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Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.

I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.

(TW for discussion of sexual violence)

I’ll say why I found it particularly disturbing. I just listened to the episode of Criminal where E. Jean Carroll describes what Trump did to her. How right before he attacked her, she’d been teasing him

Senate agrees to automatically pass bill to release Epstein files as Trump claims to not care – US politics live President says ‘I don’t care when the Senate passes the House Bill’ after it agrees to unanimous consent request to pass act as soon as legislation arrives from House

Do not underestimate what a big shift lies behind these events today, and how much advocacy for and with the survivors and against the abuser-in-chief made it happen.

It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.

Judge orders man accused of starting deadly LA wildfire jailed while awaiting trial The man accused of sparking January's deadly Los Angeles wildfire must remain jailed while he awaits trial

LOS ANGELES: “Judge orders man accused of starting deadly LA wildfire jailed while awaiting trial” www.independent.co.uk/news/los-ang... - @the-independent.com

#CAFire #LosAngeles #Malibu #PacificPalisades #PalisadesFire #Wildfires

AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —

What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

The award-winning article about stormwater management you didn't know you needed.

ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.

Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.

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People having babies right now are braver than the troops. My kids are teens and I'm not sure what I'd do if I was facing the prospect of having to give birth and raise young children amid the dismantling of the medical system *and* the department of education *at the same time.*

No, Jerry, no

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:

“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

UPDATED to reflect that the Senate passed the House bill on releasing the Epstein files, which now heads to President Trump's desk. Trump is expected to sign it.

Senate sends bill to release Epstein files to Trump Trump said Monday he would sign the bill, but the files still may not be released any time soon.

House votes with only 1 no vote. Senate unanimously approve bill to release Epstein Files and sends to Trump. Think the tide is turning:
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Man, CBS must feel really stupid right now!

Just kidding, CBS wasn't settling a lawsuit. They were paying a bribe and they knew it.

Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

Update: The State Department has once again changed the language back to saying transgender people's passports will be valid "until they are invalidated pursuant to federal regulations."

So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?

SEC. 4. (a) It is the policy of the State of California to support the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. The people of the State of California call on the Congress of the United States to pass federal legislation and propose an amendment of the United States Constitution to require the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. (b) In response to the congressional redistricting in Texas in 2025, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, the single-member districts for Congress reflected in Assembly Bill 604 of the 2025–26 Regular Session pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of Division 21 of the Elections Code shall temporarily be used for every congressional election for a term of office commencing on or after the date this subdivision becomes operative and before the certification of new congressional boundary lines drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission pursuant to subdivision (d). (c) (1) The Attorney General has the sole legal standing to defend any action regarding a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b). (2) The California Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in which a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) is challenged. (d) The Citizens Redistricting Commission established pursuant to Section 1 shall continue to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts in conformance with the standards and process set forth in Section 2 in 2031, and every 10 years thereafter as provided in Section 1.[43]

The TX ruling would *not* invalidate CA's new districts. The amendment passed by Prop 50 mentions Texas, but there's no trigger provision. It's just an explanatory reference. ballotpedia.org/California_P...

If you attend a church in North Carolina and they aren’t loudly and clearly opposing ICE, leave that church. They have no
interest in Jesus.

(Correction, if you attend a church in America…)

Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??

This is a targeting of women and children- who are the vast majority of church goers across the board.

The drink is called Stop Yelling At Us

hot take: if you can comfortably read a book by the light of your porch light, that shit's going too hard. all you need it for is to not trip on the steps on your way to the doorway nobody is hanging out in your entryway getting their anti-SAD 100000 lux

I think one of the major contributing factors to the young right wing is that they didn't grow up with WWII vets.

Its all cosplay and whataboutism to them. They didn't play with kids whose parents had camp tattoos, or learn from old men who still cried from PTSD. 1/?

to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness

Louisiana restricts access to abortion pills by classifying them as a controlled substance A bill that would restrict access to abortion pills has been signed into law in Louisiana. The law reclassifies the drugs as a controlled substance, grouping them with Xanax and Valium. Possession wit...

Scheduling mifepristone largely invalidates the point of the schedule.

Ostensibly, the schedule is meant to monitor drugs *which have the ability to form physical dependence*.

This step makes the schedule a list of drugs that lawmakers dislike for feelings reasons.
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I urge every single person submitting an abstract, no matter the topic, to end with the sentence: "Also, DEI is good, actually"

Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy' Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files

I don't understand why this isn't the only story and why he isn't giving his resignation.

I mean, I do. But still.

How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.