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Seattle Bike Dad 🚲 👨‍👧 @seattlebikedad.bsky.social · 13h

Missed the 5000-mile photo, but 5005 still feels like a milestone.
That’s 5005 miles since I got the bike back in January 2023.
It might not sound like much over 33 months compared to driving, but it covers nearly all my city trips, about 5 miles a day, even though I work from home 99% of the time.

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 11h

I don’t know who this is, but that name is perfect with that description.

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 1d

BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.

Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

ICE claims assaults on its officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true.

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Popular Information @popular.info · 1d

“Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned… Eyes Up, meanwhile, was more of an aggregation service pooling together information to preserve evidence in case the material is needed in the future in court.”

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 1d

“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 1d

It is sickening beyond belief. I could say so many words about it, but to be succinct, it makes me understand the appeal of believing in hell.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Posobiec spread antisenitic hate on Twitter for years, including tagging Jews with triple parentheses.

JD Vance wrote the forward to Posobiec’s book, Unhuman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

Calling your reps can work!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

Go Tina go! We need this for our planet and our state’s well being.

Kristine Malicse @kristinemalicse.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to fast-track solar and wind permits that must break ground by 2026 or likely miss out on a federal tax credit Congress is ending.

By Monica Samayoa | @opb.org

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Andrew Bloomberg @andrewbloomberg.bsky.social · 3d

I am not as anti-car as I should be. I actually like driving! But man it’s up there with guns as officially sanctioned anti-social behavior destroying American life

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

I go out of my way to bike on quiet roads, so when I do drive, I see a lot more bad behavior. It is MADNESS out there. Running reds, going too fast, turning right in front of oncoming traffic… this is what I saw just today to drop off and pick up kids.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 2d

Ban cars

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

Shameful that senators from EVERY state aren’t speaking out and taking action against this.

Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 2d

Trump is moving us closer to authoritarianism with each deployment of troops into states.

From Illinois to Oregon to California—

None of our states asked for this, nor need this.

I and every U.S. Senator from these states are demanding Trump to end these deployments ASAP.

bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

Is that… is that a storefront, with GLASS windows behind you???

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 2d

You gotta give a content warning, one of those video feeds is where the MAX train goes by, Sean Duffy might soil himself if he sees.

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 3d

Driving is terrible, and too many people are terrible at it.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

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.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Renewables have now overtaken coal in the share of electricity generation globally.

Ember @ember-energy.org · 4d

NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️

Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time.

https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 3d

I love my Cleverhood poncho. It’s great for walking too, I can keep my bag or backpack dry by wearing it underneath.

Great sunglasses!

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so tired of Might Makes Right on our streets 😑

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Bunch Bikes @bunchbike.com · 4d

We're not Amazon BUT... big sales are exciting, we wanted to get in on the fun!

Today & tomorrow only: Use code SHOPSMALL for free shipping on all orders $250 and up... INCLUDING NEW BIKES!!!

Shop cool weather gear: bunchbike.com/collections/...

Man unboxing a custom bunch bike with caption "We're not Amazon BUT...."

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bikemomblog.bsky.social @bikemomblog.bsky.social · 4d

Just like Rs bucked tradition and defunded NPR?

NPR @npr.org · 4d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

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