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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 4h

Be the change you want to see…

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 18h

And we have to try like we believe it

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 18h

Because reverse engineering is always quicker and easier…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

Like, what pill are these people given at the discourse factory?

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

🎯🎯🎯

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17d

I think…people’s obsession with “a cause”…is precisely because autism’s genetic randomness is hard to stratify by social class……………..

Audra Mitchell @audralmitchell.bsky.social · 17d

THERE. ARE. NO. 'CAUSES'. OF. AUTISM.

(other than being born as a member of Homo sapiens, which is a huge risk factor for turning out to be Autistic).

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

Medlock wins another million

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1d

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

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

I usually go to Burbank, as it reminds me of a lightly used bus station

George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

You’re mixing up a lot of things, but whatevs. You’re not the senator, she is.

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

More focus on service-led planning can bear cost-effective improvements! Let’s put riders first!

Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 1d

Like many agencies today, Muni is rightly focused on ensuring its core system is fast, frequent, reliable, clean and safe. I am grateful that CalSTA State Rail Plan and, increasingly, state funding, is focused less on exurban expansion and more on cost-effective, rider-focused improvement

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 23h

@wesmars.bsky.social and @davidzipper.bsky.social talk bus purchase inflation and oversized fire trucks. Check it out:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Episode 7: Transit Funding Crimes, Pricey Buses, & an eBike Amish Paradise

Podcast Episode · Look Both Ways with David & Wes · 10/08/2025 · 50m

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 1d

@joshtpm.bsky.social has proposed a shadow DOJ for this exact purpose and wrote about it several times earlier this year.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

the only appropriate response will be to triple down on supporting the targeted groups rather than to do what so many people usually do which is to run away from them.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 2d

quintessential trick of the freeway industrial complex - claim to build a freeway for a certain number of lanes, but plan for wide lanes so you can conveniently restripe it whenever you want. supersizes the project, adds enormous costs to taxpayers (and lines pockets of highway lobby contractors!)

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 3d

Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.

Cross section of 114' wide bridge structure with each direction having a 12' outside shoulder and a 10' inside shoulder.

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Logic L1 @logicl1.bsky.social · 2d

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 2d

If ICE thinks it's okay to assault a pastor in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing in the dark.

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Ike55 @ike55.bsky.social · 3d

If Goebbels and Roy Cohn had a child it would be Stephen Miller.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 4d

I find this encouraging, from @indivisible.org:

A defining feature of an emerging authoritarian regime is that it makes the opposition feel like shit on a daily basis. Every day, there is some new atrocity committed; some new institution attacked; some new democratic norm demolished. Some of it -- much of it -- we have little ability to stop in the moment.

But that’s not how to measure the health of an anti-authoritarian movement. Instead, we should measure it this way:

Are we more unified than we were before?
Are we bigger than we were before?
Are our tactics proliferating?
Is the regime’s popularity falling?

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 2d

They’re trying a recall up in Fairfax about it. In-sane.

George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 2d

Them: “It’s just going to be the one HOV/transit/EMR lane in each direction”
Me: maybe it’s cover for the fact that Marin won’t build workforce housing?
Them: NO IT ABSOLUTELY IS NOT!!
CalTrans: who said anything about one lane??

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 3d

They finally get the guy into the stairwell and the last frame of the video is someone covering up the little window in the door…

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 15d

If you voted for him, you've done this.

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Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine if a water pipe broke and the water department had to ask city council whether to fix it and then spend 12 months asking everyone on the street their opinion of how to fix it before they could start work.

That's how cities manage curbs.

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 4d

This is the process chart for the City of Bellevue's potential plan to add parking meters.

Fourteen steps completed over the course of one year

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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 3d

Or how about the New York Times ignoring mountains of medical evidence that gender-affirming care can improve people's mental health and help save lives and instead fixating on the minority of people who regret receiving it?

Also not a consequence of fake images or videos

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 3d

What Frankfurter means by “bullshit”: knowing its false, not caring if you believe it. They DGAF.

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George Spies @georgespies.bsky.social · 3d

Why the sudden vitriol? Anne was trying to discuss. Also, seniors, disabled people and children are the most vulnerable to being killed by drivers. By reducing car use through restricting access *with exceptions for those with disabilities*, we seek to make the street safer and accessible for all.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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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