Tam J Guy, PhD (they/them)
@tamjguy.bsky.social
Trans on Transit Urban Planning, UCLA Just a neurospicy trans masc genderqueer out here trying to leave things better than they were awhile ago.
The reason this nonsense is being reported today is that SpaceX has a bunch of stock being unlocked for sale tomorrow, and the price has been...cratering
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 11h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
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.
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For a chance, this isn't Cyclospora cayetanensis! It's Listeria monocytogenes, just to keep things interesting
monkeyrotica@monkeyrotica.bsky.social · 12h agoBREAKING: Diarrhea Peaches to open for Diarrhea Lettuce, Diarrhea Planet, Dismemberment Band. www.thehealthy.com/news/peach-r...
Miller or Platner, when did it stop being OK for politicians to say, "I dont know the truth of the matter, but domestic abusers shouldn't hold office". Just some boring middle of the road, "no comment about this exact person, but I have a moral compass" type response
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h agoMike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
Data centers (and detention camps!) — big box buildings on the edge of life —are THE ISSUE because they tangibly encapsulate every other issue—environment, corruption, accountability, social (media) fracturing, and a politics of impunity that drops disaster on locals, then claims to know 🚫 about it
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h agoI’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.
The fire that leveled much of Altadena, California, last year and killed 19 people, was ignited by a spark from an idle transmission tower belonging to Southern California Edison, according to a new report. https://wapo.st/4fQSVxP
El-Sayed, Lawrence and McKinney all won progressive campaigns in Michigan last night by talking about climate and clean energy like it was a kitchen-table issue — because skyrocketing energy bills and endless wildfire smoke matter to people.
It's hard to think of one if he meant experiences based on adequate staffing for pleasant social interactions within a service-dependent environment. But other things have improved significantly. Cardiovascular care. Urban waterway water quality. Sulfur dioxide levels.
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 21h agoSo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
this name shit would be the perfect time for obama and/or mamdani to do a hit for el-sayed. "we've heard a lot of people attacking dr el-sayed over his name. well, for eight years they called me PRESIDENT hussein obama. and i'm MAYOR mamdani. so maybe its time for SENATOR el-sayed."
Oh now it occurs to me his comments are probably meant to give him moon headlines that aren't about crashing into the moon. bsky.app/profile/chou...
Kevin Choubacha (he/him)@choubacha.northsky.social · 8h agoRepurposing the crashing of the phase two rocket as the first delivery of moonbase materials.
I think it's worth reflecting on the intractability of Northern segregation in the face of King's activism. "in Selma they used billy clubs and tear gas. In Chicago, Mayor Daley and his machine are more sophisticated, they use promises and bureaucracy rather than police violence."
Civil Rights Movement History & Timeline, 1966
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Just imagine, if I live in a city of 150k and 6 police officers have already been caught misusing Flock... How many other towns there are and how many tens of thousands of police might have already misused Flock across the U.S. Most of them have just not been caught.
Not JUST lies. Organized disinformation. #Wildfires #ClimateChange
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · last wk.“Claims that wildfires can be prevented by [forest management] are not only inaccurate, but they’re also part of a broader pattern of disinformation in response to climate-fueled extreme weather… deflecting from what experts say is the biggest driver of worsening fires: the rapidly warming climate.”
I keep seeing ads for an insurance company that emphasize "not becoming your parents" as a home buyer. The behaviors highlighted are all low risk social behaviors to connect through shared experience--context-based small talk. It's a particular class of white people coded that grosses me out.
Exclusive: We obtained a leaked playbook that Flock gives to cops to coach them on "how to speak to city council" to avoid getting their contracts canceled. Includes strategies like "own the narrative" by talking to mayor "before public comment periods" www.404media.co/own-the-narr...
‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of co...
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"They tell me - if I want to take 2600 dollars and go to Haiti, or if I would stay here and be arrested and put that ankle monitor on my leg" Haitian asylum seeker with TPS status speaks after check in at Blue Ash Ohio ICE office.
first order of business: alienate your base🫡
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons
Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
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Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Outreach organizations worry the closure of the sidewalk outside the MLK Library will simply move people elsewhere, making it harder to connect them with housing and services. “People don’t just disappear when you evict them from an encampment," Shannon Clark of @remorahousedc.bsky.social says.
Why has DC's MLK Library banned sleeping outside?
New enforcement includes rope barriers and police to keep homeless people from sleeping under the library's overhang.
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The guy who led a secret Epstein files coverup meeting laughing with the guy who has made zero Epstein client arrests
But the White House Correspondents Dinner is really important because it helps reporters build rapport something something
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump says Jeanine Pirro "choked" and then snaps at a reporter who asks if her job is safe: "Don't ever talk again"
i started this train of thought as a joke but now i do think there's something to the idea that the way to sell the green revolution to the US public is that we're being denied Good Deals on cheap chinese cars and solar panels and there's nothing more unamerican than saying we can't have a good deal
the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: 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.