Nora 🇪🇪
@llcrane.bsky.social
A talk about plants, planes and local politics. Ma imetlen ka eesti grafiti:)
Id like to congratulate James Cameron. It’s really brave to release the same movie three times.
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Id like to congratulate James Cameron. It’s really brave to release the same movie three times.
To those who don’t want to read, 68% of Americans want to live car free, are interested, or live car free.
An astonishing percentage of Americans are open to car-free living.
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
The problem isn't attitudes. The problem is the failure to invest in viable options.
humantransit.org/2025/12/many...
Many Americans Are Open to Car-Free Living — Human Transit
Is Americans a “car culture” or are they “car dependent”? Do they drive because they love driving, or are they in an unhealthy relationship with a substance it would be happy to do without? Obviousl...
humantransit.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
To those who don’t want to read, 68% of Americans want to live car free, are interested, or live car free.
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Good news from @cvillecityhall.bsky.social: Flock Safety is off the streets! Now let's get more localities to have this conversation.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
City ends Flock pilot program over federal data base concerns - Cville Right Now
The city had paused using the video license plate reading system in October. Now, it announced it won't be resuming using it.
cvillerightnow.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Good news from @cvillecityhall.bsky.social: Flock Safety is off the streets! Now let's get more localities to have this conversation.
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...
If anyone asks me what my least favorite invasive is and I say anything but multifloral rose, please tell me that winter Nora would like a word.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If anyone asks me what my least favorite invasive is and I say anything but multifloral rose, please tell me that winter Nora would like a word.
It’s come to my attention that reintroducing beavers to an ecosystem is called “Beaver Bombing” and now I have a new job title I’d like to pursue.
December 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It’s come to my attention that reintroducing beavers to an ecosystem is called “Beaver Bombing” and now I have a new job title I’d like to pursue.
Wow almost as if everyone knew this exact situation would happen
BREAKING: The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans in 2026.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Wow almost as if everyone knew this exact situation would happen
I have made a new friend today.
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I have made a new friend today.
Wow FLOCK cameras are easily hackable with techniques that have existed since the Cold War. Who would have thought?
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wow FLOCK cameras are easily hackable with techniques that have existed since the Cold War. Who would have thought?
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
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Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
WASHINGTON—In an effort to expand recruitment for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it would waive the species requirements for...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Homeland Security Relaxes Species Requirements To Join ICE
It’s so funny to me when racists say only non white people can’t integrate. Bro, Europeans see the lack of health care and pto and laugh at us.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It’s so funny to me when racists say only non white people can’t integrate. Bro, Europeans see the lack of health care and pto and laugh at us.
Great suggestions! I also recommend Doug Tallamy’s Home Grown National Park because any environmental movement needs to have ecological restoration at its heart.
Via The Architect’s Newspaper:
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
“The authors mix history, outrage, and optimism to show that ditching car dependency isn’t anti-progress; it’s survival.”
www.archpaper.com/2025/11/eigh...
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Great suggestions! I also recommend Doug Tallamy’s Home Grown National Park because any environmental movement needs to have ecological restoration at its heart.
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
Love waking up to a text that my flight is cancelled.
(I’ve had an issue flying out West almost every time.)
(I’ve had an issue flying out West almost every time.)
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Love waking up to a text that my flight is cancelled.
(I’ve had an issue flying out West almost every time.)
(I’ve had an issue flying out West almost every time.)
I don’t know if I can live in a state represented by Luvdisc.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I don’t know if I can live in a state represented by Luvdisc.
The legends were true. It does exist
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The legends were true. It does exist
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Family Worried Where Grandma Going With Conversation On Low-Income Housing https://theonion.com/family-worried-where-grandma-going-with-conversation-on-1819578444/
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Family Worried Where Grandma Going With Conversation On Low-Income Housing https://theonion.com/family-worried-where-grandma-going-with-conversation-on-1819578444/
Almost like drivers know what they are doing is illegal. They just don’t care.
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report
Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Almost like drivers know what they are doing is illegal. They just don’t care.
I just heard a song say “Christmas is praying to find parking at the mall.” If that’s Christmas I don’t want to celebrate.
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I just heard a song say “Christmas is praying to find parking at the mall.” If that’s Christmas I don’t want to celebrate.
If I squint really hard, I’m almost in Amsterdam.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If I squint really hard, I’m almost in Amsterdam.
Question: why do self driving cars have windshield wipers?
November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Question: why do self driving cars have windshield wipers?
Laws work. You can pass laws to improve the environment.
I wish the U.S. was a bit more ambitious about this and followed the science instead of the cult of capitalism.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I wish the U.S. was a bit more ambitious about this and followed the science instead of the cult of capitalism.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Laws work. You can pass laws to improve the environment.
I wish the U.S. was a bit more ambitious about this and followed the science instead of the cult of capitalism.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I wish the U.S. was a bit more ambitious about this and followed the science instead of the cult of capitalism.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Because of my stubborn insistence to only take public transit and not drive, it’ll take me an additional hour to get to my destination, so here’s a 🧵 on public transit in San Francisco.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Because of my stubborn insistence to only take public transit and not drive, it’ll take me an additional hour to get to my destination, so here’s a 🧵 on public transit in San Francisco.