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Rhu’s Dad

@dmesk.bsky.social
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Dog dad x2. Politics and urbanism junkie. Talk to me about bikes and trains! 🚲 🚊

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Scott Colom @scolom.bsky.social · 21h
She done lost her damn mind.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026
who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Caroline Spears @spears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most of our clean energy & climate candidates are up in the polls for November's election.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath
Detailed math as shared in the post. “How much does your commute cost (or save) society? Source is Discourse Media.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/09/2026
Governors need to get serious about disciplining utilities. Or claiming some of their planning powers for the state. Or making them publicly owned. Enough of this shit.
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US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition
Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest "Dirty Truth…
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/09/2026
Hot take: fuck Tucker Carlson.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The cool thing about complicity is that it goes away if you just tell people you don’t have it

Ed Sheeran breaks silence on Macklemore's tour exit: I am not complicit'
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Rhu’s Dad @dmesk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
phones went down at work today and all millennials erupted in a collective cheer
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The messaging is so weird, that the federal government has enough money to just issue every American $5,000 today if the president wants to, BUT ALSO, no, he doesn't want to right now (only if the GOP wins).
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Fetterman is only in the senate because Dems in PA and nationally had his back when he was incapable of campaigning. And now, with all the things Trump is doing, he dedicates all his time and energy (which isn’t much) incoherently trashing Dems on Fox & Newsmax every single day.
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Rhu’s Dad @dmesk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@jigarshahdc.bsky.social any thoughts on this CBA announcement from datacenters in Frederick County, MD? www.fredericknewspost.com/news/continu...
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UPDATED: Fitzwater announces $110M in data center benefits, reduction of planned development
A data center developer has agreed to provide over $110 million in community benefits and to reduce its planned development of the former Eastalco campus by nearly 20%.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/08/2026
You see a lot of glib analysts repeating the line that "Americans just don't want EVs" without taking into consideration that the US auto buying experience is dominated by a network of extremely ignorant, Republican car dealers dependent on the kind of maintenance that EVs don't need.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/08/2026
It's just so important that Democrats not listen to dipshits like this any more.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/08/2026
A Dem apparatus with any media capacity & savvy would push this to the top of people's awareness & keep it there. "Will the Supreme Court light the final scraps of its legitimacy on fire by allowing Trump to continue with his illegal vanity project?"
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/08/2026
Yup. They are two for two so far: Chip Roy, now Ogles. They are sending a message and I am here for it.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026
A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote against justice for Epstein survivors.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/08/2026
Tired of using the very kind term “centrists” so I’ll be using “right wing liberals” from here on out.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/08/2026
However horrible you think the Tate brothers are, I promise, it's worse than that. It's insane that Dems aren't making a bigger deal of the GOP embracing these grotesque monsters.
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The Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein Scandal
The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it.
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God @thegodshow.com · 01/08/2026
Remember when David Hogg was running for DNC chair and the establishment stepped in and said we needed a responsible adult and then gave us Ken Martin, who throws his phone at his staffers? Also the DNC is $2 million in debt. But centrists still demand they should be in charge.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/07/2026
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
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FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Ken Childs @thekenchilds.com · 28/07/2026
Seriously: LeBron has the money to get his own train car hooked to the train, which is literally something you can actually do. When I hit the powerball, it will be something I'm doing.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/07/2026
Thanks to @gregsargent.bsky.social for making the point clearly: when Musk says "zero died" from DOGE cuts, what he means is nobody who *matters* died.
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The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.
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Idothethinking @idothethinking.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
E-bikes are so liberating. All the convenience of a car in mobility + all the convenience of a bike in parking and access.
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Rhu’s Dad @dmesk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I love her so much 😭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1-j...
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We went on a bike ride with AOC
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/07/2026
uh...yes?
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trying to imagine the Fox News coverage if a Democratic President spent the entire weekend shoving himself into team photos for the World Cup while American soldiers were being killed overseas.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Nobody disputes that having access to a car in a car-dominated society is good. It gives one access to jobs, healthcare, food, education, social opportunities and more. All we're asking is for people to go one step deeper and ask why access to such basic rights requires buying and operating a car.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/07/2026
If you were questioning New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's credentials on climate policy because she recently rolled back a bunch of climate policy, she has a response for you: don't do that.
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NY governor: ‘Do not question my credentials’ on climate, clean energy
While New York pushed back a near-term climate goal, Gov. Kathy Hochul touted the state’s solar deployment, a major new transmission line and plans to boost
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It is enraging when people talk about protected bike lanes as though they are frills or inconveniences. They are public safety measures to protect people from the death machines that are cars. www.wcvb.com/article/pede...
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Bicyclist struck, killed by vehicle in Boston
Boston police are investigating a deadly crash on Tremont Street after a person on a bike was struck and killed Thursday morning.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Okay, now it’s Republicans’ turn to kick out the most prominent rapist in their party
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Real idea: As part of the effort to get DC and PR statehood, next Dem president should invent about State Weeks. Each of the 52 states gets its own celebration week every year. A random July week is Montana week. Tourism bonanzas. Televised lottery every year for week placement. We ain't above this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence Remember: These are the foundations of real freedom.
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Dave Draeger @davedraeger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congress has the power to do pretty much whatever it wants with the Supreme Court. It can expand the membership of the court, and it can punish it in several ways too. We simply need to fill that Congress with a Democratic majority that has the will to use that power.
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Hank Yarbo @ocmdthalassophile.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Three cybertrucks!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/06/2026
Reminder that any remotely rational "MAHA" would focus on cars. Cars sicken & kill Americans far far more than f'ing "processed foods" or whatever.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
one thing reactionary centrists like starmer in the uk & the american anti-lib left share is a contempt for the people who actually vote for progressive parties in the modern age
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/06/2026
This guy drugs and rapes women and brags about it and is still welcomed at Republican events and celebrated by Republican influencers. And yet, where are the endless media calls for Republicans to "disavow" him?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/06/2026
Trump admin plowing tens of millions of dollars into a shady company led a QAnon freak promising to build a giant coal plant that no one needs. This is a far bigger deal than Solyndra, I wonder if the press will hahahaha of course they won't.
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E&E News: ‘This is not normal’: Trump leans on MAGA organizer to revive coal
The Energy Department is giving millions to a company partially led by a far-right activist and telecom executive to build the nation’s first coal-fired power plant since 2013.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/06/2026
Once again, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is the only one I hear talking about this key dynamic: the more corrupt the GOP & its lackeys on the court get, the more they have to lose if the elections go the wrong way & the more they'll be willing to do to prevent it.
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John Roberts, Roger Taney, And The Unbearable Weight Of Desperation
A horror story.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/06/2026
My political opinion for the day is that I really fucking hate fascists and right now they are swarming around us, tearing down everything good about our country, and they need to be stopped.
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