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Michael Kelley

@mckelleykc.bsky.social

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Husband | Father | Royals/Braves | Passionate about socks and multimodal transportation | He/Him

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · Nov 10

Okay, this is my *official* BlueSky introduction 🧵: Hi, I'm Michael and I work on multimodal transportation (👨🏾‍🦽🚶🏾‍♂️🚴🏾‍♂️🚌) in the bi-state Kansas City region. In this thread, I'll answer 3 questions:

1) What do I tend to post about?
2) Why BlueSky?
3) Where do things on this account go from here?

Michael takes a selfie while riding in a protected bike lane.

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations to the #Brewers on advancing to the NLCS!

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Passan @jeffpasan.bsky.social · 1d

FINAL: Mariners 3, Tigers 2

The Seattle Mariners are headed to the ALCS for the first time since 2001 and will face Toronto after Jorge Polanco walked off Detroit in the 15th inning. It was the longest winner-takes-all playoff game in MLB history. Amazing night, amazing series.

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 1d

HELL. OF. A FREAKING. GAME.

CONGRATULATIONS #MARINERS!!!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

5 things I’m watching closely in U.S. public health this fall/winter:

1. COVID & influenza trends
2. H5N1 spillover risk
3. Measles resurgence
4. Public Health workforce strain
5. Impacts of Medicaid unwinding and insurance premiums rising

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 3d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

The Administration

- raised taxes on clean energy with one big beautiful bill

- is stopping or making clean energy projects harder to be built

- is raising prices on materials with tariffs

- all while AI is spiking electricity demand

They are stopping supply while demand goes up

It’s a crisis

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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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 2d

Drake takes another L. Let's celebrate:

youtu.be/H58vbez_m4E?...

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

YouTube video by KendrickLamarVEVO

youtu.be

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
trib.al/2RfPYXK

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

Kids shouldn't have to act like heroes. Adults should have the courage to face accountability and the courage to build safer streets.

Glad the girl is alright. Hope they find the driver that fled the scene.

www.kctv5.com/2025/10/08/i...

Independence 10-year-old hit by car while biking, driver flees scene

Police are looking for a woman who hit a 10-year-old with her car and left the scene before their arrival.

www.kctv5.com

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

Totally understand. Hated Donaldson and Bautista during the 2015 ALCS.

Would also love to see a Mariners/Brewers World Series.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

I try to bring you the latest on French politics on here, as longtime followers know... but the situation now is too bizarre to sum it up in 280 characters.

But basically, Macronist Prime Minister appointed 3 weeks & resigned abruptly on Monday is still resigning, & still no clarity on what's next.

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

And before I forget, a most appropriate gif:

a group of men sit at a table in front of a sign that says the long road home

Alt: David Ortiz says in a joking manner, "DAAAA...Yankees lose."

media.tenor.com

Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, don't mind me. Just liking/reposting all the skeets dragging the Yankees.

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

America wins.

Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 3d

You may be seated, Yankees.

Congratulations to Toronto!

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 4d

LAWSUIT UPDATE RE: NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND: The Ninth Circuit just granted an administrative stay preserving the status quo: the Oregon National Guard remains federalized but the president cannot deploy them.

We'll share more updates as we have them.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 4d

The number of deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance is predicted to rise from 1 millio to 2 million death per year by 2050. Reasons:
- Too few new drugs
- Excessive use of antibiotics in agriculture
- Antibiotics overuse in medical practice
- Lack of awareness
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in six charts

Data reveal how the global challenge to reduce deaths and infections from drug-resistant bacteria is not going according to plan.

www.nature.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

bit.ly

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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · 4d

Hoping that Dolly Parton will be okay.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 4d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5d

🚨 PSA: Are you a current or former federal employee and have information that you'd like to share with the press?

You can share it while protecting your anonymity using @securedrop.org:

Instructions on how to submit a news tip anonymously through SecureDrop:

- Start from a place with public Wi-Fi, like a coffee shop. Use a computer you control. Never use a workplace computer.

- Download and install Tor Browser from torproject.org and use it to visit howto.securedrop.tor.onion for next steps.

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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 6d

Protected Bike Lanes benefits people of all ages.

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