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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 3d

Psst, @cnn.com, it’s the cars.

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone responsible for this must be held to account.

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 5d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck ICE

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 6d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 9d

Hegseth's statements themselves are possibly prosecutable

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 11d

Fascinating study. Note that this is 1 in 10 adults. Factor in children and the percentage of non-driving Americans is much higher. Cities and towns need to account for their mobility needs too.

1 in 10 Americans rarely or never drive a car

Among U.S. adults, those who live in the Northeast (17%) are more likely than those in the South (10%), West (8%) and Midwest (7%) to be nondrivers.

www.pewresearch.org

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 12d

Fixed it, NY Times: “The consequences *of GOP healthcare cuts* are potentially pretty dire …”

Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 12d

“The consequences are potentially pretty dire for the 24 million people in the marketplaces whose costs are going to skyrocket”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/health/obamacare-cost-aca-health-insurance.html

Why Obamacare Bills May Double Next Year

Extensive subsidies that reduce premium costs for millions are set to expire, unless Congress extends them.

www.nytimes.com

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15d

Destroy car dealerships and you save US democracy

Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 16d

whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.

Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 16d

For those in #Sinclair and #Nexstar markets.... #Boycott the advertisers!! After all, Disney got the message that way! There may be some you can’t, but there are some you can!

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 16d

whoa. Every single one of the Sinclair advert buyers on this list is automotive or automotive related (insurance). That is one aspect of the power in our society held by car companies that I haven't seen studied enough.

Anthony's Spinning Circles here too! @circlesspinning.bsky.social · 16d

For those in #Sinclair and #Nexstar markets.... #Boycott the advertisers!! After all, Disney got the message that way! There may be some you can’t, but there are some you can!

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 15d

Hear, hear!

El Espectro 👻 🎃 @telescoper.bsky.social · 16d

If you're a bigot then it's neither here nor there if you use polite language to promote your hatred and prejudice. You're just a bigot.

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petey @peteypayless.bsky.social · 16d

the US if Tylenol actually caused autism

A map titled United States High Speed Rail System showing a theoretical high speed rail system in the United States. Some lines also connect north to Vancouver or the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, or south to Tijuana or Monterrey. The map is credited to First Cultural Industries AKA Alfred Twu, dated from February 2013, and is downloadable at www.californiarailmap.com

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 16d

Yup. Their next step is to “personal responsibility” autism. Anything but providing social support for families and people with autism. And remember, it’s always downstream of tax breaks for the wealthy.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16d

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17d

Watching a panel on "urbanism as climate action." This is a huge, burgeoning field/idea/movement, but the desiccated boomer counsels who decide where climate funding goes are *clueless* about it and so it has to seek funding elsewhere.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17d

Their tough guy act sure seems to disappear anytime the rest of us stick together and tell them to get fucked.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 17d

FCC boss Brendan Carr now says his 'easy way or the hard way' comments about Jimmy Kimmel weren’t meant as a threat to pull licenses if Disney didn’t suspend him 🧢

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/e...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show to return on Tuesday | CNN

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to air on ABC on Tuesday night, the network announced in a statement.

www.cnn.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 17d

If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17d

You can be a “car guy” and not like car dependency. You can be a “car guy” and get that too many cars in cities is bad for everyone, including drivers. You can be a “car guy” and be tired of lies & manipulations like “the war on cars.” You can be a “car guy” and know more choice means more freedom.

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 17d

I'd love to read a book that critically explores the inextricable entanglement of white supremacy and the automobile in America; and their further entanglement with manifesting the Apocalyptic, including everything from climate warlordism to manufactured suburban blight

Ted Mann @whereisted.bsky.social · 17d

Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones.

The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

www.bloomberg.com

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 20d

Got my COVID booster today. Fuck RFKJ.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 20d

Dutch TV saying what you can’t say anymore in America.

Dave Lee @davelee.me · 20d

Dutch late night TV has its take

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22d

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22d

Oh, you know the ones.

Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 22d

And what sort of difficult speakers or ideas do you mean?

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 22d

What???

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22d

Wow. They canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show? So cowardly of ABC.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 23d

It’s always the cars

Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 23d

Your regular reminder that New York is constantly covered in piles of hot garbage because, and ONLY because, they are unwilling to trade 1/10th of the on-street parking supply for garbage cans

Kevin Duggan @kevinduggan.bsky.social · 23d

Asked about potential parking backlash, Adams says:

“It's just important for us to realize there are sacrifices we have to make. And these bins don't take up all the parking spaces, and it's a good trade-off.”

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