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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Put another way, it’s not “Now do cars.” It’s a question of whether or not drivers are asked to take collective responsibility for the behavior of all other drivers in the way people ask of “cyclists.”
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Cacao Gaffes @cacao-gaffes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For the cost of 6 months of war in Iran the United States could double its spending on public transit for an entire year across all levels of government. Please tell me more about how the Straight of Hormuz or the fate of regressive monarchical theocracies should matter to anyone.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth
Mostly black text on white background: “ The Road Lobby claims that there’s a war going on in our cities. There is, but it’s not the war they’ve been lying about. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 25/08/2026
Happy birthday to the National Park Service! Take time to visit one of Virginia's national parks today. I will keep working to protect America’s incredible natural treasures and continue to defend the NPS against federal funding and workforce cuts.
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This idea for a freight-rail bypass for Atlanta is amazing! I was lucky enough to be part of the group that got a presentation of it and I was instantly sold. It creates opportunities for new passenger rail by diverting freight trains out of the city. saportareport.com/vision-to-dr...
Map of bypass plan for freight rail
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yes when will public health agencies finally tell Americans to eat right and exercise
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Even when LLMs write well, the lack of variety in style is crippling. Reading the same prose in your instructions & social media & advertisements & software & PowerPoint eventually makes one queasy. Prompting & temperature only gets you so far. Real variation is needed (and under-researched)
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Parking Reform Network @parkingreform.org · 21/08/2026
Climate Week needs a better cities conversation. Parking, curbs, streets, housing, adaptive reuse, mobility, and land use all shape how much people have to drive. That is why PRN and partners are convening The Urban Climate Solution at NYC Climate Week. Details: www.urbanclimatesolution.org
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Atlanta DSA is asking Mayor Dickens to get Beltline rail started! Ten years ago, Atlantans passed a More MARTA tax to fund transit, with Beltline rail touted as a priority. But there has been zero progress on that rail line. Sign this petition! actionnetwork.org/petitions/bu...
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Build Beltline Rail!
Ten years ago, Atlanta voters passed the More MARTA referendum to fund public transit projects using a half penny sales tax. To this day, not a single project has been built. Instead of building trans...
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Cacao Gaffes @cacao-gaffes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@humantransit.bsky.social Atlanta deserves rail on the Belt Line Jarrett, quit carrying water for self-driving cars.
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Darin Givens @atlurbanist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
For decades, conservatives have called transit "big-government waste" while city-destroying freeways are "necessary infrastructure." It's even worse now; we're not expanding rail anymore, though we're still spending billions of dollars on freeways. When will the culture change?
MARTA train photo, on top of a photo of an Atlanta interstate under construction.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wrote this back in May and I stand by it: Ken Martin has got to go - it is a huge problem that the DNC has no money and somehow even less trust as we head into a presidential primary in 2027-2028. open.substack.com/pub/amandali...
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Why the DNC autopsy report matters
TLDR: Ken Martin should resign & we should stop settling for mediocrity
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
the constant anxiety of having a book coming out in 54 days.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 27/07/2026
Coverage like this doesn't happen without support from our readers. Subscribe for free or become a member to back our work directly: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 27/07/2026
Not when it's your own son, though: and that position of righteous fury gives me a platform that I don't take for granted, and if even one person changes their driving behavior based on my distilled rage over my son's murder, then maybe I can find a measure of peace in that.
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The place where my kid was murdered
I am not a cemetery kind of person. I have only visited my son’s grave once, and I’ve only ever been to my mother’s grave once. I don’t really find any meaning in these spac…
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"As a society, we are horrified by gun violence, but generally give scant attention to deaths on our roads that result from motorists’ choices." From @seanyyz.bsky.social
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Where’s the outrage when pedestrians are killed?
Birchmount Road and Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough On Friday, July 10, the driver of a westbound Toyota RAV4 SUV drove through a red light on Lawrence Avenue East and struck another vehicle trav…
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The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com · 27/07/2026
Cantore scores in the Spirit's 1-0 victory over the expansion Summit
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Cantore scores in the Spirit's 1-0 victory over the expansion Summit
Trinity Rodman got the better of U.S. women’s national team teammate Lindsey Heaps on Sunday night, assisting on Sofia Cantore’s goal in the Washington Spirit's 1-0 victory over the visiting Denver Summit.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Protect your privacy and stay free: ride a bike.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Yes! As we like to say, "Cars are the internet comments section of the real world." This kid knows what's up.
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Emma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Stop calling the leisured provincial gentry "working class"
About 25 miles southwest of Wiggins, Jim Miller was elbows-deep in the engine of his ailing Dodge pickup.
A 65-year-old retired commodities broker raised in the liberal city ‌of Boulder who ⁠now lives in tiny Prospect Valley, Miller considers himself “half-hippie, half-cowboy.”
He said enduring the momentary pain of high gas prices was worth preventing Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon.In the unincorporated town of Roggen was Mike Urbanowicz, a 66-year-old trader with multiple college degrees whose farming cooperative moves 150 truckloads of grain each day.
He voted three times for Trump, but like many interviewed by Reuters, he ​considers himself a political independent, saying he distrusts ​the Republican Party nearly as much as their ⁠Democratic foes.
Gas prices were hurting his industry, he said, and Trump was “naive” to think he could quickly solve the issue. He expected prices would remain high into the fall, even if there was a breakthrough in stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks.
But he preferred the status quo to Democrats, whom he saw as moving ​towards "full-blown socialism."
"I voted for Trump because the alternative is so bad," he said.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
if we're talking invitations then let's talk about inviting the hosts of @fivefourpod.bsky.social to speak at your events in exchange for money
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 09/05/2026
We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.
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How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Do it. You’ll be legends.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Not gonna speak to Concord directly but the idea that developers somehow make Extra Bonus Money for keeping apartments empty is a weirdly common urban myth. High-demand American cities have extremely low vacancy rates and "empty luxury high rises" isn't a meaningful driver of housing scarcity.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I can't think of anything less patriotic than abolishing the constitution on behalf of a corrupt dying pedophile who wants to be king.
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Cacao Gaffes @cacao-gaffes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Concentration camps have returned to America. apple.news/AKZm2LROCRou...
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I Recognize the Look on Liam Ramos’s Face — The Atlantic
The 5-year-old was briefly held at Dilley, where families are sent after ICE roundups.
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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My fav wackadoodle argument from this one is Clarence Thomas saying Trump should be able to levy taxes like this bc in ye olde england the king could levy taxes. Doesn’t stop at all to think about why that’s problematic. Amazing stuff, 10/10, no notes
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The Alexandria Brief @alexandriabrief.com · 06/03/2026
ICYMI: I caught up with Mike "Rook" Richards recently about his role this weekend as grand marshal of the Ballyshaners 43rd Alexandria St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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From busking King Street to leading the parade: Rook Richards comes home as Alexandria's St. Patrick's Day grand marshal
The local musician who usually runs the sound at this parade is finally being asked to just sit back and enjoy it.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Trump regime has abandoned the constitution: - declared war without Congressional authorization - ignoring multiple court orders - impounding Congressional authorized funds - ignoring the freedom of speech and assembly It’s a lawless regime that has no legitimacy.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Normalizing assassinations of heads of state/government is not a particularly wise thing to do for the stronger hegemon facing asymmetric conflicts.
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Bazecraze @bazecraze.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? We’ll talk to some liars after this break.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
meanwhile, war rages on at home.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
the bombings will continue until peace improves
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/02/2026
Donald Trump is once again sidestepping the Constitution and once again failing to explain why he’s taking us into another war. Americans asked for affordable housing and health care, not another potentially endless conflict. God protect our troops.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
If you’re a Democratic member of Congress who trusts the Trump regime to take military action without Congressional authorization, you should immediately resign. You’ve already abdicated your responsibility to uphold the constitution—please just vacate your seat. You are worse than useless.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I’m not watching that video st 3am but I don’t need to see it know this is a grave violation of US and international law. From my area of study I can tell you that it’s easy to think the UN Charter doesn’t mean much, but we want to live in a world that values its prohibition on aggressive warfare
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
the former host of celebrity apprentice and the former host of fox & friends weekend are launching bombs and destabilizing the world for generations all because voters decided their biggest issue was a trans kid playing jv tennis with their friends 4 states over
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This is a popular bit of wishcasting, you see it in both left and centrist-y versions, and it is absolutely not true. Populism is about identity and exclusion, it is not people lashing out because they secretly yearn for whatever your preferred economic policy is.
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"Steve" @sssparkers.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
i see Michael's point but we already have bikes and e-bikes, which don't take jobs away from delivery workers, don't clog up sidewalks (ideally) and aren't harvesting your data for creepy surveillance tech firms
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Annie Ebbers @amcebbers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The owners of Del Ray Cafe, everyone. I stopped patronizing DRC when they were so vocal in their opposition for Zoning for Housing, but if you need more reason to get brunch elsewhere
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The American right does not defend slavery because progressives say it was bad. They defend slavery because racial hierarchy has been an important and increasingly explicit component of their ideology for 70 years. Read a fucking book.
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Anne Frank died from a typhus epidemic that spread through the concentration camp where she was imprisoned.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
Trump is cancelling clean energy projects while forcing coal plants to stay open past their retirement dates—increasing energy bills by putting billions in additional repair costs back on customers. Trump owns this energy crisis.
CNN headline reading: Trump is using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open. It could increase your bill
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Uncrewed @uncrewed.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Anti-woke messaging is a net negative among Democrats
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/02/2026
if you’re not putting General Sherman in charge of the DOJ in your administration we aren’t interested
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Senator Jacky Rosen @rosen.senate.gov · 03/02/2026
I won’t support additional funding for ICE or CBP until we put guardrails in place to rein in ICE’s behavior and increase accountability. We also need to reverse cuts to Medicaid and SNAP made to pay for the ICE slush fund.
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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
ICE behaving like the gestapo is unacceptable and wrong. accurately describing them is good and right. i would be happy if we never see nor hear from shapiro ever again but i know he’s gonna run in 2028 and at least i can enjoy him getting absolutely fucking demolished then
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Cacao Gaffes @cacao-gaffes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
DHS has been putting American citizens in squalid cages since at least last July.
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Opinion | This Los Angeles Detention center could be coming to a city near you | Sergio Perez
My editorial for MSNBC details the basement in Downtown LA that holds the neighbors that are victims of the ongoing ICE raids, the deplorable conditions that await, and Trump's ever expanding deportat...
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