The fake bike ped interaction at the beginning of this video is enraging
Speaker Julie Menin@speakermenin.bsky.social · yesterdayEvery New Yorker deserves to move around our city freely and safely, regardless of how they get around. That’s why the NYC Council is launching a comprehensive review of where existing laws can be stronger enforced, and what additional solutions are needed to keep New Yorkers safe.
Surely we must have some summertime voting stock photos
Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com · 2d agoOn August 4, we are on the cusp of electing paradigm shifting leaders in multiple Democratic primary elections in Michigan, Missouri, and Virginia—all because we’ve organized effectively. But first, I need everyone to do one very important thing to keep it going… www.qasimrashid.com/p/on-august-...
Here’s a study that will change the way you look at public space. Literally. Researchers from Brigham Young University asked participants to imagine walking through different nighttime environments and click on what drew their attention. The results?
Maybe us less young folk could make a few sacrifices for the greater good, like the younger generation still having a livable planet when they're our age. Like not driving a tank to b&q, or being able to look at a solar farm without having a tantrum, or making that village fete poster ourselves
The megaphone given to an extreme-right framing of this incident by supposedly centrist politicians is a gift to their harder right political competitors
If you like your Bordeaux served at the same temperature as hot Saki, this is good news...
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
📣A shout out to Steve LaPointe at CBS6 Albany 🌊 For clearly explaining the role of #climatechange in the record rainfall and flooding in #hudsonvalley and #albany @katharinehayhoe.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvq7...
Historic Hudson Valley flooding: Nearly 10 inches of rain falls across Capital Region
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Dr. Fauci is a hero. He really is. He helped guide America thru a mass death event. Millions more could have died but they did not, thanks to him. Everyone over 70 owes him a debt. It is disgusting that we live in a country that not only dishonors him but actively smears his good name.
NEW: A glimpse at how AI image generators are used. Researchers set up a fake image editor on Hugging Face and within a week received 1,000 prompts. 73% of them were sexual and 83% of those were asking for people (women) to be “undressed”. Around 6% of the sexual requests also targeted minors
Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Researchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show how people use the software.
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Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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"Notably, social influence... can go in both directions. Recruits align with their peers and can become more or less authoritarian, depending on the climate in the room." Andrea did an episode about this study. If both Andrea and Marcy think this matters, you know it does.
Is Trumpism contagious?
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emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last wk.People are more likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them do. www.psypost.org/anti-democra...
Just an absolute shout out to everyone out there who helped manufacture doubt around the question of this guy being a Nazi, particularly after the Nazi salute.
Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · last wk.Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.
I can’t get this image out of my head. The child on the beach in floaties, the lifeguards, the beach umbrella. The lack of urgency indicating people feel safe. And the huge monster in the background that we are providing no protection from, that we are actively feeding.
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 2w agoHoliday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
It beggars belief that we still carry on as normal - still sucking up and burning more oil and gas - still pretending everything is fine Will anything make us change? Or will we march glassy-eyed and grinning into oblivion? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as suburbs of Bordeaux begin evacuation – live
Officials in Spain warn winds could worsen fires on Saturday
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Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "After the End Was the Beginning" by @sfreligh.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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Non binding pledge so absolutely rock solid
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 2w agoPresident Donald Trump announced a non-binding pledge by U.S. power producers and data centers on Thursday to fund or build energy infrastructure that would meet massive AI-related power needs while shielding consumers from high electricity costs.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota has also been closed for over a week to overnight camping.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2w agoThis isn’t tens of thousands of poor people losing their homes in the global south, but tens of thousands of rich people fleeing a popular vacation spot in the south of France, so maybe the rich countries will finally care about climate change.
This isn’t tens of thousands of poor people losing their homes in the global south, but tens of thousands of rich people fleeing a popular vacation spot in the south of France, so maybe the rich countries will finally care about climate change.
France orders total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as wildfire spreads
‘Intense and highly unpredictable’ blaze forces more than 40,000 people to flee popular holiday spot
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I don't use AI models, but sometimes it IS tempting to use the Gemini AI summary that appears at the top of the page after googling something. BITCH, NOT ANYMORE.
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Hmm, it's almost like the county should be implementing policies that reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
Rachel Barnhart@rachbarnhart.com · 2w agoAfter this summer's heavy rainfall events, I received constituent complaints about street flooding. I asked Monroe County's Pure Waters what's going on. Climate change is a factor. rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/why-do-som...
Give Trump everything he asks for and he'll demand more. Deny Trump anything and he'll demand more. Sign a contract with Trump and he'll break it. Send Trump an invoice and he'll stiff you. For Trump, "the art of the deal" can be summed up in one word: *renege*. 17/
There are no deals to be made with Trump, only temporary measures that last until his next Fox and Friends binge or chance encounter with a ridiculous conspiracy theory. 9/
My hot take is that small towns are much easier to make into nice walkable communities than the car dependent slop suburbs
