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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 5h

Me sharing this post in the friends text thread makes me find out who is in what tax bracket

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 5h

The local bus ads are so welcoming to their riders

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23h

Sacramento’s formerly largest farmers market is under a freeway. That freeway got expanded a year or two ago and took away a bunch of the light. It wasn’t comfy previously but got worse when it reopened

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

phoenixnewtimes.com

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Voting today. Yay democracy but also, there should not be 14 propositions to vote on.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Outdoor parties are getting canceled in October! in Sacramento due to high heat. Climate change sucks.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 04/10/2026

I'm not sure if she's aware of it but this 2022 @rebeccajtiffany.bsky.social tweet is basically an article of faith at @liberalcurrents.com ( @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com quoted it in www.liberalcurrents.com/feminism-wit... and I've referenced it countless times ever since)

My YIMBY take: Every trans 18 year old who is stuck living w unsupportive family should be able to afford an apartment in a vibrant urban space w transit on a min wage job. (+raise the min wage). Build so much housing that that is the norm. Same for others stuck in bad situations

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.

nytimes.com

National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...

The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bike stress test ride coming soon after an assumed bricked battery

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending

a graph of roadway and mass transit lights

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My wife and I “joke” that it’s really hard to keep our two year old alive because he constantly wants to run into the street.

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West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Literally the most stressful part about raising a three-year-old is cars and roads

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Note to self: Bill idea, shade concerns can not be a category to approve or deny buildings

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A quote I heard the other day was: "Do those people matter?" A politico said in responding to an issue advocate made it clear, the actor wont do anything difficult on this issue.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have met and know many elected officials after being involved for a decade in a half in local activism. 9 times out of 10 they say with what they believe in and vote/act on it if its something they care about.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Victims of traffic collisions compensation varies so widely depending on the culprit. A public employee or local millionaire can lead to millions in compensation but someone on minimum insurance can hardly cover a funeral hospital bill www.kcra.com/article/wido...

kcra.com

Widow awarded $15.8M after businessman Phil Oates sued for wrongful death in deadly crash

A Placer County jury awarded $15.8 million to the widow of a retired California Highway Patrol officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash involving the Sacramento businessman Phil Oates.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My dog decided to wake up the whole household because of this intruder:

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OB Chargn @obchargn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Grim day for traffic violence in the Bay Area - snapshots of today's SF Chronicle headline

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Free tomatoes - Road 29 and Highway 113 in Davis CA

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As a scientist this is an infuriating proposition

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Kevin Burke @burke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

California Prop 38: - authorizes $4B spending in a way that only one research center in the whole state qualifies - privately funded research center - founder of the research center has donated $22 million to support the ballot prop This is, like, pure corruption calmatters.org/politics/ele...

calmatters.org

Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?

Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

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Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bay Area Politicians be like: you can just ignore it.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As much as I think California should find science it’s crazy that $4 billion will go to a single non profit and $8B for a single research field. I am a hard No on Prop 38 www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking at traffic fatality data in Sacramento vs homicides in 2025 Homicide: 36 people died Vehicle collisions: 32 people died

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love a big cup of jittery anxiety in the morning. Also known as coffee

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 23/09/2026

ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

A picture of Amina Seck in her Kentucky State jersey on a basketball court.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It charged! Thankfully a little searching for self help online works

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Got a text poll on most important issue and really surprised housing isn’t listed as one option

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are in a golden age for new fruits with advances in plant breeding. It feel like every week there's a new varietal that tastes much better than the same crop a decade ago. Sweeter and cheaper strawberries, better apples, tomatoes, and stone fruit. slate.com/life/2026/09...

slate.com

Are We Making Fruit Too Delicious?

This brave new world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They found a pic of me trying Taco Bell in Manchester

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My morning Facebook feed is on point. An apology from a local school board candidate followed up next by the news article of him what he did to lose endorsements.

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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I do think deporting people to countries they are not citizens of against their will should be a crime against humanity leaving aside that this all is bad and illegal under US law, there should be no version of this allowed ever

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Facebook reminded me I have been doing Ag and Plant research for 15 years now. Thankfully I don’t have to get in a forklift to pollinate corn anymore

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For real? Delivery trucks? I live in stereotypical suburban Sac and we have those daily from FedEx and Amazon.

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TLDR: got a direct to consumer e-bike a year ago, waited to fix shipping damage till this weekend and told the batteries probably won’t change anymore. Going to try and power the batteries later today as a last chance to

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My direct to consumer e-bike is “a giant paperclip” according to the repair shop 😭

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Don Gibson @dongibson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I volunteered a few times at a high school biology class at a local HS that has concentrations of poverty. Sadly the teacher spent about a 1/3rd of their time controlling the room due to 2 or 3 students who were constantly disruptive.

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