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John Snow and safe street stan. Lover of 17th to 19th century cities but with more trees and less cholera. Not official record.

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The eyes are the lamp of the body. People usually see and judge others by their own intentions and actions. People of good will working to repair the world will assume the best about others. People who are lying, cheating and scheming for power and pleasure will see malice and bad faith everywhere.

21.08.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.

Breaking News 1m ago A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

21.08.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20005    ๐Ÿ” 2996    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 433    ๐Ÿ“Œ 172

There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.

18.08.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9780    ๐Ÿ” 2725    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 100

it is incredible to see the extent to which the Sensible Centrists are simply incapable of grasping the very simple and obvious fact that the president's concern with crime is a pretext, and that to deny claims of a sudden epidemic in crime is not to say that crime is nonexistent.

16.08.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7648    ๐Ÿ” 1113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

federally armed occupation of american cities, as the founders intended

17.08.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 473    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

that summit could've been an email

15.08.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24548    ๐Ÿ” 3811    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1093    ๐Ÿ“Œ 254
At this point, taxes are just a subscription to a
country that keeps removing features.

At this point, taxes are just a subscription to a country that keeps removing features.

11.08.2025 04:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 521    ๐Ÿ” 137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.

RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.

09.08.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22501    ๐Ÿ” 9015    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 447    ๐Ÿ“Œ 356

The core tenet of motordom is that the convenience of the driver must be prioritized over all other considerations including the health, prosperity, safety and even lives of other people; especially those traveling outside of a car. This hegemony is baked into policies and engineering standards.

08.08.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just my luck that Derek Guy starts to weigh in on something other than menswear and itโ€™s not womenโ€™s wear. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Anyways, heโ€™s as good at architecture as he is at fashion.

08.08.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are so few places in the United States, even in older cities well served by transit, where it is possible to walk without continual exposure to noise, pollution and risk of blunt force trauma from automobiles.

Pedestrian/bike only infrastructure is the best way to protect people from cars.

08.08.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.

08.08.2025 03:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18695    ๐Ÿ” 3879    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 292    ๐Ÿ“Œ 228

In the US we canโ€™t even rationalize agricultural water policy so I donโ€™t see this happening.

As an alternative, discouraging lawns and encouraging pollinator plants (or human habitats such as ADUs and apartments) would go far in supporting local bee populations and preserving their habitats.

08.08.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We should have the House right now. Let me say it again: we should have the House.

This ainโ€™t just a Texas problem, itโ€™s a national problem. Theyโ€™re stealing seats to keep power, and thatโ€™s how we ended up with Speaker Johnson instead of Speaker Jeffries.

They canโ€™t win fair, so they cheat.

06.08.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26300    ๐Ÿ” 7652    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 928    ๐Ÿ“Œ 333
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Trump administration reportedly suspends $200m in grants to UCLA University chancellor said โ€˜life-saving researchโ€™ will be defunded as Trumpโ€™s academic crackdown continues

Narrarator: The regime would go on to fire math itself.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

04.08.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More of this, please.

04.08.2025 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38298    ๐Ÿ” 8250    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 933    ๐Ÿ“Œ 517

Cadillac Desert is my top recommended book for anyone in California because it quickly brings two profound realizations:
1. Everything around you is an amazing and rickety engineering marvel
2. All of the seemingly unfixable problems with it evaporate if we simply stop massively subsidizing ag water

31.07.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.

Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

31.07.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22696    ๐Ÿ” 6863    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 909    ๐Ÿ“Œ 278
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Bove misled lawmakers about his actions in NYC mayor case, evidence suggests The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Boveโ€™s nomination to a federal judgeship.

NEW: We now know what Bove lied to Congress about according to the 3rd whistleblower. He lied when he said he didnโ€™t offer promotions for DoJ lawyers who helped him dismiss the Eric Adams case and consequences for those who didnโ€™t. There is audio evidence. Gift link: wapo.st/4fdVVmX

30.07.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15032    ๐Ÿ” 6426    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 481

This take is correct. In California, the true third rail of politics is rationalizing agricultural water policy.

30.07.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 212    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Iโ€™m not an activist, but as someone who reports on people who are, I see some activists sneering at people who are late to a cause theyโ€™ve fought hard for. Surely the point of activism is pitching to the centre to make change? Not alienating or mocking those whose minds you surely wanted to change?

26.07.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 705    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
Incredibly crowded street on Chinatown with tons of people in the street

Incredibly crowded street on Chinatown with tons of people in the street

Without street parking and car traffic, Chinatown is more like a ghost town with people having no other way to access all the businesses. This is not a sustainable model.

26.07.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 715    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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WHN Response to Canada's CSA Z94.4-25 Respirator Standard - WHN CSA Z94.4-25 is a draft national standard proposing science-based airborne protection measures, including universal respirator use in healthcare. While broadly welcomed, it has also drawn a petition i...

๐Ÿ“ข Canadaโ€™s CSA Z94.4-25 standard calls for universal respirators in healthcareโ€”a milestone in airborne protection

Support it with your voice:
โœ… Submit public comments (open to all)
๐Ÿงพ Read WHNโ€™s support + petition response
#CleanAir #HealthcareSafety #N95 #CSA

whn.global/whn-response...

26.07.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 140    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Can you do a thread on stretch fibers and tailoring? Many beautiful, natural fabrics are devoid of stretch fibers and I feel like the stretch is a big part of what makes modern clothes so comfortable.* Is there a way to get comfort without the stretch?

* Why the entire country lives in yoga pants.

27.07.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

trump is first and foremost a vehicle for delusional extremists โ€”ย most of whom are total mediocrities โ€” to impose their ideologies on the country, with vought as a paradigmatic example

27.07.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5831    ๐Ÿ” 1276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 239    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
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CNN put together a supercut of Pam Bondi being for releasing Epstein files before she suddenly turned against it

27.07.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19050    ๐Ÿ” 6844    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 596    ๐Ÿ“Œ 367

I canโ€™t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator

very grim

23.07.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25068    ๐Ÿ” 4743    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 694    ๐Ÿ“Œ 204

No.

21.07.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.

IG risolve

21.07.2025 03:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12961    ๐Ÿ” 1810    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 521    ๐Ÿ“Œ 349

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