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Kevin rides the bus

@kpwroth.bsky.social
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interested in all things cities - in particular urban mobility with public transit, cycling, and walkability. also care about politics, foreign policy, and soccer. YNWA!

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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We've known about the costs of sprawl as long as we've known about global warming and tobacco being bad for you 😭 no wonder people become disillusioned
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Russell Vought has been deleting some of your comments on the proposed OMB rule to politicize grantmaking. Particularly ones that mention him by name and that his daughter was treated for CF with an NIH-funded therapeutic.
statnews.com
Comments on OMB research rule mysteriously removed from federal website
Some comments on a proposed OMB research rule have been mysteriously removed from a public-facing government webpage.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Really feel for Iran's Persian Cheetahs after this group stage. Gutted they aren't going to advance, they deserve it after the way FIFA and the US have treated them and they deserve it based on their play.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/06/2026
we have solar. i just looked, my bill this month is on track to be about $8. i live in virginia and this includes charging an EV.
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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I cannot get over scoring a goal in the World Cup for your country and your immediate reaction is laser-focused on what this means for your haters legendary stuff
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
the thing of "trans people just pushed too hard on the sports stuff" is so ahistorical that it makes me mad, when did you hear about trans sports before 2020 outside of the occasinoal human interest story on it
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If you own a pair of meta glasses you're a fucking loser and you can count on me never being friends or acquaintances with you
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
yes. change the statute on which this decision turned and redistrict according to the legitimacy conferred by the people of the state
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/05/2026
My entire lifetime has seen Republicans benefit from every structural bias in the system: two republican presidents elected while losing the popular vote,the senate being biased towards small rural conservative states,house and state legislatures being heavily gerrymandered, and a captured SCOTUS.
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BART @bart.gov · 22/04/2026
Did you know BART has been installing bioretention areas, often called “rain gardens,” at stations across the system? These landscaped areas are designed to slow, capture, and naturally filter stormwater, removing pollutants like harmful hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and debris. #EarthDay
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute
In Bruges scene where Colin Farrell is pointing a gun at his head and Brendon Gleeson is also pointing a gun at Colin Farrell's head
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In fifty years when people look back at the past decade or so, the big world-changing technological innovation won't be the chatbot slop machines, it'll be mRNA.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Reminder to next dem government: take all of SpaceX’s federal contracts and give the money back to NASA.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This is insane. I hate absolutely everything about this world cup - fifa's refusal to not be the most blatantly corrupt sporting organization in the world, the price gouging, and now local public transit is getting in on the action? What the fuck. www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...
nytimes.com
Train tickets between Boston and Gillette Stadium to almost quadruple in cost during World Cup
According to sources familiar with the planning, individuals will be charged around or even more than $75 per-person for a return ticket.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I'm sure cutting off energy supplies to actual humans in favor of powering the burgeoning chatbot sector will be a very popular decision with no downside
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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
An under-appreciated fact about California Forever's ongoing evil Pokemon evolution is that it is now explicitly aligning itself with Trump's planned war machine, and seeking to turn parts of Bay Area and Delta into a new shipbuilding/robotics hub for global fascism www.kqed.org/news/1206995...
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California Forever Eyes New Trump Initiative to Bring Its Shipbuilding Plans to Life | KQED
The company and its partners are urging the federal government to designate the California Delta a “Maritime Prosperity Zone” aimed at creating jobs and attracting investment.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This person really is the Rick Steves of urbanism YouTube. The writing is just so, so good, leading to a fun, engaging, & educational experience that any normie - not just urbanists - can enjoy. #urbanism #transit #cities #mexicocity www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqgK...
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Pre-Aztec Urbanism in Mexico City’s Pueblos Originarios
YouTube video by Urban Americas
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Further evidence that Garry Tan is an asshole
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
x.com/garrytan/sta... Garry Tan somehow escapes a lot of the criticism other tech leaders - Zuck, Musk, a16z people, etc - get, and I think that needs to change.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
www.wired.com/story/china-... This manufacturing capacity is just incredible. China is actually realizing PV solar's potential, and it's just a miss of incalculable size for the United States. They are the electrostate that we could have been. Also underscores why nuclear isn't necessary to...
wired.com
China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World
A global onslaught of cheap Chinese green power is upending everything in its path. No one is ready for its repercussions.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Outside of their heartless cruelty, these are just the dumbest motherfuckers
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
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RIP Alex Pretti,
he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad's final salut at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex' sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to "fight the good fight"
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Do not let them assassinate this man’s character the same day they killed him in cold blood. Alex was a registered nurse who stood up when others stayed silent. If our federal leaders had half of his courage, new funding for ICE wouldn’t have been approved by Congress less than 72 hours ago.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It's criminal that Hugo isn't in the starting XI for #LFC. Considering our very clear and obvious form when Gakpo starts, it just seems like managerial malpractice
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
ALL MN PROTESTERS Absolutely nothing could be worse for our cause than violence and rioting. It is what ICE and Trump obviously want. Do not burn down our own city to protest invaders; they do not care; they will enjoy it. Do not do it. Do not let your fellow protesters do it.
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 24/01/2026
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
To repeat: Abolish ICE.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
So it looks like ICE may have just murdered another person in broad daylight, if that video is authentic. Anyone who gave it any serious thought could have seen that this is where the Republican Party would end up. It has been clear since at least George W Bush.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I generally hate AI but recognize there are genuine use cases for it. Claude seems to be the only one (that I am aware of) making products for those use cases. Products for the general public are nothing more than a recipe for disaster
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It’s not so much that Trump & co don’t think slavery was important, they want to remove this history precisely *because* of how important it was. They don’t want people to learn about slavery because then people would understand how it continues to shape the landscape of inequality in America today.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Serious question. What about the IP theft? I know there was a freak out about Japan - did they steal IP like China has done? The other topic is, well, the silk road. This was never not going to be a confrontation.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Kalshi, Polymarket, and traditional sports betting platforms need to be regulated out of existence. The people who created these platforms are fucking losers and they are just contributing to the degradation of our society
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This war was lost even before the Inflation Reduction Act. I don't think people really understand the scale of China's manufacturing capabilities in general, and in particular for renewables (solar PV, energy storage systems, EV batteries, etc). The game's been over for a while, I'm afraid.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
There are many many good people out there. Be clear-eyed about what is happening, but don't let the cruelty and cynicism overwhelm you.
mprnews.org
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Some of the best football we have played this season, Konate with a very solid game, Frimpong continues to look dangerous, have to hope Bradley didn't just do his ACL. Need other players back from injury desperately #YNWA #LFC
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Kevin rides the bus @kpwroth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This 2nd half against Arsenal is the best football I've seen #LFC play all season. Come on red men, need at least a point from this.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Abolish ICE!
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I'm sick to my fucking stomach.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If any one person saved our republic during the 21st century it was Eugene Goodman and I am sure that he hasn’t been thanked enough.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 06/01/2026
Truly, one of the most disgusting human beings who has ever lived.
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Jane Natoli 🥑🚲🍍 @wafoli.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Turns out removing cars from dense urban areas by making them pay for all their deleterious impacts dramatically improves cities. We should be doing this in San Francisco. We have studied it endlessly. The time is now
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Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Just an annoying reminder that the unquenchable American thirst for oil, and the conquest and subjugation of other nations in futile attempts to satiate it, is brought to you in large part by our land-use patterns
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Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
More broadly, this is a depressing death knell to the idea — already on life support — that U.S. foreign policy cares *at all* about democracy and human rights, in Latin America or elsewhere. Now we love dictatorships, just so long as they're willing to give us a cut of the proceeds.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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