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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 · 18/06/2026
Reading Politico's newsletters about how the EU is fighting tech giants and then seeing lobbying disguised as advertising for Meta and Google in the same emails gives me a lot of confidence in your reporting. When will you accept "advertising" from Putin?
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Funny, almost moved words around to sound like Kaja Kallas did something wrong. The lack of reporting on Israel's crimes by Politico is shameful.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Singapore is one of the more impressive cities I've seen in terms of transport and not only.
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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 · 09/06/2026
5 years after moving here, I'm still amazed by Stockholm's vacation vibe. So many recreational activities from the city centre to the outskirts! I never knew a city could offer so much and that the need to get away on weekends can almost disappear.
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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 · 28/04/2026
It is a view of Fitz Roy, in Patagonia.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Thank you!
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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
A mistake was keeping too many channels open with Moscow.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Good. Just don't sign that trade deal with the US. And move faster with the Visa/Mastercard alternatives.
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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 · 23/04/2026
In any deal with the US, only Europe will be forced to respect it. It is a very stupid idea to sign this.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
If I ever see this guy in need of water in the desert, I'll be sure to offer him a glass, for a million dollars. And the next glass for 10 million. Christian values, the way he applies them.
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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
Great news! Congratulations! Ps: I finally read Curbing Traffic this week, during some time off, after buying it a year ago. :) I enjoyed the balance of info and personal stories. Nicely done and hopefully approachable for larger audiences.
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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
Hej, Happy Birthday! Warm hugs from Stockholm! :)
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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
Powerful is a weird word. Betraying your allies and making business deals with a weak enemy is far from powerful. Or wise.
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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 · 30/11/2025
That's the thing, waiting for ethical businesses is something we don't have time to do, as they don't appear that often. And when they do, they tend not to stay ethical for long. Some essential things are not meant to be private.
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Vienna is changing. #bikesky #fujifilm #vienna #cars #urbanism+
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Who owns it? The EU should create an independent entity that owns this. Otherwise it will be nice until the guy sells it or goes weird.
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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
Well deserved!
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Vienna, 2025. #cycling #cars #streetphotography #fujifilm
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Doru Oprisan @doruoprisan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Not that we were speeding towards a more sustainable direction. We were barely dragging our feet, but that's too much for some.
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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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