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Baltimore, MD 🦀 Professional Materials Engineer, Proud Union Member, Amateur Urbanist, 🚲+🚆Commuter, Rust Belt Renaissance Evangelist

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jslaker.net @jslaker.net · 18/09/2026
all the boring, detail-oriented "how does this all fit together" work becomes incredibly important when you're less bottlenecked by being able to implement bad ideas. if you don't have process sorted, you're just cranking the chaos knob to 11. which is what we're getting many places.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That's right 😤
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Time to dust off the bike + train commute.
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geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
*Union Starbucks workers are officially calling for everyone to boycott Starbucks! They’re calling on everyone who supports working people over corporations to boycott Starbucks until their demands are met and a fair union contract is reached* www.boycottstarbucks.net
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dear Democrats, You will never be able to triangulate your way through racism/sexism/transphobia, because pushing a lighter, politer form of bigotry is always a lose-lose proposition. The bigots want the uncut stuff, while normal people aren't drawn to cowards who sell out. Stand your ground.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the specific insanity of “what if i started a perpetually-escalating trade war with Canada two months before control of the senate is determined by voters in Maine and Michigan” is under-discussed here, just wild how unmoored from public opinion concerns the Trump admin has gotten
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
when i worked at sbux in high school they kept scheduling me for like 35 hours a week and i kept saying i can't work this schedule i have to go to school. turned out they were hugely overscheduling kids to avoid giving enough hours to the adults that they would've qualified for health insurance
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.
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Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Baltimore, one of our great civic orgs needs us. Asylee Women Enterprise, which helps asylum seekers, torture + trafficking survivors, and other forced migrants, rebuild their lives here, must rapidly leave their space of 10+ years. Please give to help them move to their own forever home in Hampden!
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A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)
We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
cool cool cool
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/09/2026
Seth Moulton ran the campaign Third Way has been asking for and
The results chart from Massachusetts showing Markey winning nearly every city by over 40 points
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seems bad!
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
one piece of advice i can share as a parent: certain phases can be really tough, but they do pass. around 18 months my son kept demanding that i condemn hasan piker. all day and night too, i was at the end of my rope. now he’s really into fire trucks. it’s always something new
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Welcome to Bluesky. Please familiarize yourself with the following accounts to understand the range of opinions it is acceptable to express.
A giant bike bus full of kids and parents taking over a whole lane of traffic
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
warning.
WARNING
Pushing this device through a city will radicalize you.
The total imbalance that we have normalized on our streets prioritizing the automobile will become crystal clear.
You will never be the same again after this experience.
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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A friend of mine observed that the New York media report on Mamdani the way J. Jonah Jameson reports on Spider-Man. I can' unsee it.
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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 25/08/2026
dolly parton taught me it's ok to be hot and know how to read
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I would like the "just take the lane" vehicular cyclists to experience taking the lane on an e-bike while going the speed limit (25 mph) only to have two cars speed by you in close succession with little space. Taking the lane is sometimes necessary but it will never replace safe infrastructure.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Finally got back to clavel after not having been for YEARS and the verdict stands: VERY good, typically not worth the hassle. I was pleased that we put our names in at 520 and were seated by a few minutes to 6. They are def helped by the fact that even mid restaurants cost almost as much now.
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Lucy, Mighty Bundle @mondaymorningdm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm joining the war on ice cream on the side of ice cream
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is the conservative strategy for dealing with any institution that they don't control, that isn't part of their cult. Infiltrate saboteurs and destroy it or capture it from within. It's what theyve done to the news media and to universities.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
they want to give trump what we wants without creating a precedent that will let a dem president in 2029 use the same powers to undo what trump did
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Critical Mass Friday Aug. 28. 6pm meet at Prince Edward Viaduct Parkette (across from Castlefrank Station). Route TBD. Purpose? Well, the Court of Appeal said we don't need bike lanes. We're certain many would disagree. All out.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
How long until they drag the resurrected corpse of the wood paneled station wagon out of the nostalgia mines? (To be clear, I think it would sell)
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"This shows an ambitious clean air zone can drive pollution levels down, rapidly restoring children's stunted lung growth" 👏👏👏 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you exceed the speed limit you deserve to pay a fine like a criminal
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026
14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!
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Liz - High and Inside @lizzierie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith, as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos and that'll be a home run. And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame."
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
just keeps happening
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Finally, I don't have to isolate my frustration to the election attorney or the Orioles manager. It turns out they both kinda suck.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🎨Robert Ariail
Four-panel cartoon illustration: The first panel shows a man looking at a gas station sign that says, "Gas $4.00.9". He takes the digits down to the ground and builds a bicycle with them, and rides away.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Inviting all my friends to my next barbecue (trying and failing to overclock my PC). It WILL involve smoke.
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MN Cargo Bike Library @mcbl.bike · 15/08/2026
Borrower feedback: "Last year I was able to borrow the electric trike here in Minneapolis. I am disabled and the experience gave me enough motivation to go out and buy my own electric trike that works for my body type." 🚲 ❤️
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, in heaven. A dog with little wings runs towards her open arms. Off panel, a speech bubble reads “welcome to Heaven! Here is your dog!”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. She says, “where’s my cat?”
The third panel zooms out. There are dogs with little wings everywhere. Sarah says, “Where’s ANY of the cats?”
The fourth panel shows a circle of cats holding hands and dancing gleefully surrounded by flames in hell.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This “people are mad about the high costs of electricity so we should cancel a bunch of key electricity infrastructure projects” idea from the Trump administration is probably one of the more obvious blow-up-in-your-face strategies from them, which says a lot www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
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Energy Secretary Announces Cancellation of Three Proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will not move forward with designating the three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors previous...
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Wizard Hazel @rudbeckiahirta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Thank you to the Beat for doing actual journalism where others won’t
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This doesnt seem very "freedom of movemebt" or "compliant with the 4th amendment" to me
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 12/08/2026
The push for Harry Potter the TV show is going to be completely enormous—they're debuting it on fucking Christmas—and it is the responsibility of TV critics to contextualize this as rewarding the world's most transphobic billionaire (which is saying something) in everything we write about it.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Jesus fucking Christ covid vax REDUCED miscarriages and stillbirths. Also I'm one of the people who studied menstrual side fx of the covid vax to make sure we didn't invalidate peoples' real experiences, and to better set expectations for side fx. Ultimately the project made me even MORE provax!
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 11/08/2026
Partial solar eclipse tomorrow. Put the glasses on!
A city. There is an eclipse happening in the sky. A guy in a green and blue flannel stands in the street. He has longer blond hair like a 1980s action movie hero. He is wearing eclipse glasses. he points at someone and shouts, "Put the glasses on! Put em on!" The text reads: Always wear specialized eye protection for solar viewing. Safe solar eclipse viewers and filters must comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. Never use eclipse glasses with scratched or damaged lenses.
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is important to me and my wife because we're both bikelocksexual.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
1. "They tried to run us over" has been institutionalized as DHS's license to shoot people. They reflexively go to this lie when they draw their guns. 2. Even with a masked man is waving a gun in her face, this woman repeatedly tells them they are full of shit. Hero.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The standard rule of administrative burdens: if you increase the time tax for doing something, you make it less likely that people will do it. That is what the Trump administration is trying to do with vaccines.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
After implementing some of the best housing reforms in North America, Edmonton is seeing new 3-bed townhouses for under $2,000 (USD$1,500).
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Drivers struck and killed 7,080 people walking in the United States in 2024, 72% more than in 2009, when pedestrian deaths were at their lowest."
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If there’s a war on cars in the USA then the cars have won
American vehicles have grown heavier, faster, and wider every decade since 1982 — and federal fuel economy rules reward the growth. Evidence from 50 years of EPA data.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Hear me out...a food truck that sells chicken that I could park next to Chick-fil-A, but on Sundays. I'll call it "Side Chick"
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Charm City Dept. of Trainsportation @ccdot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Clue: Flames on the Side of My Face
ALT: Clue: Flames on the Side of My Face
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
remarkable that the United States has made it official policy to only accept white refugees and people still think it's up for debate whether or not they're white nationalists
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