Liz Schiller #DefundthePolice

I've been wanting to write a blog post about the assumptions (framing, essentially) behind all the same old arguments trotted out every time some non-car infrastructure is proposed anywhere, got to remember to include this one.

Also, non-car infrastructure is UNAMERICAN.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Oklahoma senator challenges Teamsters president to a fight during Senate hearing

Senator Mullin proposes to physically fight Teamsters president Sean O'Brien in a Senate hearing.
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Hell yes.

Years ago I worked for a small produce import-export company and was able to buy a crate of Hawaiian mangoes, cheap. I used them as payment/bribes for favors from friends for a week. Brought one home to L.A. for my mom. That snack is a lifelong memory.

There are only kinds of people in the world, those who insist that mango is the greatest fruit and maybe the greatest food on this planet and people who have never eaten a mango

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

Twice as likely as “16%”, somewhat importantly.

Another way of saying it is “twice as many Gen Z men *don’t* believe this as do” but that’s not quite as incendiary as just giving you a relative proportion to a number they don’t bother to specify.

Senate Democrats say they are ready to resume permitting reform talks Senate Democrats are ready to restart negotiations on legislation to speed permitting large infrastructure projects, two lawmakers announced on Thursday, saying they were encouraged ​by the Trump admi...

I cannot overstate what a mistake it'd be for Democrats to cut a "permitting reform" "deal with the devil" in this moment. The negotiation is centered on one & only one thing: the narrow interests of allied energy & tech (EnergyTech) industries demanding to build everything everywhere all at once.

Owner of ICE detention facility sees big opportunity in AI man camps | TechCrunch AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields.

AI data center developers are increasingly relying on a style of camp popularized as housing for men working in remote oil fields.

Cuba Triples Solar Power to 20% in One Year as US Oil Blockade Tightens - Microgrid Media Island nation adds 49 Chinese-built solar parks while Trump administration cuts fuel supplies by 90 percent

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The Hill United CEO: Airfare likely to rise as jet fuel prices surge United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned this week that soaring jet fuel prices tied to conflict in the Middle East could soon push airline... . 4 hours ago Aerospace Global News Airfares could rise as Iran conflict drives soaring fuel costs and flight detours Airlines face rising jet fuel prices and costly rerouting around Middle East airspace after US-Israel strikes on Iran, and may raise... . 1 day ago BBC Surge in jet fuel prices could push up air fares, analysts warn Disruption to supplies from the Gulf, in the wake of the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, has pushed the cost of aviation kerosene up by... . 1 day ago Українські Національні Новини (УНН) War with Iran triggered a sharp rise in fuel prices in the US УНН Economy ✎ Gasoline prices in the US rose by 11% due to the conflict with Iran and oil at $90. This creates political risks for... . 15 hours ago Simple Flying Airfare Warning: United CEO Says Ticket Prices Will Rise ‘Quickly’ As Fuel Costs Skyrocket As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, airlines brace for the impact on their pocketbooks, with United CEO warning of rising...

Public service announcement: this is a FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS

Not an 'energy crisis'. People need energy: it keeps them alive. This is a crisis due to forced dependency on the most unreliable and unstable fuel product in human history.

THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL CRISIS.

A newspaper headline from over a century ago, reading: WOMEN ANARCHISTS HAVE BECOME THE TERROR OF WORLDS POLICE Their Daring Crimes Are Said to Have Out- stripped the Deeds of Brothers of the Red Search for the Woman is Becoming a Safe Rule in Crimes Proceeding From Anarchistic Violence—The Guardians of the World Nearly Always Finda Woman Implicated When a Ruler is Stricken Down—Emotional Women Lose Sense of Fear.

Happy International Women's Day. 🏴

The racial hierarchy in gulf societies is truly disgusting to witness

I'm not sure why I haven't had "cars are masculine, bicycles are feminine" in my mental list of car-brained framing, thank you!

Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

"I didn't see a single building standing the entire time I was in Gaza. I didn't see one building intact or standing.

Everything was flattened. And when I mean flattened, it was hard to even tell that they were buildings there before."

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Caitlin KALINOWSKI over X I resigned from OpenAl. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. Al has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I'm proud of what we built together.

OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…

“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”

a blurry photo of a smiling young woman, holding a pet dog on the dockside in happier times. The only known photo of Madeleine.

black and white photo of a single stack, ex-merchant RN vessel

To mark International Women's Day, meet Lt Cmdr. Madeleine Barclay. First Officer on HMS Fidelity.

To my knowledge, the first woman to officially serve as First Officer on a Royal Navy vessel deployed on combat duty. Achieving this involved a three-way war between Navy, SOE and the WRNS /1 🧵 #IWD

All the President’s Portraits (Gift Article) President Trump’s image — in paint and pixels, on posters and sculptures — is ubiquitous inside the White House, and beyond.

He’s not a narcissist, you say? Gift link, because, yeah. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Cycling advocates: The mayor endorsed us. Now he advocates against us. In 2023, Mayor Brandon Johnson endorsed our bike grid plan. Now, he advocates against us and our right to safe infrastructure.

Chicago should drop opposition to HB2454, which makes bicyclists the “intended users” of all city roads. Bill would allow cyclists to hold the city accountable for road conditions the same way drivers hold it accountable. Op-ed @nikhunder.com #CharnaAlbert. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/o...

Twelve women carrying the flame for climate action despite the headwinds It’s been a tough year for anyone working on the climate agenda. The Trump Administration’s repeal of the endangerment finding, the legal underpinning of U.S. climate regulation, was a coup de grace, ...

Happy International Women's Day! Here's a Reuters article profiling 12 fabulous women who champion climate action, including our own Catherine McKenna - a proud Canadian, lawyer and former Minister of Environment and Climate Change! You go girls! 🙌
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There indeed is so much to fight for, and in some countries (looking at you, US), some old fights have become new fights.

One thing (academic) men can do is not participate in manels! It can be uncomfortable at times but it is also still necessary. Here’s my experience: 🧵

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

Gift link:
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Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinian women and girls in its genocidal war on Gaza.

On International Women's Day, we look at the number of women and girls Israel killed in Gaza in 2025.

#Infograph

How State and Local Leaders Are Responding to ICE: Your Questions Answered How are states restricting ICE activity? Can local prosecutors charge federal officers? How can local leaders prepare for ICE deployments? We provide answers about local responses to the immigration crackdown.

Could local officials block ICE from building more detention facilities? How could one find out if one’s local police department is cooperating with ICE?

You asked, we answered nine questions on how localities are responding to ICE.

How 7 St. Paul Council members, Mayor Her dealt with Operation Metro Surge For weeks, each member of the St. Paul City Council has been forced to grapple, both personally and professionally, with Operation Metro Surge and related efforts by the Trump administration to ste…

Great story by @frederickmelo.bsky.social. Direct effects on all 8 women. Amazing work for neighbors by @hwajeongkim.bsky.social especially! (gift link)

yay!

hermes and dizzy. my perfect beautiful sons, who are cats

I feel like you should look at my cats for like three to five heartbeats, at least. until your jaw loosens a little, and the world looks slightly less like blood. but, this is just, an opinion that I happen to have. you're not obligated to do that. you can just look at them for a second, if you want

From the Strib: Both Camacho's son and Aljorna's 18-month-old were relinquished to friends the next day under legal documents called a Delegation of Parental Authority (DOPA). They immediately returned the children to their respective grandmothers, who share an apartment in the Twin Cities. None of the occupants or their relatives were allowed back into the duplex, now an active crime scene, so the children could not retrieve any belongings. In the days that followed, Camacho's little boy asked his teacher to deliver some toys - a dinosaur, Play Doh and a Lightning McQueen car. His grandmother had another request: a baby bottle. The 18- month-old had not yet mastered drinking from an open cup, and the family did not feel safe leaving their apartment to go buy a bottle. Tricia Armstrong, a speech therapist who began working with the older boy last spring, dropped off the groceries and a few extras. "They're a wonderful family," she said, lambasting the DHS' attempt to paint them as "evil criminals" in their statements about the shooting. "The way it's spun makes it seem like [Sosa- Celis] is one of these dangerous, murdering rapist gang members from Venezuela." In reality, he has no criminal record beyond driving infractions. "It's cruelty on top of cruelty on top of cruelty."

One horror in this Strib story on ICE’s lies & violence against a North Minneapolis family hit home to this grandparent: an 18-month who couldn’t be fed for 24 hours because their mom was kidnapped & the grandmas couldn't leave their house to buy a baby bottle. www.startribune.com/federal-agen...

We will be prosperous say the fucking American Idiots and we will get that way by stealing land and resources they cackle gleefully while being jazzed about the death and destruction they are causing.

Low-carbon energy does not have the same energy security risks as fossil fuels Fossil fuel inequities are a risk to energy security. Mineral inequities are a risk to the energy transition.

still true, still important.