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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · May 11
"The whole reason for the ranch actually — it's just a giant facility to allow my wife to cut film in Marin Country."

THE MARCIA LUCAS EFFECT

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Marcia Lucas
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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 14h
Can’t wait to start reading @modacitylife.com new book!

Women Changing Cities: Global stories of urban transformation by Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
Cover of Women Changing Cities!
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 18h
Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.
A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.
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TREC at PSU @trecpdx.bsky.social · 12h
The 2025 #PacTrans conference is a great mix of academic, industry, private & public transportation professionals! Thanks to all of today's speakers for sharing your work with us.
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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 11h
RSVP here:
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matt tuckerbaum @mrtuckerbaum.bsky.social · 3d
Here’s the link: pnwdreams.notion.site/kickoff Hope to see you there!
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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 4d
We are also incredibly excited that the Opening Lecture will be given by the one and only Michael Eliason, RA @holz-bau.bsky.social! The opening lecture will have limited seating, but there will be reserved seats for volunteer mentors (sign up here: pnwdreams.notion.site/mentor)
Blue flyer for the Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition Kickoff Event. The sponsors are the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Environment, Portland: Neighbors Welcome, and Strong Towns PDX. The Text on the right reads: Opening Lecture by Michael Eliason Monday, October 20, 2025 5:30 - 7:30pm / doors open at 5:15pm University of Oregon Portland Innovation Building: Commons (3rd Fl) 2811 NE Holman St, Portland, OR 97211 Join our kickoff event for the single stair student design competition! The event will feature a lecture by Michael Eliason, RA, on single stair code reform. Michael is the founder and principal of Larch Lab. He is a researcher, writer, urbanist, and architect based in Seattle. He is a licensed architect, holds a B.Arch from Virginia Tech, and has been an advocate and consultant for Passivhaus buildings for over a decade. He is also the author of ‘Building For People’ (Island Press 2024). Space is limited, and attendance from students, faculty, and mentors will be prioritized. The general public should register their interest in advance at the QR code below. Video recording will be available. Light refreshments provided.
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Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · 4d
We are excited to announce that we are co-sponsoring a Single Stair Design Competition along with our friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and the University of Oregon School of Architecture! The competition will be open to undergrad + grad students in Oregon and Washington pnwdreams.org
Flyer describing a Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition. It is sponsored by Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Strong Towns PDX. It is eligible to Undergrad + Grad students in Oregon and Washington. The prizes are 1st: $1500, 2nd: $1,000 (x2), 3rd: $500 (x3). Important Dates are: November 15th, 2025, which is when registration is due, and April 1st, 2026 which is when submissions are due. To learn more, the website link is PNWDREAMS.ORG
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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · Aug 12
Quinn Slobodian wrote a great book on exactly this aspect of neoliberalism

www.penguin.com.au/books/crack-...
Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian
An acclaimed historian of ideas shows how capitalist extremists profit from the collapse of the democratic nation
www.penguin.com.au
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · Aug 13
For this week’s episode, @moiradonegan.bsky.social and I were so excited to have Quinn Slobodian stop by @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social — to talk IQ fetishists, eugenics, and tech elites! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Episode 89: IQ Fetishism with Quinn Slobodian
Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 08/13/2025 · 49m
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 7d
Hayek’s Bastards by Quinn Slobodian is “a welcome contribution to the genre of far-right explainers,” writes Suzanne Schneider. Read the full review at @nybooks.com:
From the Cesspool to the Mainstream | Suzanne Schneider
The “new fusionist” intellectuals are the missing link between nineteenth-century race science, twentieth-century libertarianism, and the contemporary alt-right.
www.nybooks.com
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Davide Denti @davidedenti.bsky.social · 5d
Capitalism without Democracy
From Hong Kong to Gated Communities

Interview with Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College) on his book "Crack-Up Capitalism. Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy"

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Capitalism Without Democracy –  From Hong Kong to Gated Communities
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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 2d
📆Weds 10/22 @ 6PM: Come see Elaine Scarry, Quinn Slobodian, and Brandon M. Terry discuss the "Boston Review" 50th anniversary issue "The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide"! They will be joined in conversation by Aziz Rana. Get tickets and info here: buff.ly/gTtYqJO
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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 13h
The frogs have landed in Chicago!
Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.
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Mathias 🕊️🦋 @swaninga.bsky.social · 4d
Auch der Madeirabuchfink unterscheidet sich ein wenig von den hiesigen Buchfinken.
#Birds
#Madeira
#chaffinch
#travelphotography #NaturePhotography
Buchfink sitzt etwas geduckt auf einem Ast
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Mathias 🕊️🦋 @swaninga.bsky.social · 3d
Auch im Flug behalten sie einen immer im Blick 😉
#Birds
#Madeira
#travelphotography
#kestrel
#NaturePhotography
Turmfalke im Flug, den Kopf zur Seite gedreht blickt er in die Kamera
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Mathias 🕊️🦋 @swaninga.bsky.social · 1d
Kanarenpieper auf #Madeira
#Birds
canarian pipit
#travelphotography
#NaturePhotography
Heller Vogel mit schwarzen Flecken läuft auf einem Weg
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 12h
“Three policemen, falling upon one unarmed student, were beating him with their riot sticks. Nobody was stopping them. The sound was clear and terrible... It was a moment of light, in which the true nature of the police was being revealed to him.”

From Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland:
The Novel and the Secret Police - Boston Review
In Vineland, his underappreciated 1990 novel, Thomas Pynchon anticipated a United States in which security would become the greatest good.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 12h
When it comes to reckoning with US tech giants, European antitrust and digital regulation have been exposed as ‘small ball,’ writes Cristina Caffarra. The obstacles are formidable, but to secure its future Europe has no alternative but to build its own technologies, she says.
For Digital Competition, Antitrust and Regulation are ‘Small Ball.’ What Matters is Infrastructure. | TechPolicy.Press
The obstacles are formidable, but Europe has no alternative but to build its own technologies, writes Cristina Caffarra.
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The Christian Science Monitor @csmonitor.bsky.social · 12h
Three women, three Nobel Peace Prize winners
Three women, three Nobel Peace Prize winners
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videotroph @videotroph.bsky.social · 12h
So proud to finally publish MotL’s public finance strategy for Mamdani’s NYC. This is a collective labor of love months in the making. Now is the time to democratize finance at every level of government, no exceptions.
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 12h
✨ New! ✨

"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"

Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩‍💻
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 13h
Yes they do. And they also make it basically impossible to have a career as a Democratic political advocate or progressive influencer.

There is massive opportunity hoarding. Almost all giant-platform progressives or liberals refuse to help others build their own platforms. They recycle the same ppl
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12h
We have more money. It's wasted.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/kam...
Kamala Harris raised $488 million more than Donald Trump | World News - The Times of India
US News: Explore the dramatic fundraising figures between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential race. Harris raises $633 million, while Trump secures $145 million. Discover key donor...
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12h
They spend it overwhelmingly on local TV news ads for candidates or issues.

And so much of it goes directly into the pockets of Rupert Murdoch, Sinclair, Nexstar, and a host of other right-wing local news operators. They also buy ads on Fox News.
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Mike Cyclops @shanksponywv.bsky.social · 12h
I refuse to "hand it to the guy" but yeah, Dems are wasting every penny they beg for.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12h
You were correct.

Democrats are obsolete. Politics has changed from "one message to rule them all" to "let a thousand messages bloom."
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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · 12h
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Fuzzy Mike @fuzzymike.bsky.social · Nov 6
i keep harping on the fact that however ridiculous TPUSA seems to everyone, “shovel money at dedicated activists to do whatever they want” has obviously proven superior to “create a top down micromanaged nonprofit staffed by unpaid interns only during election season”
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