Perry Rajnovic

Nicely done

Cultural Regions of the US

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

Not for nothing, but I’m on a 71B bus that just FLEW through Downtown Pittsburgh thanks to these bus lanes — at 5 PM on a Friday

More busways! MORE!! FASTER!! 💨

situation is obviously different in each state, but i booked flu/c19 on walgreens site, where i’d gotten it before, and it was zero questions easy peasy here in NY.

i’d report it, especially if you’re sure it’s breaking their terms of service. i was looking at an AT Protocol data viewer the other day and saw lots of suspicious accounts who had followed me that were banned, likely because they were bots.

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

Well, if we’re going to prosecute people for lying to Congress…

Why US Cities Pay Too Much for Transit Buses A new paper argues that lack of competition, demand for custom features and “Buy America” rules have driven up costs for transit agencies in the US.

In the US, even a “cheap” transit bus costs 2-3x more than in Asia or Europe -- and one agency may pay twice as much as another for nearly identical vehicles.

In Bloomberg, I explored a ripe opportunity to improve transportation by applying Abundance-coded, supply-side reforms.

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alex mack gif. that is quite the throwback. ☺️

with the music apps it’s largely local files, but it’d be great to “not have to do anything” if i randomly do some Apple Music tracks.

i’d say 80% spotify, 15% iOS Music App, 5% macOS Music App.

In her recommendation, Bagdasarian stated, "Any person over the age of six months without contraindication who has not received a dose of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved or-authorized 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccine may be considered to have an underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and is thus eligible to receive an age-appropriate dose."

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.

www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the “public interest.”

Who, in your view, should have the power to draw the line between a “lie” and “free speech”? Government officials that want to stay in political power or the people that can hold them accountable ?

President Biden is right. Political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech. It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people in to the discussion. That’s why people in influential positions have always targeted it for censorship.

Free speech is the counterweight—it is democracy’s check on government control. That’s why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream. After all, there’s a straight line from the soap box to the ballot box. You retain freedom at both or neither.

Today's decision being heavily criticized by Past Brendan Carr

probably D just for dietary convenience, but C and G both would be close behind.

These numbers will only increase

This is false. For example, the libertarian @cato.org breaks down the numbers, showing about 6 deaths from right-wing politically motivated attackers for every 1 from left-wing attackers.
Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.

widowmaker is solid, and aeronaut had a nice vibe and offbeat styles.

Yikes – Crain’s is reporting that the Board of Elections “appears likely” to throw out the pro-housing land use ballot measures. These could be transformational for the city and disrupt member deference and Council NIMBYism, you’ve got to light up the BoE’s phones on Monday morning!

Mamdani: We need to make public transportation so good that “no matter how much money is in your pocket, you say: I’m gonna use this.”

the pilot on my flight is celebrating his 36th year on the job, and delta is apparently 100 years old. also 3 people on the crew are named Chris (spellings unclear).

i bought a bag, but i haven’t cracked it yet. fits in with the wtf of the ketchup smoothie.

Mention of "Purmantee system"

Mention of "Purmantee sandwich" with fries inside sandwich

Mention of "Purmantee sandwich" with fries inside sandwich

Primanti Bros sandwich with fries inside sandwich

Okay, who's the Pittsburgh sandwich fan in the #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds writers room? (Not a spoiler!)

primantibros.com

Ordered an “only you can prevent fascism” t-shirt which is stuck in a country refusing to ship to the U.S. due to the fascism.

woah, when did they add the history back?

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it took a couple tries to find a card for sale when i was in town, and that was with @dariaphoebe.com driving me to places on their map.

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

Hero jury saves hoagie hurler from legal grinder www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

This is a hell of a letter. “The intentional eroding of trust in low-risk vaccines…will bring us to a pre-vaccine era where only the strong will survive and many if not all will suffer….Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated…”