Tony Orazietti
@tonyorazietti.bsky.social
Retired. Aero/astro engineer, etc. Interested in whatever makes cities livable. Cars not so much.
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I think a moderate part of the American situation is that we collectively get too much protein and not enough fiber and are literally full of shit
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I think a moderate part of the American situation is that we collectively get too much protein and not enough fiber and are literally full of shit
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Beneath Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, an overlooked retail strip has been reborn as a bicycle parking facility and public passage connecting users to the S-Bahn station. Modest in scale but rich in possibilities, it integrates seamlessly into the revitalised entertainment, commercial and office centre.🧵
February 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Beneath Berlin's Potsdamer Platz, an overlooked retail strip has been reborn as a bicycle parking facility and public passage connecting users to the S-Bahn station. Modest in scale but rich in possibilities, it integrates seamlessly into the revitalised entertainment, commercial and office centre.🧵
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This is what happens when you spend years telling people that they don't need a child to justify owning a cago bike.
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This is what happens when you spend years telling people that they don't need a child to justify owning a cago bike.
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I am eating produce to prove I am a real person. Welcome to 2026.
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I am eating produce to prove I am a real person. Welcome to 2026.
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OK, I'm bored & procrastinating work & have no hobbies, so ... I'll tell y'all a funny story, semi-related to this week's colonoscopy experience.
As a couple of people downthread have said, it's fasting 24 hours that is the toughest part of colonoscopy prep. Doesn't sound like long, but ...
As a couple of people downthread have said, it's fasting 24 hours that is the toughest part of colonoscopy prep. Doesn't sound like long, but ...
Just got a colonoscopy this week! Unlike poor Saavik here, prep was basically painless for me. Drink the goop, poop a lot, done. Really the whole thing was smooth & easy & not worth the dread lots of folks bring to it.
If you're nearing or above 50, do it!
If you're nearing or above 50, do it!
Hello Bluesky user—are you, yes you, approaching 50?
Well, I have some bad news and some good news: you are at increased risk of dying a horrible painful death from colon cancer—BUT—there is something you can do to prevent it!
Yes, you should schedule your colonoscopy today!
Well, I have some bad news and some good news: you are at increased risk of dying a horrible painful death from colon cancer—BUT—there is something you can do to prevent it!
Yes, you should schedule your colonoscopy today!
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
OK, I'm bored & procrastinating work & have no hobbies, so ... I'll tell y'all a funny story, semi-related to this week's colonoscopy experience.
As a couple of people downthread have said, it's fasting 24 hours that is the toughest part of colonoscopy prep. Doesn't sound like long, but ...
As a couple of people downthread have said, it's fasting 24 hours that is the toughest part of colonoscopy prep. Doesn't sound like long, but ...
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Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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This was never about border control. This is about total control.
January 25, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This was never about border control. This is about total control.
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You need to listen to this whole thing.
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
You need to listen to this whole thing.
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I will forever be thankful to the person who came up with the "drunk octopus wants to fight" description for these hooks.
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I will forever be thankful to the person who came up with the "drunk octopus wants to fight" description for these hooks.
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In 365 days of Trump:
- he doubled his family’s net worth
- billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer
- his 20 wealthiest political donors got ~$380 billion richer
while…
Food prices ⬆️
Utilities ⬆️
Healthcare ⬆️
Housing ⬆️
Just in case you didn’t understand the scam yet.
- he doubled his family’s net worth
- billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer
- his 20 wealthiest political donors got ~$380 billion richer
while…
Food prices ⬆️
Utilities ⬆️
Healthcare ⬆️
Housing ⬆️
Just in case you didn’t understand the scam yet.
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
In 365 days of Trump:
- he doubled his family’s net worth
- billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer
- his 20 wealthiest political donors got ~$380 billion richer
while…
Food prices ⬆️
Utilities ⬆️
Healthcare ⬆️
Housing ⬆️
Just in case you didn’t understand the scam yet.
- he doubled his family’s net worth
- billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer
- his 20 wealthiest political donors got ~$380 billion richer
while…
Food prices ⬆️
Utilities ⬆️
Healthcare ⬆️
Housing ⬆️
Just in case you didn’t understand the scam yet.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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Lewiston and Portland leaders + community members are responding to potential for increased ICE in Maine
www.pressherald.com?p=7564373&uu...
www.pressherald.com?p=7564373&uu...
Lewiston, Portland leaders brace for wave of immigration enforcement
Rumors of an impending federal action has leaders of Maine's 2 largest cities reminding people to 'know their rights.'
www.pressherald.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Lewiston and Portland leaders + community members are responding to potential for increased ICE in Maine
www.pressherald.com?p=7564373&uu...
www.pressherald.com?p=7564373&uu...
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I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
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Read this earnest, respectful call for the United States Congress to grow a damn backbone.
Urgent call from citizen in Greenalnd to the US Congress.
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
Stop the US President and administration in their unlawful threats of Greenland 🛑
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Read this earnest, respectful call for the United States Congress to grow a damn backbone.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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Trump justified his illegal war in Venezuela by saying that Venezuela was not producing enough oil.
Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated.
JFC—paging Orwell.
We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.
Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated.
JFC—paging Orwell.
We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Trump justified his illegal war in Venezuela by saying that Venezuela was not producing enough oil.
Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated.
JFC—paging Orwell.
We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.
Venezuela was not producing enough oil because of sanctions and blockades Trump orchestrated.
JFC—paging Orwell.
We are so lost as a nation, as a people. We live under a madman.
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I'll leave this here
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I'll leave this here
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Science: turn on red is unsafe to pedestrians
Data: turn on red leads to more severe crashes
Many cities: 🦗
Data: turn on red leads to more severe crashes
Many cities: 🦗
December 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Science: turn on red is unsafe to pedestrians
Data: turn on red leads to more severe crashes
Many cities: 🦗
Data: turn on red leads to more severe crashes
Many cities: 🦗
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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NEW/LISTEN! Been REALLY looking forward to this one — my interview with Jason from #NotJustBikes IS LIVE on many podcast platforms plus YouTube! We cover a LOT of really important ground on how to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE BETTER CITIES IN REAL PRACTICE! I’m looking forward to your thoughts and comments!
How to Actually Improve a City (w/Brent Toderian)
YouTube video by The Urbanist Agenda Podcast
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW/LISTEN! Been REALLY looking forward to this one — my interview with Jason from #NotJustBikes IS LIVE on many podcast platforms plus YouTube! We cover a LOT of really important ground on how to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE BETTER CITIES IN REAL PRACTICE! I’m looking forward to your thoughts and comments!