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• Post #2753508

  Looking more and more like the only non-nightmare scenarios for the next six months involve getting tens of millions of USAmerican drivers into *something* that's not a gas-powered vehicle. How uh . . . how many golf carts have we manufactured this year?

• Post #2753507

  If democracy functioned better, riding the bus wouldn't feel like a loss of independence. It would feel like using something you had a part in making.

• Post #2753506

  Anytime someone I know starts talking about how great it would be if we could undo the industrial revolution, I fix them with a steely glare and pull out what I've come to think of as The Chart.

• Post #2159695

  Every now and then, someone identifies a persistent problem behavior within movements, and says, "You know what we should do? Accuse everyone who does this of being a fed!" Please allow me to assure you that this tactic will not cultivate the movement unity and harmony that you desire.

• Post #2159677

  Sometimes, it does feel like we're lucky it's Trump. Most authoritarians would use a Reichstag Fire moment to expand their control of the government, rather than trying to build a ballroom.

• Post #2159664

  I wonder what the billionaire tax on the California ballot will do to rich people's spending on other propositions. If it turns out they neglect other fights to focus on the tax, maybe we should put one on the ballot every year!

• Post #2159663

  It hasn't gotten a lot of coverage, but Katie Porter is against the California billionaire wealth tax. That leaves Steyer as the only one who's not opposed, though he doesn't seem to have gotten more enthusiastic about it since this January article. https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/19/billionaire-tax-plan-draws-fire-from-california-top-democrats/

• Post #2159662

  Triple the gas tax and use it to get ebikes to working class people.

• Post #2159661

  I gotta say, as a piece of design, I am fond of websites just sticking forty links at the bottom of the page. It means boring or specialized stuff doesn't clutter the main space, and the kind of person who *is* looking for that stuff can easily ctrl+f to find it.

• Post #2159660

  RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116522543056833380 These are even more striking when you you measure by serving, rather than by kilo. By weight, a serving of beef is a lot bigger than a serving of coffee!

• Post #2159659

  Education is not about making sure people have jobs. It's about, among other things, making sure parents don't kill their children by swallowing misinformation about vitamin shots. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/infants-are-bleeding-to-death-after-parents-shun-routine-vitamin-k-shots/

• Post #740445

  Once again, we see the limits of Trump's view of power. If you want to influence someone's decisions, they need to believe that you'll deliver an outcome they care about. Whether the outcome is a reward or a threat, that *belief* is power. Now no one believes the US will abide by our commitments, and we're losing our ability to convince countries not to build nukes. https://theconversation.com/going-nuclear-why-a-growing-number-of-washingtons-allies-are-eyein...

• Post #740442

  Increased opposition to AIPAC is a good thing. AND. There are many, many people who have figured out that if they swap in the word AIPAC or Zionist* where they used to say Soros or Globalist, they can get a lot of progressives to repeat antisemitic conspiracy nonsense. Don't fall for it. *Or "Satanic," for some reason.

• Post #740440

  Trump's success can really be laid at the feet of a single failure in US Government: the existence of the Senate. Every system we have is designed to be hands-off when it comes to Presidential authority. Why? Because imposing limits on the President is supposed to be the Senate's job. The House impeaches, the Senate convicts. And the Senate is absurdly biased. A few thousand voters in Wyoming are valued over a few million voters in New York. It was inevitable that the Senate...