Colbey Walker (he/him/his)
@wyebloc.bsky.social
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” -Upton Sinclair
"Those who do not move do not notice their chains.” -Rosa Luxemburg
"Those who do not move do not notice their chains.” -Rosa Luxemburg
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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In other words, more than 1 in 10 federal contract dollars the top arms companies receive gets sent straight to their shareholders.
Nice system we’ve got here
Nice system we’ve got here
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/RTX, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman spent $89 billion on stock buybacks and dividends over the last four years.
Two-thirds of that came from US taxpayers:
Two-thirds of that came from US taxpayers:
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In other words, more than 1 in 10 federal contract dollars the top arms companies receive gets sent straight to their shareholders.
Nice system we’ve got here
Nice system we’ve got here
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Congratulations to bicyclists: you're one of the most efficient movers in the animal kingdom! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Congratulations to bicyclists: you're one of the most efficient movers in the animal kingdom! 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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This Blind Pilot album was on the turntable today. If you haven’t listened to this one you should give it a try. It is amazing!! #vinyl #vinylcommunity #music
September 3, 2023 at 2:20 AM
This Blind Pilot album was on the turntable today. If you haven’t listened to this one you should give it a try. It is amazing!! #vinyl #vinylcommunity #music
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"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me
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The world's richest man does exactly this year in and year out. They all do. #TaxTheRich
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The world's richest man does exactly this year in and year out. They all do. #TaxTheRich
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
Stethoscope Story #8
This is "Stethoscope Story #8" by Albino Squirrel Channel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
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Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc. Via @theconversation.bsky.social
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc. Via @theconversation.bsky.social
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i cant believe a country that has spent decades measuring success purely by the accumulation of material wealth has lost its moral compass
August 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
i cant believe a country that has spent decades measuring success purely by the accumulation of material wealth has lost its moral compass
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Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Growing up is realizing that being a billionaire is the moral failure they told you being homeless was.
August 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Growing up is realizing that being a billionaire is the moral failure they told you being homeless was.
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The 16 Democratic senators above took four times more money from pro-Israel groups than the 17 Democratic senators who voted for all five of Sanders’ resolutions.
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
Senate votes on Israel arms sales v. pro-Israel cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°312 | 1 Aug 2025
www.stephensemler.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The 16 Democratic senators above took four times more money from pro-Israel groups than the 17 Democratic senators who voted for all five of Sanders’ resolutions.
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
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Bernie Sanders introduced two resolutions to block arms sales to Israel this week and three in November. 16 Democratic senators voted against all five.
Here are their names, along with how much each accepted from pro-Israel donors last election:
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
Here are their names, along with how much each accepted from pro-Israel donors last election:
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
August 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Bernie Sanders introduced two resolutions to block arms sales to Israel this week and three in November. 16 Democratic senators voted against all five.
Here are their names, along with how much each accepted from pro-Israel donors last election:
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
Here are their names, along with how much each accepted from pro-Israel donors last election:
www.stephensemler.com/p/senate-vot...
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Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like
August 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like
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Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
July 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut
Kicks 10 million off health insurance
Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut
Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
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IMPORTANT: If you can watch only ONE video about why more & wider roads won’t solve traffic congestion no matter how many billions you spend, watch THIS one. Then share it with EVERYONE.
Jevons Paradox isn’t a rock band.
Via Australia’s great show “Utopia” on ABC TV. youtube.com/watch?v=xtO_...
Jevons Paradox isn’t a rock band.
Via Australia’s great show “Utopia” on ABC TV. youtube.com/watch?v=xtO_...
How to Fix Traffic Congestion In Australia | Utopia
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
IMPORTANT: If you can watch only ONE video about why more & wider roads won’t solve traffic congestion no matter how many billions you spend, watch THIS one. Then share it with EVERYONE.
Jevons Paradox isn’t a rock band.
Via Australia’s great show “Utopia” on ABC TV. youtube.com/watch?v=xtO_...
Jevons Paradox isn’t a rock band.
Via Australia’s great show “Utopia” on ABC TV. youtube.com/watch?v=xtO_...
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It’s amazing that capitalists are literally knowingly setting the planet on fire and that’s still not enough for people to be done with capitalism
July 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s amazing that capitalists are literally knowingly setting the planet on fire and that’s still not enough for people to be done with capitalism
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Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at U.S. hospitals, but many now face visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa…
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.