Linda Gustafson
@ligus.bsky.social
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Happy Halloween from west London’s extremely evil cycling lobby
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy Halloween from west London’s extremely evil cycling lobby
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WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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It’s jarring hearing American journalists only talk about how the tariffs affect their own economy (growth/revenue), with no concern for how they’re built on lies and bullying of other countries — the fake fentanyl justification, pressuring Brazilian courts, extorting “investments” from Japan, etc.
August 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It’s jarring hearing American journalists only talk about how the tariffs affect their own economy (growth/revenue), with no concern for how they’re built on lies and bullying of other countries — the fake fentanyl justification, pressuring Brazilian courts, extorting “investments” from Japan, etc.
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Know that I’ll always defend your reproductive freedom here in Illinois.
July 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Know that I’ll always defend your reproductive freedom here in Illinois.
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“Since Trump’s election, CBS has been systematically abandoning any pretense of journalistic independence…Colbert’s cancellation isn’t about ratings or changing media habits. It’s about silencing one of the few remaining voices on network television willing to consistently challenge Trump.”
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Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like
Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show’s death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.
newrepublic.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Since Trump’s election, CBS has been systematically abandoning any pretense of journalistic independence…Colbert’s cancellation isn’t about ratings or changing media habits. It’s about silencing one of the few remaining voices on network television willing to consistently challenge Trump.”
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ON THIS DAY: In 1989, a largely student-led pro-democracy protest in China's Tiananmen Square faced a bloody, military crackdown, marking a turning point for Chinese Communist control of the country's political reforms.
June 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ON THIS DAY: In 1989, a largely student-led pro-democracy protest in China's Tiananmen Square faced a bloody, military crackdown, marking a turning point for Chinese Communist control of the country's political reforms.
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And thus did your Prez father a meme.
June 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And thus did your Prez father a meme.
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'Data analysed by the BBC show that Ukraine's Western allies have paid Russia more for its hydrocarbons than they have given Ukraine in aid.'
What a bleak set of statistics.
What a bleak set of statistics.
How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
'Data analysed by the BBC show that Ukraine's Western allies have paid Russia more for its hydrocarbons than they have given Ukraine in aid.'
What a bleak set of statistics.
What a bleak set of statistics.
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This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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Welcome to your life…
March 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Welcome to your life…
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Congress is hesitant to ratify the Musk cuts as doing so would reveal that
a) despite destroying crucial American institutions it really saves little money, and
b) spending is not the fiscal problem — it’s not high by most measures — but gross under-taxation is
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
a) despite destroying crucial American institutions it really saves little money, and
b) spending is not the fiscal problem — it’s not high by most measures — but gross under-taxation is
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
GOP push to ratify DOGE cuts runs into political reality
Despite widespread interest on Capitol Hill, it's not clear the White House is interested in rescissions.
www.politico.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Congress is hesitant to ratify the Musk cuts as doing so would reveal that
a) despite destroying crucial American institutions it really saves little money, and
b) spending is not the fiscal problem — it’s not high by most measures — but gross under-taxation is
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
a) despite destroying crucial American institutions it really saves little money, and
b) spending is not the fiscal problem — it’s not high by most measures — but gross under-taxation is
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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A guy was so horrified by what Trump did that he bought a full-page ad in the front section of the national Sunday New York Times — which costs somewhere north of USD $100,000 — asking him to resign
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A guy was so horrified by what Trump did that he bought a full-page ad in the front section of the national Sunday New York Times — which costs somewhere north of USD $100,000 — asking him to resign
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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Face it: Europe has to stand up and defend Ukraine with its freedom and democracy against Putin & Trump.
February 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Face it: Europe has to stand up and defend Ukraine with its freedom and democracy against Putin & Trump.
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Now Trump has gone full Putin. No democrat can defend him any longer.
February 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Now Trump has gone full Putin. No democrat can defend him any longer.
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9. Trump supports the billionaire class & opposes any funding to ordinary Americans as "waste & fraud."
10. Most important to Trump is his own & his family's wealth. he could not care less about conflicts of interest or personal transparency.
What a disaster for the US & the world!
10. Most important to Trump is his own & his family's wealth. he could not care less about conflicts of interest or personal transparency.
What a disaster for the US & the world!
February 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
9. Trump supports the billionaire class & opposes any funding to ordinary Americans as "waste & fraud."
10. Most important to Trump is his own & his family's wealth. he could not care less about conflicts of interest or personal transparency.
What a disaster for the US & the world!
10. Most important to Trump is his own & his family's wealth. he could not care less about conflicts of interest or personal transparency.
What a disaster for the US & the world!
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4. Trump opposes democracy in the world & promotes antidemocratic rightwing extremists in Europe.
5. In essence, Trump has already killed NATO.
6. Trump favors US imperialism.
7. Trump opposes all multilateralism.
8. Trump favors more global warming & pandemics.
5. In essence, Trump has already killed NATO.
6. Trump favors US imperialism.
7. Trump opposes all multilateralism.
8. Trump favors more global warming & pandemics.
February 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
4. Trump opposes democracy in the world & promotes antidemocratic rightwing extremists in Europe.
5. In essence, Trump has already killed NATO.
6. Trump favors US imperialism.
7. Trump opposes all multilateralism.
8. Trump favors more global warming & pandemics.
5. In essence, Trump has already killed NATO.
6. Trump favors US imperialism.
7. Trump opposes all multilateralism.
8. Trump favors more global warming & pandemics.
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What we have learned about the second Trump administration:
1. Trump is serious about destroying the US social welfare & regulatory state.
2. Trump wants complete power, no more democracy, checks & balances or transparency.
3. Trump prefers Putin & Xi over traditional US allies.
1. Trump is serious about destroying the US social welfare & regulatory state.
2. Trump wants complete power, no more democracy, checks & balances or transparency.
3. Trump prefers Putin & Xi over traditional US allies.
February 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What we have learned about the second Trump administration:
1. Trump is serious about destroying the US social welfare & regulatory state.
2. Trump wants complete power, no more democracy, checks & balances or transparency.
3. Trump prefers Putin & Xi over traditional US allies.
1. Trump is serious about destroying the US social welfare & regulatory state.
2. Trump wants complete power, no more democracy, checks & balances or transparency.
3. Trump prefers Putin & Xi over traditional US allies.
Book Design Made Simple has arrived in Blue Sky!! I love these gals. Even after more than 30 years designing books, having taught book design for many years, I still use their book and articles to resolve fine points for myself. They’re awesome. Thank you BDMS!!
January 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Book Design Made Simple has arrived in Blue Sky!! I love these gals. Even after more than 30 years designing books, having taught book design for many years, I still use their book and articles to resolve fine points for myself. They’re awesome. Thank you BDMS!!
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A simple reminder for anyone out there
January 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A simple reminder for anyone out there
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And I thought to myself: HANG ON. If this is what we do the landscape to get a metal used mostly for ornamental & monetary purposes, what do we do to get the stuff we REALLY need?
Come to mention it, what IS the stuff we REALLY need? What are the substances civilisation depends on?
Come to mention it, what IS the stuff we REALLY need? What are the substances civilisation depends on?
November 13, 2024 at 8:42 AM
And I thought to myself: HANG ON. If this is what we do the landscape to get a metal used mostly for ornamental & monetary purposes, what do we do to get the stuff we REALLY need?
Come to mention it, what IS the stuff we REALLY need? What are the substances civilisation depends on?
Come to mention it, what IS the stuff we REALLY need? What are the substances civilisation depends on?