Reposted by John Miklosjam @socialistboat.dad · 10hCaffeine doesn't replace lost hours of sleep, it only masks the fatigue signals to your brain so you don't realize how tired you actually are. You still suffer the cognitive and physiological deficits from the sleep deficiency, you just can't tell. Which is good actually and fine I've decided 536960
Reposted by John MiklosAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/09/2026We need a War on White Collar Crime 25521
Reposted by John MiklosArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social 304987746
Reposted by John MiklosDanielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The masculinity politics beat continues to be very necessary. goodauthority.substack.com/p/republican... 2347897
John Miklos @jctmik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lantern Theatre had a good answer in their Measure for Measure from a few seasons ago: 000
Reposted by John MiklosElle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026News flash: you can put cinnamon and sugar in oatmeal 031
Reposted by John MiklosNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is an excellent post. These new systems in Asia are impressive. And, importantly, it's applying a lot of things that we figured out here in the 1960s and tried to build ourselves. This isn't foreign. 611619
Reposted by John MiklosSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item: 15549483
Reposted by John MiklosChuck @chuckie512.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This fine lady is turning 100. Bet the fireworks show will be great tonight 031
Reposted by John Mikloswhet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups 62428367
Reposted by John MiklosFabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off “The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History” www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 417374
Reposted by John MiklosStephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a really insane chart and it boggles my mind to think about what it must have felt like living in the 1970-1990 period. Look at that rate of change! Two giant leaps in two decades! Imagine the politics if this happened today 161128
Reposted by John MiklosMonorail Maoist @awildschild.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Nobody: .... SEPTA: Hey do you want a network vision including a bunch of new information on most of our ongoing planning programs dropped all at once? wwww.septa.org/accelerate/wwww.septa.orgAccelerate – Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 1132
Reposted by John MiklosShadow Hedgie 🌻 @shadow.hedgie.social · 21/09/2026you can just do things 29737
Reposted by John MiklosSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Good morning, it’s the 21st day of Septemberyoutu.beEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 17805367
Reposted by John Miklosjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment 1483697470
Reposted by John MiklosChuck Darwin @cdarwin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For every 10cm of vehicle height, the odds of a pedestrian death rise by 11 per cent. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auResearchers who analysed 10,000 crashes say car size does matterA study of 13 years of crashes in Australia finds a link between car height and risk of pedestrian death, particularly for women and children. 062
John Miklos @jctmik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026On my mind again, since I'm driving from from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh tonight: 021
Reposted by John MiklosCool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026$500 rebates for e-bikes gives significantly more bang for the buck in terms of CO2 reduction than $5000 rebates for electric cars. 38416
Reposted by John MiklosBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pretty insightful stuff here from Bret Stephens, who admits he's literally as out of touch as possible with every New Yorker alive right now. Zohran is the most popular politician in the country, Dem leadership is historically unpopular, and he's just... the opposite. And he works for the NY Times. 2433766405
Reposted by John MiklosWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/09/202615 years ago today, a ragtag army marched on Wall Street, got pushed back into Zuccotti Park, and started an occupation that lasted 2 months Still ridiculed by the powers-that-be, Occupy Wall Street started a fight over inequality in America that's not over yet www.inquirer.com/opinion/occu...inquirer.com10 years ago, a ragtag army called Occupy Wall Street changed America, for good | Will BunchRidiculed and harassed by militarized police, 2011's Occupy movement sparked a progressive movement remaking America a decade later. 919250
Reposted by John MiklosPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Design for 15 apartments on the edge of Paris A smart plan shows the benefit of a lobby, separating the private bedrooms from the living spaces. Double doors mean the living space can be opened up, permitting cross ventilation Architecture by Atelier de Chèzy 1335
Reposted by John MiklosMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs 695192850
Reposted by John MiklosSenator Dr. John Brown stan account, Esq., PhD, MD, JD, LCSW @johnbrownstan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Look, it's not great for the economy of course, but the peak in 2008 was like $6.35 in today's money. We're not going to starve, it's just going to be expensive. 61105
Reposted by John MiklosMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This incapacity to perceive vehicular travel demand as elastic, especially within the North American traffic planning practice, is reflected in the technical tools used to measure project impact: intesection-based LOS where the input level of traffic is a given rather than variable. 1014726
Reposted by John MiklosDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I mean, the poem almost literally says "First they came for [a group of people] and I chose not to speak publicly..." 49314
Reposted by John MiklosJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The last time the U.S. reported 4 measles deaths was in 1992. 16438
Reposted by John MiklosJordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Great reminder that the ongoing and intensifying American affordability crisis cannot be solved without major land-use changes (ending sprawl, accelerating infill development at scale) that enable people to ditch their cars and access cheaper/more sustainable mobility modes 833680
Reposted by John MiklosGhost of Kyiv @samvydav24.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Art Deco goodness of Philly's suburban station. 012321
Reposted by John MiklosJason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If your city is going to have a big building boom during one architectural period, the Art Nouveau period is a good choice. This is Riga. 111613
Reposted by John MiklosPITT BASKETBALL SHOUTING @shouting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026ELEVEN DOLLARS???????????? 2305
Reposted by John MiklosPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right). 187165355079
Reposted by John Miklosjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance 358155522730
Reposted by John MiklosDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 18795330
Reposted by John MiklosPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Design for the adaptive reuse of an old printworks and butchers shop in Paris, to create new housing Note, the existing masonry buildings have 4 new storeys of lightweight timber housing added on top! 16410
Reposted by John MiklosSPFHockeyfan, Esq. 🍁 @spfhockeyfan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026RT with your home river My home river is three rivers. ❤️ 1266
Reposted by John Miklosthe moon report 🌖 @seachanger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026just saw a couple conservative coded order fellas cruising on trikes with no helmets on a quiet street, which gets you thinking about how easy it would be to lower carbon emissions if we just had safe infrastructure everywhere 2321
Reposted by John MiklosBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 09/09/20261/x On September 11, 2001 Coast Guard Lieutenant Michael Day, aboard the Sandy Hook pilot boat New York, keyed his radio: "All available boats. This is the United States Coast Guard. Anyone wanting to help with the evacuation of Lower Manhattan, report to Governors Island." #maritimehistory 419098
Reposted by John Miklospeter k @peterskim.org · 08/09/2026If you don’t need to drive to work and live in a walkable area with good transit, you probably don’t need a car. Rented a car for 4 days over the Labor Day weekend. Went to a bluegrass festival and did a Costco and H-Mart run. This will be the only time I use a car for the month. 261
Reposted by John MiklosCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026(NBC News) — It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/business/eco... 386129915474
Reposted by John MiklosJDKessey @jdkessey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Goebbels wanted Fritz Lang to be in charge of the Nazi's propaganda efforts. When Lang broached the subject about the persecution of jews (Lang's wife was Jewish) Goebbels laughed and responded, quote: "We get to decide who's an Aryan and who isn't." 142
Reposted by John MiklosAirship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The most enlightening quote about racism I ever heard was "I decide who is a Jew" by Karl Lueger, about why he dined with Jewish people despite his very public and constant antisemitism. People really will go "I am special!" to an absurd degree. 437868
Reposted by John Miklosthe moon report 🌖 @seachanger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026was the problem with our society that people weren’t coding enough? no, the problem with our society is that we’re self detonating from burning too much fossil fuels, and doing so unequally. climate isn’t a crisis we can code our way out of, but it is exacerbated by gas powered datacenters 1212
John Miklos @jctmik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What was subtext is now the text in its entirety. The Trump post cites subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Starship Trooper's space fascists uniforms as inspiration 110
John Miklos @jctmik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Have you ever tried to photograph a roundabout? Those suckers are WIDE and FLAT like there's no ground level angle to make it a nice comprehensible shape. 100