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Michael LaDouceur

@michaelladouceur.bsky.social
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Monica de la Cruz @monicadlc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Biking is hands down the best way to get to SD Pride this weekend. No traffic, no waiting in shuttle lines, no surge pricing. Plus parking is super easy and free with @bikesd.bsky.social!
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The e-book edition of LIFE AFTER CARS is available for just $1.99 on @bookshop.org for a limited time! bookshop.org/a/9252/97805...
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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Jeff Bezos has begun the process of raising $100 billion for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and then use AI to automate production. www.reuters.com/business/ret...
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Jeff Bezos aims to raise $100 billion to buy, revamp manufacturing firms with AI, WSJ reports
Jeff Bezos is in early discussions to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would acquire ​manufacturing companies and seek to use AI to ‌drive and speed up automation, the Wall Street Journal report...
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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Repost to scare the California Coastal Commission
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big scary rocks save lives @jtd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I had stern words. Please take a moment to respond. Thanks.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I’m really tired of the narrative behind paid parking at Balboa Park. I work off sixth avenue and I’ve never seen this many cars parked in balboa park on a Tuesday. Change is hard and there should be options for individuals who can’t afford it. There should also be fast and reliable alternatives
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I came across a great nonprofit that matches donations when you split your donation between a nonprofit of your choice and a nonprofit, like the @cleanaircatf.bsky.social , that they've identified as a super effective charity. givingmultiplier.org/invite/C0FB6...
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We match donations to the charities of your choice
Give to both your personal favorite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts. We’ll add to both of your donations through our matching system.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Listening to Billionaires by Civics 101 Podcast…. Did you know there were only 20 billionaires when I was born in 1990? Now there’s over 900. That seems like an issue
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today. The system is rigged.
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Circulate Planning & Policy @circulatesd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
PRESS RELEASE: Circulate launched an online tool for San Diegans to demand safer streets. If you are also horrified by the recent deaths of local children on City roads, click the link below to tell your leaders to invest in safety: www.circulatesd.org/stop_deaths_....
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Circulate Planning & Policy @circulatesd.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Two children died in separate crashes on SD streets late last month. Unfortunately, tragedies like these are not uncommon. Still our elected officials are not prioritizing safety. Join us in telling our elected officials to Stop Deaths on Our Streets: circulatesd.good.do/stopdeaths/VZ/
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
On a happier note this morning, don’t forget you can that you can raise money for nature just by listening to some pretty great music. Put it on in the background and start raising money for some great indigenous led conservation efforts!
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Ban right turn on red…. Almost hit AGAIN in hillcrest this morning @cmwhitburnd3.bsky.social
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
What a difference four months makes. Imagine selling your house, moving for work and then being laid off anyway.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
No Kings San Diego aerial footage. 10/18/2025 #NoKings
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15/10/2025
Trump wants to DOUBLE Argentina's bailout to $40 billion to save his political ally. Yet he is doing nothing to prevent 15 million Americans from losing their health care and 20 million from seeing a doubling in their premiums. Is this what Trump means by America first?
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I just sent a message and took me two minutes. Please voice your support for SB79.
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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It's one thing to talk about the 1 in 20 Americans who live in households without cars. But it's another to talk about all the people who live in households with fewer cars than people who need to drive to participate in an autocentric society, particularly kids, elders, and people w/disabilities.
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Report: A Third of Americans Can't Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — Streetsblog USA
So why do we plan our cities like everyone can and does get behind the wheel every day?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees. In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay. Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024. Textbook corporate greed.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 28/08/2025
Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#ReleaseTheCuomoList
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NPR @npr.org · 08/08/2025
See a Tiny Desk Concert LIVE 👏 IN 👏 PERSON 👏 We’re flying one lucky winner and their guest to D.C. to see a show up close 🎤🛫 Entering is FREE, and you can get bonus entries and limited edition merch by supporting The NPR Network 🤯 Enter now: tinyurl.com/22kyj72s
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Beau Miles, an Australian filmmaker, is raising money via views on YouTube to plant trees in under utilized and steep pasture. He’s already raised enough to plant 1,400 trees. Raise more $ by watching his video and sharing! Less than a week before he calculates the total
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Using YouTube to plant a forest
YouTube video by Beau Miles
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Almost witnessed 5 women get murdered by a car tonight at the intersection of Park and Robinson. I’m so tired of this… I’ll say it again📣 I see this or have it happen to me MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. Someone please listen 🙏🏼 @cmwhitburnd3.bsky.social @circulatesd.bsky.social @seanelorivera.bsky.social
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
How fun would these be all over the city? 🐑
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This is why I’ll never support the races. People don’t realize how many horses die each year
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Three-year-old horse dies from racing injury at Del Mar
A 3-year-old thoroughbred colt has died after suffering an injury at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in the track's first horse racing death of the year, officials said Sunday.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I am so sick of this. I was almost hit by 4 cars on my walk today. Drivers speeding, not looking before turning, and using their phones. I hope this person is ok. We need elected officials who will prioritize pedestrians and cyclists. @cmwhitburnd3.bsky.social @seanelorivera.bsky.social
Notification from the Citizen App that states a pedestrian was hit in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego.  #waroncars #sandiego #wedeservebetter
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
This won’t significantly improve travel times, but it will decrease safety for pedestrians and further disconnect a neighborhood. Email Councilmember Whitburn, Mayor Gloria, and Supervisor Montgomery Steppe and let them know your opinion. San Diego deserves better.
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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This new @voiceofsandiego.org explainer on housing is a must-watch: voiceofsandiego.org/2025/07/30/s...
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San Diego 101: Why Is It so Hard to Build Housing?
The causes of San Diego's housing crisis go back 100 years. Here's what we can do today to turn it around.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The Prado bridge was closed to vehicles for San Diego Pride this weekend and it was heavily used by pedestrians. It should be like this every day @cmwhitburnd3.bsky.social @seanelorivera.bsky.social @sandiegomts.bsky.social @circulatesd.bsky.social @bikesd.bsky.social
Prado bridge in San Diego closed to traffic with dozens of people walking.  #sdmts
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Hey Guys! Pretty sure we don’t wanna give this billionaire another cent Post a photo of what you bought and/or where you shopped instead of Amazon, using the #BetterThanAmazon hashtag 👇Check Out the Thread👇
Boycott Amazon July 8th - 11th
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Want to support wildlife conservation by just listening to music? Check out the Museum for the United Nations' Sounds Right Project. Every stream on your favorite platform raises money for critical conservation projects around the world. www.museumfortheunitednations.com/soundsright
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Sounds Right — MUSEUM FOR THE UNITED NATIONS
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 25/05/2025
This is phenomenal. Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment. It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
San Diego is just 15 sets of bike lights away from funding their bike light giveaways. Anyone wanna help close out their crowdfunding? www.bikelaneuprising.com/product-page...
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San Diego - Sponsor a Set of Bike Lights | bikelaneuprising
You will not physically receive this order Have you ever spotted someone biking without bike lights and thought, "I wish I could just give them a set"? So have we! We initially hoped to fund and give...
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
TLDR: people are angry they bought cars too big for their driveway and now theyre getting tickets. The City points to increased reporting through the Get it Done app… keep it up. www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/c...
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Clairemont residents getting ticketed in their own driveways, prompting petition
The crux of the problem is that many of the homes were built as military housing in the 1950s with short driveways that fit many of the cars of that era.
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Atmos @atmosmag.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A new study shows the wealthiest 10 percent of the world’s people are responsible for two-thirds of the global warming since 1990. The top 1% and 0.1% contributed 20 and 76 times more to global warming than the average, respectively. #GreenSky
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Make your voice heard to redirect funds from costly freeway expansion studies to fund easy to implement projects that will improve transit in San Diego. SUSPENSE: Tomorrow, May 9 2025
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It’s Time to Cashier the Concrete: Reinvest Our $22.5M in Clean Transit, Not Freeways
Why This Matters For decades, San Diego has spent public money studying and expanding highways—widening roads that fuel sprawl, increase emissions, and leave working families stuck in traffic. M...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 07/05/2025
Welcome to the Birds Gala, where nature's most stylish creatures shine. From golden pheasants to Gouldian finches, birds are vibrant examples of biodiversity. Amidst biodiversity loss, we must act urgently #ForNature to protect birds & the ecosystems vital for life on Earth.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
SIGN THE PETITION for #SB42 the California Fair Elections Act to empower voters and fight Big Money by allowing public financing of campaigns anywhere in California! SIGN HERE: bit.ly/sign-sb42
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Sign petition for SB 42 - California Clean Money
Sign the petition for SB 42, the California Fair Elections Act, to allow public financing of campaigns so elections are won, not bought!
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
We march to take back our future💰🚫! Join us at the UNITE FOR CLIMATE March on Saturday, May 3rd at 11 AM at Waterfront Park. Register here: sdclimatemarch.org #Unite4ClimateSD #sandiego
Let’s fight for our future at the UNITE FOR CLIMATE March on Saturday, May 3rd at 11 AM at Waterfront Park. 🌍🔥 Register here: https://sdclimatemarch.org #Unite4ClimateSD

We march to take back our future💰🚫! Join us at the UNITE FOR CLIMATE March on Saturday, May 3rd at 11 AM at Waterfront Park. Register here: https://sdclimatemarch.org #Unite4ClimateSD

Let’s fight for our future at the UNITE FOR CLIMATE March on Saturday, May 3rd at 11 AM at Waterfront Park. 🌍🔥 Register here: https://sdclimatemarch.org #Unite4ClimateSD

We march to take back our future💰🚫! Join us at the UNITE FOR CLIMATE March on Saturday, May 3rd at 11 AM at Waterfront Park. Register here: https://sdclimatemarch.org #Unite4ClimateSD
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
How did 11 top corporations — including PepsiCo, ComCast, and Kimberly Clark — spend their spoils from Trump's tax scam? By spending three times as much on stock buybacks as they paid in taxes. Nothing trickled down. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/ap…
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Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks as taxes after Trump cuts – report
As president proposes new cuts, data shows 11 corporations collectively recorded nearly $500bn in profits since last cut
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
You say you want freedom, Sean?
WOKE transit vs PATRIOT transit
Needs license/registration
so the government can track you
Government regularly inspects it to legally drive
Legally forces you to pay Insurance so they can pay for other people's accidents
Fuel needs big government subsidies to stay under $5/gallon
Government can revoke privilege to drive anytime
Not required to register
No inspection requirement
Bike insurance optional. Not required
No need for government subsidies
Biking privilege cannot be revoked
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Glad to see some progress being made in lowering speed limits. It sounds like this may be done in conjunction with traffic calming measures (to actually get people to slow down). Hopefully people see the benefits and want to implement more. @acbowen.bsky.social www.kpbs.org/news/public-...
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Here's where San Diego is lowering speed limits to 20 mph
Hillcrest, North Park and Ocean Beach are among the neighborhoods where the city hopes traffic calming can promote walkability and safety.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m so excited for this new volume! I’m a new subscriber and just ordered all previous volumes that are in stock…. The mix of storytelling, science, and art is 🔥I highly recommend Atmos- support independent media ❤️
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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Omg. This makes so much sense.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Would be really exciting to get some of these for the Coronado Ferry, water taxis, and sight seeing cruises in San Diego. I can’t wait to see one in person ☺️ #electrify #sandiego #portofsandiego #sustainability #airquality electrek.co/2025/04/08/i...
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It floats, it flies, it works: World's first hydrofoil electric ferry is crushing it
It flies, it floats, it’s electric — and now it’s officially a hit. The world’s first electric hydrofoil ferry, a...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes. More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.
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Michael LaDouceur @michaelladouceur.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
#sandiego renters, add your name to support banning this practice @cmwhitburnd3.bsky.social
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