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Anas al-Sharif: Four Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital Al Jazeera had condemned a "campaign of incitement" by the IDF against its reporters, but the military claims one of the journalists was part of Hamas.

Israel targeted & killed 4 journalists today in a marked journalist tent next to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

RIP: Anas al-Sharif, Moh'd Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, & Moh'd Noufal.

Israel has killed 237 journalists since Oct 2023, many in incidents constituting war crimes.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Something really cool from TikTok I’ve never seen before: Joan Jett in full Orioles dress practicing with the team. Does anyone have context on when this is from? My guess would be like the late 70s?

A Strava map showing a loop route through northwest Baltimore

We did it, Joe

Time to stop posting and ride my bike 😤

People on board with new solution to Toronto traffic that would limit cars on city streets Fixing Toronto's gridlock is now so high on the political agenda that the Province is ripping out brand-new bike lanes in a misguided attempt to get …

"Paris started with periodic, strategic closures of key streets, then day-long closures of the entire city center, always in the context of the conversation about air quality, livability & noise…It's a very smart way of doing it." — @brenttoderian.bsky.social in BlogTO www.blogto.com/city/2024/12...

A man standing on what appears to be a balcony of his home.

The man's living room. There's a couch, coffee table, and foot stool, as well as some tall windows. Lots of wood.

Another living space with a fireplace and bookshelf. Possibly a compression hallway leading to this room.

The outside of the home.

Incredible.

Roland Reisley is 101 years old, the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright. He still lives in the 3,200 square foot home that Wright built for him in 1952.

The price? $40,000. Or a little less than half a million in today's money.

What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?

ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles

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Get this frog to collab with the disco snails immediately.

youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...

Requiring mass transit is good actually, and we should build it. Buses can do a hell of a lot and fast. Even moreso if the bus depot destination in the city has access to e-bikeshare for last mile trips on good bike infra (which can be done quick w jersey barriers)

I agree with this correct take from the much more successful, popular, and prolific Natty Bo avatar account

💯💯🎯💯💯 @ every city, town, and municipality in the United States but especially @cbuscitycouncil.bsky.social

Getting hit by a bike: Oops! I'm so sorry, let me pick that up for you. Can I buy you a coffee to make up for this?

Getting hit by a car: 💥🔥💀

Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.

NEW: In a likely first, security researchers have shown how generative AI agents can be hijacked to cause physical consequences.

They tricked Google's Gemini AI into turning off smart home lights, opening windows, and turning on a boiler.

They hid instructions to the AI in a *calendar invitation*

the thing is, the AI tech bros tell us to use AI for everything, then when you identify one it can't do (basic calculations which computers could do correctly in the 1800s), they say "oh well not THAT thing but it can do everything else"

If the federal government can simply seize privately held patents then that is the end of the U.S. patent system, the legal basis for American innovation.

Tux boi

The VA’s unilateral termination of union contracts for ~360k workers represents a loss of 2.5% OF ALL UNION MEMBERS IN AMERICA.
I’m not sure what it will take for the labor movement to get into crisis mode, but the crisis is here.

Public-health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.’s defunding of mRNA-vaccine research - NPR

RFK Jr. is not qualified to be anywhere near any healthcare decisions for anyone including himself. He has a demonstrated lack of clear judgement in this specific area.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Lmao gottem

Alex on twitter writes: "Someone on Twitter writes: "You’re a menswear writer. You don’t know anything about manufacturing in America, or steel mills, or metallurgy, or CNC machining, or how anything is produced from raw material into a finished product in this country or anywhere. Stick to writing about “men’s fashion."" I reply: "i actually had a career in knifemaking before this. the reason why you can't avoid tariffs in knifemaking is because everyone relies on Gobelin machinery. are you aware of this?" Alex replies: "Gobelin machinery? What exactly are you referring to?" I reply: "you Gobelin DEEZ NUTS!"

"stick to menswear"

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Culinary Workers Union representing 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada has achieved a historic victory on the Las Vegas Strip. For the first time in its 90-year history, all major casinos on the Strip are unionized.

God willing we'll expand the light rail so you can take transit to games, too

I'm gonna be honest, I don't really know enough about baseball to say. But I will absolutely take this opportunity to say that special event (like O's and Ravens games) light rail service is woefully inadequate. I can't wait for improvements there, from >3 car consists to level boarding etc.

I just wish weird psychosexual obsessions functioned the way they used to. 19th century weirdos aiming to end masturbation made us both a breakfast cereal and a tasty cracker. That NEVER happens today. Nobody tries to criminalize IUDs and accidentally invents a new kind of Milano.

Without regard to the coming CA redistricting, the “two wrongs don’t make a right” crowd is of course surfacing.

To which I say: I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN RUSSIA.

If you want to live in Russia & be “right,” I can’t help you.

REDISTRICT NOW! THEN OUTLAW GERRYMANDERING!!!

No recognition of tariffs until they increase streaming prices

It was what felt like the first nice weekend of the summer and I rode my bike 15 miles then my wife and I had a delightful patio lunch with my cousin and his family. It's a real shame we've had to spend the rest of the summer hiding from heat domes and lightning storms.

Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture

the journey.

creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that