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Krishnan Viswanathan

@transportdata.org
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
America today is a country where regulators won't allow private companies to air interviews of the opposition on TV, but declare that taxpayer funded propaganda is fine.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 01/10/2026
Seriously @nytimes.com...come on man. Today's connections purple was ridiculous IMO 🤦🏾‍♂️😄
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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Late Friday night, #USPS announced it is moving forward with a final rule that could change how we vote by mail. The timing was deliberate. Bad news gets buried on Friday nights. This is not bad news you should let get buried. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters, and what we can do about it:
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 18/08/2026
Goddamn socialists always showing people life could be better. What kind of world would that be?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
(looks out at a nation run entirely by Republicans, with literally everything in shambles and more and more disasters on the way) "You know, the thing I worry about is a handful of DSA candidates winning House primaries."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A tax that is losing money? You can see how this guy managed to bankrupt a casino.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/07/2026
Curious of all the people who lost their minds about people protesting at Justice Kavanaugh's house ... are they speaking out about this too?
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Baumgartner, Klinner, and Lanzendorf: “Shifting the focus from a right to park a car to a Right to the City can help move from the car-dominated status quo in transport planning and practice to more people-oriented approaches that consider the plurality of needs of various social groups.”
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I'm not sure most people understand that the proposed OMB rule is not just about NIH. In addition to scientific research, it would cover federal grants that also fund healthcare, public health, education, housing, clean water, transportation, and job training. Total $1.1 trillion.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 13/07/2026
Great article.
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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...
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Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/07/2026
Former NOAA chief scientist: “The stresses that we see today are only going to get worse because heat waves like this ten years from now will be over 40C.” Or you can believe Big Oil.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Love that @prbdata.bsky.social made these available. But no one should need to rely on outside orgs to get info that taxpayers paid for.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Activities such as speeding, walking a dog not on a leash, or fishing without a valid license may now serve as the basis for the government filing a civil denaturalization complaint in federal courts." From new TRAC report on rising denaturalizations. tracreports.org/reports/774/
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 15/06/2026
Ouch. That's got to hurt.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 15/06/2026
So glad that @noticiastelemundo.com does not cut to commercials for the stupid momentum killing hydration breaks. YouTube TV having a way to auto subtitles from Spanish to English for non Spanish speakers would make it perfect.
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Dave Winer on Bluesky @scripting.com · 14/06/2026
When they tell you about the quality of the care rather than the state of the patient, you're getting a special message about what's coming next.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Reporting on Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire should be done with the same general tone as a lethal virus escaping containment, not as an awesome achievement.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12/06/2026
"After tomorrow, Elon Musk will be humanity’s first trillionaire. He is openly racist and responsible for the deaths of many thousands of poor, brown people. He is currently attempting to use a division of SpaceX to incite pogroms in Europe."
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SpaceX, Late-Stage Capitalism, and the Trillionaire’s Race War
Everything, everywhere, all at once.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
NEW: The Trump administration is banning one of the Census Bureau's main ways of protecting the confidentiality of people's responses to the #2030Census and other surveys — added statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results www.commerce.gov/opog/disclos...
.02   The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis shall adhere to the following order of priority when considering and applying Disclosure Avoidance:

a.     Coarsening shall be the preferred category of Disclosure Avoidance methods for all statistical products.

b.     Suppression shall be permitted as a last resort, only to be used when coarsening is prohibited by law or would substantially defeat the accuracy or usability of a statistical product.

c.     Noise infusion shall not be used for any statistical product.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Farewell differential privacy. If you use LEHD-LODES data, new rules about what tools can('t) be used for privacy protection are going to completely upend your work... Noise infusion is no longer allowed. "Coarsening" & suppression are all that's left. This will not end well for home/work data.
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Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products
Number: DAO 216-26 Effective Date: 2026-06-04 SECTION 1. PUR
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Monstrous. Despicable. Authoritarian abuse of power.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/04/2026
At one of Japan’s last natural sake breweries, there are no machines, no chemicals and no commercial yeasts. Take a look.
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See How a 350-Year-Old Brewery Makes Sake the Hard Way
In Japan, the Terada Honke brewery holds fast to tradition: wild yeast, ancient songs, and a mixture of muscle and finesse.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 27/04/2026
@reckless.bsky.social maybe a Patel vs Patel Decoder episode is in the works🤞🏾. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/bus…
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces. 249 years later, we have this idiot.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.
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AL @jebushchrist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 12/04/2026
RIP a legend. Her melodies and songs will always live with us.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Disgruntled by rising gas prices, war and the administration's overall ineptitude, the people who empowered Trump's authoritarianism now want to distance themselves from it. But this is EXACTLY what they voted for
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For Trump Voters Who Say 'We Didn't Vote For This' When MAGA Is Not Enough
To all the Joe Rogan, Marjorie Taylor Greene and MAGA supporters who claim "this is not what I voted for," stop lying.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Malignant Mr. Measles
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Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) @cossa.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🚨URGENT ACTION ALERT🚨 Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate! Write to your House Representative and Senators TODAY to share your concerns and urge them to act ➡️ cossa.org/action-cente... #WhySocialScience #SaveSBE
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Stop the Administration’s Dismantling of NSF’s SBE Directorate Now!
A consortium of Social Science Associations works to communicate the importance of social & behavioral science research to policymakers. The powerful stories come from people who express how it is…
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Please stop saying TACO. We’re talking about an ungodly number of people who could die or maimed. It’s not time for cutesy little internet slang. We have to get away from this bizarre desensitization.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“Cities across Europe saw a boom in cycling & bike-friendly infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic but have suffered setbacks amid a political shift to the right and the emergence of conspiracy theories that have unexpectedly taken aim at ideas such as having amenities within walking distance.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Chris Elmendorf @cselmendorf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Are you a researcher or policymaker working on housing, energy, or transportation issues? Welcome to the BUILD Research Network! A project of @ssrc.org w/ support from @arnoldventures.bsky.social, BUILD is a new platform for strengthening the research-to-policy pipeline. build.ssrc.org 🧵/9
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BUILD Research Network - Better Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Land-use Decisions
The BUILD (Better Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Land-use Decisions) Research Network connects researchers, policymakers, and funders working to improve housing, energy, and transportation systems.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
NGL they picked a great time to be as far from Earth as humanly possible
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Unbelievable. ICE detains spouse of servicemember who’s about to deploy when they show up at base so he can start basic training. @nytimes.com reporting at the link in first comment.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Trump advisers think the age of imperialism ended because of wokeness, not because 1) colonized peoples made colonialism untenable 2) technology made territorial empire unnecessary. They thought mere brutality and perceived genetic superiority would make wars against countries like Iran easy.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 18/03/2026
This is a lot of fun. Reminds me of the crosswords back in India. Only wish there was an option to directly enter the answer.
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Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk · 10/03/2026
I've released a new word game called Parseword, that tries to make cryptic crosswords more accessible. You can play it here: www.parseword.com
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Parseword - A tricky wordplay game
Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.
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Krishnan Viswanathan @transportdata.org · 15/03/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w... FYI @reckless.bsky.social and @davidpierce.xyz
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F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage
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