“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”

“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath

Some costs are savings.

@stux Impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will likely begin as soon as the 119th Congress reconvenes. He will likely be convicted and removed by the Senate because Hegseth is hated, definitely earned.

Don't expect impeachment+removal of Trump right away when the 120th Congress is sworn in January 2027. There may need to be a reformation of the SCOTUS *first* to ensure that Trump can't escape investigation and prosecution for his criminal acts.

The @crew #GravitonsFestival 2026 is starting this Saturday at https://gravitons.org: see you in the chat!

#musicfestival #electronicmusic #expterimentalmusic #livemusic #livestream

@stux yes. And I'm British. And live in UK.

You’re not alone in this wish, though I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you. I sort of accepted it as just part of how a federated reddit-style forum would work, but if there’s a way to address it, that would be very cool.

Cyberattack on France’s national blood service (EFS) via its refrigeration contractor Coolworld. Hackers reset freezers keeping blood donor samples at -30°C to a target of 110°C. The thing that stopped it from destructive impact was an on-call technician who noticed the temperatures going up. Frozen plasma intended for transfusion was stored there too. Fortunately nothing was destroyed. This was a cyberattack on a sensitive layer of healthcare. From frozen peas to frozen plasma in three weeks...

@spanezz @valhalla You do not need to migrate just to get a cert. You can use DNS validation instead.

@chad I also hope that our unexpected lil mini-Trump PSPP here in QC also gets the message.

lmao

that aged like milk

The other night I dreamed some of my family and I made one of those vintage "The [ ] Family" country records, and that the only song with my vocals on it was at least partially inspired by my adventure into a dark old cabin consumed by the forest and now home to an ent. The visualization of this had very bisexual lighting

@hacks4pancakes @agturcz What evidence suggests it had any impact?

The reporting I have seen has said there is no evidence the attacks impacted social media influence operations.

@mattblaze And it will all be known like the Y2K bug in history. Everyone before was panicking but now 26 years later reporters on the news are asking "Was it really that bad? See, nothing happened!".

Well, nothing happened because we were warned ahead of time and put down a LOT of unseen work to make it not happen.

Same here, without the warnings and people standing up and quietly doing their part, this would look a lot different. A lot of people already saw what could have happened and put a stop to it.

@hacks4pancakes Well, I think you need another political party for this and end this right and center-right bipartisan thing.

I wonder how Pres. Trump's supporters are understanding yesterday's results...

The Fediverse being what it is, I'll have to go elsewhere to hear those voices.

#uspol

And most of the people responsible for the smoothness with which this election proceeded are relatively anonymous, toiling away at the unglamorous work that quietly keeps democracy running. We owe them all a great debt.

It's really notable that none of the worst case nightmare scenarios involving ICE at polling stations, arrested election workers, seized ballots, postal shenanigans, etc. came to pass. And that's due to tireless work by legal advocates for states and NGOs, not to mention independent judges who were willing to stand up to the administration's unlawful excesses.

Aujourd'hui je vous présente une nouvelle illustration réalisée pour La parenthèse enchantée, la boutique de bijoux de dame Gouny 💕 Il s'agit d'un petit roselin, un oiseau rose framboise...

holy shit

America won't heal in my lifetime (though it's super important we start the long journey of repairing it for future generations). But I am tickled to live to see Texas have a chance to change for the first time in a long time.