Martha Faust
@letzebuergermf.bsky.social
Urbanist. Bicycle commuter. For pedestrian and bike-friendly cities.
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Luxembourg touts free transit in an FT ad. And they’re not even socialist!
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Luxembourg touts free transit in an FT ad. And they’re not even socialist!
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Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bertrand Russell, at 89 years old, to Sir Oswald Mosley, a man most famous for founding, in 1932, the British Union of Fascists.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
I'm all for civil discourse. But everyone can and should draw a line at who they will talk to.
Notice that Russell did not demean himself with incivility, either.
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This map categorizes European forests according to their use. Unmanaged forests are super rare. Finland and Sweden are timber plantations. France has created Landes de Gascogne, a match box forest on the Atlantic coast. Britain got rid of their forests . Source: buff.ly/cQBsb9x buff.ly/EbK7dvz
July 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This map categorizes European forests according to their use. Unmanaged forests are super rare. Finland and Sweden are timber plantations. France has created Landes de Gascogne, a match box forest on the Atlantic coast. Britain got rid of their forests . Source: buff.ly/cQBsb9x buff.ly/EbK7dvz
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Santiago de Compostela is preparing to implement a low-emissions zone this summer, which will constitute 108 hectares of the historic city centre. Enforced by intelligent bollards and license plate reading cameras, the scheme will limit access to delivery vehicles, residents, and emergency services.
June 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Santiago de Compostela is preparing to implement a low-emissions zone this summer, which will constitute 108 hectares of the historic city centre. Enforced by intelligent bollards and license plate reading cameras, the scheme will limit access to delivery vehicles, residents, and emergency services.
Protests in Saint Paul, Minnesota today, near State Capitol and Highland Park neighborhood. People not deterred despite today’s horrific political assassination. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Protests in Saint Paul, Minnesota today, near State Capitol and Highland Park neighborhood. People not deterred despite today’s horrific political assassination. #nokings
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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Never comply in advance
Absolutely incredible: the Feds totally folded on Congestion Pricing, thanks to the MTA just...refusing to abide by their demands
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
MTA, feds agree to keep NYC congestion pricing tolls through October
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement to keep New York City congestion pricing through October.
www.cbsnews.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Never comply in advance
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The Trump administration has removed a picture of Harriet Tubman from the National Park Service page on the Underground Railroad, changed the words “enslaved African Americans” to “enslaved workers” and removed a section that discussed Benjamin Franklin being a slave owner.
Trump’s Anti-DEI Purge Hits Harriet Tubman and Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman is now DEI apparently.
newrepublic.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Trump administration has removed a picture of Harriet Tubman from the National Park Service page on the Underground Railroad, changed the words “enslaved African Americans” to “enslaved workers” and removed a section that discussed Benjamin Franklin being a slave owner.
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August 2024
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
August 2024
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Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers compares Trump's "ungrounded" tariffs to creationism, astrology, and RFK's anti-vax views: "I would have resigned in protest."
April 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers compares Trump's "ungrounded" tariffs to creationism, astrology, and RFK's anti-vax views: "I would have resigned in protest."
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Americans are going to think of Joe Biden the way post 1918 Viennese thought of Franz Josef: "maybe he was a little confused in his final days, but at least we could then have real cream in our coffee."
April 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Americans are going to think of Joe Biden the way post 1918 Viennese thought of Franz Josef: "maybe he was a little confused in his final days, but at least we could then have real cream in our coffee."
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.