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NYC climate n stuff. Increasingly e-bike pilled.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10h
If AI wants people to like it, it should go rogue and shut down the public execution.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 10h
Time to log off. xkcd.com/386/
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Duty Calls
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 22h
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Every formal accuser names a government; it is our institutions that answer for “the Jewish people.” We have all watched the same footage on our phones — the flattened blocks, the children carried from the rubble, the queues at the aid points.
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Sam @spratt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Only Good Pundit continues his unbroken streak of bangers. This is the only kind of opinion journalism that should exist
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
LLM (Large Line Man) solves math problem
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I mean, that makes sense, right? Those families need good cargo bikes and the safe biking infrastructure to support it! *ahem*
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it’s a start! doesn’t do anything for bike lanes that aren’t next to bus lanes though, right? More fuel for my hot take that the actual (short-term) solution is that *every* bike lane should be converted to parking-protected by default, whenever the street is repaved if not sooner.
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 06/10/2026
👏👏👏 We couldn’t agree more!
When you take a transit vehicle with strangers, there is an inherent trust you're giving to one another. That trust in each other is so essential to the health of our larger society and our democracy.

When we start to drive people away and send messages that that shared space is not a place to be, you're going to see our institutions and our societal structures start to dismantle. I believe in CTA not just for Chicago, but really for our country.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Give another lane of traffic to the bikes! 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚲
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Establish that violations of the Emoluments Clauses and the Establishment Clause are impeachable. Establish that war crimes are impeachable. None of these require the mens rea questions that so sidetracked the first two Trump impeachments. The facts are the facts.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
such that the impeachment votes could be held seriatim on day one of a new Congress. There could be fifty different charges against Trump. Let the Senate try ' em all. Establish that violations of the War Powers Act, the Budget and Impoundment Act, or the Antideficiency Act are impeachable.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts,
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good god. These children all apparently died from untreated diabetes. Which side is “pro-life” again?
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Upside Downie @adownie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what jury nullification is for.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel like there is a whole genre of essays about daughters forgiving their shitty dads :(
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Grayscale image, originally from XKCD, showing a complicated structure of rectangular blocks all stacked on top of each other, with a single thin rectangle hidden in the corner holding the whole thing together. The structure is labeled "All American Jewish culture," and the thin rectangle is labeled with an image of Sunkist Fruit Gems.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Love this, and also, @mayor.nyc.gov would *love* if the parks dept would come deal with the dangerous dangling branch in front of my building that has been reported dozens of times over the last month and a half.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What could possibly go wrong
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@nycdot.bsky.social, pertaining to case #DOT-761606-Q2G4, I took this photo this morning of Bedford Ave where I have requested protected bike lanes. There are six cars in the bike lane on a single block of one of the only north/south bike routes east of Prospect Park.
Block on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn where the entire bike lane is filled with double parked cars.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@nycparks.bsky.social this tree on Eastern Parkway was damaged in mid-August. We have repeatedly reported it. My neighbors and I just got word that you guys *might* get to it in 120 days. Seriously?!?! you guys can and need to do better. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Shanah tovah! way to ring in the new year! :)
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Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
questions remain, including about implementation, but this is good! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...
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A.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools (Gift Article)
A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
Sheep grazing in fields, the one in the foreground with white smoke apparently coming out of its bottom
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is now a Borges short story.
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @nycdoe.bsky.social yesterday we unexpectedly learned that our son’s 3-k program would not be able to open on Sept 10 as planned. We were scrambling for alternative options when I received a phone call from the DOE offering a placement at a good center,
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Get ready.
Get ready for every person on a bike to take the whole lane for every trip
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We drove into manhattan last night at the end of a long trip, and we had almost no wait to get into the Hudson Tunnel and then sailed (ish) along Canal to the bridge. Unheard of pre-congestion pricing.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oof that poem
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/08/2026
This is happening at every intersection in Prospect Heights right now and DOT is taking advantage of a clear opportunity to improve crossings by installing a grand total of zero bulb-outs. What are we even doing here? bsky.app/profile/trav...
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@tomflood.bsky.social I just had occasion to drive west from Toronto on the 401 at 5:30 pm on a Wednesday and HOLY HELL that is just a bleak experience. Being a little blip in 10 or 12 ever-shifting lanes of traffic, and realizing that almost everyone else on the road does this/
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, BOLLARD. #WorldBollardAssociation
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JarekFA @jarekfa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I was wearing my helmet this morning when I tried proceeding on a solid green bike light. Where are the hearings @speakermenin.bsky.social cracking down on these scofflaw drivers! The guy breaks the law but I would have to pay for the law breaking with my body. Stop demonizing e-bikes! #BikeNYC
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 18/08/2026
I'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The actual answer is “you should not ride too close to the parked cars lest you be doored, fick cars”
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
That's right.
Graphic that says "In this house, we believe: cars ruin cities, streets are for people, accessibility is a human right, honking won't help, you'd be happier biking, there is life after cars."
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@thewaroncars.bsky.social I’m listening to your book and really enjoying it. I’m on chapter 6: cars ruin society. Maybe you’ll get there, but in your discussions about the social harms of cars, and the benefits of walking and biking in terms of social relations, something seems missing: transit.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
you take the lanes we take the road. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Get ready for every person on a bike to take the whole lane for every trip.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
the best eclipse thread
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What do you do when you have a little down time? Cause apparently I write lengthy and detailed letters to the NYC DOT commissioner about specific bike lanes and their shortcomings. @americanfietser.bsky.social @transalt.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Tweet from dustin Couch (@Dustinkcouch):

doctor: i'm afraid i have some bad news

me: better than having fox news ;)

doctor: hahahaha :)

me: i'll be here all week haha :)

doctor: haha give or take
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awlieb.bsky.social @awlieb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
#bikesky #NYC take this NYC DOT survey if you like e-biking around NYC :) ebikestudy.nyc
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NYC E-Bike Study
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COINTREAUPRO @strings.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So… they’re working
Atlanta says these bike barriers are protecting cyclists. Drivers keep crashing into them.
AJE
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is my personal Sistine Chapel. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Black-and-white photo of a light skined man laughing while lying on a carpeted floor. He is reaching out one arm to a short haired black cat, which has clamped its paws and mouth down over his hand in an attack.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ok so this lady says solar panels are getting built on "the most productive farmland" in her area. Which just ain't true at all. It ain't true here in NC either. Where I ALSO hear that talking point over & over again. Smells like astroturf! So let's get the dirt on solar farms & dirt ✨
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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