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NYC budget hawks say subway discounts for the poor are better than free buses for all
New Yorkers are eligible for a Fair Fares discount if their household makes no more than 150% of the federal poverty line — or $22,600 a year for a single person. The CBC argued that raising the threshold to 250% of the poverty line, or $39,900 for a one-person household, would do more to help the poor than making the buses free. The nonprofit estimated increasing the income limit would cost taxpayers $232 million a year, up from the $86 million the program currently spends annually.
NYC budget hawks say subway discounts for the poor are better than free buses for all
New Yorkers are eligible for a Fair Fares discount if their household makes no more than 150% of the federal poverty line — or $22,600 a year for a single person. The CBC argued that raising the threshold to 250% of the poverty line, or $39,900 for a one-person household, would do more to help the poor than making the buses free. The nonprofit estimated increasing the income limit would cost taxpayers $232 million a year, up from the $86 million the program currently spends annually.
Purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note had echoes of messages he had sent earlier
Although the note’s authenticity has not been established, it contains an apparent reference to a line from a 1931 Little Rascals film that Epstein had used in at least two email messages, according to the trove of Epstein documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice this year in response to the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-05-06/purported-jeffrey-epstein-suicide-note-had-echoes-of-messages-he-had-sent-earlierOpen linkView original on piefed.socialThe man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared
In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/the-man-who-blew-up-a-nuclear-power-station-koeberg-south-africaOpen linkView original on piefed.socialIn France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era
U.S. students who study at Sciences Po said they believed that Mr. Trump’s re-election had negatively affected their classmates’ attitudes about Americans. Sofia Antonioli, 19, who is from Bethesda, Md., said that French students now used the word “American” as a pejorative, as in “Oh, that’s so American.”
Some Chicagoans aren't paying federal taxes in protest of Trump policies
War tax resistance started long before the internet — in people’s living rooms, where you had to know someone who was already doing it in order to get involved. [...] Last spring, Jacoby, who had never been a tax resister before, took over for an older woman who ran the group for 40 years.
In extreme cases, tax protesters could face wage garnishment, property seizures or prison time, though criminal prosecutions are rare, according to University of Chicago law professor David Weisbach. “They don’t often do that, but they can. And so it’s a form of civil disobedience that comes with all the consequences of civil disobedience, which is that you are subject to legal sanctions, and they can be quite severe,” Weisbach said. “It’s certainly one way of protesting, but it’s a risky way, and it could be a very, very costly way.”
Weisbach said the tax protest movement isn’t necessarily about making a dent in the federal budget. “The whole point of civil disobedience is to change people’s views about the matter,” he said. “Martin Luther King, that’s what he did. They march on a bridge, they break the law, the law was unjust, and they changed people’s views about race. But did he directly change a law? Not so much. He changed people’s views, which caused laws to change.”
(Posting here not because I think it's funny, but because it seems like satire exploring extremes of protest that aren't mutual aid and on such overground groups that have been around for so long. Satirical actions need not be reprehensible.)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/04/24/tax-protest-civil-disobedience-tax-avoidance-trump-israel-iran-gazaOpen linkView original on piefed.social"Chilling"?
Is there a reason the topic for chill posts is named "Chilling" as opposed to "Chill"? It sounds like True Crime or something.
This ‘anti-Grammarly’ AI tool adds typos to your emails on purpose
"I tested Sinceerly by cold emailing 5 Fortune 500 CEOs. 4 CEOs replied. Of those replies, each was under 10 words. 2 replies had typos. One reply called me Larry (my name is Ben)."
Billie Eilish on how she's making touring less terrible for the planet
According to the report, more than 30 venues launched or expanded environmental projects in cooperation with Eilish and team.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/billie-eilish-sustainable-green-tourOpen linkView original on piefed.socialHomosexuals Anonymous
Lawson interviewed 14 individuals counselled by [founder] Cook as part of the HA program; none reported any change in sexual orientation as a consequence of HA, and all but two reported having sex with Cook.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuals_AnonymousOpen linkView original on piefed.social