Bryan Culbertson 🥄
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Living the car-free life in Oakland, CA. Don't make me drive.
https://mastodon.social/@bryanculbertson
Living the car-free life in Oakland, CA. Don't make me drive.
https://mastodon.social/@bryanculbertson
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If you do not see the light, we will bring the fire --Rep. Ayanna Pressley
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I'm at a #TRBAM session about car tech (AVs and ADAS).
@iihs-hldi.bsky.social head of research says ADAS leads people to drive more dangerously, negating its crash avoidance potential.
A reminder that safety tech can look a lot less useful when you consider human behavior changes.
@iihs-hldi.bsky.social head of research says ADAS leads people to drive more dangerously, negating its crash avoidance potential.
A reminder that safety tech can look a lot less useful when you consider human behavior changes.
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I'm at a #TRBAM session about car tech (AVs and ADAS).
@iihs-hldi.bsky.social head of research says ADAS leads people to drive more dangerously, negating its crash avoidance potential.
A reminder that safety tech can look a lot less useful when you consider human behavior changes.
@iihs-hldi.bsky.social head of research says ADAS leads people to drive more dangerously, negating its crash avoidance potential.
A reminder that safety tech can look a lot less useful when you consider human behavior changes.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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The lawsuit describes ICE agents as acting like occupiers because that's exactly what they are doing. www.axios.com/2026/01/12/i...
Illinois and Minnesota sue to block Trump's "occupation"
The lawsuits are the latest attempts by blue states to curtail the immigration operations that have largely focused on Democratic-run cities.
www.axios.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The lawsuit describes ICE agents as acting like occupiers because that's exactly what they are doing. www.axios.com/2026/01/12/i...
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Local parents groups asking if adults can ride school buses to help protect children from ICE after a special ed bus got stopped this morning. Like a Dirty Harry movie except the villain in the federal government.
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it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
!["Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!"
"I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house."
"This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed.
"I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied.
"I will arrest you!" the officer threatened.
"Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned.
"I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward."
"Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship."
"You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?"
"Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreibjwvcxk2ptdafgbwfhk4rjalweyoz3d55gl72qhwhiudhu6aywcm@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
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Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway
They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming
January 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.
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I don't think this is worth driving a car to the grocery store for.
Record heat absorbed by Earth’s oceans in 2025. “The world’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than any year on record, providing the fuel for extreme weather that killed thousands of people across the globe, according to... a study published Friday..." www.courthousenews.com/oceans-shatt...
Oceans shattered heat records in 2025
Earth's oceans absorbed unprecedented heat last year, intensifying hurricanes, floods and droughts while driving sea levels higher.
www.courthousenews.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I don't think this is worth driving a car to the grocery store for.
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When there were plastic posts at 14th and castro cars did not block the bike lane
As soon as the plastic posts were removed cars started blocking the bike lane :(
Can you add the posts back @cityofoakland.bsky.social ?
As soon as the plastic posts were removed cars started blocking the bike lane :(
Can you add the posts back @cityofoakland.bsky.social ?
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
When there were plastic posts at 14th and castro cars did not block the bike lane
As soon as the plastic posts were removed cars started blocking the bike lane :(
Can you add the posts back @cityofoakland.bsky.social ?
As soon as the plastic posts were removed cars started blocking the bike lane :(
Can you add the posts back @cityofoakland.bsky.social ?
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
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every few months I have to go to twitter to see some video or prominent person's post that isn't anywhere else, and I find that a lot of you are still posting there. anyway, it's not ok that you are doing that, no you are not the exception, fucking stop posting there
*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it
January 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
every few months I have to go to twitter to see some video or prominent person's post that isn't anywhere else, and I find that a lot of you are still posting there. anyway, it's not ok that you are doing that, no you are not the exception, fucking stop posting there
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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2 East Bay Locations, check it out and come on out!
Help kick off the effort to STOP devastating cuts to transit in the Bay Area on 1/23.
We need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area, the regional transit funding measure, on the ballot.
This is an all hands on deck moment w/ events through the Bay. Details> luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
We need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area, the regional transit funding measure, on the ballot.
This is an all hands on deck moment w/ events through the Bay. Details> luma.com/le1g7slf?tk=...
Signature Gathering Kickoff for Connect Bay Area Transit · Luma
To avoid devastating Bay Area transit service cuts, we need to gather 200,000 signatures to get Connect Bay Area, the regional transit funding measure enabled…
luma.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
2 East Bay Locations, check it out and come on out!
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When I stepped away from social media this week, I caught up on the new season of FALLOUT, which is all about a wealthy weirdo, one who works in tech and is obsessed with a paranoid vision of eugenics, bringing about the end of the world.
So that was a nice change of pace.
So that was a nice change of pace.
January 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
When I stepped away from social media this week, I caught up on the new season of FALLOUT, which is all about a wealthy weirdo, one who works in tech and is obsessed with a paranoid vision of eugenics, bringing about the end of the world.
So that was a nice change of pace.
So that was a nice change of pace.
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone involved in their domestic terrorist operation against the American people
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone involved in their domestic terrorist operation against the American people
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Cycling down the Transbay Tube?! It happened.
Watch the full archival film “A Vision to Reality” on BART’s YouTube page.
It’s groovy
youtu.be/EPreZNCZr7I
Watch the full archival film “A Vision to Reality” on BART’s YouTube page.
It’s groovy
youtu.be/EPreZNCZr7I
January 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Cycling down the Transbay Tube?! It happened.
Watch the full archival film “A Vision to Reality” on BART’s YouTube page.
It’s groovy
youtu.be/EPreZNCZr7I
Watch the full archival film “A Vision to Reality” on BART’s YouTube page.
It’s groovy
youtu.be/EPreZNCZr7I
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Right now one thing we all can do is spread the truth. Videos like this help. Share with family and friends across the country.
Fact checking the shooting and killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer.
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Right now one thing we all can do is spread the truth. Videos like this help. Share with family and friends across the country.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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so ICE is just shooting people in the face in cold blood in the middle of the street now
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
so ICE is just shooting people in the face in cold blood in the middle of the street now
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
abolish it and prosecute everyone involved, there can be no "looking forward" about this kind of shit
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I have a new op-ed in the Financial Times asking why, exactly, Europe wants robotaxis.
Because I can’t figure it out.
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Because I can’t figure it out.
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Europe doesn’t need driverless cars
The roadways are already safe and robotaxis risk increasing traffic
www.ft.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I have a new op-ed in the Financial Times asking why, exactly, Europe wants robotaxis.
Because I can’t figure it out.
🧵
Because I can’t figure it out.
🧵
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At yesterday’s Unincorporated Alameda County meeting about their proposed bike/walk commission formation (which has now been shelved), one of the supervisors made a comment along the lines of “we are all drivers”, as a justification for why bike/walk issues don't need a dedicated focus.
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
At yesterday’s Unincorporated Alameda County meeting about their proposed bike/walk commission formation (which has now been shelved), one of the supervisors made a comment along the lines of “we are all drivers”, as a justification for why bike/walk issues don't need a dedicated focus.
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The reason for us all to fight now is that Putin has ruled Russia as a dictator for 20 years.
If we want a different path in America you should do everything you can to fight. Now. While it can still make a difference.
If we want a different path in America you should do everything you can to fight. Now. While it can still make a difference.
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The reason for us all to fight now is that Putin has ruled Russia as a dictator for 20 years.
If we want a different path in America you should do everything you can to fight. Now. While it can still make a difference.
If we want a different path in America you should do everything you can to fight. Now. While it can still make a difference.
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Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated.
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated.
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵
It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans.
And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question.
My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵