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“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social
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Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"
August 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Too much "we're cooked" & not enough "we're not gonna take this shit"
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It’s been 4-years since the Mass Ave Bridge added separated bike lanes. Despite initial opposition, it’s been a massive success for bikers, drivers & pedestrians.
Fall 2023 data saw an avg of 6,160 bikes crossing the bridge, a 51% increase. Vehicle travel times remain unchanged.
Fall 2023 data saw an avg of 6,160 bikes crossing the bridge, a 51% increase. Vehicle travel times remain unchanged.
August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s been 4-years since the Mass Ave Bridge added separated bike lanes. Despite initial opposition, it’s been a massive success for bikers, drivers & pedestrians.
Fall 2023 data saw an avg of 6,160 bikes crossing the bridge, a 51% increase. Vehicle travel times remain unchanged.
Fall 2023 data saw an avg of 6,160 bikes crossing the bridge, a 51% increase. Vehicle travel times remain unchanged.
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It's a weird day for those of us who were only allowed to watch PBS as kids.
August 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It's a weird day for those of us who were only allowed to watch PBS as kids.
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Official US economic statistics are no longer reliable and community efforts will be needed to replace them. Reply “YES” to this post if you have a job and “NO” if you don’t. Later on someone can count them.
August 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Official US economic statistics are no longer reliable and community efforts will be needed to replace them. Reply “YES” to this post if you have a job and “NO” if you don’t. Later on someone can count them.
"The story of cycling must include all of us those who ride fast and those who ride slow, those who ride for joy and those who ride out of necessity. That’s how we build a cycling community that’s not just diverse in theory, but inclusive and transformative in practice."
You can’t call yourself a cycling community without fat Black women
And who gets to call themselves a cyclist, anyway?
www.cyclingweekly.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.
We are suckers for agency when we think we can game a system, even where we can't. "I have a system to always win auctions/gambling/stock market..." No you don't, you get lucky sometimes and notice, and then keep chasing that.
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One of my deeply held beliefs is that if we could condition people to accept how chance affects their lives, they’d be much better equipped to recognize how systemic things impact them.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
― James Baldwin
Night 💚📖
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the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?
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are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
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If any of the dozens of congresspeople responsible for overseeing the Pentagon could say something, anything, that'd be great
🚨 The US has quietly deployed nuclear weapons to the UK for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/nuclear-th...
Nuclear Threats Are Back
Washington responds to Russia with escalation
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If any of the dozens of congresspeople responsible for overseeing the Pentagon could say something, anything, that'd be great
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This is a really crazy thing to do.
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is a really crazy thing to do.
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a thin white woman in head to toe lululemon screaming at these thugs makes me think ICE has jumped the shark
July 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
a thin white woman in head to toe lululemon screaming at these thugs makes me think ICE has jumped the shark
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July 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Sharing something I just told 140 people in a zoom room when asked for something positive:
Your local government is where you have power. Spend your scrolling time engaging locally instead. Local gov affects your quality of life SO much. Put the screen down, make IRL friends, improve your life.+
Your local government is where you have power. Spend your scrolling time engaging locally instead. Local gov affects your quality of life SO much. Put the screen down, make IRL friends, improve your life.+
July 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sharing something I just told 140 people in a zoom room when asked for something positive:
Your local government is where you have power. Spend your scrolling time engaging locally instead. Local gov affects your quality of life SO much. Put the screen down, make IRL friends, improve your life.+
Your local government is where you have power. Spend your scrolling time engaging locally instead. Local gov affects your quality of life SO much. Put the screen down, make IRL friends, improve your life.+
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But what do I do when I just walk in with my helmet, and they gasp and say, "You *biked* here? How far was that, like 3 miles!?"
Reductress really is just a documentary of my life at this point.
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
But what do I do when I just walk in with my helmet, and they gasp and say, "You *biked* here? How far was that, like 3 miles!?"
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No, YOU'RE covered in tubeless sealant
July 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
No, YOU'RE covered in tubeless sealant
So just to be clear - the “protect the kids” party is now shutting the government down to protect sexual predators? Do we have this right?
July 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Good luck everyone!
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Good luck everyone!
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“buy quality stuff that lasts” is good advice generally but is especially good for those of us who are, let’s say, decisionally impaired
the cognitive load of getting around to replacing shit that breaks is massive
the cognitive load of getting around to replacing shit that breaks is massive
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“buy quality stuff that lasts” is good advice generally but is especially good for those of us who are, let’s say, decisionally impaired
the cognitive load of getting around to replacing shit that breaks is massive
the cognitive load of getting around to replacing shit that breaks is massive
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I did everything right and they indicted me!
Trump names me in lawsuit re Jeffrey Epstein letter
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-wo...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/epstein-wo...
Epstein Won't Die
Trump names me in his lawsuit against WSJ for story on Jeffrey Epstein letter
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I did everything right and they indicted me!