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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 6h

Some of the urbanism happening in New York City…is stunning.

Broadway between Union Square and the Flatiron.

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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 18h

❤️ this from @awalkerinla.bsky.social: “Maybe when people land at LAX, we have them scan a QR code that introduces them to their local forecast communicator, checks if they need emergency translation services, signs them up for NotifyLA, and automatically installs the Watch Duty app on their phone.”

Red flag warning

What happens when disaster strikes as millions of tourists are in town?

www.torched.la

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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 16h

When I led a parking study for downtown #Berkeley, café owners told me they couldn’t put tables and chairs on the sidewalk, because it would increase the number of parking spaces the city required them to provide.

A photograph of people strolling along the sidewalk in front of an old three-story building on telegraph Avenue in downtown Berkeley.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 11h

I will forever believe that “simple brick box” is the ultimate building typology. This one is the Ramble Hotel in Denver’s RiNo Arts District.

✅ Repetitive inlaid windows
✅ Unique first floor with “loading dock” openings
✅ Ornamented brickwork
❌ No “facade modulation”
❌ No stepbacks or setbacks

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 10h

But if drivers on Wendy are forced to slow down and potentially stop to avoid hitting people walking across the street, it would be a massive inconvenience for those drivers. Whereas if the people on foot have to risk their lives or go out of their way to cross, the flow of car traffic can continue.

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Boy, Google's pedestrian directions suck (I see people trying to do this, but it's bound to get you hit by a car). This is NOT AN INTERSECTION, it's mid block. The city really SHOULD add a pedestrian crossing here... but I don't think enough people have been killed yet.. #mapping

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 19h

"Even though Mr Rimmington started to feel unwell after day one, he continued to feast on the chewy treats.

He even went for a carvery on the third day, before finishing the bag for dessert."

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Amazing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge

Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 10h

It seems to me that #SB79 gives #Stanford a wonderful opportunity. The University’s aging mall and its vast parking lots could be transformed into something better.🧵

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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 17h

:) Almost Citizen Con Direct time!!!! :)

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder if they’re going to disassemble Ivanpah or just leave it up as a monumental sculpture

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 18h

Fantastic piece by Don Iveson on what Edmonton is doing right on housing. There are lots of lessons here for other communities.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

civicgood.substack.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

To the tune of Eleanor Rigby:

Massive iguana
Makinge a fuss on the beach
At great scale
But then caughte --
Who woulde have thoughte?
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...

‘He’s a big boy:’ Massive iguana arrested in Daytona Beach, video shows

A large iguana was thrown in the back of a patrol car in a strange encounter with Daytona Beach officers, according to the police department.

www.clickorlando.com

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 19h

This was a bit wild to read when I woke up this morning. tbh I haven't been downtown much since I moved here, but it isn't a lack of interest, just super busy and lots of the places I've needed to visit are SW of the CBD. The cool downtown was one of the things that I loved on my interview visit.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 23h

"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."

'Heartbreaking': Once thriving Calif. downtown is on the brink

"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 20h

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 18h

How Trump's Mass Transit Cuts Hit the Climate: Green Daily - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

How Trump's Mass Transit Cuts Hit the Climate: Green Daily

US public transit riders took more than 2 billion trips in the second quarter of this year. All those rides, not to mention the countless more trips by bike, e-bike and foot, represent a major carbon ...

www.bloomberg.com

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Missing dog in West Hills, if anyone has seen a yellow lab wandering around. #westhills #sanfernandovalley #losangelescounty #missingdog

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/its-lonely-without-her-93-year-old-southern-california-man-searching-for-beloved-missing-dog/

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 21h

LA County has 150 transit stops that #SB79 will now upzone.

Here’s the map from @latimes.com:

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 20h

249 years ago today: the Battle of Valcour Island took place in Lake Champlain in 1776. It was the first naval battle during the Rev War, in which Benedict Arnold led a small fleet of ships against a larger British flotilla, and fended them off after a heated battle.

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 22h

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Prof. Ruth Oldenziel from the Technical University of Eindhoven about the global Cycling Cities Initiative, which profiles the historical context in which the bicycle has played a role
youtu.be/nQpZhMYCUIQ

EPISODE 311 RUTH OLDENZIEL: This Dutch Professor is Studying the World's Cycling Cities

YouTube video by Active Towns

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, is there a question here?

27 children died.

Close the goddam camps if you can’t comply with safety measures.

This isn’t the first time flash flooding in this zone has killed campers, just the most well known with the highest death toll.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t...

Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

www.texastribune.org

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 1d

Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.

Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.

Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.

Reports that all staff of CDFI Fund have been let go

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 22h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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