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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 1h

:) Almost Citizen Con Direct time!!!! :)

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 4h

I wonder if they’re going to disassemble Ivanpah or just leave it up as a monumental sculpture

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 2h

Fantastic piece by Don Iveson on what Edmonton is doing right on housing. There are lots of lessons here for other communities.

The big picture on housing, density and affordability

How Edmonton's approach fights for affordability and fiscal efficiency

civicgood.substack.com

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 21h

To the tune of Eleanor Rigby:

Massive iguana
Makinge a fuss on the beach
At great scale
But then caughte --
Who woulde have thoughte?
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...

‘He’s a big boy:’ Massive iguana arrested in Daytona Beach, video shows

A large iguana was thrown in the back of a patrol car in a strange encounter with Daytona Beach officers, according to the police department.

www.clickorlando.com

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Tara Goddard, PhD @drtaragoddard.com · 3h

This was a bit wild to read when I woke up this morning. tbh I haven't been downtown much since I moved here, but it isn't a lack of interest, just super busy and lots of the places I've needed to visit are SW of the CBD. The cool downtown was one of the things that I loved on my interview visit.

SFGATE @sfgate.com · 7h

"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."

'Heartbreaking': Once thriving Calif. downtown is on the brink

"Our city only cares about their image. They will not admit they're wrong."

bit.ly

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 4h

guards ignore—but are trained—that withdrawal is a life threatening condition, and ignoring someone in withdrawal is both deliberate and indifferent

the fact that they were *wrong* about this person’s emergency doesn’t make their conduct any less deliberate or indifferent

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 3h

How Trump's Mass Transit Cuts Hit the Climate: Green Daily - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

How Trump's Mass Transit Cuts Hit the Climate: Green Daily

US public transit riders took more than 2 billion trips in the second quarter of this year. All those rides, not to mention the countless more trips by bike, e-bike and foot, represent a major carbon ...

www.bloomberg.com

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Missing dog in West Hills, if anyone has seen a yellow lab wandering around. #westhills #sanfernandovalley #losangelescounty #missingdog

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/its-lonely-without-her-93-year-old-southern-california-man-searching-for-beloved-missing-dog/

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Ethan Elkind @ethanelkind.bsky.social · 5h

LA County has 150 transit stops that #SB79 will now upzone.

Here’s the map from @latimes.com:

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 4h

249 years ago today: the Battle of Valcour Island took place in Lake Champlain in 1776. It was the first naval battle during the Rev War, in which Benedict Arnold led a small fleet of ships against a larger British flotilla, and fended them off after a heated battle.

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 6h

ICYMI: Yesterday, I released this fascinating conversation with Prof. Ruth Oldenziel from the Technical University of Eindhoven about the global Cycling Cities Initiative, which profiles the historical context in which the bicycle has played a role
youtu.be/nQpZhMYCUIQ

EPISODE 311 RUTH OLDENZIEL: This Dutch Professor is Studying the World's Cycling Cities

YouTube video by Active Towns

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 16h

Sorry, is there a question here?

27 children died.

Close the goddam camps if you can’t comply with safety measures.

This isn’t the first time flash flooding in this zone has killed campers, just the most well known with the highest death toll.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t...

Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

www.texastribune.org

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 17h

Appears the Trump admin’s reduction in force has hit housing hard this evening.

Reports that all CDFI fund staff have been let go. HUD appears to have lost 442 staff.

Yet another federal cut that will make providing affordable housing in the US all the more challenging.

Reports that all staff of CDFI Fund have been let go

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 6h

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h

I’m a patriotic American, so I’m proudly anti-fascist. How about you? 🇺🇸

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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 14h

Drink up the NIMBY tears, friends.

Nilo @nilo.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats to San Francisco on its coming Manila-ization

48hills.org/2025/09/the-...

The bizarre incompetence of Wiener's SB 79 - 48 hills

Do that math: This will never work. And it undermines all the twisted efforts cities are making to comply with RHNA

48hills.org

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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 16h

We've had one pandemic, yes. What about second pandemic?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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ballerinaX @ballerinax.bsky.social · 1d

"A judge gave the government 10 days to respond, and when they failed to do so during that period and in another 30-day window, the motion to terminate was granted."

www.fox13now.com/news/local-n...

Utah violinist no longer in deportation proceedings after ICE detainment

Utah violinist John Shin, who spent weeks in an ICE detention center, no longer faces deportation after the U.S. government failed to appeal the termination of his removal proceedings.

www.fox13now.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 17h

Cannot stress enough how terrifying this is.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 21h

It’s #WorldHomelessnessDay. Let’s bust some myths:

❌ Most ppl aren’t “from somewhere else” — 9 in 10 lost housing locally
❌ Only 37% used drugs regularly in past 6 months, many starting after losing housing
❌ Jobs alone don’t cover today’s rents

Explore the evidence & solutions: buff.ly/ej723gp

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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 21h

AB 382 - SIGNED INTO LAW
This bill by @asmmarcberman.bsky.social will lower school school speed limits and allow cities to use other standards other than “when children are present.”

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Clint (he/him) @conejoclint.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Hey #venturacounty!

Come to event for the community, by the community!

Date: Saturday, November 8th, 2025

Time: 12 to 3pm

Location: Lakeside Pavilion, 1379 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

Meet the people in your community doing the work that makes our home […]

[Original post on ai6yr.org]

A promotional poster for the "Community Action Fair" in Conejo Valley. It includes event details such as the date (November 8, 2025), time (12 PM - 3 PM), and location (1379 E. Janns Rd. Lakeside Pavillon Thousand Oaks).

Un cartel promocional para la "Feria de Acción Comunitaria" en Conejo Valley. Incluye detalles del evento, como la fecha (8 de noviembre de 2025), la hora (12 p. m. - 3 p. m.) y la ubicación (1379 E. Janns Rd. Pabellón junto al lago Thousand Oaks).

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 1d

"Is SB 79 all good news? No, it’s bad news that it was necessary. It’s bad news that in the midst of a historic crisis of homelessness and housing affordability, so many California local governments were still happy to wring their hands and demand that the problem be solved somewhere else."

Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 1d

California legalizes life near public transit! Governor Newsom has signed SB 79. My thoughts: humantransit.org/2025/10/cali...

California Legalizes Life Near Public Transit — Human Transit

OK, the headline is a little exaggerated, but California’s Senate Bill 79, authored by Senator Scott Wiener and just signed by Governor Newsom, is a game-changer. It prohibits most cities from forbid...

humantransit.org

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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jacksonp42.bsky.social @jacksonp42.bsky.social · 22h

Andy, you got hit by a milkshake. Go to therapy.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.