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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen

@chelsearsoronen.bsky.social

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Owner/Artist, Chalk Riot • sustainable transportation grad student • USA delegate USJLP 24-25 • effective transit needs engaging art • California Zephyr and front stoop enthusiast • DC www.chalkriotart.com

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · Jan 21

Proud and grateful to share my first piece with @ggwash.org today! ggwash.org/view/98106/f... Thanks to my good friends at @hillfamilybiking.org 🫶 Read on to learn more about the surge of pavement murals and arts in the right of way in DC and beyond! Now more than ever, community > everything

Family Biking Matters: Make streets safer with art

This month, Family Biking Matters delves into how art on the street (the actual street) can improve safety and contribute to quality of life.

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 7h

New to me!!

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 7h

I took photos of their truck from all angles when it was at the back to school @hillfamilybiking.org 😅

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 7h

Omg I want one sooooo badddd for us but the storage capacity is a challenge. Mayyyybe one of the vans!

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 15h

We’re in the market for a new work truck at Chalk Riot, and it’s actually proving so difficult to find a newer van/truck that is not overwhelmingly large and bloated of car bloat. This is just wild

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! Just purchased

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 18h

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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video)

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 19h

And not see ads for atrocious clickbait like cleavage-enhancing bras and chewable viagra every 3 posts

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

This is like disbanding your military during World War Two.

The Trump regime is firing many of the 2,540 employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) during the ongoing government shutdown. Why? CISA dismissed Trump’s allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown

CISA plans to keep just 889 employees on duty during a shutdown while furloughing 65% of its workforce.

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 1d

Wow I love this composition.

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 2d

The silly thing about all these “5-9 before my 9-5” videos is that no one mentions how trying it is to go to sleep at 9pm 😅

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 3d

My small arts business has been able to offer gig work to several people who have been furloughed or laid off throughout 2025. Fund the arts! Hire artists. We’re out here offering opportunity to people who cannot find any other jobs.

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 4d

Art is unstoppable. Always has been and always will be.

Julie @jaespy.bsky.social · 21d

Great job Seven Bites restaurant in Orlando, FL. 💪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

They can erase crosswalks but not private property.

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 4d

There are just so many other dire transportation concerns that should demand attention of the Secretary, but bricks painted different colors are this administration’s biggest priority it seems?

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 4d

It’s just really really sad 😞

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 5d

Speed safety cameras are astonishingly successful. We know the tools that reduce traffic violence. Legalize them.
www.sfmta.com/blog/our-spe...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Banned Books Week! We helped kick things off with Arlington Public Library yesterday! True story, all the children’s book characters in this chalk mural are indeed from #bannedbooks 😭

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 7d

What’s wild is how it was in writing stage for years prior almost prophetic in a way

Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 7d

“Democrats need to listen to the roar of the crowd” ‼️

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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NRDC @nrdc.org · 8d

More than a third of Americans don’t have reliable car access to get to work, school, or the grocery store. Our new transportation map can help policymakers better understand their communities and build a system that will benefit everyone.

Who Doesn’t Have a Car?

A new NRDC map shows car-free living and the factors affecting car usage in United States.

www.nrdc.org

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 8d

So devastating 😩

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Hill Family Biking @hillfamilybiking.org · 9d

Bike lanes are beautiful

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