/maɪk/
@mikefreafitz.bsky.social
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After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After 10+ years of people fighting against it, this government is pushing through this dystopian CETA legislation.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
Corporations can and will sue the state for interfering with their profits - for example increasing the minimum wage, against fracking bans, etc.
This is incredibly undemocratic.
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Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
Soon they’ll be calling themselves commanders and requesting handmaids
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Soon they’ll be calling themselves commanders and requesting handmaids
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I hate that this is Ireland now.
Asylum seekers have told of how they were followed by men on motorcycles before being subjected to an alleged attack in rural Co Dublin yesterday.
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
The incident – which saw the young men beaten and their car windows smashed – has been condemned.
www.thejournal.ie/brittas-asyl...
'They started punching us': Asylum seekers followed before alleged attack in Co Dublin village
One man who came on the scene told of how the men had been ‘badly beaten’ and left bloody by the incident.
www.thejournal.ie
December 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I hate that this is Ireland now.
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Posting this for no other reason than to get some Looney Tunes media floating around Bluesky.
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Posting this for no other reason than to get some Looney Tunes media floating around Bluesky.
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Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trump never had a fan base.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
He had an army of bots who sold his racism and misogyny and xenophobia to uneducated Americans who took voting advice from bald eagle profiles posting Tweets from Eastern Europe.
It’s as stupid as it sounds.
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I recently rented a car where every single thing on the dash was a touch screen. It made me feel distracted and reckless anytime I needed to adjust a setting.
Bring. This. Back. 👇
Bring. This. Back. 👇
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I recently rented a car where every single thing on the dash was a touch screen. It made me feel distracted and reckless anytime I needed to adjust a setting.
Bring. This. Back. 👇
Bring. This. Back. 👇
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Most Irish politicians ignore the massive costs of our car-centric transport system, doubling down on cars as a 'win' for society. We all pay for this.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Most Irish politicians ignore the massive costs of our car-centric transport system, doubling down on cars as a 'win' for society. We all pay for this.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
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The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
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Not all delivery trucks are justifiable in cities. We can create jobs, boost sustainable transportation, and create safer streets with better infrastructure through cargo bike logistics.
The solutions, designs, and tools already exist. All we seem to lack is the political will to implement them.
The solutions, designs, and tools already exist. All we seem to lack is the political will to implement them.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Not all delivery trucks are justifiable in cities. We can create jobs, boost sustainable transportation, and create safer streets with better infrastructure through cargo bike logistics.
The solutions, designs, and tools already exist. All we seem to lack is the political will to implement them.
The solutions, designs, and tools already exist. All we seem to lack is the political will to implement them.
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“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
State called on to 'immediately cease all plans' to buy hill land
The INHFA has called on the state to 'immediately cease all plans associated with the purchase of hill lands'.
www.agriland.ie
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
This is what makes Miller so dangerous. He knows he’s violating the law and he knows that justice should catch up to him. But his entire project will ensure that it never can.
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is what makes Miller so dangerous. He knows he’s violating the law and he knows that justice should catch up to him. But his entire project will ensure that it never can.
A ★★★ review of The Last Showgirl (2024)
Nice moments
boxd.it
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
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The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
How to design safer intersections:
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
Aaaaaannnnddddd my flight is 17 hours delayed
a close up of a woman wearing a white tank top and necklace
ALT: a close up of a woman wearing a white tank top and necklace
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Aaaaaannnnddddd my flight is 17 hours delayed
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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Three of the kidnapped Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived home to a huge welcome last night. They talk about why they tried to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, acting because our governments refuse to. #FreePalestine #LiftTheSiege
Video RTÉ News
Video RTÉ News
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Three of the kidnapped Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived home to a huge welcome last night. They talk about why they tried to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, acting because our governments refuse to. #FreePalestine #LiftTheSiege
Video RTÉ News
Video RTÉ News
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This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Further up the same Stockholm street from the clip below is another traffic-calming device: intersections where cars may cross but the design is a sidewalk with low curb. Drivers tend to inch across, some of them likely not sure if they're really supposed to be there.
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Design details do the work that signs can't.
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Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for a week straight, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore.
Gen Z protests are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know
Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change. For a week, demonstrations have taken place in over a dozen cities, highlighting issues like corruption and lack of opportunity.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for a week straight, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore.
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🚨 Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the Presidential Election. #aras25 @virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the Presidential Election. #aras25 @virginmedianews.bsky.social