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Grant O’Connell

@diverdads.bsky.social

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& Kyle! 🏳️‍🌈 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Gay parents of twin boys Love to scuba dive. Also a proud urban planner, transit nerd, cyclist, skier, and guncle 📍- PORT🌲LAND

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · Sep 19

I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?

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

Should We Let Public Transit Die?

Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.

www.bloomberg.com

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Grant O’Connell @diverdads.bsky.social · Jul 5

Taking our boys into “The City” on the PATH. #gayswithkids

Grant O’Connell @diverdads.bsky.social · May 27

Memorial Day 20205 #gayswithkids

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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · Jan 22

The bishop who went viral yesterday reminded me that Americans will always stand up to power, even if the media and billionaire class are afraid to.

It gave me hope.

This Bishop Gave Me Hope

Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, drew blood without lifting a finger or raising her voice when she confronted Donald Trump yesterday.

keithedwards.substack.com

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Grant O’Connell @diverdads.bsky.social · Dec 14

🎄The boys are so into it this year! My inner elf is so happy. 🥹

Grant O’Connell @diverdads.bsky.social · Nov 20

This is the “party of God”? The Republican House leadership passed policy barring transgender people from single-sex facilities but is not willing to release an ethics investigation on Matt Gaetz who is nominated for Attorney General involving sex-trafficking, drugs, and underage sex? Spare me.

House Ethics Committee says no agreement reached on releasing Matt Gaetz report

Former Rep Matt Gaetz is in the Senate today as part of his DOJ confirmation process