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Doru Oprisan

@doruoprisan.bsky.social
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Journalist & photographer, host of the Collective Choices podcast. Stockholm, Sweden. www.doruoprisan.com #urbanmobility #photography #cycling

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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The first Collective Choices episode recorded during Sweden's National Cycling Conference in Stockholm is now live. Herbert Tiemens talks about Utrecht's long journey to becoming the best cycling city in the world. #utrecht #cycling #urbanism #mobility www.buzzsprout.com/2152230/epis...
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Ep. 15 - The Best Cycling City In The World with Herbert Tiemens - Collective Choices
Herbert Tiemens works as a Senior Policy Advisor for the City of Utrecht and he has been involved in many of the transformations that the city has seen in the past couple of decades. He also works wit...
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Day two of Sweden's National Cycling Conference done, now relaxing with some street photography, obviously with cyclists. New episodes of the Collective Choices podcast coming soon. #stockholm #cycling
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Cycling home under a full moon after the first day of the Swedish National Cycling Conference in Stockholm. #urbanmobility #stockholm #cycling
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A lot of traffic in Thessaloniki and around. Hot car engines and noisy scooters all around, you can almost see the petrol flowing & the money disappearing from the pockets. At the same time, Greece has so much sun, but almost zero solar panels on buildings. They could be driving for free.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Observarions in Thessaloniki: the green light on crossings turns back to red when I am halfway. Can't imagine how frustrating it feels for old people. #urbanmobility #pedestrians #Greece
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Berlin is growing on me. #berlin #cyclingculture #bikepunk
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Took me about 15 min and 5 clicks in a browser to have a deGoogled phone. Yes, you can install the Play Store to get some essential apps, that are only there for now, but those don't get to see the rest of your phone anymore. And yes, banking apps work. #grapheneos
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Stockholm in the summer. #citiesforpeople
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Not great. Just 2 companies, both American, get to decide what devices are allowed on the internet. #degoogle #opensource #tech
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Somewhere far away, 10 years ago. #photography
Landscape photo with mountains at sunrise.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Thanks, Gemini, just checking. #degoogle
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Creepy Zuck has an AI clone attending meetings for him = doing some of his tasks. Since I don't think he'll take any pay cuts, that means he'll be paid for the work of his clone. So, why wouldn't employees demand the same? #futurework #inequality
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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What's wild about all the folks freaking out over the expensive luxury car story is that U.S. carmakers started openly telling everyone ~ 10 years ago that they would stop making affordable cars and only make giant, luxury trucks and SUVs. And then, they did exactly what they said they would do.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Finally, Hungary! Welcome back! #hungary
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Malta, 2026. #malta #gozo #photography
Quiet street in Malta, 2026.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable. But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless. Remember this.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Malta, 2026. #malta #photography #seascape
Malta, seascape, 2026.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Sidewalks in Malta. Some room for improvement. #urbanism #malta #citiesforpeople
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Stockholm, 2022. #wintercycling #urbanmobility #Stockholm #photography
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Sibiu, Romania, 2026. #photography #romania #rural
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Sweden, 2025. #nature #fujifilm #photography
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jenna newman phd @jennanewman.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
“This month we published a study that showed that sperm whales have what appears to our team to be vowels and diphthongs, and use them in ways similar to how humans do. Later this year we will release Whale Acoustics Model, a novel A.I. system that translates any audio into sperm whale vocalizations - allowing humans to potentially experience, for the first time, what it might be like to interact with a whale in its own language. And we're developing the first blueprints for how we could evaluate whale
communication translations, dismantling barriers between whale and human communication and opening the door to interspecies communication.
Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Stockholm, the quietest capital I've ever seen. #Stockholm #urbanism #photography
A small boat in central Stockholm, with a view of Gamla Stan and Södermalm.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Vienna is changing. #bikesky #fujifilm #vienna #cars #urbanism+
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Meredith Glaser @cyclingprofessor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
‼️ UNBELIEVABLE RESULTS‼️ Hold my baguette while I count the people on bikes! How did Paris increase cycling by 240% in a few short years?
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Vienna, 2025. #cycling #cars #streetphotography #fujifilm
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 10/11/2025
Waiting for the better angels of CEOs? Don’t hold your breath.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It's all yellow. Stockholm, Sweden, 2025. #photography #stockholm #autumn #fujifilm
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Still a bit of color. And a bit of light. #Stockholm #autumn #cycling #photography
Man cycling under colorful trees in late October in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Better to love than to kill. Stockholm, 2025. #streetphotography #stockholm
Couple enjoying the sunset in Stockholm.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Cities are what we imagine them to be. And what we're not giving away to for-profit entities. Stockholm, 2025. #citiesforpeople #urbanism #stockholm #scandinavia #urbannature #photography
Woman sitting by the water with her bicycle parked nearby on a summer day in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Stockholm, 2025. #photography #sweden #cycling #architecture
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Tell me how much you appreciate the sun and I'll know how far North you live. Spring in Stockholm, 2025. #stockholm #streetphotography #sweden
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I wish all cities had streets as quiet as Stockholm. #citiesforpeople #urbanmobility #photography
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Ready for a new season with some fresh colours. Stockholm, 2024. #photography #blackandwhite #stockholm #portrait
Black and white portrait of a young woman in Stockholm.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The vibes they are a-changin'. #stockholm #photography #spring #citiesforpeople #cyclingculture
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
You can work an extra job, so you'll make a few more dollars. They can do nothing and the capital they accumulated will make them more millions/day. So yes, you can totally climb that ladder, if you work hard enough... In order to get equal opportunities, we need to dismantle this bllsht system.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It's not money and it's not power. It's about caring. The greatest quality in a man is when you have the power to destroy, but choose to love, to help, to build, to cooperate. Photo captured in Stockholm a few days ago. #peopleoverprofit #photography #stockholm
Father walking with his child in Gamla Stan, Stockholm.
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skylineA vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery. A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Sicily, 2019. #photography #travel #sicily #italy
Sicily, coastline landscape.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Some deep breaths are needed these days. We need to find the energy and the means to resist and push back against the 1%, to stop them from dragging us into the dark ages of cruel kings and no laws. Image taken last year around Stockholm. #photography #calm #standup #sweden #fujifilm
Trail in pine forest near Stockholm.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We are actually witnessing the return to a feudal form of capitalism. When a few have all the money and they also make the rules. The middle ages were not a good time for everyday people. It's insane some voters imagine supporting billionaires in dismantling democracies is good for them.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Insane days. Pushing back is essential.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
8 myths about cycling, brilliantly debunked by @nordregio.bsky.social with a ton of facts and examples: pub.nordregio.org/pb-2025-1-de... #cycling #planning #sustainable #transport
8 myths about cycling, Nordregio policy brief.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Efficiency when moving people, from poor to high: car lane, bike lane, sidewalk, public transport (rail in this case). Also, an example of fair distribution of public street space, with options for everyone. Stockholm, 2021. #urbanmobility #streetphotography #Stockholm #sustainabletransport
Cylists on a bike lane in Stockholm. Aerial view of street space allocation.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
First post here, while waiting for a future community owned platform or something else that is not a company, where human dialogue can rise above capitalist forces and illiberal regimes. Anyway, I'll mostly share urban mobility related stuff, starting with this winter cycling photo from Stockholm.
People walking and cycling by the water in Stockholm, Sweden, on a winter day.
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