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Streets For All @streetsforall.org · 26m

BREAKING NEWS: SB 79 HAS BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW.

Thank you to @scottwiener.bsky.social @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and cosponsors CA Yimby, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Bay Area Council, AHLA, and SPUR. for making this bill happen.

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1h

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 30m

Puerto Rico and DC—both part of the US, of course—collectively have more than 4 times the population of South Dakota, which Thune represents.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 34m

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28m

The largest solar project in Nevada has been canceled amidst the Trump administration's federal permitting freeze.
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power. heatmap.news/sparks/esmer...

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 26m

Secret: make biking safer AND car driving harder...and make city green/more pleasant to be in. Their bottom line: "Change the street, and people will change with it."

In my parlance: Infrastructure is destiny.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2h

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 58m

70 cyclists in 40 seconds around the center of Place de la Bastille in Paris

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 46m

"Less than 5% of corn ethanol cropland could power ALL of AMERICA'S ENERGY NEEDS with solar" says my friend Saul Griffith @rewiringaus.bsky.social

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 4h

Quite a coup for Zurich, a dark sign for America, and perhaps a missed opportunity for the UK.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 8h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2h

Ten percent of Gazans have been killed or wounded — mostly women, children, & the elderly.

The U.S. has sent $22 billion taxpayer dollars to facilitate Netanyahu's slaughter.

This ceasefire must hold, the hostages must be freed, aid must flow and this horrific war must end.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.

The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 4d

The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 17h

People shouldn’t have to beg the government for protection from toxic chemicals. But Trump’s EPA is more focused on fast tracking chemical approvals to build AI data centers in our backyard than taking dangerous toxics off the market. We deserve an EPA that works for the people—not polluters.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 19h

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Streetsblog California @streetsblogca.bsky.social · 17h

Legislature and Governor Greenlight Freeway Expansion in Protected Wetlands
As the saying goes: if you need to change the law to build it, maybe it’s the wrong project.
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/l...

Legislature and Governor Greenlight Freeway Expansion in Protected Wetlands - Streetsblog California

As the saying goes: if you need to change the law to build it, maybe it’s the wrong project.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18h

My "elitist" e-cargo bike, replaced nearly all mobility for localized living, allowing our 15 year old, paid for car to sit in the garage and only get minimal use.

Is it for everyone? No, but more can live this way than you might think possible. It's financially freeing.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

The average price for a used car is now over $26,000.

We're back in the used car pricing apocalypse

Used car prices are heading higher thanks to tariffs, supply chain slowdowns, and automakers cutting back on new vehicle options.

www.businessinsider.com

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 18h

True. But sadly they also cut the local farmer program which put fresh local food into schools lunches. Guess those junk food gaps will be filled with…?

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 18h

Despite all your submissions, disappointed Council adopted the item without debate. With new cycling projects not moving forward and previous approvals put on hold, the (already modest) planned progress of Toronto's cycling network is at risk of being set back a decade.

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Protecting Public Investment and Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside (Ward 17)
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.

Communications have been submitted on this Item.

Adopted

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 22h

If it fits, I sits.

Why bother looking for legal, safe parking on street when you can just park on the protected bikelane?

Large pick up parked on a sidewalk level bikeway

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 18h

Say hi to earl for me and hope he is enjoying retirement. Must be bittersweet to watch what is happening

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 18h

#Portland we love you! Great role-modeling for the rest of us blue cities.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 20h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 20h

Sea Captain’s Row replaced an abandoned commercial lot with 44 new homes steps from historic Downtown Hyannis. Five small multifamily buildings, built with modular construction on a 1.6-acre site, show what smart infill can look like in response to Cape Cod's housing shortage.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 20h

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 18h

I’m so proud of the work that Imogen has been doing to engage in kids in climate conversations.
www.kcur.org/podcast/up-t...

A Kansas professor is getting students to lead the climate change conversation

Dr. Imogen Herrick, assistant professor of STEM Education at the University of Kansas, is changing the way climate change is discussed in K-12 classrooms. Her Community Science Data Talks shift the fo...

www.kcur.org

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