Europe Built Trains. America Built Highways and Regret, by Dan Richards, via Scott Wiener.

There’s Nothing Neutral about Neutral Colors: The vivid history of colonialism and chromophobia, by Carolyn Purnell, Ph.D., via Adrianna Tan.

Plantations Burning Down To The Ground Is A Good Thing, by Brian Richards, via Kottke.

The Impact of Web Accessibility Overlays on the Usability and User Experience for People with Permanent Visual Impairments, by Daniela Kubesch, MSc MSc.

Masonry, Item Flow, and… GULP?, by Eric.

Unbreaking is tracking how the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us. Here’s their page all about the Trump administration’s attack on transgender healthcare.

Speaking of which, the House budget bill passed last night, by just one vote. It bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care, and it couldn’t have passed without Democrats dying in office. The Dems keep finding new ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. (Linked articles by Christopher Wiggins, Erin Reed, and Hafiz Rashid.)

The bad news isn’t limited to Washington. Governor Newsom Betrays Queer and Transgender Californians With Health Budget Cuts, from the LA LGBT Center.

Some good news: Montana Judge Enjoins Bathroom Ban: “No Evidence” The Ban Prevents Violence, by s. baum.

The Weaponization Czar (and our Russian problem), by Timothy Snyder.

Speaking of Timothy Snyder: Staying with the Trouble (Is Not Necessarily About Geography), by Rebecca Solnit.

No Exit: A conversation about the darkness behind ‘Techno-Optimism’, by Justin Ling.

“I’m the Problem; It’s Me”: On the Confession the Mainstream Media Won’t Make, by Rebecca Solnit. See also Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse, by Margaret Sullivan, via Kottke, and Democrats still fail to understand what a media that opposes Trump would actually look like, by Aram.

The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to, by Cas Mudde. There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face—if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics.