“This brilliant illustration, made by Swedish artist Karl Jilg & commissioned by the Swedish Road Administration, shows just how extreme the situation truly is — even in an urban district that's designed with pedestrians in mind.”

How much space in our streets that we’ve surrendered to cars, and how little space is left for everything else.

#streets #cities #urbanism #roads #cars #car

https://www.vox.com/xpress/2014/11/18/7236471/cars-pedestrians-sidewalks-roads

McCarthy has now lost 11 Speaker votes, and there's no sign of anything changing.

But here's the part that really gets me.

Republicans—who won 2 presidencies with fewer votes, filibustered dozens of popular bills while representing 20M fewer Americans, and appointed 3 SCOTUS justices contrary to the will of the majority of Americans—are upset that 20 ultra-MAGAs are holding 200 MAGAs hostage.

I guess they don't like the FO stage of FA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
— Isaac Asimov

#science #quotes #bot @science_quotes 👈🏼

It's not that we're all superstitious, it's that we literally cannot buy evidence-based medicine. The stores are all out, it's stolen from packages when we try to import it from abroad, and we can't get booster shots even a year after our last vaccination. People are desperate.

RT @[email protected]

China turns to lemons, peaches and traditional medicine in wake of Covid wave https://cnb.cx/3vg7eoL

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1607636216966520837

Three multibillionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of America – 160 million Americans.

Don’t tell us we can’t afford a wealth tax on the super-rich.

Short rant.

Southwest Air has cancelled ~70% of its flights in an epic meltdown this holiday season.

Remember, Southwest took $3.7B in federal aid from 2020-21.

It’s CEO got a pay raise to a $9.1M package in 2022.

Yet Southwest employees are working 16 hour shifts & threatened w/termination if they refuse overtime or call in sick.

Socialism for the wealthy. Capitalism for workers.

Stop trusting billionaires. Start holding them accountable. And start protecting workers.

End Rant.