Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19hTime for this classic again. 131138794707
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 9hYes, we're stuck with criminology that defines criminality as an inherent characteristic, which is how some people, caught breaking the law, can earnestly insist "But I'm not a criminal!' 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 11hA lot of people have moral logic that works like this. You decide whether a C or a P is applicable. 1. Ra_ists are bad people 2. I am a good person 3. Therefore I am not a ra_ist. 120
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 16hSafety alone isn't enough to get more women cycling. Cities must start building cohesive networks connecting the myriad places women need to go. This means looking beyond “Can women cycle safely here?” and asking: “Can women use this network to live their lives?” LISTEN: www.dw.com/en/why-arent... 418555
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026Yeah, no tears shed, but I cannot help but notice it is only right-wing women whose failures have job-ending consequences. Never right wing male failures. 040
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026Ooooh, migrant caravan season! Can't wait to festoon the house with decorations from big box chain stores! 030
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026Gosh, what WOULD happen? Complete surrender, enabling, and complicity? Nah, no one would believe it. 030
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026By extension, doing anything that benefits cities is also suspect, since that is where Dem/progressive/Lefty voters are concentrated. 060
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026A modest proposal for how to talk about things that are demonstrably false. bettybarcode.com/2026/07/16/t...bettybarcode.comTheory Needs a Divorce From Conspiracy - bettybarcode.comNarratives that are demonstrably untrue (falsehoods) are myths, fictions, fables, fallacies, hoaxes, lies, and other synonyms. Theory is not one of them. Pairing it with conspiracy has handicapped our... 020
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026Ducking into a nearby aisle for 10 minutes until you can remember the name of the co-worker from 15 years ago, who is sure to remember yours. 130
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026The way it was treated as a light amusement story. 🙁 1102
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 29/09/2026Snopes says this one is fake. "Fake image of girls kneeling before Trump spreads online." www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...snopes.comSnopes.comThe definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. 030
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Oooooh, 60 days, that is so Tough On Crime, I'm impressed /s 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Very clear whose futures they feel obligated to protect 010
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pretty much summarizes how elite students are treated except when their activities offend wealthy donors to a university 07133
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026From one of my followers: www.pedbikeimages.org/results.phppedbikeimages.orgPBIC Image Library 020
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026I think I have some bike tire tracks in snow, but those aren't very compelling. 130
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Yes, you can. Here's an example of a block notification I got from Listification. I can still click the 3-dot menu and get the option to block in return. 110
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Hear, hear. Plus, I am boggled by the freedom that schools apparently have to pick & choose which crimes they report to local authorities and which ones they can cover up. 060
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)djcaress.bsky.social @djcaress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The hyper-vigilance required in order to stay as safe as possible when cycling is not just for self-preservation purposes, it’s also because you have the pick up the mental slack on behalf of distracted or inattentive motorists, of which there are many. 23211
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Agreed. As a food pantry manager put it, "If you donate a can of beans, I can give out one can of beans. If you donate $1, I can give out 3 cans of beans." Or something like that, I don't remember his exact math. Food pantries can get bulk discounts. 0606
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026When someone blocks you on Bsky, do you block them back? 120
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026Getting my own clock radio back in the day was a big deal! 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026When are you going to stop granting him the presumption of competence? 170
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Cori Palladium @coripalladium.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I remember when I was more active in Urbanist circles one thing that always confused me was the way British people used the term "pavement" They were always complaining about "pavement parking" and as an American I thought, "yeah, that's a normal place to park a car." 161
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Chris Jones @cjonesny.com · 27/09/2026This is cool and solves a big problem. www.ecohelmet.comecohelmet.comEcoHelmetA foldable, recyclable helmet for bike share. 071
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 28/09/2026When your only way of moving through the world is in a car, every other person (vehicle, bike, pedestrian) you encounter is an irritation, impediment, or threat. #WindshieldBias 1130
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026think all straight people who discoursed at great and punishing length about a western mass lesbian bar should have to give equal airtime to this. it’s your own community this time! 102071407
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Behind it, not visible in photos, is Lackawanna's original city hall, built ca. 1910. It is a handsome masonry building and will be retained. 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Here it is in all its burnt orange glory, courtesy of the Buffalo News. The avant-garde inevitably becomes the derriere-garde. #Buffalo #Lackawanna #architecture 🗃️ 110
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026For east coast readers unfamiliar with the word, "dingbat" is not a term of derision, it is an architectural category, usually an apartment building on stilts over ground-level parking, popularized in LA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat...en.wikipedia.orgDingbat (building) - Wikipedia 120
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Oh, no! The nation's only dingbat City Hall in Lackawanna, NY, ca. 1965, is going to be demolished! Lead image is of the new building. Open the story to see the old building. #architecture 🗃️ buffalonews.com/news/local/a...buffalonews.comLackawanna government bids farewell to its ugly past and moves into a new homeLackawanna last week opened a new City Hall on South Park Avenue that replaces the city’s 1960s City Hall Annex widely derided as one of the region’s ugliest buildings. 141
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Only for cars & drivers have we decided that there is no such thing as negligence. 040
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Suggestion to everyone who posts a meme or graphic in order to debunk it: PhotoShop a red X across it first. Make the image agree with your argument, rather than undermining your argument. 070
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026"AI agents went rogue" is the new "An SUV crashed into" or "a gun shot a bystander." Please assign agency consistently and correctly. 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026I am deeply relieved whenever I learn that he cannot "get things done." 000
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Planning on running out of the house banging pots & pans 010
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 27/09/2026Struck WITH a car, BY a driver. Unless you are reporting that the vehicle was unoccupied and acted alone. #DriverNotCar 020
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)scribeholliwell.bsky.social @scribeholliwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026annawharton.substack.com/p/what-would...annawharton.substack.comWhat Would A Woman Do To An Unconscious Man If She Thought No-One Would Find Out?I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the course of the trial of Dominique Pelicot and his fellow accused: what would a woman do to an unconscious man if she thought no-one would find out? 1178
bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 26/09/2026Jeezus, that's awful. I'm glad you got good care and the guy got caught. A T-shirt I once saw read, "Scars are tattoos with better stories." 030
Reposted by bettybarcode (she/her)Tony Jordan @tonyjordan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I learned that New York state has a law requiring all cars to be operated with one hand on the wheel, this would seem to make Tesla FSD illegal in the state. But, I don't think it's enforced, why not? 041