S Bodzin, Real American 🇺🇸So I have a new get-rich-quick idea. I'm going to lie.
I'm going to lie about everything all the time. Just lie. Who's in?
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
David Alpert
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Founder and former head of Greater Greater Washington @ggwash. Previously product manager at Google and Tellme. Now spending days taking kids to activities and figuring out what activities to take them to, and on the side advocating for education in Washington, DC.
Charlie StrossStuff nobody had on their 21st century Bingo card: Germany being seen as a place of safety for Israeli refugees fleeing a fascist government
Dan Wentzel 🏳️🌈I would like invite refugees from #TransitTwitter who are looking for a good instance to check out https://urbanists.social
#TwitterMigration #cities #urbanism #transit #rail #train #bus #cycling #highspeedrail #Metro
Volker Weber
Steve HermanAbout half of journalists considered leaving #Twitter, but only 28% say they plan to spend less time on the social network this year. https://info.muckrack.com/state-of-journalism-2023
David ZipperAs I told the BBC, "American exceptionalism" cannot explain our crisis in road safety:
"People say, 'We're such a car-centric country with lots of space to drive.' Well, that's true of Canada also. And Canada has a crash death rate that's only 40% as high."
Benjamin RossNAACP quits Arlington VA civic group when it plays "civility" card against missing-middle housing.
"Civility" is a classic suburban nimby tactic to silence criticism of the status quo.
https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/15/local-naacp-leaves-civfed-amid-fallout-over-resolution-to-improve-confidence-in-county-government/#disqus_thread
"Civility" is a classic suburban nimby tactic to silence criticism of the status quo.
https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/15/local-naacp-leaves-civfed-amid-fallout-over-resolution-to-improve-confidence-in-county-government/#disqus_thread
Local NAACP leaves CivFed amid fallout over resolution to improve confidence in county government | ARLnow.com
A battle over how to improve public confidence in county government has driven a wedge between two large community organizations in Arlington. The Arlington branch of the NAACP is leaving the Arlington County Civic Federation after a bitter battle over two resolutions intended to recommit the local government to the "Arlington Way." The clash came
Darius KazemiAnother banger of an Isaac Chotiner interview. This time he's grilling Barney Frank on this whole deal where he's been sitting on the board of Signature Bank.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-barney-frank-went-to-work-for-signature-bank/amp
(For non US people: Frank was one of the most left leaning Congress members in recent US history. He introduced a lot of bank regulations after the 2008 financial collapse. Signature Bank is a bank that recently collapsed. It is remarkable that he was involved.)
“Black people ride bikes, too, and they deserve to feel safe,” says Salim Adofo, one person who’s running against DC’s (notorious) Ward 8 councilmember Trayon White. https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/595024/contenders-are-lining-up-for-the-ward-8-council-race-as-rumors-about-trayon-whites-future-heat-up/