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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 15h

Doing bits, and poasting bits, is the primary way to practice politics these days

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Dow @dow.bsky.social · 22h

The frog of war

Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 1d

Look at what they have to face

Person dressed in a silly looking frog costume at a protest.

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

You could buy at least 3 of those

Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

3+ years until federal dollars will support mass transit & green energy, or investment in new tech

but cities have the power to build bike lanes now

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

This is why safe bike routes are the cheapest & most effective climate solution possible right now

Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 21h

My e-bike has turned my hilly suburban East Richmond area into a 15-minute neighborhood. Post office, hardware store, 3+ groceries, Kaiser, gym, waterfront all in easy reach for this creaky 74 yo.

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 21h

This is the actual future. This is what NIMBYs are fighting against. bsky.app/profile/gbdo...

Gretchen Donart @gbdonart.bsky.social · 21h

My e-bike has turned my hilly suburban East Richmond area into a 15-minute neighborhood. Post office, hardware store, 3+ groceries, Kaiser, gym, waterfront all in easy reach for this creaky 74 yo.

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

New technology in the war on cars

Justin Buist @justinbuist.bsky.social · 21h

Bikes are kind of silly. What you really want is a Vespa with a mounted 75mm rifle on it for your paratroopers.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_1...

Vespa 150 TAP - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

This is the sickest shit I’ve ever seen

Justin Buist @justinbuist.bsky.social · 21h

Bikes are kind of silly. What you really want is a Vespa with a mounted 75mm rifle on it for your paratroopers.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_1...

Vespa 150 TAP - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

Oh my god

Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

You could buy roughly 7 e bikes for each EV tax credit

Denver Bicycle Lobby @denverbicyclelobby.bsky.social · 3d

Gov. Polis is increasing the EV tax credit from $6,000 to $9,000. But lowering the e-bike credit from $450 to $225.
www.denverpost.com/2025/10/02/c...

Colorado expands EV rebate program in wake of federal cuts to tax credits

The increased rebates begin one month after the federal tax credit for purchases ended, part of Trump’s plan to push fossil fuels in the United States despite their contribution to climate change.…

www.denverpost.com

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

What’s the over/under on the expected % rent decrease?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22h

California has now banned algorithmic price fixing.

The state has outlawed the practice of landlords colluding to raise prices using rental software and AI.

This is a huge victory for renters in the biggest state in the country.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

"i'm Mark Sanchez former NFL quarterback"

now you Mark Sanchez former Fox football analyst

current stab victim

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 1d

They’re also usually in some random industrial park or something

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Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 2d

Two dudes whom despite their best efforts have no power in Canada.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26d

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 3d

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

It’s my god given right to be annoying

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(C)all (M)e "Shirley" or don't, I don't care @realcinematik.bsky.social · 4d

So we're up to 21 counts of first degree murder against Donald Trump and a lot of accompanying charges for his subordinates and officers all the way on down to the lowly grunt who should've refused the illegal order to fire.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump has blown up another fishing boat off Venezuela. Four dead.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 4d

I think we should establish an understanding in the United States that if you order the military to carry out a lethal strike against something that is not an imminent threat without congressional authorization, what you did was murder and the entire chain of command is guilty.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 5d

You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:

If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.

OPB @opb.org · 5d

Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.

Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants

Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.

www.opb.org

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

Is Palpatine slaughtering the younglings in a smart way?

NPR @npr.org · 5d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

Affirmative action for conservatives

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 5d

i have personally despised bari weiss for a long time, her book was incoherent garbage, and to see her rewarded with the plum of the profession while the smartest people i know are scraping for dollars is gross as hell

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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 5d

Hostile to Pedestrians = You could die

"Hostile to cars" = Your ego might be bruised a bit by not having 100% of all available space reserved for you

Andrew Bowen (he/him) @acbowen.bsky.social · 5d

I went out to the East San Diego County road where the Trump administration revoked a $1.165 million safety grant because they thought the project was "hostile to motor vehicles."

After walking around there, it was clear the current design is hostile to *pedestrians.*
www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

East County community disappointed after Trump revokes road safety grant deemed 'hostile' to cars

The Department of Transportation has canceled hundreds of grants that run counter to its goal of "preserving or increasing roadway capacity for motor vehicles."

www.kpbs.org

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

Still thinking about this by the way paragraph in the Sun Times piece on the apartment building raid. Full story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A similar raid was carried out in suburban Elgin, when agents led by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem rode in a military vehicle and blew down the front door of a home where they detained six people, including two U.S. citizens.

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