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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 14h

Canada vs. America

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 10h

Hydrogen trains are most cost-effective at low levels of service, and Germany rolled them out on low-frequency rural lines. But the Sprinter runs every 30 minutes and serves hundreds of thousands. Electrification leads to service improvements, but will hydrogen trains lead to service cuts?

RideSD @ridesd.org · 1d

Electrify the Sprinter!

thecoastnews.com/hydrogen-rai...

Commentary: Hydrogen rail not the answer | The Coast News Group

The Coast News recently reported that NCTD plans to pilot hydrogen trains for the Sprinter. However, hydrogen is not as great as it seems.

thecoastnews.com

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 3h

This one highway is projected to cost 85% of what CA has spent on high-speed rail over 15 years and hundreds of miles. If we can afford this, we can afford high-speed rail.

Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 1d

The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.

For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 1d

Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 10h

Starmer blames Tories for collapse of China spy case

Starmer blames tories for collapse of China spy case

Sir Keir Starmer has blamed the previous Conservative government for the collapse of a case against two men accused of spying for China.

www.channel4.com

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 13h

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry www.middleeasteye.net/news/omar-ya...

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel prize in chemistry

The scientist was born and raised in a single room he shared with his family and cattle in a refugee camp in Amman

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 10h

River Wye: Thousands join UK’s biggest environmental lawsuit

It's believed to be the UK's biggest ever environmental pollution lawsuit - nearly 4,000 people have joined a claim at the High Court against companies they blame for causing "extensive and widespread...

www.channel4.com

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 9h

‘Chilling’ rise in UK prison drone incursions – bringing in contraband

Read and watch Jackie Long's report here:

‘Chilling’ rise in UK prison drone incursions – bringing in contraband

Data examined by this programme shows reported incidents involving drones have risen by more than 1,000% in the last five years.

www.channel4.com

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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 5h

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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr Sandra Frank @dietitianonline.bsky.social · 20h

Celebrate the comfort of pierogi — Eastern Europe’s beloved dumpling! Filled with potatoes, cheese, cabbage, meat, or fruit, these handmade pockets of joy bring generations together, from farm to table. #Pierogi #NationalPierogiDay dietitians-online.blogspot.com/2016/10/nati...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h

We are all Chicagoans now. Stand up. Speak out.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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His masked agents already are grabbing people off the street.

Separating children from their parents.

Creating fear.

Taking people for “how they look.”
‪Governor JB Pritzker‬
‪@govpritzker.illinois.gov‬
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Making people feel they need to carry citizenship papers.

Invading our state with military troops.

Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.

Arresting elected officials asking questions.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 15h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13h

Trump's $100,000 skilled worker visa fee gives Britain a golden opportunity to attracted global talent. Needless to say, we're going to piss it away because we're scared of upsetting Nigel Farage.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Trump's migrant obsession offers Starmer a rare win - but Farage has scared him off

We have a golden opportunity to kick-start the British economy

inews.co.uk

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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 20h

Scottish might be more appropriate
www.timeout.com/uk/news/the-...

This remote British train route is officially one of the greatest rail trips in the world

It really is all about the journey when the views are this good

www.timeout.com

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10d

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 7d

First time to superb new venue @sohotheatre.bsky.social Walthamstow to see Grace and friends in another sell out show. Sneaky Tree of the Day snapped near the theatre

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 6d

Tree (pairing) of the Day

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 1d

Tree of the Day

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Diario de Ibiza @diariodeibiza.es · Jun 11

Las cinco mansiones de Mallorca cuya propiedad atribuye una investigación periodística al multimillonario contratista de Defensa del régimen de Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Kolesov , se sitúa entre Sol de Mallorca y el núcleo calvianer conocido como Bahía de Palma

Las mansiones del multimillonario contratista de Putin en Mallorca: vistas de ensueño y máxima seguridad

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Spanish authorities have seized the Mallorca property of Nikolai Kolesov, head of the state corporation Russian Helicopters and a top Rostec executive. The property is valued at €18 million.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 22h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of our French visitors this summer - who was incredibly politically knowledgeable - said that Starmer is our Macron. (Except that Macron is far more pro European then our government imo)

The Guardian view on political chaos in France: the gift that keeps on giving to Marine Le Pen and the far right | Editorial

Editorial: Influential abroad, Emmanuel Macron’s strategic errors at home are bringing mainstream French politics into disrepute at a crucial moment

www.theguardian.com

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