Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation

Jeeeeezus

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Really zero reason for the Senate Democrats to ever vote for any government funding bill since Trump is very explicitly and purposely violating the letter of the law. Any new bill is basically fancy toilet paper.

You really want to fuck with 2+ million people's livelihoods based on a headline?

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

The Monovalent Mirage A pretend alternative to the MMR exists, just ask Andrew Wakefield

I wrote a thing about how this split the MMR up into monovalents is bullshit that Andrew Wakefield cooked up. It will be used to strip access to the MMR.

The MAHA movement continues to destroy public health.

open.substack.com/pub/rasmusse...

Thanks!

I'm specifically interested in the folding ebike use case compatible with Amtrak's restrictions on folding bikes as luggage. What model did you get?

I'm currently using a Tern Link B8 but would love to find a way to get e-assist while not paying the Amtrak bike fee every ride.

This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.

Got yelled at by my university for posting on LinkedIn that I'm open to jobs abroad because things are looking bleak in the US. Somehow this was interpreted as a bad look for the university? I'm just saying what everyone recognizes as reality.

Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist

a trunk or treat but for cargo bikes

"general purpose humanoid robots are real" is an ancient folkloric tradition that today's tech founders and venture capitalists are faithfully keeping alive

Trump take electricity

seems bad

In case it isn’t clear yet, the fascists are carrying out a project where they drain all programs focused on the public good and well-being and dividing the money between themselves, their friends, and new programs designed to oppress and control.

The particle physicist in me is furious

(I am not a particle physicist)

The President is waging war, levying taxes, and appropriating funds without the consent, or even interest, of Congress. We are way past 'constitutional crisis', and into a newly-forged constitutional settlement.

Fossils shouldn't even be expensive. They belong in a museum!

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

The dread of hearing stories about neighbors, congregants, friends being abducted by the secret police creep closer and closer to you really isn’t great for your mental health is it.

I'm sure there are good academic reasons dealing with specificity of language not to call this a state sponsored terror campaign against our own citizens.

But uh....it looks a hell of a lot like a (rapidly escalating) state sponsored terror campaign against disfavored parts of the populace.

Respectfully, 🥵

Who Doesn’t Have a Car? A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @nrdc.org

"Today, just 1 percent of total transportation infrastructure spending pays for sidewalks and bike paths."

AND the Trump Admin is right now trying to claw back what little funding goes to support trails, sidewalks and transit. 😡

www.nrdc.org/resources/wh...

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

A PR person for ABC asked me to stop asking about Pete Hegseth's speech during this episode about the death of Vanessa Guillén.

They emailed me today and asked I not include the interruption in the final show.

I will not. So tune in to listen to a lecture from a PR person about Guillén's legacy.

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the Department's operational status. Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

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We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."

Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!

not a single news org signed. that's what it takes. stand together. everywhere, every time.