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"Precisely when, though, remains unclear" The subheading says so much

But people don't have to give up single family homes to create density -- we just need to build more of everything else, wherever we can, to increase housing. No one is coming for …

It's not impossible, but people are stubborn and the voices of home owners/drivers dominate the conversation over anything else. Those things are scalable -- LA's light rail networ…

Exactly this. Look at the slow-moving nightmare happening in Berkeley because of NIMBYism and CEQA reviews. The city/state/UC system is going to lose an incredible amount of fundin…

placardabuse really shows you how many of the most egregious traffic violations are done by unrepentant, repeat offenders. I think there was a story recently about an SUV who ran t…

California just did this! https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38004981/california-ban-g... I don't think it phases in fast enough, tbh, but it's a start. Someone the next block over…

This seems like another ominous sign for META

To add another comment, pro-police commentators should look at clearance rates for crime in their areas. Police are generally very very bad at their jobs! I looked up SFPD clearanc…

I was the victim of a home robbery a few years ago in Cleveland. Thieves hit multiple homes on my block in a few hours, TRASHED my house looking for valuables and stole about $1000…

related content: https://www.thedailybeast.com/peloton-ceo-john-foley-banned-... CEO held a holiday party for talent/trainers while encouraging thrift/cutbacks for all other employ…

nytimes staying on brand, courting lil' wannabe fascists

^^^^^^ yes!

“Login.gov is already used to access 200 websites run by 28 Federal agencies and over 40 million Americans have accounts,” Wyden wrote in a letter to the IRS today. “Unfortunately,…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_flu https://www.insider.com/police-have-historically-protested-b... https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/the-pba-sues-to-bloc...

Yep! The police unions hold massive sway over cities, media (especially local media) and politicians by threatening to simply stop enforcing laws if they don't get their way. They …

Correct, yes, politicians who have contributed to the militarization of US policing are also to blame, along with the massive military industrial complex and its lobbying arms in W…

Almost all of the SoCal police departments (LAPD, LASD, San Bernardino Sheriffs) are out of control, with massive, sprawling budgets (the city of Los Angeles gives more money to po…

"Reels users said they sometimes stopped the sessions early, finding it hard to hit the 10 minutes required because the videos were “stale, boring or repetitive,” while TikTok user…