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Jay Hightman

@jay.hightman.org
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I am an advocate in the United States for infrastructure & transportation improvements which will save lives, for not just for the drivers of motor vehicles, but also the most vulnerable road users such as bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 5h
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 30, 2026 ~ Uncharted! "A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare ... and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."
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Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts - Inside Climate News
As preparedness lags, many regions around the world could be overwhelmed by rising temperatures, climate experts warn.
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Lake. Big Lake. @lakebiglake.bsky.social · 21h
Today on our walk to the dog park, we saw two commercial vehicles parked in the bike lane, four cars blocking crosswalks, one blatant red-light violator, and zero drivers stopping at stop signs. B-b-b-but bike riders don’t follow TeH rOoLz Of TeH rOaD!! #BikeChi @bikegridnow.org
CHICAGO - Cintas van parked in the bike lane, 28 N. Paulina St., 9-29-26.
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 19h
Republicans in Congress got hours of free airtime in front of the American people. They spent it stating false facts as true and calling Jack Smith a dirtbag and a villain. Here's all you need to know, under oath.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 19h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15h
The DOJ indicted “Bitcoin Jesus” Roger Ver in one of the largest-ever crypto tax fraud cases. Those familiar with the case said the evidence was “rock solid” and that prosecutors were confident of a conviction. Then Donald Trump won a second term. (Published January)
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How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justi...
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: The White House claimed this was a service announcement.😒
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%....
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tens of millions of American motorists believe there's nothing wrong with texting at a stoplight. Or driving 73 in a 60mph zone. Or changing lanes without signaling. Or rolling right on red without coming to a full stop. But somebody has to do something about cyclists who don't follow the rules.
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The Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For “not being a dictator”, he sure does a lot of things a dictator would do.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal @us-political-news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads raise questions about their legality NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former White House ethics czar Norman Eisen about the ethical and legal questions raised by new Trump administration advertisements, which are funded by taxpayer money. www.npr.org/202
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RIO LINDA MEX 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦🦍aka Gus Gallegos @riolindamex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Added to list. #TribunalsComing
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 29/09/2026
No surprise at all!
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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Removing bike lanes is not going to help congestion. This government is spending millions of dollars making roads less safe and removing infrastructure, rather than building for the future.
spacing.ca
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Erik Noonan @eriknoonan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bike/pedestrian networks don't take 30 years to build. Stop accepting those timelines in your community. The best practices have been proven & they already exist. Safety should already be the #1 priority. The ROI is unbeatable. The timeline is a moral document and it shouldn't be generational.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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grace @gracemachine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For obvious reasons, I haven't talked much about it on here, but my father died suddenly while cycling. Grateful to @sltrib.com for letting me eulogize him and write about the absolute moral necessity of making roads safer for pedestrians and bikers.
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Voices: Deaths like my father’s are not anomalies. They are the bloody cost of our car-obsessed world.
“We can, we must, take action now, before some new senseless death proves the need for change all over again,” Grace Benfell writes in an op-ed.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXTRAORDINARY WORLD RECORD AGAIN We are witnessing something crazy with thousands of records smashed allover Asia every day of the month. 47C again in KJWAIT today MINIMUM 34C Kuwait City Port LATEST 34C MINIMUM EVER RECORDED IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE Worse tomorrow !
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 28/09/2026
Make America Health Again? Not under the Trump regime and RFK, Jr.!
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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Ontario Government does municipal road design now apparently. "wants bidders to provide plans to “remove or relocate” islands, medians and gutters and “incorporate congestion relief measures at all major intersections to improve traffic flow, such as traffic signal adjustments"
spacing.ca
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 28/09/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RepubliKKKans Are Bad For America, Vote Accordingly.......💙
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Mike Rogers and Donald Trump think that their proximity to power is worth more than your ability to live your life. It’s why we have to stand up to Bad Men…
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If we want to clean up Trump's mess — and prevent it from happening again — here are 10 reforms every midterm candidate should support. Call them the “10 Commandments for a Better Government.”
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The 10 Commandments (for Cleaning Up After Trump)
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“From Bordeaux to Paris, via Rennes in Brittany and Die in the southeast, thousands – 120,000, according to organizers – turned out ‘for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.’”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 27/09/2026
Inspiring! Now if only Doug Ford would listen...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These people make Marie Antoinette look connected to the people and empathetic by comparison. They laugh at what their own voters are going through as they continue to mock them as they enrich themselves and have a great time.
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DaughterOfDefiance @z-buck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I really, really hate this timeline... Also, why the hell was this NOT reported on when it happened (Mar 2026)???
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 26/09/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 26, 2026 ~ Do not be afraid. "I’m temperamentally optimistic, but the dangers are extremely grave, getting more so all the time ... It’s like a nature hike through the book of Revelation." www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news...
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Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate
Al Gore believes victory in the climate fight is within reach, though he warns it could slip away | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 26/09/2026
Robyn,

Today you have been gone for seven years,
three months, and two days...

Looking at the full moon tonight, I was
reminded of how often I thought of you.
We never talked about this, so I will say
it now. Even when we lived miles apart,
I was comforted by the thought, that the
moon I saw at night, was the same you
looked upon too.

Do you now peer down from where you
are and think of me?

Love Dad

Robyn Avril Hightman
September 19th, 1998 - June 24th 2019
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Steph59Renee 👠 @steph59renee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To MAGA from Donald. 👠
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not surprised that the 5 time draft dodging, president bone spurs does not see our veterans as a priority. Watching our tax money being pissed away on vanity projects when real needs exist is absolutely infuriating.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Removing or failing to build safe bike-lanes can affect much more than cyclists...” It undermines the success of cities, and the safety of people, in a lot of critical ways. “Lessons on what cities lose by giving in to car culture.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/ontarios-bik...
People riding bikes in a painted bike-lane…
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 25/09/2026
On Facebook Republicains post a "TRUMP THE TRANSPARENT" meme. Trump is anything but... He obstructs to hide his crimes. Maybe this is what they mean by "Transparent", not able to be see!
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 25/09/2026
Just wow!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Absofreakinlutely 💯% True......
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bythepeople1863.bsky.social @bythepeople1863.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After Joe Biden's poor debate performance in 2024, people & reporters were aghast at how the White House covered up his mental decline. If reporters felt deceived, you think they would be more vigilant about reporting Trump's mental decline instead of sane washing his idiocy.
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 24/09/2026
I thought about my daughter Robyn when I read this: "One day you'll take your last ride, hug someone for the last time, or watch one final sunset without even knowing it. That's why I refuse to take this life for granted anymore. I'm always enjoying the little things."
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 24/09/2026
"Build it, and they will come"... cargo bikes line up for Dublin school run irishcycle.com/2026/09/19/b...
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“Build it, and they will come”… cargo bikes line up for Dublin school run
Up to 25 cargo bicycles outside a school; must it be the Netherlands? No, it’s becoming the norm at some Dublin schools along newer, higher-quality cycle routes. Parents use cargo bikes to ca…
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Jay Hightman @jay.hightman.org · 24/09/2026
I sometimes wonder if Al Gore had been elected president how much further the United States and, for that matter, the world would be at addressing climate change.
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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah, I'm gonna keep my eyes on the November #election at this point.
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Just Jack @jackhealy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kinda funny yet kinda sad...
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