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Allison Lirish Dean

@ear2thepavement.bsky.social

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Urban planner + journalist writing about the intersection between planning, bureaucracy, and democracy. I’m also working on the green transition in Rhode Island. www.allisonlirishdean.com

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Allison Lirish Dean @ear2thepavement.bsky.social · Aug 21

To defeat Trumpism, the administrative state must once again become a powerful force for good in ordinary Americans’ lives. My latest for @currentaffairs.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/make-bu...

Make Bureaucracy Great Again

In the past, the administrative state was a powerful force for good in Americans’ lives. To defeat Trumpism, it needs to become one again.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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Kate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social · 10h

Delightful design (with impressive message) from my partner @ryanlindburg.bsky.social!

ryanlindburg.bsky.social @ryanlindburg.bsky.social · 11h

Spread the word! Carry your whistles! BE LOUD!!!

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 10h

Oh no! Too young!

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10h

A perfect illustration of which "lifestyle" actually imposes itself on public space, public safety, and the public purse.

Jfrisco @jfrisco.bsky.social · 11h

Hold my beer...

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 10h

MAGA works hard to make sure the most vulnerable children in America suffer.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 12h

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10h

A new poll of France has Macron’s approval rating at 19% and Prime Minister Lecornu’s approval rating at 27%, and that’s considered an improvement for both.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

The forever chemical PFNA is so hazardous that the EPA struck an agreement with 8 companies to phase it out nearly two decades ago.

Now an EPA report on its harms sits in limbo, and the Trump administration won’t say when it will be released.

By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 1d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Allison Lirish Dean @ear2thepavement.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. I still don’t feel like Bluesky has anywhere close to the energy that Twitter did—and it’s a lot more boring generally—but the incentive structures over there have gotten really warped (and I’m worried about the right-wing doxxing).

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Matthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · 3d

I interviewed @triofrancos.bsky.social for @cplusc.bsky.social climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com/p/centering-...

"Centering the Climate-Economy Intersection Is Our Only Way Forward"

An interview with Thea Riofrancos on climate left strategy, asymmetric polarization, and "critical" minerals

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

This is enough carbon-free energy to power maybe two thirds of Vegas btw

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1d

An Illinois-based federal judge has ruled, for now, that the Trump administration cannot deploy the National Guard to Chicago, saying that the administration’s “perceptions of events are simply unreliable.” “I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop.”

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Sending National Guard Troops to Chicago

“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” Judge April M. Perry said during a hearing.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 1d

Over the past 4 years, Seattle has dramatically increased its sweeps of homeless encampments, spending $85 m on this. Now Mayor Harrell is facing Katie Wilson in the election this fall; she’s opposing this policy.

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Sweeps of homeless people and their camps have risen steadily in recent years in Seattle.

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Alyssa Katz @alykatzz.bsky.social · 1d

Cuomo has, shall we say, baggage when it comes to Letitia James. Hence his conspicuous reaction to her indictment: calling out law enforcement politicization "whether it comes from the right or the left." @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Tish James Indictment Reverberates in Cuomo-Mamdani Fray

Trump’s prosecution triggers the former governor to decry “politicization of law enforcement” in nod to his own probe by the dogged state AG.

www.thecity.nyc

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Allison Lirish Dean @ear2thepavement.bsky.social · 2d

Hell realm

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Some 70 people are reported killed, injured, or missing beneath the rubble after Israeli airstrikes struck Gaza’s Al Sabra neighborhood. Families that had gathered in celebration were bombed, leading to casualties among many women and children.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 2d

fresh audio product:

* Jake Werner on Trump’s creeping softness on China, and how that country sees its role in the world
• Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social on the slick but odious William F. Buckley Jr.

www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

genuinely think they are feeding him AI videos

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

yeah, trump has made very clear that he doesn’t think black people deserve to be in jobs of influence! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 2d

When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause.

That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation?

It had an impact.

Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

www.npr.org

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 2d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

www.propublica.org

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Allison Lirish Dean @ear2thepavement.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not a “peace plan.” Listen to the corresponding segment here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Behind the News, 10/2/25

Podcast Episode · Behind the News with Doug Henwood · 10/03/2025 · 53m

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Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

We must take this stuff seriously. Please, none of this “he just has some controversial opinions” stuff. Don’t call him “America’s most canceled man” or something.

If you are going to interview Fuentes, it’s unforgivable to set aside his neo-Nazism.

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ris...

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

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