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Elle

@biknmusicmama.bsky.social

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She’s a musician, advocate for safe streets, arts & food-filled, walkable, kid-friendly communities w/ great transit. Reader. Cook. Teacher of music and bike riding. Estoy aprendiendo español y buscar #ciclista Feeling pretty salty under fascism

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 22d

I scored 100% on the COVID competency exam.

Do not try your disinformation on me.

Do. Not. Try.

seanmullen.com/covidcompete...

Test results say I got 100% or 20/20 correct and that I am every conspiracy theorist’s worst nightmare at parties

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 7h

Drowsy Don

Kathryn Lucht @kathrynlucht.bsky.social · 9h

Yet another Sleepy Joe projection comes back to bite him.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 7h

In Indiana they took over IU which has one of the best library science programs in the country.
They are trying to destroy libraries at every level, aren’t they?

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 11h

Breaking: We’ve talked to multiple individuals who have confirmed that UNC-CH is merging SILS (library and information science) and SDSS (data science and society). Announcement will be tomorrow morning. Faculty were not consulted.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 10h

Oops bsky.app/profile/aunz...

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 10h

We can’t prevent violence against women and children without tackling men’s heavy alcohol use.

Women and kids often pay a heavy price when men drink. Our gender violence plan should reflect this

theconversation.com

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 10h

Are they red, or gerrymandered?

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 12h

We don’t have to link every exurb
But boy would it be nice if I could get from Boston to Cincinnati on a train (and no a 48 hour journey through Chicago at 2 am doesn’t cut it)

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 13h

I bet they could find a judge.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

I just don’t understand why the President gets say over so many institutions. Or why the Congress just lets him? It’s so hard to tell what is too much power invested in our executive branch, and how much is the Congress let him use power he was never meant to have at all.

End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 15h

By gutting the FEC and leaving it unable to enforce campaign finance laws, Trump is giving other corrupt politicians the green light to break campaign finance laws as we head into the midterms.

The Federal Election Commission is down to 2 members. So its work is at a standstill

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance, has lost another member. But the FEC has actually been without a quorum for months, leaving the agency unable to do much of its work.

www.npr.org

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

This is amazing and once again a reason to read @nkjemisin.bsky.social because her Broken Earth trilogy is an incredible fictionalization of how we often are living in a world crafted by decisions from long before we were even born.

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 15h

also appreciate highlighting lawrence veiller's push to use building codes to literally penalize anything larger than a duplex.

in 1913 - a decade before zoning in the US was even a thing

bsky.app/profile/sama...

Sam Alcorn @samalcorn.bsky.social · 3d

As brought to my attention by a Strong Towns article by @dpherriges.bsky.social and posts by @dereksagehorn.bsky.social, this is Lawrence Veiller talking about the idea behind using the building code to incentivize single-family houses and discourage apartment buildings, from 1913:

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Block the trolls, nurture the new friends!

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

I am a big fan of free for kids and students, and seniors on assistance, and maybe getting more companies and even landlords (transit passes instead of parking spots on new builds anyone?) to pay for free passes, but yes, I think frequent buses in good bus lanes to make it convenient= top priority.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, at baseline, sitting in an exit row is a service to the airline and they should not charge more for it. But, the guy also shouldn’t be sitting in it without it being his seat.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

I’m sorry, did you just ask me a question about transportation policy? *takes a deep breath* “Yeah, so….."

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Reunited with my childhood friend that I lost track of in middle school. We found each other on MySpace! And our friendship picked right up where teen distraction had let us off.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

I had a fantastic 10 mi ride around Kansas City and their pretty impressive bike infrastructure with @stbikeskc.bsky.social and his wife a few weeks ago when I was out there on a gig - so fun to get to explore with a guide instead of sitting in my hotel room thinking about it!

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly!!! This is an easy problem to solve.

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Mike, you told the hospital not to treat her but to let her die of sepsis.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Call your reps today and tell them to just do it. They look ridiculously weak letting Johnson do this.

DBdant @dbdant.bsky.social · 1d

If Republicans can casually ignore precedent, so can Democrats.

Speaker Johnson has no right to stop duly elected representatives from taking office.

Call a press conference on the capitol steps, and swear in Democratic Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva - NOW.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

This seems really simple. They have his credit card number. They take a photo of him in the seat and just tell him he’ll get the charge.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

Get someone else to swear her in, passive little floppy Democratic leaders!!!

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

I called Katherine Clark this morning and was like, “We are letting Johnson do this why? Get someone else to do it! The effects of letting them just not….seat….Garland was deliterious on so many levels. Get it done!"

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

A friend of mine who is married to a Swiss citizen has already left.

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 15h

This is kind of fun little distraction: relatedwords.io

An online tool to help you find words that are related to another word.

relatedwords.io

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 20h

Get someone else to swear you in!!!!

Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 20h

Love grits so much.

Reposted by Elle

Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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