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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 23h

A city is not the aggregation of the financial interests of the people who currently live there. It's the aggregation of the dreams of all the people who desperately yearn to live there.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Yes ultimately many Dem electeds are afraid to give police under their command lawful orders because they think they will not be obeyed and the consequences that fact would have for them and for their state.

illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 1d

It’s easy to call out Pritzker on this but something darker may be happening here. I’m not sure if he is secretly helping Trump behind the scenes. I think he’s terrified to test whether state police would obey him at all if he used them against the feds

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Several Illinois state troopers out here now with pepper ball launchers of their own.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 1d

Jenna would make Liz write jokes for her, Liz would write a bunch of feminist material because she’s mad at Jenna and then try to pull it at the last minute because she’s worried for Jenna’s safety. Jenna would ham it up so hard that the Saudis would love it as parody of shrill American women

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 1d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 1d

there's a lesson here for national democrats, if they choose to learn it

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 1d

SB 79 was 8 years in the making, with earlier versions not passing in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Perseverance pays off.

I’m so proud of our coalition, particularly our sponsors California YIMBY, Bay Area Council, Streets for All, SPUR, Greenbelt Alliance, Inner City Law Center, Abundant Housing LA.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 1d

$60 out of the pocket of every American, including children, to prop up another failing autocrat

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's $20 billion Argentina bailout. Trump's $20 billion Argentina bailout. Trump's $20 billion Argentina bailout. Trump's $20 billion Argentina bailout. Trump's $20 billion Argentina bailout.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely the superior lake

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic photo

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Why we need to invest in basic science. Sometimes discoveries like these lead to important benefits for society!

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 2d

Why does the naked mole rat have the longest lifespan of any rodent, nearly 40 years?
A 30-year long mystery unraveled @ScienceMagazine today!
Its cGAS enzyme in cells has 4 missense mutations that upends its function, promoting DNA repair and suppressing inflammation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 3d

Rizz for billionaires is very very very niche. She's like the Elizabeth Holmes of Kirsten Sinemas.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 3d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Disney animation version of Maid Marian, Robin Hood's fox gf

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 3d

‘I ain’t dead yet’

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

This is neither here nor there but the shutdown experience has helped convince me the polling folks are *right*; Dems have successfully made the shutdown about health care (as Shor et al encouraged) even though the core problem is destruction of the budget process/unconstitutionality of rescissions.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3d

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

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pulp.aadl.org @pulp.aadl.org · 3d

Alive and Well:
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
pulp.aadl.org/node/647911

Photos of a reel-to-reel tape machine, a typewriter, a VHS tape, and a floppy disk.

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 3d

my unpopular urbanist take is 'complete streets' in urban areas are a complete failure - on safe streets, policy/governance, and climate

you cannot accommodate all modes and get positive outcomes related to climate, mobility, safe streets, and public health.

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 3d

My unpopular urbanist opinion is that big, hyperfast two-wheelers are a menace and should be banned from bike lanes/paths (with enforcement).

These things endanger everyone riding a bike or legal e-bike. Worse, they deter some from even trying.

E-bikes have evolved into e-motorcycles. Law enforcement is lagging behind.

Serious injuries are on the rise in emergency rooms around the country, as electric cycles become bigger and faster. Lawmakers and police departments are scrambling to address the problem.

www.inquirer.com

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 3d

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

www.urban.org

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 3d

We are in the planning stages to replace our downtown branch with an integrated development like this in Ann Arbor. It will be larger than most (all?) existing American examples. Our current branch is ~90k sqft. The site zoning allows 15+ stories and there is ample housing demand.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 3d

We're hiring a remote, part-time customer experience rep; if you have some experience doing customer support online and don't mind the unorthodox schedule, it could be for you: www.listingsproject.com/listings/cus...

Customer Experience Specialist, Part Time Remote

Job Listing in Remote Opportunities posted on Oct 8, 2025

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine how awful it’d be if _multiple_ groups brought free food to meetings!

Wait, did I say awful, I meant awesome.

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d

These chuds wanted Portlanders to take the bait (black bloc morons getting tv highlights burning things) but instead Portlanders got these chuds to take the bait (look ridiculous acting scared of weirdos in bizarre costumes and in various stages of undress)

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of people don’t understand how anything works and do not care to learn.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 4d

Once again listening to #a2council planning commissioners reflecting that they’ve listened carefully to public comment while most of the commenters who asked questions or repeated (frequently incorrect or ignorant) concerns have left the room.

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Scott Trudeau @sstrudeau.bsky.social · 4d

This guy just headlined the largest ticketed concert in US history.

Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 4d

Country legend Zach Bryan has released a song that puts country over his own bank account.

The backlash from country fans will be massive- they’ll force him off country radio like they did to the Dixie Chicks but he doesn’t need radio access anymore

American hero 🇺🇸

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d

I've been looking for more reporting on this. NVIDIA has an increasing number of deals where it is paying companies to buy its chips. sounds very bubbly.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 5d

accurate map.

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 5d

The boundaries are blurry but roughly this

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