Reposted by Cary WesterbeckPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 9hIt’s cool, and not incredibly demoralizing, that the last ~25 years (? more?) have been an increasingly flagrant demonstration that The Rules, as we were brought up to understand them, just do not apply to a lot of people 301339206
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 13hWOW! This really should be bigger news in planning and building circles! 070
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckJennifer @jenwith1n.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Vancouver, WA did the biggest upzone / deregulation possibly in the entire nation and not enough people are talking about it. And this all came from City staff - they didn’t have community advocates demanding this for years! 1327735
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 09/10/2026My statement on the ICE shooting in Marble Hill ⬇️ 14656811500
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckBrett Hamil @bretthamil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It's Sassy Squirrel Season again! 19718
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...npr.orgICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors sayThroughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated. 12521741199
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 331790546
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026People forget that J6 was successful. Everyone who participated was let out of jail and the guy who perpetrated it is President again. There were no consequences. They have plenty of incentive to do a much bigger and worse version. 7453411289
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026all the pieces like "why a wealth tax doesnt work" miss the point. sometimes you just want to throw your drink in someone's face. 3282362
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone. 1163369698
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America. 261459308
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely this. They are broadcasting the law-breaking. No hearings required! Just enforce the law! But yeah, no one's doing that, so it continues apace... 020
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you. 767286785988
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275912510
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Joe Walsh Is Right...... 1005206026225
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckRian Watt @rianwatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Nobody — not teachers, not retirees, nobody — will be taxed under the Millionaires Tax unless they make more than a million dollars per year, and voters will always have the final say on any changes to that threshold. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. 48529
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Got my COVID & flu shots today. Feels great to get the 5G upgrade. The WOKE.2 patch is installed and ready. 060
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If you haven’t had sex with Lauren Boebert yet, stay in line…. 050
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A guy might have a woman over and he's like "this is my cat, Kevin; he likes you." Maybe her interest in you (a green flag in today's lingo) increased, but we didn't have the interwebz to analyze it to death and write articles and base a whole attraction theory on it. Kevin was just your cat. 020
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Interesting being 56 y.o. and seeing how today every thing about a person is now viewed through the lens of desirability or dating & what that says about the person. Maybe I was oblivious, but when I was dating in the 90s I never thought about shit like this affecting my attractiveness to a woman. 220
Reposted by Cary Westerbeckjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment 1483693470
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckGizmodo @gizmodo.com · 18/09/2026FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Themgizmodo.comFBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date ThemICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would "appeal" to them. 1662710646
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ok so we get a bit passionate about Bigfoot, that's no reason to ban us from the patio. 081
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Can you even imagine? It's like this in France too. They truly care about the next generation and put resources behind it. 020
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026THIS 👇 HERE....... 1111206617481
Reposted by Cary Westerbeckjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter. 39867221669
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141006480
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just saw Minnesota referred to (by a Minneapolis resident) as “Woke Hoth” and I love that. 040
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckSharkusG @sharkusg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Can we try electing a President who doesn’t hate us next time? This sucks. 1444892801
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckMason Thompson @masonthompson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Spokane is just out here making everyone else look bad, running laps around us mortals. 18213
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not. 733132822073
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Looks like the "Click to Cancel" bill is still floating around. Maybe the Dems can pass it next year when we completely reform the gub'mint. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/c...cnbc.com'Click to cancel' bills in Congress target consumer subscriptions that are hard to ditchA bipartisan bill introduced in the House in mid-January joins a few other proposals that aim to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up. 040
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Should be a CANCEL SERVICE button required on the home page of every service. 140
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Cancelling services (in this case a T-mobile hot spot) in corporate America is a horrible experience. They make it almost impossible to cancel without going through an ARDUOUS experience. If I recall, Biden had just passed a law that required easy cancellation and FuckFace47 killed it. Horrible. 140
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Absolutely this! I’ve ridden several trails in construction that were perfectly fine to ride, while the road was treacherous. It’s pretty galling, the blind spot. 010
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Should’ve been designed with fare gates from day one. Incredible we have a system that allows half the people to so easily not pay. 🤦♂️🤯 240
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Yes he has. It makes me so angry. It’s all so unnecessary and causing untold suffering both now and for years, maybe decades into the future. 010
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I hate RFK so much. What a horrible person. We cant be rid of him soon enough. 2100
Reposted by Cary WesterbeckStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 08/09/2026The Coalition for Elevator Reform, led by The Kelsey, is up and running. Join if you have any interest in advocacy to bring down elevator costs! Especially if you are a member of a YIMBY group or have the ear of any politician. Email hello@elevatorreform.org, ask to join the mailing list. 911328
Cary Westerbeck @caryw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don’t need to be rich, but I would love to have “go to Japan and Australia to see Radiohead live” money. 192