Alec Perkins

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

Peter Thiel is fucking crazy, entirely divorced from consensus reality. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

B/W shot of 3 kids on bikes, two on the sidewalk one in the bike lane

Our kids are ready to ride, it’s the adults that aren’t ready for them.

I can’t believe an inflatable frog is my hometown’s symbol of resistance, and yet of course since I am from here I absolutely can

this is old school homegrown “rioting over the airport changing its carpet” Portland freak shit. it transcends the Portlandia mythos. writers would not think of this

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

raging my way downtown

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work.

That's how cities manage curbs.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

The state goons are powerless before the awesome might of someone in an inflatable frog costume, and you seriously expect me to believe the situation is hopeless?

Today at noon, our second free bike tour of the #JCAST art fest rolls around Jersey City. Join us! Meet 11:30 at Grove PATH Plaza with your bike. Today we visit Downtown, the Heights, and Journal Square.
Route: ridewithgps.com/events/40081...
Live tracking map: bluelane.io/wTJAL4

I've read Casey Johnston's work for quite some time now, and I've always found her writing to be smart, engaging and worth my time. I'll be getting this book. Check it out. You may want to read it, too.

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Today at noon, our first of two free bike tours of the #JCAST art fest rolls around Jersey City. Join us! Meet 11:30 at Grove PATH Plaza with your bike. Today we visit venues in Bergen-Lafayette, Greenville and the West Side.
Route: ridewithgps.com/events/40080...
Tracking map: bluelane.io/pZTh0e

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

And another bike user hit by a driver near Cast Iron Lofts just now.

How Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss have taken the NY Times’ campus concern trolling to new heights in just 2 years

With news that Bari Weiss is going to be the new EIC at CBS News, I wanted to reup this piece I wrote 6 years ago about how she and Bret Stephens helped turn NYT into a moral panic factory www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...

Unanimous First Circuit takes pains to emphasize that this was an incredibly easy case to decide, despite writing a very long opinion knocking down every ridiculous argument the Trump admin made.

Meanwhile just this afternoon someone on a bike was hit by a driver in Bergen-Lafayette and a kid on a scooter was hit downtown. @safestreetsjerseycity.org

Continues to astound me that business owners resist anything that might change this, not understanding that foot traffic is the key to their success.

YouTube video by Netflix The Break with Michelle Wolf | Op-Ed | Netflix

Just leaving this here for no particular reason, again. youtu.be/GsWj7Q5iPus

Report: A Third of Americans Can't Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — Streetsblog USA So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day?

Every city should have an electric cargo bike library, and the @mplscargobikelibrary.com is creating a model that can be replicated anywhere, ready to scale as big as necessary.

We have @bikemn.bsky.social and @lauragmitchell.com to thank for leading the way 💚

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/r...

wow! original pixel watercolor paintings! free shipping and surprise airbrush sketch. shop now! background image is a pile of my pixel art watercolors for sale

i am selling original pixel art watercolors and including a free airbrush sketch because i think that’s fun and that’s all i really wanna have

bugsrock.online/blog/pixel-w...

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James Solomon Answers the Better Blocks Questionnaire

James Solomon, a Jersey City Councilman, is running for mayor of Jersey City. Candidate responses are in bold. Any questions left blank, will be…

https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/02/james-solomon-answers-the-better-blocks-questionnaire/

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Bill O’Dea Answers the Better Blocks Questionnaire

Bill O'Dea, a current Hudson County Commissioner, is running for mayor of Jersey City. Candidate responses are in bold. Any questions left blank, will be…

https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/10/02/bill-odea-answers-the-better-blocks-questionnaire/

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Candidate Surveys for Hoboken Mayoral and Council Elections

Better Blocks New Jersey sent this candidate questionnaire to all the campaigns running candidates for mayor and city council in Hoboken.…

https://betterblocksnj.org/2025/09/30/candidate-surveys-for-hoboken-mayoral-and-council-elections/

Microsoft blocks the Israeli military from some cloud and AI services The Guardian revealed last month that Microsoft’s services were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinians.

Some stories you may not be aware of if you’re not inside the circles where tech industry workers talk to each other: the groups at Microsoft that have been organizing for years to stop providing tech to enable genocide scored their first massive victory last week. www.theverge.com/news/785733/...