Reposted by Riley CaseyAnne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Incredibly grateful for this incisive piecepublicbooks.orgLong-Distance Talkers: The Great Depression Speaks - Public BooksDuring the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration conducted thousands of interviews among American workers. Anne Trubek's “American Made” gives them new voice. 22213
Reposted by Riley CaseyAngie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In 2020, members of Congress got private briefings on the pandemic and some sold stock right after. Weeks later the market crashed and the rest of us took the hit. I'll vote to ban congressional stock trading with no loopholes. Serve the public or play the market. Not both. #AngieForFlorida 4460133
Reposted by Riley CaseyProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 411113626056
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Freight rail is over seven times more energy efficient than trucking, emitting only 21.2 metric tons of greenhouse gases per million ton-miles compared to trucking's 154.1 metric tons." Why the fuck are we sending freight from LA to Dallas by truck in the first place? 020
Reposted by Riley CaseyMiss Hap @misshap.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026"A car ran the light at the crossing right in front of me. I'm not against cars, but the automobile community has to deal with these irresponsible drivers." No one writes posts like this. It's only ever about cyclists, or scooter users. 39412
Reposted by Riley CaseyCarl @cmwd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This morning as I was crossing the street with the light taking my four year old to school a car ran the red light and drove right in front of us. The driver community really needs to take responsibility for this behavior. 215218
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Genuine question- What’s the larger component of the US economy? Selling clothes and cosmetics to women or military and adjacent spending? 010
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Pretty sure he's going to switch to the Republicans when the new term starts. At a minimum declare as an independent and caucus with the Republicans. He knows he has no shot a reelection so why not? 010
Reposted by Riley Caseyandrea shea @whattheshea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 4337257
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Always encouraged by the fact that conservatives hate each other more than they hate the rest of us 020
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Israel and it's apologists are so far removed from reality they no longer see what being human requires. 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If the US had gone over to metric in the 70s when we had the chance none of this would be happening 🙄 010
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"Laura Loomer, the far-right activist and ally of Donald Trump, claimed credit for Yiannopoulos’s detention and wrote that she had previously reported him to ICE." They hate each other more than they hate the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comMilo Yiannopoulos, a far-right political commentator, detained by ICEA former editor of Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos has also served as an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene 000
Reposted by Riley CaseyGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This video is fucking bananas. An SUV driver swerves into a group of cyclists in Florida before shooting at them. Cops still haven't found the driver: www.local10.com/news/local/2... 12713174
Reposted by Riley CaseySarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026No right on red is one of the simplest pro-human policies a city can institute. 417327
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026SCotUS has issued the modern Dred Scott decision. Civil War is on the horizon. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comUS supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in votingJustices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms 000
Reposted by Riley CaseyJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank.  27566902968
Reposted by Riley CaseyBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026All ICE funding should be transferred to MRNA research and development . www.wsj.com/health/pharm...wsj.comNovel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNAResult in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. 328164514243
Reposted by Riley CaseyJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/20261. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times. 24584213879
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Keeping two sets of tools is a damn nuisance. The US should have carried thru on going metric in the 70s. This is idiotic. Grumble grumble. 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Bsky really needs an angry button along with the heart button 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Reality always has a hard time confronting an appealing fantasy www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...businessinsider.comI read all the studies on the economic impact of bike lanes. Here's what I learned.Research proves that bike lanes are good for business. So why do so many stores and restaurants still oppose them? 030
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I must have missed the fact that Iran notified us prior to all their previous attacks on US bases in the region. Surprise attacks are so rude. 🙄 000
Reposted by Riley CaseyWomen Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 25/07/2026U.S. cyclist deaths hit a 40-year high in 2025. 1114467
Reposted by Riley CaseyStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/07/2026We went on a bike ride with @aoc.bsky.social youtu.be/s1-jM1SuZR0?...youtu.beWe went on a bike ride with AOCYouTube video by Streetsblog NYC 325165
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Aside from a few shitty country songs what music can you remember from that espouses conservative ideas? Music that you came away singing to yourself? Yea the left always has better music. Maybe thats because it has better ideas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Xy...youtube.comLady of the HarborYouTube video by Windborne - Topic 000
Reposted by Riley CaseyBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Read this. It’s shocking. It’s murder. Not manslaughter, murder. He did it on purpose and then tried to ridiculously lie about it. But here’s the main point. Every politician, media person, ANYONE who has deliberately sought to “other” or lessen the humanity of people on bikes is an accomplice.theguardian.com‘Our hearts are crushed’: Hannah Rapp’s violent death sparks outpouring of griefFamily and boxing community grieving deeply after Rapp was killed by motorist while she was cycling in Texas 18376104
Reposted by Riley CaseyThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 19/07/2026On the other hand, this is a great way to illustrate the spacial inefficiency of cars. It's good reminder that cars aren't a technology problem; they're a geometry problem. Or, as @doctorow.pluralistic.net succinctly put it, "Geometry hates cars." 191014201
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Not really a sports ball fan of any kind but arriving at my soccer player daughter’s house of course FIFA was on the TV. After she explained who the teams were I instantly became an Espana fan just because it would mean Trump would have to give them the prize after months of dissing Spain. 020
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026If you want to commit murder in this country do it with a car. You'll be off the hook in no time. 020
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026AQI in Baltimore and DC today is code purple, the most extreme level. I can smell the burning wood from almost 1000 miles away. It’s beginning to look like burning the world to keep fossil fuel execs rich might not be worth it. 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Our US tax dollars at work. Past time that we stop paying for this. 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026We have to decide if this government is malicious or incompetent. Why not both? 000
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Oh come on now, let's be realistic. It's either this or the Exxon stock price takes a hit. Perspective matters. 🙄 010
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Anything at all to avoid mandating speed governors in cars and limiting size and weight to appropriate use cases. 030
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I get this on many if not most videos on Bsky. Retry doesn't change anything. Emptying the browser ( Safari on Mac ) doesn't change anything. Does anyone have a suggestion for resolving this? 010
Reposted by Riley CaseyLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The cyclospora outbreak (“explosive diarrhea”) is the largest in US historyhistory and we deny don’t know what’s causing it. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/explosive-...yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comExplosive foodborne outbreakIt's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you. 59743
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026That Platner turned out to be a jerk doesn’t in any way diminish the fact that Maine voters understand that centrist Dems are useless at best & genuinely harmful if left to their own devices. They know a more progressive turn is our best shot at recovering the republic & expect that from the Dems 010
Reposted by Riley CaseyEcon Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 11/07/2026ICE has thugs wearing “media” vests and masks filming protesters, something that is totally normal in a democracy...ctinsider.comDan Haar: Fake news? No, fake media may be the real danger at a Connecticut ICE raid"This is a reality-TV-show president... And it sounds to me like they were making a reality TV show," Amanda Crawford said. 17939731884
Riley Casey @erileykc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Racists whining about the color of the actors in the current Odyssey movie but no one asking why they all speak English. 031
Reposted by Riley CaseyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/07/2026There's plenty of reasons to be skeptical of centrists who bemoan "political polarization" and call for a politics that abandons the "tribalism of left and right." 1/ 7289120
