steph
@stephalina.bsky.social
luv libraries, trains, and walkable cities 〰️
big fan of bollards
don't follow me 🫶
big fan of bollards
don't follow me 🫶
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Violence is too often sloppy; it spills over. Misogynists kill a lot of men, racists kill white people, ICE in its attacks on immigrants and anyone who looks like them just killed a white US citizen. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a gun everyone is a target.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Violence is too often sloppy; it spills over. Misogynists kill a lot of men, racists kill white people, ICE in its attacks on immigrants and anyone who looks like them just killed a white US citizen. When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you're a gun everyone is a target.
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Here's the sort of thing Webloc can do:
- zoom in on specific phone, see where else that device has been locally or around country
- click a 'route' button to see the specific route
- click a nighttime button to see where at night; their likely home
No warrant www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
- zoom in on specific phone, see where else that device has been locally or around country
- click a 'route' button to see the specific route
- click a nighttime button to see where at night; their likely home
No warrant www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Here's the sort of thing Webloc can do:
- zoom in on specific phone, see where else that device has been locally or around country
- click a 'route' button to see the specific route
- click a nighttime button to see where at night; their likely home
No warrant www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
- zoom in on specific phone, see where else that device has been locally or around country
- click a 'route' button to see the specific route
- click a nighttime button to see where at night; their likely home
No warrant www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
2025 was brutal for US transit. Agencies faced budget deficits, flat ridership, and open hostility from the White House.
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
I wrote a series of stories outlining ways to help transit endure.
Lesson #1: Whatever you do, don’t cut service. Riders will leave – permanently.
Here are a few others 🧵
The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now
Rising costs and widening deficits as pandemic aid runs out are challenging bus and train operators in many cities. But cutting service needs to be a last resort.
www.bloomberg.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I hate that we’re having to think in these terms, but the evidence seems to be bearing out that steep fare hikes are less damaging to ridership than service cuts.
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The bollard hasn’t moved a single inch. Total domination.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The bollard hasn’t moved a single inch. Total domination.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Honestly pretty shocking it was just 50% before the pandemic but falling by half in 5 years is horrifying
The share of counties where 95% or more of kindergartners were vaccinated against measles has dropped from 50% before the pandemic to 28%, according to our analysis of public records from 44 states and the District of Columbia. At least 19,000 schools are now more vulnerable to outbreaks.
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Honestly pretty shocking it was just 50% before the pandemic but falling by half in 5 years is horrifying
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a vibe shift is occurring man
December 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
a vibe shift is occurring man
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Speeding discourse is one of the quickest ways to see that many, many folks on the left also have a bit of a libertarian in them
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Speeding discourse is one of the quickest ways to see that many, many folks on the left also have a bit of a libertarian in them
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
There is no coherent argument against aggressive and heavily enforced vehicular safety regulations that doesn’t boil down to “nuh-uh, you can’t tell me what to do”
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tell me you've never smelled hockey gear without telling me you've never smelled hockey gear
Or maybe "desexed" means they're not having the specific kind of sex the author would like?
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
tell me you've never smelled hockey gear without telling me you've never smelled hockey gear
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January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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they’re making it so it’s not even going to be 2025 anymore. soon they’ll say being 2026 is mandatory for everyone
December 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
they’re making it so it’s not even going to be 2025 anymore. soon they’ll say being 2026 is mandatory for everyone
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Woke Two will have to include Me Too, Two.
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Woke Two will have to include Me Too, Two.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
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finally, we're living through precedented times
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
finally, we're living through precedented times
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@realgdt.bsky.social once said: "The creature gets a bride and loses her on the same day. They realize they're both alive and their love dies shortly thereafter." "The bride is Elizabeth and their love is impossible." "A beautiful marriage of souls." It's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. 🥹🥀
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@realgdt.bsky.social once said: "The creature gets a bride and loses her on the same day. They realize they're both alive and their love dies shortly thereafter." "The bride is Elizabeth and their love is impossible." "A beautiful marriage of souls." It's the sweetest thing I've ever heard. 🥹🥀
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Everyone who thinks feminists have gone too far winds up going full fascist crazy. Many such cases.
Ugh why would they publish this not 48 hours after we recorded the Cursties on @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Everyone who thinks feminists have gone too far winds up going full fascist crazy. Many such cases.
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AI is a crisis for the climate. @naomiaklein.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AI is a crisis for the climate. @naomiaklein.bsky.social
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Euclid is known as the "father of geometry" because he got a triangle pregnant
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Euclid is known as the "father of geometry" because he got a triangle pregnant
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I liked Dunkelman's book but this op-ed is based on the same fallacy that leads some people to think fascist Italy and Germany were models of efficient administration.
There is such a thirst in some progressive centrist circles that they will look at the Trump administration as a model to get things done. I think its worth addressing the argument. This is from Mark Dunkelman, author of the widely praised "Why Nothing Works."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I liked Dunkelman's book but this op-ed is based on the same fallacy that leads some people to think fascist Italy and Germany were models of efficient administration.
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Opinion: Too big to fail, too small to save calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Opinion: Too big to fail, too small to save calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...