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Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 1d

when the people who shuttered USAID learn of a diabetic single mother and her disabled son starving to death 9,000 miles away because of aid cuts, they don't see failure or dereliction or tragedy, but rather success: the people they view as unworthy of life are dying

She has no real way of explaining the danger of their situation to her son, who is 17 years old but cognitively closer to a toddler. And as a single mother too weak to forage, she has no real way of ensuring their survival. She also is too old to benefit from a recent policy change the Thai government made in a bid to prevent mass starvation, granting work rights to some of the 107,000 Myanmar refugees who, like her, live in Thailand’s border camps.

Her son never learned to speak, and needs her help with everything from getting dressed to using the toilet. Since the funding cuts, their survival has hinged on the charity of her Christian church, whose members occasionally give her handfuls of their rice.

She suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and begins to sweat and grow dizzy when her hunger is at its fiercest. Some days, she eats nothing.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Bill Nye says Trump’s NASA budget cuts are “extinction-level.”

The White House wants to slash science missions by up to 47% — gutting Earth monitoring, planetary research, even live missions to Mars.
Nye warns: this will cripple U.S. space leadership. EU and China will take over.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 3d

Almost exactly 32 years ago today, Louisville lost a massive warehouse building in the heart of our downtown live on MTV.

While the lot would eventually become a nice green space, this seems like a lost opportunity for a ton of new housing if the building was reutilized instead.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 4d

Love the St James Art Fair but kinda entering Karen mode over my neighbors using our pedestrian court to sell parking. Its public ROW but the city won't do anything about it.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 6d

Fifth St between York and Broadway is now two way. So this means all of Fifth between Broadway and Gaulbert in Old Louisville is now two way!

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 6d

Drivers are willing to sacrifice the lives of pedestrians if it means they can cross a bridge 1.8% faster

WDRB News @wdrbnews.bsky.social · 6d

The $5.4 million “Main Remade” project has closed an entire right turn lane coming off the Second Street Bridge, leading to big backups during rush hour in an already congested area.

Main Street conversion project worsens traffic getting into downtown Louisville

The project will convert a long stretch of Main Street from a one-way to a two-way corridor.

www.wdrb.com

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 6d

Good to see the dangerous ass slip lane removed from 2nd and Main. It made this intersection one of the worst for pedestrians downtown.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 6d

Overlay permit application meeting coming up for Louisville's next (planned) skyscraper

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 7d

Looks like parts of Main Street downtown have been downsized to two car lanes + one unprotected bike lane. Seems like some early action is being take on the central phase of Main Remade between 2nd and 10th streets.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 10d

I love LMPD man. 10 shots fired in front of my apartment at 6am, towards an elementary school, and the cops never bother to show up after being called.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 10d

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.”

Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins?

www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

Man in custody after 3 killed, at least 8 injured in shooting at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, officials say | CNN

A 40-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly pulling up on a boat to a waterfront bar in North Carolina Saturday night and opening fire, killing three and injuring at least eight others.

www.cnn.com

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 12d

New Field Notes is up covering spatial disparities in Louisville's bike and pedestrian Safety. Historical disinvestment resulting from things like redlining still has a profound impact on our built environment and our safety within it:

www.udstudio.org/stories/spat...

Spatial Disparities in Louisville’s Bike and Pedestrian Safety

www.udstudio.org

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 12d

I wont be able to make it, but tomorrow UDS is hosting a tour of the Trager MicroForest. Learn more about it and get some free coffee/snacks.

www.udstudio.org/stories/sept...

Explore the Trager MicroForest: Tour, Conversation and Coffee

www.udstudio.org

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Connor Giffin @connorgiffin.bsky.social · 14d

Comments to the EPA led by KY Attorney General Russell Coleman made a series of false or unsupported claims about the science of climate change, including suggestions that higher carbon dioxide levels would bring "net benefits" for "millions of Americans."
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...

AG Coleman letter rejects climate change harm, claims 'net benefits' of emissions

In a letter, Russell Coleman and other attorneys general challenged the harms of climate change, which experts say are "beyond scientific dispute."

www.courier-journal.com

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 14d

Vibrant, successful downtowns are built on density and walkability. This is something we knew over 100 years ago, but we destroyed much of that so we could displace black residents and make driving more convenient.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 15d

Checking discord while at the office and seeing my buddy who gets paid more than me play video games at his work from home job

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 15d

Also, a new *temporary* transit hub is going in at the Former Greyhound site which is currently an empty field.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 15d

Here is how it looks right now

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 15d

New TARC network dropped: ridetarc.org/newtarcnetwo...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16d

Watching a third of the country beclown and degrade themselves in cultish devotion to this stumbling turnip makes me want to puke.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump's brain is now incoherently flitting from topic to topic as the UN sits listening him to complete silence

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 16d

Happy #TrolleyTuesday

These are two of my favorite old pictures of Louisville's trolleys. The first shows 4 trolleys on Liberty St on a 1938 afternoon.

The second shows the interior of a Louisville streetcar in 1929.

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Dawn of the Dead 💀 @502eire.lol · 20d

extremely disappointed to see @repmcgarvey.bsky.social on the Yeas here

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20d

95 democrats, including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social voted to "honor" the life of charlie kirk, who called for joe biden to be killed and said black women like justice ketanji brown jackson are unqualified affirmative action hires.

shame.

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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 282
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H RES 719 YEA-AND-NAY 19-Sep-2025 10:53 AM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Honoring the life and legacy of Charles “Charlie” James Kirk

Yeas Nays PRES NV
Republican 215 4
Democratic 95 58 38 22
Independent
TOTALS 310 58 38 26

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 20d

It has begun.

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Sean Willis @allhopeissean.bsky.social · 21d

Hard not to feel silly doing basically anything now amongst a background of genocide and blatant fascism. All this horrible stuff happening and I am worked up over an assignment for grad school or stuck in a meeting or something.