Burrito Justice

I don't know why I bother correcting these assholes, because they'll just turn around and say "that proves the Nobel is biased, which is why the most wonderful Trump didn't win one" But LITERALLY LAST YEAR, OMAR YAGHI, A MAN FROM A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE FAMILY, WON THE NOBEL IN CHEMISTRY.

EV charging enters the MEGAWATT ERA. ⚡ China’s Geely has deployed new chargers rated at an insane 2,250 kW. Current test vehicles are already pulling ~1,100 kW: 🔋 10–70%: 4.5 mins 🔋 10–97%: 8.7 mins “EVs take too long to charge” is rapidly becoming an obsolete argument.

November and December king tides will be even higher

You have to really, really, really fucking suck for your 8th grade teacher to come out and shame you like this. Damn.

RFK unaware a lot of American Arabs have anglicized names like "Michael DeBakey" and "Steve Jobs"

This @sfchronicle.com analysis seems extremely deficient & full of holes. Beyond that this UC Davis researcher quote is borderline offensive. COVID wasn't an example, it was a warning. Traffic fatalities spiked from 2020-2023. People were only able to stay home b/c of massive federal subsidies.

I can't believe that any functioning adults are seriously considering "What if we COVID'ed ourselves by blowing up public transit, instead of paying a 1/2 cent sales tax?" (around $5-8 per resident each month, on average).

It's an honor to be selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org)! Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa...

I’d like to report a guy who asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to cook up "11,780 votes” so he could win the state.🙋🏻‍♂️

The high tide in Los Angeles set a new record this morning, based on preliminary data. San Diego tied (no pun intended) its record, but there may have been a data glitch. Slightly higher tides are possible tomorrow.

It's a new Stone Age in London, with stone apartment buildings and a stone demonstrator exhibit showing how it's done. Because it is silly to grind up limestone, cook it, and then add water to turn it into... stone. We could be doing a lot more of this in Canada- we are made of rock.

Toronto driver not sure where to park after city removes bike lanes

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

the DOJ is basically acting as if the president’s delusions are true

it's a family tradition now

America's Highway Trust Fund spends far more than it brings in in gas and truck taxes, and the US constantly bails the fund out from the federal general fund and by taking out loans. The Bay Area will pay ~$1.3B/year to bail out the fund yet again, starting in 2028. From @maxmautner.com.

The Bay Area does 1.3% of America's driving but pays 5.2% of the income taxes Congress now uses to bail out the federal highway fund. On Nov. 3, the same 5 counties vote on a transit tax that would raise less than their share of that bailout. 1/

I get tears in my eyes when I take a minute to relax and sit back at either Sunset Dunes or JFK Promenade. Just a few short years ago these spaces were filled with nothing but cars. Now they are filled with people of all ages -- joyful people taking a deep breath and slowing down for a minute. 🥹

don't vote for me or my son ever again

someone at Polymarket is drafting a tweet about how their users accurately predicted the Brazilian election result within one point

Brazil's Lula re-elected president, according to projections based on 92% of votes counted. www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleico...

Yeah, this man should not be allowed to practice law, and any failure to take away his ability to practice law after all of this would be a part of the end of the rule of law in America.

Trump is straight up saying during speeches that he wants white people coming to the country but not black. I don’t know what else people need to see.

Ooo scary skeleton

There's perhaps no clearer example of Canadians protesting with their wallets than the massive drop in visits to America Canadian tourist spending in the US has fallen 24% since 2024, mirrored by a 24% rise in non-US tourism spending.

NEW from me: Last year, Mark Carney set a goal to double Canada's non-US exports by 2035. Today, he's already halfway there In response to Trump's tariffs & threats, Canadian businesses, consumers, & even tourists are taking difficult steps to decouple from the US🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/how-canada...

The Trump Administration has advocated for Viktor Orbán to be UN Secretary-General, WSJ reports.

Trump Take Treat Give Trick

Polls are about to close, trying my hand on a pre-generated web page that dynamically updates as results come in. Wish me luck. doodles.mountainmath.ca/posts/2026-1...

Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

A fun coincidence: that $100/ton of CO2 is roughly $1/gallon of gasoline. So this calculation shows the optimal carbon tax would be equivalent to $1.90/gal at the pump which...seems completely fine and doable

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Emoluments Clause is in the Constitution too and it turns out "being in the constitution" doesn't really count for much if you control the courts. A lesson, perhaps! bsky.app/profile/cjth...

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama