Kevin Turinsky 🇺🇸🇸🇰🇪🇺🇺🇦
@kevinturinsky.bsky.social
Alaska-grown |📍Salish Sea | 🏫 SU & APU alum
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Oxford comma. 1 space.
🏫Public Schools
🚃Transit
🏥Health Care
🚲Bicycles (The All Powerful Bicycle Lobby)
🏔️Mountains
📻 Amateur Radio - K7SEA
⛑️ Wilderness First Responder
📷 Holga/Sténopé/Pinsta/Cyanotype
😻 Cats
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Hard to argue with this. The dirty secret of the American left is that it's mostly run by conservatives. Many literally are conservative and oppose national healthcare and jobs programs. Even more are operationally conservative and think that the same failed strategies are worth another go.
The default posture of the Democrats to the GOP is the “fever will break.” That’s been their stance for over 40 years, meanwhile the fucking patient (America) is almost dead.
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Hard to argue with this. The dirty secret of the American left is that it's mostly run by conservatives. Many literally are conservative and oppose national healthcare and jobs programs. Even more are operationally conservative and think that the same failed strategies are worth another go.
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We need flying cars so everyone can experience this
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
We need flying cars so everyone can experience this
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House Republicans so captured by Private Equity & Crypto that they want to override a 9-0 Supreme Court decision protecting 401(k)s.
commonsense401kproject.com/2025/11/29/r...
commonsense401kproject.com/2025/11/29/r...
Rep. Randy Fine files bill to force Private Equity, Annuities and Crypto into 401(k)s
Why Rep. Randy Fine’s ERISA Bill Looks Like a Gift to Private Equity, Annuities, Crypto. In April 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of the most consequential ERISA decisions in decades: …
commonsense401kproject.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
House Republicans so captured by Private Equity & Crypto that they want to override a 9-0 Supreme Court decision protecting 401(k)s.
commonsense401kproject.com/2025/11/29/r...
commonsense401kproject.com/2025/11/29/r...
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Honestly, it's no wonder drivers are so hostile to everyone else on the road.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Honestly, it's no wonder drivers are so hostile to everyone else on the road.
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
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Anchorage folks:
This weekend, in addition to my OWN block & screening (w/ @joshalbeza.bsky.social) Sunday morning, I'll also be attending the Sat morning animated shorts & the Sat 12:00 feature film "Remaining Native." Any of you going? If so, holler! anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
This weekend, in addition to my OWN block & screening (w/ @joshalbeza.bsky.social) Sunday morning, I'll also be attending the Sat morning animated shorts & the Sat 12:00 feature film "Remaining Native." Any of you going? If so, holler! anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anchorage folks:
This weekend, in addition to my OWN block & screening (w/ @joshalbeza.bsky.social) Sunday morning, I'll also be attending the Sat morning animated shorts & the Sat 12:00 feature film "Remaining Native." Any of you going? If so, holler! anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
This weekend, in addition to my OWN block & screening (w/ @joshalbeza.bsky.social) Sunday morning, I'll also be attending the Sat morning animated shorts & the Sat 12:00 feature film "Remaining Native." Any of you going? If so, holler! anchoragefilmfestival.org/festival-sch...
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Meet Phoenix, our newest Bald Eagle patient. 🦅 She came to us from Hoonah after getting into a burn pile that resulted in the loss of her tail, the tips of her primary flight feathers, and burns on her legs and feet. #AnimalRescue #helpingothers #wholesome
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Meet Phoenix, our newest Bald Eagle patient. 🦅 She came to us from Hoonah after getting into a burn pile that resulted in the loss of her tail, the tips of her primary flight feathers, and burns on her legs and feet. #AnimalRescue #helpingothers #wholesome
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Doug Ford's like; 'Right On, let's make some money by helping the U.S. round up coloured people, imprison them and deport them without any rule of law - while we're talking, is there any money to be made by murdering Venezuelans?'
#onpoli #cdnpoli
#boycottusa #facistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/oXsbK
#onpoli #cdnpoli
#boycottusa #facistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/oXsbK
Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency 'deeply troubling': Kwan
OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be selling armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human ...
shorturl.at
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Doug Ford's like; 'Right On, let's make some money by helping the U.S. round up coloured people, imprison them and deport them without any rule of law - while we're talking, is there any money to be made by murdering Venezuelans?'
#onpoli #cdnpoli
#boycottusa #facistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/oXsbK
#onpoli #cdnpoli
#boycottusa #facistusa #racistusa
shorturl.at/oXsbK
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You can hit 124 miles per hour in the cheapest production car sold in america.
Love how much energy we all spend circle jerking over classes of ebikes while car culture runs around with metrics of multiple tons, hundreds of horsepower, and top speeds only limited in triple digits.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You can hit 124 miles per hour in the cheapest production car sold in america.
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Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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In 2025, I'd advise leaning heavily on policies that afford the freedom of choice in mobility for Americans. Forced car dependency has stolen countless lives and robbed both private and public coffers of financial freedom.
Michigan’s auto industry put America on wheels, and I’m fighting to keep us in the driver’s seat. 🚗🚚⚙️
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In 2025, I'd advise leaning heavily on policies that afford the freedom of choice in mobility for Americans. Forced car dependency has stolen countless lives and robbed both private and public coffers of financial freedom.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Commute Seattle Executive Director (and former D3 council candidate) Alex Hudson announced this morning that she's leaving her post to take a job in Katie Wilson's office.
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Commute Seattle Executive Director (and former D3 council candidate) Alex Hudson announced this morning that she's leaving her post to take a job in Katie Wilson's office.
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Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
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If you are a state legislator, city council member, doctor, or scientist in an R+20 or better district and for some reason you want to be in Congress, you should probably start making calls tomorrow to form an exploratory committee.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
If you are a state legislator, city council member, doctor, or scientist in an R+20 or better district and for some reason you want to be in Congress, you should probably start making calls tomorrow to form an exploratory committee.
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Congratulations to the city of Chicago for achieving 100,000 car crashes for the year to date as of Saturday 11/29 at 1:20pm! #VisionZero
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Congratulations to the city of Chicago for achieving 100,000 car crashes for the year to date as of Saturday 11/29 at 1:20pm! #VisionZero
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compared to 2019, the U.S. is on track to see 13 million fewer international visitors by the year-end,
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
compared to 2019, the U.S. is on track to see 13 million fewer international visitors by the year-end,
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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...
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
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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...
there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close
denvergov.org/Government/A...
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that's right!
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
Interesting study from Germany on e-bikes and the modes they replace:
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
"43.1% of electric bicycle trips and 63.2% of electric bicycle mileage would have been undertaken using a car if no e-bike had been available, highlighting their substantial potential to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions"
Further, steeper, greener: Implications from an electric bicycle mode choice model
Electric bicycles are transforming the active mobility landscape, potentially increasing active mode uptake and delivering environmental and health benefits. This study examines electric bicycle mo...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
that's right!
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
e-bikes replace *car* trips
they're the greatest climate mobility hack invented yet
governments should be giving them away
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The Right wing culture warriors are worried about professors getting tenure and becoming deadwood but are not at all worried about college football coaches with Golden Parachutes?
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Right wing culture warriors are worried about professors getting tenure and becoming deadwood but are not at all worried about college football coaches with Golden Parachutes?
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Developers’ efforts to overturn the cancellation of a vast gold and copper mine planned for southwest Alaska are getting a boost from national mining and pro-business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(From @alaskabeacon.com)
(From @alaskabeacon.com)
Pebble Mine, halted by EPA order, gets support from national development groups
Developers' efforts to overturn the cancellation of a vast gold and copper mine planned for southwest Alaska are getting a boost from national mining and pro-business groups, including the U.S.…
www.ktoo.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Developers’ efforts to overturn the cancellation of a vast gold and copper mine planned for southwest Alaska are getting a boost from national mining and pro-business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
(From @alaskabeacon.com)
(From @alaskabeacon.com)
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An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]
An Astonishing Graph
For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.
This dramatic decline has resulted from b
kottke.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) [kottke.org]