“Over the last 20 years, the defense industry has "spent $2.5 billion on lobbying." During that period, defense contractors employed an average of 700 lobbyists — more than one lobbyist for every member of Congress.” https://popular.info/p/there-is-always-more-money-for-defense
Biden deserves and won't get credit for negotiating with the worst-faith Republicans every to “run” government. I hate the fact that he had to agree to cuts; I love that we’re (likely) not driving off the cliff, which Republicans were apparently absolutely prepared to this time around. Businesses and major donors failed to raise the hue and cry at the GOP about default—they’ve gotten too used to brinkspersonship.
The majority of challenges were filed by ELEVEN people.
ELEVEN.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
Global sea level rise and its accelerating rate... 🌊
First update now in for 2023 from https://sealevel.colorado.edu.
I wrote about Google AMP, which Google promised would fix the web and save it from Facebook. Except ultimately, AMP caused a lot more trouble than anybody would have guessed https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit
RT @wight1984
a half empty apartment still houses more people than fully occupied houses. https://twitter.com/GeorgistSteve/status/1653963898046009344
Eric Miller from U of Toronto has written a very thought provoking editorial on the current state of activity based models and next steps. As someone who is in the industry and not academia I found it very interesting but the proposed solutions seem more academic than practitioner oriented.
Overinflated: The Journey of a Humble Tire Reveals Why Prices Are Still So High
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From a rubber plantation in Southeast Asia to a repair shop in Mississippi, the story of a tire highlights the turmoil of the post-pandemic economy and its uncertain future.
#Inflation #Tires #Prices #Import #Rubber #Russia #China #Vietnam #Cars
This thread by @humantransit is a fantastic discussion about location choices and land use & its impact on transportation.
Let’s add one nuance to this popular cartoon. The dude in his car taking 1/3 of the street space might also be a victim of oppression. He might be a low-income person who’s forced to own and drive a car for lack of options, and who is poorer as a result … 1/
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RT @fietsprofessor
'When you're accustomed to #privilege, any demand for more equality feels like oppression.'
(cartoon by @fabiantodorovic)
https://twitter.com/fietsprofessor/status/1652714960911319043
Missed the exciting news that the boffins at NASA JPL have figured out a way to use reserve power to keep using all the scientific instruments on board Voyager 2 for even longer. For a mission that only had a requirement to last until about 1982, job well done. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-will-do-more-science-with-new-power-strategy
Several years ago, I wrote extensively about space probes, including *six* articles about or involving the Voyager probes! https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2017/8/4/if-you-love-voyager-like-i-love-voyager
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they
live.
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-94
#library #gop #censorship
It just keeps happening. It never stops. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1170823978/texas-cheerleaders-shot-car-parking-lot-practice
Bombayite in America. Partner, father, eater, reader, modeler. Books. Transportation. Data. R. Politics. Films. I hate the term Bollywood.