Red5Urbanist
@red5urbanist.bsky.social
Edumacator. Elite social-distancer. YIMBY. Humanist. Movie snob. Dad-Bod. Cities for people, not cars. “Cincy ‘Til I Die.” This is the way.
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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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What @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social says here.
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/how-... Syndicate Newsletter
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December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
What @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social says here.
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/how-... Syndicate Newsletter
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/how-... Syndicate Newsletter
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Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump said last year that he would focus on deporting immigrants who were violent criminals. But a study of arrests in major operations in DC, LA, Illinois and Massachusetts shows that the vast majority of those swept up by ICE have no criminal record.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Nick Fuentes party
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Nick Fuentes party
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Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
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Sometimes I try to estimate what percentage of the US population is politically unreachable. By the Manhattan Institute's measurements, just north of 1/3 of GOP voters do not believe in the efficacy of vaccines or the historical record of the Holocaust or 9/11
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA
A new national survey conducted by the Manhattan Institute examines today’s Republican Party and the coalition assembled by Donald Trump in 2024. It is one of the most exhaustive studies to date of th...
manhattan.institute
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes I try to estimate what percentage of the US population is politically unreachable. By the Manhattan Institute's measurements, just north of 1/3 of GOP voters do not believe in the efficacy of vaccines or the historical record of the Holocaust or 9/11
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
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It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
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The Proud Boys call it Western Chauvinism, which has enough wiggle room to allow for Christian Nationalists and atheist bigots, even nazis and authoritarian minorities. A big tent for cruel clowns.
What we are seeing in the wake of the National Guard shooting in DC is a shift from Christian nationalism to Western supremacy. It's not one or the other. But the latter category is a bigger tent - and allows for Xtian nationalists to more easily make room for Elon Musk, Stephen Miller, and others.
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Proud Boys call it Western Chauvinism, which has enough wiggle room to allow for Christian Nationalists and atheist bigots, even nazis and authoritarian minorities. A big tent for cruel clowns.
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Ed Martin is Trump’s pardon attorney. He is close with Roger Stone who previously recommended that Trump pardon Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez to facilitate Prospera, a “Tech Bro” colony & aspiring “network state” in Honduras. ⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ed Martin is Trump’s pardon attorney. He is close with Roger Stone who previously recommended that Trump pardon Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez to facilitate Prospera, a “Tech Bro” colony & aspiring “network state” in Honduras. ⬇️
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Live a sustainable lifestyle while removing your support for the capitalist oligarchy: buying something new should be the last resort. Instead: make do without, mend & repair, buy second hand, etc. As consumers we have the power in this consumption driven economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Live a sustainable lifestyle while removing your support for the capitalist oligarchy: buying something new should be the last resort. Instead: make do without, mend & repair, buy second hand, etc. As consumers we have the power in this consumption driven economy.
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The United States is blessed with a strong tradition that defines itself — as a political community — as a pluralist democracy, built on cross-cutting associations among its religiously, ethnically, and racially diverse citizens.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The United States is blessed with a strong tradition that defines itself — as a political community — as a pluralist democracy, built on cross-cutting associations among its religiously, ethnically, and racially diverse citizens.
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We all need Leslie Jones energy to survive Thanksgiving.
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We all need Leslie Jones energy to survive Thanksgiving.
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
I’m dying 😂🤣☠️
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Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Hugely useful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
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Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
What Will You Say?
YouTube video by Women's March
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Holy shit. This video gave me chills. If you watch one thing today, please let it be this.
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
Women’s March is speaking directly to ICE agents, to their humanity & asking them to walk away from Trump’s unconstitutional crackdowns.
Watch. Like. Share. Make it impossible to ignore.
youtu.be/684ncxqERO4
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
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As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The misogynistic fucks in the admin are trying to make it so that grad school certifications in female-dominated professions (nursing, therapy, education) no longer count as “professional degrees” & you can’t get loans to go to grad school.
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Google has moved from moral cowardice (removing ICE tracking apps) to direct complicity in the violent, unconstitutional abuse of vulnerable people.
As a civil liberties lawyer who worked at Google for ten years, this one hits me in the gut.
As a civil liberties lawyer who worked at Google for ten years, this one hits me in the gut.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Google has moved from moral cowardice (removing ICE tracking apps) to direct complicity in the violent, unconstitutional abuse of vulnerable people.
As a civil liberties lawyer who worked at Google for ten years, this one hits me in the gut.
As a civil liberties lawyer who worked at Google for ten years, this one hits me in the gut.
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Tremendous. Read it.
"[T]here is a coherent picture of society that both plutocrats and populists cohere around: a world of stable hierarchies and durable exclusion."
She describes how much of the MAGA base comes from what others have described as the petit bourgeois: big fish in shrinking ponds.
"[T]here is a coherent picture of society that both plutocrats and populists cohere around: a world of stable hierarchies and durable exclusion."
She describes how much of the MAGA base comes from what others have described as the petit bourgeois: big fish in shrinking ponds.
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tremendous. Read it.
"[T]here is a coherent picture of society that both plutocrats and populists cohere around: a world of stable hierarchies and durable exclusion."
She describes how much of the MAGA base comes from what others have described as the petit bourgeois: big fish in shrinking ponds.
"[T]here is a coherent picture of society that both plutocrats and populists cohere around: a world of stable hierarchies and durable exclusion."
She describes how much of the MAGA base comes from what others have described as the petit bourgeois: big fish in shrinking ponds.
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There’s so much shit that I forgot where I left off, so I’m sorry if I repeat myself.
MAGA, the movement itself, was created by Steve Bannon. This is common knowledge and not in dispute.
Except apparently he had a little help from Jeffrey Epstein.
Y’all! It’s so much worse!
MAGA, the movement itself, was created by Steve Bannon. This is common knowledge and not in dispute.
Except apparently he had a little help from Jeffrey Epstein.
Y’all! It’s so much worse!
Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Steve Bannon, who told him it could help him “stave off Time’s Up for a decade” in return for str...
bylinetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There’s so much shit that I forgot where I left off, so I’m sorry if I repeat myself.
MAGA, the movement itself, was created by Steve Bannon. This is common knowledge and not in dispute.
Except apparently he had a little help from Jeffrey Epstein.
Y’all! It’s so much worse!
MAGA, the movement itself, was created by Steve Bannon. This is common knowledge and not in dispute.
Except apparently he had a little help from Jeffrey Epstein.
Y’all! It’s so much worse!
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It’s absolutely crazy the way companies have cut employees and resources to the bone while exponentially expanding pay for their C-suite execs.
“We have to offer those salaries to be competitive and hire real talent.”
I promise you there are people who could do the same job for much, much less.
“We have to offer those salaries to be competitive and hire real talent.”
I promise you there are people who could do the same job for much, much less.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It’s absolutely crazy the way companies have cut employees and resources to the bone while exponentially expanding pay for their C-suite execs.
“We have to offer those salaries to be competitive and hire real talent.”
I promise you there are people who could do the same job for much, much less.
“We have to offer those salaries to be competitive and hire real talent.”
I promise you there are people who could do the same job for much, much less.