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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 17h

Due process. Academic freedom. An independent judiciary. A free press. A professional civil service. A protected environment. These aren't partisan talking points; they are the pillars of a healthy nation. And every single one of them is under direct assault by the Trump administration.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 10h

I never trust any AI (or other initial search) results without going to an underlying source. Maybe these numbers are right, but maybe their hallucinations from mass plagiarism (“AI”)

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 13h

How is this framed not as “Trump uses $20 billion in taxpayer funding to interfere in a foreign election”?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 18h

everything is made up and the points don't matter

a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech in front of a crowd ..

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is giving a speech in front of a crowd ..

media.tenor.com

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 18h

Our subway system badly needs repairs. While the Trump administration tries to steal billions of dollars from the MTA, New York has to step up to fill the gaps.

Thankfully, congestion pricing is working exactly as intended: reducing traffic, and raising money for mass transit.

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Ariel Méndez @amendez.bsky.social · 18h

Getting to zero fatal crashes is possible. Bend is 51 days away from a full twelve months with no fatal crashes on our public roadways. That's down from a high of 7 in 2023 and 5 in 2024.

This is great progress and we've got to keep it up.

A screenshot of a Bend Police Data Hub showing MVA (motor vehicle accident) w/ Fatality call type has zero calls. The square in the middle shows a map of the city of Bend and the border shows a variety of data filters available.

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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 21h

Paris has achieved the goal of more than 300 “school streets”.

Lots of before & after pictures in this latest October 2025 update.

#paris #schoolstreets #15minutecity #urbanism #school #safety #safestreets #children

www.paris.fr/pages/57-nou...

Plus de 300 « rues aux écoles » dans Paris

Expérimentées dans le cadre du déconfinement pour lutter contre la pollution, améliorer la qualité de l'air et végétaliser la ville, les « rues aux écoles » se multiplient à Paris. Ces piétonnisations...

www.paris.fr

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21h

Unbelievable story of Afghan refugee, a highly vetted fluent English speaker who helped the US against the Taliban and now lives here with his US citizen kids, declared “illegal” and perhaps about to be shipped home by the Trump admin to his likely death

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22h

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S.

Then ICE arrested him.

If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

America saved him from the Taliban. Trump wants to send him back.

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Madgem Laments @madgemlaments.bsky.social · 1d

It is so wonderful!

www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Indigenous teens paddled 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River

How this group of teenagers became the first people in 100 years to paddle all 310 miles of newly undammed Klamath River.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 22h

Yes! That was the link I was looking for when I originally posted. Thanks!

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 1d

This is such an epic fail of bothsidesism and saynothingism by Cuomo.

If one cannot distinguish between the cases against Trump and James, one should not govern America’s largest city.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Kristie @knairn.bsky.social · 1d

Bart Simpson saying “now Seattle bike blog’s scoring off me”

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 5d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 1d

"The largest cuts were concentrated...the division that investigates claims of discrimination & abuse."

Screenshot of an online news article from CityLab (author and date not visible): “HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts.” “Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.” Featured photo: The curved facade of HUD’s Robert C. Weaver Federal Building with a round entrance canopy, as a person walks beneath it.

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Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz · 3d

Seth Goodman’s graphic (above) shows what US planners deemed to be the absolute minimum number of parking spaces required for a 200,000 square foot high school as of 2013. Why does a school in Mesa "need" twice as much parking as one in nearby Phoenix? Beats me!

graphingparking.com/author/sethb...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine that

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Muslims are the greatest danger to our nation. Here’s why I invited Qatar to build a military base on US soil.

by Pete Hegseth

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 3d

Trump straight up murdering people in the Caribbean and the NYT writes this

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

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Evan Manvel @evanmanvel.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath

Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery

www.theguardian.com

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 2d

"In 2022, there was only a single GW-scale facility — defined as having a capacity of at least 1GWh.. — in operation worldwide.

Today there are 42 such sites.

Five times as many giga-projects are set to come online in the next couple of years."

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution

- Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power

HT @carbonbrief.org
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How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution

Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power

ig.ft.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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