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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 2h

Quick, check your eagle vision. There may be a red path on the ground that randomly leads to a fountain.

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 10h

Print this and frame it on the wall with the title, "Why North American Transit Construction Costs are So High"

Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 10h

I just can't get over the differences in scale between Ballard Link's Westlake Station as proposed and the original Westlake Station, off to the left.

Ballard Link's Westlake has two separate entrances underneath separate buildings, with one showing a long tunnel to get to the train guideway. They are at least five stories deeper than the original Westlake, which is tiny and only around 10-15% of the size

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 5h

So if the Tigers win Friday and move to the ALCS Windsor, Ontario is gonna have one hell of a dilemma about who to root for.

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 5h

This is the absolute dream challenger to Jeffries. Please, please, please let this happen.

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 8h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 1d

Also built like a 12 year old playing SimCity. The only reason anyone would design a city to have all its built up areas be hypertall skyscrapers inorganically plopped next to each other all along the service roads of an oversized highway is to look good and shiny in photos and nothing else.

Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 1d

I do actually still download music. Am an audiophile with sensitive hearing so FLAC downloads/CD rips will automatically sound better to me than what most streaming sites send out audio quality-wise.

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 1d

46 states already require daylighting to keep intersections safe.

New York State does, too — but New York City exempts itself. It’s time to close that loophole.

@cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138 would allow pedestrians and drivers to clearly see each other at intersections.

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 1d

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 1d

But can you use this as a baseball bat and can you do a funny batting stance with it?

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 3d

*in the US

Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 3d

Brooklyn is on Long Island

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4d

absolutely breathtaking levels of “reframe punching up as punching down” are emerging in AI discourse. fighting back against AI is us against billion dollar tech companies, yet they are pulling out so many wild rhetorical tricks to make it seem like the anti-AI movement are the powerful bullies here

Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 4d

“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”

your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

This is literally directly across the street from an elementary school.

Map showing the school directly adjacent to where the tear gas canister was thrown.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

They’ve roughed up and arrested people for trying to get in ICE’s way. That’s more than complicity. The state of IL is not resisting, it is culpable.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 5d

Saying this also as a Yankees fan who's more than happy to call out their ticketing policies for how shitty they are. Compared to numerous other things they've done on that front this is a non-issue.

Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 5d

Read this and this really isn't a controversy. This is just restricting ticket sales to people in states the NYC-metro area sprawls out into. That sort of ticket restriction has been the norm for North American playoff series for years.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7d

Bluesky feed is like

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 7d

Any news from Rep. Josh Gottheimer on Trump potentially ruining the commutes of millions of hardworking New Jersey residents? Or did he just reserve his ire for congestion pricing?

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 7d

The initial Times write up does not mention that the feds are now alleging that the MTA's compliance with federal regulations is unconstitutional, a laughable assertion on its face, the feds attempted to re-write the rule last night, and that this grant pause is illegal. All of these are facts.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 7d

TRUMP TO CITY: DROP DEAD

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A yellow crane extends from a barge on the water, with a city skyline in the background. The image includes a breaking news headline about Trump officials withholding funds from NYC for infrastructure projects.

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 7d

Donald Trump is trying to steal billions from New York. With this illegal move, Trump wants to make train trips worse for millions of hard-working commuters. The president can't unilaterally steal $18 billion in tunnel funding. This money is owed to New York. It's owed to you.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

The Trump administration is putting a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, as well as the city’s expanded Second Avenue subway project because of the government shutdown.

Trump administration puts on hold $18 billion in funding for New York City infrastructure projects

The Trump administration is putting a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, as well as the city’s expanded Second Avenue subway project because of the government shutdown.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 7d

Gotta say - this sure isn't going to make people think that the Democrats were the ones responsible for the shutdown

Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 7d

Vance: I'll tell Hakeem Jeffries righ now, if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop.

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Liam Jeffries @sorathecyclist.bsky.social · 7d

A reminder that if just one of the tunnels the Gateway Project is meant to relieve rots enough to close it would be catastrophic to the US economy immediately. Trump admin is apparently okay risking that happening as part of their drive to be the most insufferably racist incels imaginable.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 8d

Most red states are being run by madmen and becoming hellholes for normies who care about basic government services, the right to an abortion & LGBT rights

it’s time for blue states to lock in, build housing, build transit, and build state capacity so we can thrive from red state refugee migration

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 23d

There used to be a sort of social contract that the PMC classes had with red states that has been completely ripped apart and I honestly don't know how that's going to feed into housing market growth and corporate relocations.

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