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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1h

Who has a bigger heart than me? I find myself with zero sympathy for people in recent stories saying, "Yeah, I was fine with all the mass roundups, until they arrested my brother[uncle/neighbor/wife]." Who has a case for a more charitable outlook?

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 8h

The co-pilot seems to have tried to crash it into the ground with a full cabin of (mostly Israeli) civilians. Was stopped by his pilot that got stabbed in the process passengers interfered and another crew on the flight landed it in Saudi Arabia. Israel’s treating it as a terror attack for now.

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Sandy Johnston @sandypsj.bsky.social · 6h

It's very easy to dismiss these voices as fringe and the discussion as feeding right-wing propaganda (which it does). But like the Greenfield bar story, anyone honest who has spent time in left spaces knows that these dynamics and people are very real and a problem that needs to be confronted.

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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 16h

YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 17h

Who is excited for 10,000 words and like a dozen case studies about how toll roads mess up basic economics?

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Rail enthusiast wife Daria @dariaphoebe.com · 21h

So SI units are finally coming to the US. But not like that.

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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 23h

If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 21h

I didn’t realize the B in BMW stood for “Bus”

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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 29/09/2026

someone should set up a café here I would come every day

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Usually driving to Philly the last weekend of September is ugly, but with the Hyperricane traffic volumes were down 25-40% (on Saturday, no data yet for Sunday) and it was clear sailing. (Screenshot Sunday at 1347) www.ms2soft.com/traffic-dash...

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Several days to pass along” Is another way of saying “most of it will not be passed along”

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With exactly 1" of rain yesterday, Boston has had 1" of rain on three consecutive days for the 12th time in recorded history: 2026-09-28 2021-07-03 2010-03-15 1998-10-10 1962-10-07 1938-06-28 1922-08-28 1921-07-01 1904-04-29 1893-08-07 1882-09-23

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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins

Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We must blame them and cause a fuss before someone can think of blaming us!

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Blame Canada

ALT: Blame Canada

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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I really love this chart. I'm guess that the correlation here (.85) is about as big as you would find for any other variable. Also, a less serious scholar than @tesler.bsky.social (namely me) would have made a crude Freudian reference to the slope of the line.

Chart shows a close positive relationship between Trump's 2024 vote and Google searches for testosterone boosters.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is RI Spine Line erasure! (And no you do not want to run taconite trains 500 miles due south.)

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Boston hasn't had consecutive days with 1"+ of rain since 2022.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My toddler got to meet a policeman because the hotel put a convenient red 911 button on the (now-unplugged) phone.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026

Trump fucked up the *American* renewable transition but he might have had the largest positive effect on the global transition of any president ever

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Calling a restaurant and talking to a human is already often a way to get a reservation when it shows up as sold out online. More of this. Encourage talking to humans!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Perfect setup for lots of great sunsets. Ceilings gradually increasing east to west allows the sun to peek under the “lip” and illuminate it from beneath.

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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats

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neipate.bsky.social @neipate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

maybe i’m too tolerant but i feel like they’re not bad mostly. well not the “i moved to texas and surprised it has Texan weather”

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you have a tendency to throw your phone across the room in anger … don’t read this unless you want a new phone

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026

i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An arc from the most northwestern point of the Lower 48 to the most northeastern, and the same arc at the same latitude from the most western point in Europe at the same latitude.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Albuquerque, with 3.2" of rain so far this month, has had its third wettest September on record, with six days left and more rain on the way. If it reaches 4", it will be in the top 5 wettest months on record. The all-time record is 4.7" and is certainly not out of the question.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sometimes I think about how we might not be in this mess, at least not in this way, had Cy Vance Jr. prosecuted Ivanka and Don Jr. for fraud back in 2012. Instead, Vance got some campaign donations from a Trump attorney and, well, here we are.

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Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud

New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

DCR signal logic: Bike use ped signal. But there’s also a bike signal. The bike signal is green. The ped signal is don’t walk (solid). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026

impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dopp Kit always goes in the carryon. And with kids, a change of clothes in case of spit up 30 minutes into an 8 hour flight.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 23/09/2026

If GA and NC are shaping up to be double-digit wins for Dems, we are in a world where 54 seats for Dems and the GOP losing the MT/ID/NE to independents is plausible even if not likely.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MBTA: what if we did the opposite?

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With Fay's demise, the ACE now stands at 6.3 (7.6% of climo) but Fay got the ACE/storm over 1. (Next lowest: 1.8 in 1925, next lowest in Satellite Era: 2.6 in 2013, current year shown in red on chart below.)

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well this sucks … the new ART is tearing up the street and we're getting … a FLEX POST bike lane (at least with a floating bus stop). Do better, Harvard. bpda.app.box.com/s/l71t9fxgy1...

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are half dozens of us … HALF DOZENS

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My pronouns are also it's-it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s-...

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Those kids are getting too used to their free lunch.

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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A byproduct of the T's insane "trains must not exceed 10 mph on or crossing roads" is that buses try to pass them on narrow streets. But SAFETY!

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Jim Aloisi @jimaloisi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stupid. Pandering. Self-destructive. The #mapoli governor who thinks disinvesting is the answer to the spike in gas prices. Suspend the gas tax, make it easier to drive more, is neither sustainable nor sensible. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/g...

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‘We're in a crisis': Gov. Healey filing legislation to suspend Mass. gas tax

Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday she is filing legislation to suspend the Massachusetts gas tax for two months, cutting the price of gasoline by 24 cents a gallon.

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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Kol nidre means there's no bread for a day. Kol dichfin means there's no bread for a week. Kolkhoz means there's no bread for the entire year.

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