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Doug Gordon

@brooklynspoke.bsky.social

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Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Writer, runner, Disney parks fan. Born at 330.21 ppm. (he/him) Pre-order "Life After Cars," coming in October from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. https://www.lifeaftercars.com

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · Apr 22

Some news!

I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming October 21st...

"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."

A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.

Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

Book cover with yellow and black border and white background. Black title: "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon Hosts of The War on Cars Podcast and Aaron Naparstek" Graphic shows yellow traffic light with vines on it.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3h

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 · 3h

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.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3h

An arch here, some more gold embellishments there, one big banner of Dear Leader... and boom. It sure says something that it only takes a few small tweaks to turn the design of our capital city into the instantly recognizable seat of a fascist government.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7h

Press pool: “On Trump’s desk in the Oval Office today was a plan for a triumphal arch on the other side of the river from the Lincoln Memorial”

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3h

I can't imagine the Nobel Committee would delegitimize itself and devalue the Peace Prize by giving one to Trump. They're not the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 3h

Up there with "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" from Dr. Strangelove but that was at least fiction.

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 8h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

I don't think a lot of people have!

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

You're forgetting... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnmow...

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace - Wikipedia

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

Another one I'm sure they've drawn up ideas for!

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

You can be 100% sure Disney has at least solicited pitches for this!

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

I bet a Waterworld reboot script is sitting on a shelf somewhere. My sense is that if you can name a movie that came out in the last 40 years, you can bet the studios have considered rebooting it.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, I love it and even though I've seen TRON it's not what makes it fun.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

Seems similar to 20th Cent Fox's investment in a Planet of the Apes reboot. The 2001 version flopped. Ten years later they tried again and had a blockbuster that minted them money and successful sequels.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

Simple: In an era of exploiting old IP, Disney thought it could reboot one of the few titles it had in its back catalogue that could be turned into a big budget franchise. Failed, but makes sense to keep trying. Plus: synergy! Tron rides in two parks now means the need content to keep it relevant.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

Hopefully the rest of the country is learning a lot about a specific form of effective activism from Portlanders. Love it.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is so good at trolling these fascists.

I ❤️ Portland

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 4h

They want a fight.
They deserve a clowning.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo keeps saying he’s the only candidate who can take on Trump once he’s in office.

Yet in his statement about the indictment of Letitia James, the highest-ranking Black elected official in the state, he doesn’t even mention Trump by name….and, more importantly, he doesn’t mention James.

Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
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In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 7h

If you missed out on tickets to our event at Town Hall Seattle, we've added another event with @cascade.org the next day. Join us on Nov 6 for a special talk about "Life After Cars." And please support Cascade Bicycle Club!

War on Cars Book Signing and Author Talk | Cascade Bicycle Club

Kick off November Ride in the Rain with a cozy evening at Cascade Bicycle Club featuring the hosts of The War on Cars podcast. Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, will read from their new book, Life After...

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

Gotta say, based comments. These are the most popular reader picks.

HarlemHenry
Harlem
12h ago
Imagine a NYC free from freely parked cars - open space, clean air, space for buses to run frequently and on time. Our obsession with private internal combustion engines as a mode of urban transportation is having a huge negative impact on our quality of life.

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Clark
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You're right; it's not free, everyone else pays a cost subsidizing car owners' entitlement to storing their personal property on "free" space in one of the most expensive places in the world. Could you imagine if I put a storage unit in street parking? Because it's the same principal. End overnight street parking in Manhattan. All of it. It was that way until the 1950s.

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Camille commented 8 hours ago
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Camille
NYC
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If NYC residents cannot afford to rent a private parking space, taxpayers should not be subsidizing them with free street parking. The City would be a nicer place if most parking lanes were abolished and sidewalks widened.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

One reason I've never wanted a car in the city is because of the sheer amount of brain space having one takes up. Not having to think about a car all the time or worry about tickets or it getting damaged is liberating.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

When we talk about the "tyranny" of the automobile, this is it. You're never not thinking about your big metal box, where to store your big metal box, when to move your big metal box, and what you'll pay if you don't store your big metal box correctly.

In New York, Free Street Parking Comes at a Cost

www.nytimes.com

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 9h

Keep your corrupt, grubby, abusive hands off Tish James, Donald Trump.

Your cowardice is showing — weak men seek revenge on powerful women who hold them to account.

But NY’rs don’t play. Our AG has been a fierce warrior for our rights, time & again. You better believe we’ll be there for hers.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 9h

I look forward to watching Tish James humiliate him once again.

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 9h

BREAKING: NY State AG Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

Letitia James indicted by federal grand jury in Virginia

State Attorney General Letitia James has reportedly been indicted for alleged mortgage fraud.

www.cityandstateny.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10h

Tish James is a strong and moral leader who has served New York with integrity and I sincerely hope this case is dismissed so she can keep protecting us.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 10h

This is great. And making the bike lanes around the park wide and two-way would really help get some transportation cyclists out of the park. It's also just the right thing to do.

Chris Sanders @swiftysanders.bsky.social · 10h

I am quoted in this article.

"A cycle track around the park would get a ton of use and it’s going to take pressure off of Central Park," said Chris Sanders. "That would solve like 99 percent of whatever the perceived problem is for Central Park itself."

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/w...

Want Safety in Central Park? Add Protected Bike Lanes Around and Through It: Advocates - Streetsblog New York City

It's time to ring the park with green paint — and add green veins through it.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 11h

weird how that keeps happening!