four-oh-three forbidden

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Nothing can be done without accountability. Nothing. There were no consequences for the war on terror’s transgressions and look where that got us. There were no real consequences for an armed attempted overthrow of the government and look where that got us.

We, internationally, need to do exactly what the Brazilians did and lead by example with: 1) Block all far right figures/accounts 2) Never share a far right account even to dunk on them 3) Never reply to a far right account even to dunk on them Completely cut their algorithmic advantage

The political media is visibly chafing at the current situation, where Republicans are glaringly awful, fucking everything up, running deviant candidates everyone hates, and Dems are just being normal & winning. The force is out of balance. They are viscerally eager to go after Dems about something.

just heartbreaking stuff Alex Pretti's mother calls out ICE and the Trump administration for killing her son and smearing his name, and calls for justice to be done.

* BRAZIL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO MISSES SUPREME COURT DEADLINE TO HAND IN PASSPORT TO FEDERAL POLICE -- SOURCE * BRAZIL FEDERAL POLICE CANCEL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO'S PASSPORTS AFTER DEADLINE MISSED -- SOURCE @reuters.com $EWZ

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

before the election, doing dogpile coverage on Trump's heavily documented and extremely plausible rape allegations would be Political and therefore improper. after the election it's time to turn the page, let bygones be bygones, look forward not backward, bsky.app/profile/hoff...

It’s over

The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

tfw twitter anons are the only people with the courage to just say shit like "Elon is deliberately tanking the GPU rental market with his dominant position to try to cull his competitors"

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

This devastating 10th high is brought to you by a majority of incumbent councillors and mayors who care more ab road speed/car driving than safety and sustainability. Today is voting day. Vote like it matters. Vote like the lives of your kids, neighbors are on the the line. Vote for #OurBestOttawa

Lula Goes HARD

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

marine corps boards crossing out their instructions "expel trans marines" and writing in "we keep this trans marine" is, frankly, a great example of what it means that a society is more than just its government

there’s no such thing as “strategic bigotry.” I know this because there is no amount of money you could pay me to become a bigot. the democrats who do this agree to do it because they’re bigots

I encourage any future Dem President to think along these lines and keep pressing until the other side is willing to accept a return of the rule of law. Unilateral disarmament doesn't work bsky.app/profile/gran...

Councillors Hill & Tierney must be doing great in their wards, as they each seem so focused on mine. It's generous of their constituents to loan them out like this. SIDEBAR: If ever you're on a canoe ride with David or Tim, don't sit in the bow, otherwise something might get stuck in your back.

lol they really do not want you to see this movie huh

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

"Patios, plazas and alleyways in much of the rest of the world are filled with public activities and private enterprise that generally get regulated or ticketed out of existence here." "OttCity

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

they're trying to steal the government from us and enslave us

this is one of those things that I'm sure sounds cool as shit if you have the brain of a 12 year old and also don't have any idea what MWDs actually do

Again I say, the scam economy is consuming the political will to fight authoritarianism.

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in “Top Gun,” a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV’s “Picket Fences” or the doomed captain of “Alien,” has died. He was 93. bit.ly/4ePb9zQ #APPhoto by Reed Saxon

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Article: It was at least the fifth collision involving a pedestrian or cyclist in Ottawa since Tuesday. This was Wednesday evening! So it was at least the fifth collision in less than *48 hours*

Tough words. But not wrong. Sutcliffe has rarely seemed very passionate about being mayor. He has no driving vision for the city. You sense he’d rather be doing something else. Leiper on the other hand clearly wants the city to work better and has the energy. I’d like him to have the chance.

Once one of the leading names in video games, gobbled up dismantled and now dead. Now a studio is really the sum of its people, so it's not a huge deal, but those people are gone now. All of them.

For me, Sutcliffe isn't my choice because after 4 years his frequent answer is "I'll get feds or province to fund that." They mostly haven't. Other cities do stuff on their own. I want a mayor who believes the city has the ability to act on its own.

Professional Republicans are creeps who want to inspect your kids’ genitals. Never, ever vote for a Republican.

The question for Ottawa is simple: How many fatalities are we willing to accept before making compromises? Will we sacrifice vehicular convenience for someone else’s right to return home alive? Any Mayoral candidates want to address the treachery on our roads? The floor is yours.

What the heck is happening on Ottawa's roads?!🚨 4 fatalities of vulnerable road users in 6 days. A driver rams into a bakery. 4 collisions involving serious injuries yesterday. And today, another pedestrian killed in Barrhaven. Am I the only candidate in this election talking about this? 1/

Somewhere away from "We'll just win elections and make the big platforms behave!" and "All that matters is winning so we should just use whatever platform gets us the most eyes!" there has to be a recognition that Meta/TikTok/YouTube/X are permanent thumbs on the scale until we crush them.

Nice, easy to understand (and sobering) 'internet is broken' explainer from @matteowong.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...