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Good to see you again
Good to see you again
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Jan 30
Streetphotojournalism
The Critical Mass Seattle cyclists group gathered in Seattle’s Westlake shopping district to ride for #alexpretti. Cyclists around the country are joining to ride tonight.
Alex Pretti was an avid cyclist in his off time.
Streetphotojournalism
The Critical Mass Seattle cyclists group gathered in Seattle’s Westlake shopping district to ride for #alexpretti. Cyclists around the country are joining to ride tonight.
Alex Pretti was an avid cyclist in his off time.
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Jan 30
Streetphotojournalism
The Critical Mass Seattle cyclists group gathered in Seattle’s Westlake shopping district to ride for #alexpretti. Cyclists around the country are joining to ride tonight.
Alex Pretti was an avid cyclist in his off time.
Streetphotojournalism
The Critical Mass Seattle cyclists group gathered in Seattle’s Westlake shopping district to ride for #alexpretti. Cyclists around the country are joining to ride tonight.
Alex Pretti was an avid cyclist in his off time.
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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What an image.
Getty photographer throwing his camera to another reporter as he’s being tackled by ICE agents.
Getty photographer throwing his camera to another reporter as he’s being tackled by ICE agents.
January 17, 2026 at 2:27 PM
What an image.
Getty photographer throwing his camera to another reporter as he’s being tackled by ICE agents.
Getty photographer throwing his camera to another reporter as he’s being tackled by ICE agents.
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A colleague just shared, in response to the complaint that it's incredibly difficult to get work done under conditions of such high uncertainty, that navigating uncertainty IS work. Appreciating that.
February 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A colleague just shared, in response to the complaint that it's incredibly difficult to get work done under conditions of such high uncertainty, that navigating uncertainty IS work. Appreciating that.
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Protest graffiti from Iran
January 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Protest graffiti from Iran
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Measure twice but cut first.
This guy and his speed bumps
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford acknowledges there is a “bump” in his plan for all civil servants to return to the office five days per week, as the government searches for new workspaces to accommodate the move. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1159974...
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Measure twice but cut first.
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Two days after becoming mayor, Mamdani has vowed to implement a high-profile bike lane/pedestrianization project in Brooklyn that Eric Adams had quashed.
An extremely encouraging move.
An extremely encouraging move.
On a Brooklyn Boulevard, Mamdani Revives a Project Hampered by Scandal
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Two days after becoming mayor, Mamdani has vowed to implement a high-profile bike lane/pedestrianization project in Brooklyn that Eric Adams had quashed.
An extremely encouraging move.
An extremely encouraging move.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.
December 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.
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Copenhagen 🇩🇰 cyclists saved society $1.61 per mile traveled in 2022. Cars cost society $0.29 per mile traveled.
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Copenhagen 🇩🇰 cyclists saved society $1.61 per mile traveled in 2022. Cars cost society $0.29 per mile traveled.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
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The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
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When I share the stat that about 1 in 4 Washingtonians don’t have drivers licenses, people balk when they find out that children are included. It highlights that we don’t actually value children’s mobility.
This Harris poll shows 62% of 8-12 yo have never walked or biked anywhere alone.
This Harris poll shows 62% of 8-12 yo have never walked or biked anywhere alone.
Poll Finds Just How How Much We're Sheltering Our Kids & It's Bad
A new survey by The Harris Poll shows just how sheltered and dependent many kids are today.
www.scarymommy.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I share the stat that about 1 in 4 Washingtonians don’t have drivers licenses, people balk when they find out that children are included. It highlights that we don’t actually value children’s mobility.
This Harris poll shows 62% of 8-12 yo have never walked or biked anywhere alone.
This Harris poll shows 62% of 8-12 yo have never walked or biked anywhere alone.
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This is important.
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
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Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
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November 10, 2024 at 10:41 PM
This is important.
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
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Vaccination may reduce elevated risk of airway diseases in COVID survivors https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vaccination-may-reduce-elevated-risk-airway-diseases-covid-survivors
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
August 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vaccination may reduce elevated risk of airway diseases in COVID survivors https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/vaccination-may-reduce-elevated-risk-airway-diseases-covid-survivors
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.
www.lemonde.fr
August 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read
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Outstanding work from @nicktsergas.ca
Immunity debt isn’t a thing
It’s made up. It’s a get out of jail free card for the folks who encouraged you to get infected with Covid
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Immunity debt isn’t a thing
It’s made up. It’s a get out of jail free card for the folks who encouraged you to get infected with Covid
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Outstanding work from @nicktsergas.ca
Immunity debt isn’t a thing
It’s made up. It’s a get out of jail free card for the folks who encouraged you to get infected with Covid
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Immunity debt isn’t a thing
It’s made up. It’s a get out of jail free card for the folks who encouraged you to get infected with Covid
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat
August 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I haven’t seen it illustrated like this before. Very effective messaging. Of course it actually depends a lot on how fast the vehicle’s being driven, how big the vehicle is and how it’s designed, and how small the victims (too often kids) are. Via @yegbike.bsky.social #SpeedKills #CarBloat