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I feel like everyone memory-holed the fact that Michael Bloomberg ALSO campaigned on a free bus proposal in 2009.

Lawmakers were assassinated and wounded by a right-wing, religious extremist pretending to be a police officer and yet this story has completely faded from the national media.

Every city should do this

I mean who are we? Who have we become? Why isn’t everyone sick to their stomach about this?

When I was taking hourly buses on NJT to get to work, I understood very well that a second bus per hour had more value to me than a free fare. I would also prefer a third, fourth, fifth, and sixth bus to a free fare.

this is a profoundly stupid headline to describe a law that will massively reduce C02 emissions by building dense, infill housing, The New York Times!

It took a while longer (sorry, this building AI thing turned out somewhat absorbing) but I am excited to kick off Season 2 of the Before AGI podcast. First episode is with Reid Hoffman (returning to the podcast) and we discuss his view on AI and society expressed in his (and

This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.

Bookmark this. 64% of Congressman Valadao’s district relies on Medicaid.

It wasn’t written for the “elites,” you say?

6 months in and congestion pricing continues to be a policy miracle

The data is clear. It’s not harsher sentences but higher certainty of getting caught that deters crime. Shifting resources toward solving crimes—by funding more detectives and boosting clearance rates—can curb crime.

Congestion pricing helps low income households more than anyone else.

Crimes per 1M mass transit trips... * NYC: 1.3 * Miami: 2.6 * Dallas: 38.0

Adding this incredible chart from Derek Thompson to the mix. There has been an enormous decline in in-person socialization that has corresponded with massive declines in mental wellbeing and dramatic increases in selfishness and political radicalism over the past decade.

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The out-of-town, overpriced bachelorette party is one of the worst trends in modern weddings. Not everything has to bankrupt your friends to be meaningful.

Reid Hoffman is backing a brain interface startup that uses ultrasound instead of implants. No surgery. Just frequency, steered by AI. The goal: treat everything from anxiety to dementia. The bet: AI will learn to read and write the brain.

Whaaaaat a good idea!!!!

A slow daily diesel train between Minneapolis and Chicago sees 100,000 more riders than it was projected to see when it opened a year ago, and you all want to tell me there’s no demand for fast and frequent trains in this country lol.