Once Upon A Line

Stories that matter.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

A school principal in South Lebanon was killed by KakoKristan (sometimes called "Israel") today, just out of VICIOUS pleasure. They shoot, then use their usual claim that there was some potential future threat to their troops.

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

“This is the last time you will see me. They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving. This is the end.”

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan hospital who was abducted by Israeli forces over a year and a half ago and imprisoned without any charges, told his lawyer over this past weekend that he believes that the Israeli government is about to kill him.

[Variety @Variety]

Hannah Einbinder says Hollywood not speaking out in support of Palestine "pisses me off" and they "need these issues to affect a white person for them" to care.

“I look at these people who have absolutely every privilege imaginable to mankind and they cannot utter a single word. I really can’t understand it... People in Hollywood, unfortunately, need these issues to affect a white person for them to see it as relating to them,” she noted. “Like, they see Jimmy Kimmel getting taken off the air suddenly, they see Stephen Colbert’s show being canceled by CBS, which is owned by the Ellisons, and they go, ‘How could this possibly happen?’ And it’s like, we know how because we saw students and professors and journalists and authors and Palestinian folks be silenced and fired and expelled and imprisoned… it took it happening to these white men for people to be like, ‘Oh my god.’”
https://t.co/GE0Ey2iOgm

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

This video grieves my soul.

America, how can we stay silent? How can we fund this?

Even more so, American Christians how can you turn your head and not care?

These are God’s children too.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Ms Rachel on Israel’s destruction of Gaza: Why is a genocide against children met with so much silence?

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Israel's unlawful and wanton destruction of civilian high-rise buildings continues to have devastating consequences for displaced Palestinian families in the occupied Gaza Strip, where reconstruction remains a distant dream amid ongoing genocide and air strikes despite the October 2025 so-called ceasefire.

Israel must allow immediate, unfettered access to indispensable aid and goods, including shelter material. Israeli officials who ordered unlawful destruction, collective punishment or acts of genocide must be held accountable

[Have A Go @HaveAGo]

At the risk of sounding like a broken record player: where are the urbanists?

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

This should have been headline news in every major media outlet today. But they want you to forget Gaza, so it gets zero coverage.

[Nithya Raman @nithyavraman]

In her “State of the City” video, Mayor Bass paints a rosy picture of a city turning a corner.

But every person I meet across the city reiterates the same thing– things are getting worse.

We need honesty about where LA stands

Angelenos deserve better than this.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Notice a pattern? The world’s most powerful are repeatedly undermining international law and silencing people who oppose them. Everyone deserves a world where leaders put human rights first – every time.

We all deserve better. A world where human rights come first, not last. #HumanityMustWin

[Chris 🦝 (READ BIO!!) @TrashPanda08x]

Amtrak Borealis projected annual ridership: 125k
Actual ridership: 215k

Amtrak Mardi Gras projected annual ridership: 52k
Ridership 8 months into service: 100k

Don't let people tell you we "Don't need trains, no one would ride them"

[Andrey X @the_andrey_x]

Palestinian children were prevented from going to school by razor wire and Israeli soldiers — so they sat down and studied right in front of them

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

A car driver, a pedestrian and a cyclist walk into a bar.
They sit on a table with 10 beers on it.

The car driver immediately takes 8, then says to the pedestrian: 'Look out for that bloody cyclist; he wants to steal your beer!'

—Gerard Doustraat, Amsterdam🇳🇱

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

This used to be an elevated freeway.

A world without freeways in urban cores is possible.

[Terenig Topjian @Terenig]

@nithyavraman @Transit_Co Looking forward to hearing your mobility plan tonight!! I’d love to hear how many miles of bus/bike lanes you envision for LA.

@Anne_Hidalgo prepped Paris for the Olympics and for the future. Can you do the same for LA??

[Nithya Raman @nithyavraman]

Big news…

A new LA Times poll just dropped and we’re the top challenger in the race.

Even though we’ve only been running for a few weeks, our movement is clearly resonating across the city.

While we’re closing in on the first place incumbent, we’re being massively outspent by establishment interests. We are running a corporate free campaign that relies on folks like you to support.

Please click the link to volunteer and donate today so we can win a city that works for everyone.

https://t.co/hqKnl6YDhI

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

Emmanuel Grégoire wins Paris🇫🇷. Grégory Doucet holds Lyon🇫🇷. Dominik Krause rises in Munich🇩🇪.

Different cities, same message: people vote for greener, safer, less car-dependent public spaces.

🚲💪Turns out that when cities feel better to live in, it wins elections!

[Jonathan Berk @berkie1]

Emmanuel Grégoire has won the race to succeed Anne Hidalgo, the transformational leader since 2014, as the next Mayor of Paris.

He’s pledged to build on her legacy, continuing the expansion of the City's bike network & growing the city’s network of neighborhood green spaces. 🇫🇷

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

BREAKING: Emmanuel Grégoire @egregoire is the PROJECTED WINNER and next PARIS MAYOR, succeeding Anne Hidalgo (& presumably continuing that legacy). "Paris has decided to remain true to its history” by choosing “an alliance of the left & environmentalists."

Congratulations Paris!

[alexa @alexadoingstuff]

Can LA please please please get our own mamdani