Evan Manvel

this is, all else being equal, easily the funniest thing the director of inside out could have said

Screenshot of a November 1, 2024 tweet from Stephen Miller (https://x.com/StephenM/status/1852364946195296620) reading as follows: "To anyone still gullible enough to fall for scummy media hoaxes: Trump said warmongering neocons love sending your kids to die for wars they would never fight themselves. Liz Cheney is Kamala’s top advisor. Liz wants to invade the whole Middle East. Kamala = WWIII. Trump = Peace."

They told me if I voted for Kamala Harris, the United States would launch a war in the Middle East—and they were right!

Likely, but also noted.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Pair it with solar panels! If you're able.

Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

This isn’t just impeachable, this is criminal negligence and in a just society everyone involved (including the weapons officer who released the munitions) should face prison. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I’ve never felt more seen.

The trend shift in adults per family household is so insane.

its even more insane that every important policymaker and economist thought we were slowly soaking up a glut of homes even into the 2010s.

And it’s even more insane that there are still supply-crisis skeptics today.

Mamdani Deputy Mayor On Charging For Street Parking: 'It's Not a No' - Streetsblog New York City Dean Fuleihan said on Thursday that the city is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking.

NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. buff.ly/9C0Iq34

Revoking the 'License to Drink': Emerging Evidence on Mandatory Sobriety After counties in South Dakota implemented a 24/7 sobriety program, repeat arrests for impaired driving decreased in the counties by an average of 12%. North Dakota implemented a similar program and a...

“Among those who had been arrested for a second or third drunk driving offense, 24/7 participants were almost 50% less likely to be rearrested or have their probation revoked in the following year compared to those who were not in the program.“

Douglas and Klamath County Votes Deliver Race to Kitzhaber - BlueOregon Throughout the reporting on this extremely close election, and in comments here on BlueOregon, we’ve read that Multnomah County voters delivered the election to Governor Kitzhaber. True enough – to a ...

Agreed. Here's a piece I wrote about this problem 16 years ago. We should use shades of purple.

www.blueoregon.com/2010/11/doug...

Douglas and Klamath County Votes Deliver Race to Kitzhaber - BlueOregon Throughout the reporting on this extremely close election, and in comments here on BlueOregon, we’ve read that Multnomah County voters delivered the election to Governor Kitzhaber. True enough – to a ...

Reminds me of this piece I wrote, oh, 16 years ago.
www.blueoregon.com/2010/11/doug...

Um Obamacare provided health insurance to millions, the EPA under Dems saved hundreds of thousands of lives, Dems funded international aid to save millions of lives, tax rates were hugely different (to benefit the working class), and so on. Please.

Another legal observer loses her Global Entry clearance Losing My Perspicacity, February 10, 2026

Here’s the second piece:

53 U.S. Senators just voted to do nothing to stop an executive branch doing this.

WALZ: What a 'stop payment' meant by what the administration did last week is 400,000 children without healthcare

COMER: We believe that's your fault

WALZ: Our Medicaid error rate is lower than your state

The biggest drawback of driverless cars Driverless cars could save thousands of lives. They might also break our cities.

"AVs almost by definition lower the friction and costs associated with driving ... And we already know, from the last century-plus of experience in the US, what happens when we make driving easier: We will get more of it. And more concrete and asphalt infrastructure to accommodate it."

Adding Up What Urban Highways Really Cost A new report maps the economic toll that downtown freeways exact on 142 US cities — and tallies up what that land could be worth if it was developed for other uses.

A new report by @thedotcity.bsky.social quantifies the economic toll of downtown freeways, and the economic potential of tearing them down.

The 66K acres that downtown freeways occupy could yield more than half a trillion dollars of development and over $5b annually in property taxes.

USA: "Best I can do is 84 month car loans."

Uh, all the precincts are reporting in the North Carolina #SD26 Republican primary and State Senate President Phil Berger is losing by TWO VOTES!

Sam Page- 50.00% (13,077)
Phil Berger (Inc)- 50.00% (13,075)

Later stay of the decision to extend voting hours: bsky.app/profile/base...

Some context: under the Countywide Polling Place Program, you could vote at any precinct in your county. Recently, the Republican Party in certain counties decided to opt out, meaning you have to vote at a specific precinct. Crucially, Rs opting out meant Ds were forced to opt out too.

Dubai Police Threaten Arrest for Social-Media Posts Contradicting Officials The police force of Dubai, an emirate known for its population of social-media influencers and adoption of the Western lifestyle, is threatening jail time for sharing content that contradicts official...

Dubai police are threatening jail time for "any content that contradicts official announcements."

Oligarchs Are Building The World's Biggest Propaganda Machine. Their Success Isn't Guaranteed. America's wealthiest, shittiest people are trying to hoover up the entirety of new and old media companies in a bid to pummel the plebs with propaganda. But what they want, and what they actually get,...

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the Paramount/Warner deal, how it's best viewed as a well-funded attack on informed consensus, and how we still have collective agency to determine whether or not it actually succeeds.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

How to get people excited about transit "It will literally be your best selling t-shirt, it will get you so much PR, and if anyone interprets this inappropriately that's a them problem"

I wrote about the one actually great thing that happened this week

> @jimlaporta.bsky.social