago

I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.

"In another video (screenshot below), at least two migrants are seen wearing a black-and-yellow backstrap resembling a piece of the WRAP device, a full body straitjacket used to restrain migrant passengers deemed 'unruly.'"

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4h ago

NEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We don’t know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...

Unable to articulate the depth of my rage that he vandalized the moon. cbs12.com/news/local/a...

Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.

cbs12.com

the man ruins everything he touches.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 3h ago

as noted yesterday, Trump has now come around to treating an Iranian toll system covering the Strait of Hormuz as a given. Hard to overstate the level of strategic failure. US started the war purely as a war of choice and ends up dramatically empowering Iran and given the Iranian govt big wins.

Rookie suggestion. Just ban pedestrians altogether.

Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · 5h ago

If you guessed forcing pedestrians to climb up on to overpasses or descend into tunnels, you’d be right.

Details on how to support the Young Center in the followup post in AJ's thread, because God knows they're gonna need it

When people hear the word “car”, what they think is “privacy” and “not having to interact with strangers”. But the definition of living in a city is “interacting with strangers”. 🤔 Another great @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast interview with @humantransit.bsky.social 👇

Human Transit with Jarrett Walker

Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · August 4 · 57m

podcasts.apple.com

Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/

Stunning display of motornormativity here from the BBC. No, they are not "closing down streets" - if they were doing that they would be shut off from everyone. Rather, they are changing who is using the space. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play

In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.

bbc.co.uk

"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou

Nurses in Portland, Maine are protesting tomorrow after one of their colleagues was taken by ICE despite her pending asylum case

A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who said the death wasn’t disclosed to the public by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because the agency recently changed how it reports deaths of detainees. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/t...

A Third Delaney Hall Detainee Has Died, New Jersey Congressman Says

Rep. Rob Menendez said ICE confirmed details of the death, which took place weeks ago, to him during an oversight visit to the facility on Monday.

thecityreporter.nyc

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Bring by your whistles and a How to Report ICE zine: drive.google.com/file/d/10TLV...

Sarah Goodyear@sgoodyear.bsky.social · yesterday

Heads up, NYC, there has been an increase in ICE activity. Keep your eyes open. Let's protect each other. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-sees-an-...

Heads up, NYC, there has been an increase in ICE activity. Keep your eyes open. Let's protect each other. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-sees-an-...

NYC Sees an 'Uptick' in ICE Activity

And a judge just blocked the mask ban for agents, plus more news for your Tuesday.

hellgatenyc.com

New episode up! We talk with transit planner Jarrett Walker, author of the recently reissued classic Human Transit, about why buses are so great, how we can make them better, & how advocates should fight for public transit in a hostile federal funding environment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...

What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?

Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.

thebulwark.com

Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from the War on Cars podcast explain the myriad of benefits provided by congestion pricing. @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social #toronto #topoli #urbansim #nycsubway

Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago

🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?

No words.

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 2d ago

Haitians with TPS status forced to wear ankle monitors or else be detained immediately. Blue Ash, Ohio is near Cincinnati.

“An urban firestorm occurs when a massive, high-intensity fire moves into a built environment, causing structures — rather than just vegetation — to become the primary fuel source. The Spokane firestorm is just the latest example of one of these most dangerous and destructive wildfires.”

Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2d ago

Urban firestorms like the one that devastated Spokane Saturday have been growing more common because of increased development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change. In this post, I document 9 such fires since 2016 in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/urba...

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

ANOTHER death in ICE custody, this time at the controversial Delaney Hall facility. This makes 54 deaths since Trump took office; 1 every 8 days in 2026. His mother says he was denied adequate medical care for chronic conditions, a common accusation ICE has strenuously denied.

Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d ago

Breaking: Another victim, Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, has died in ICE custody at Delaney Hall prison after being denied vital medication and family visits. Depriving sick detainees of care until they die is murder by neglect. We demand complete transparency and justice for Edwin! 🎥 Statuscoup

@nerd4cities.bsky.social is coming to Philly on September 28th! Ticket presale is now open to 5th Square Advocacy members. If you're not a member, sign up today! 5thsq.app.neoncrm.com/forms/member...

i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

Summer Streets, the rare time NYC goes car free, always demonstrate how unjust our streets are normally

counterpoint: I would really like it, actually, if my taxes went to subsidizing helpful services for those in need.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

wtaf

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d ago

FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.

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