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Mike Pozar

@poach187.bsky.social
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Husband and father/stepfather of 5. 14 years as a Software Engineer / Manager at MSFT + Indeed; now a stay-at-home dad and wannabe disc golfer.

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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 01/10/2026
Halloween is coming. You don’t have to go to a “trunk-or-treat” event in Seattle! You can close your neighborhood street to through-traffic – for free! Trick-or-Streets permits are free and easy to get. Join here: seattle.gov/transportation/trick-or-streets
The ancient two-panel Drake meme. On the top, he's looking away in disgust and holding his hand up. The text next to it says "Truck-or-treat". On the bottom, he looks pleased and is pointing toward text that says "Close your street".
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This how I think about it too 🎯
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents
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Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 22/09/2026
Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The 70-79 Tigers have a better run differential than the 90-59 #1 seed Tampa Bay Rays.
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AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Will we ever realize that our car culture (where 2/3 of the population depends on having access to their own private automobile) was a giant mistake? "Drivers bear only 23% of total car-use costs, while 77% of all automobility costs are borne by society"
sciencedirect.com
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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is madness
reason.com
Virginia mom gets 6-month suspended jail sentence for letting 5-year-old walk to the pond
The government also placed Karyann Parkinson on its child abuse and neglect registry, where she will remain for seven years.
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Ari Ofsevit @ofsevit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In 1957, a T ride cost 20¢. Adjusted for inflation, that's $2.40, exactly what the T costs today (well, $2.41, but close). The Turnpike from 128 to New York cost $2.45. Adjusted for inflation, it would be equivalent to $29.64. Driving the length of the Pike costs $4.25 today.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026
Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*.
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Project On Government Oversight @pogo.org · 16/08/2026
Tell your representatives that they must act IMMEDIATELY to close the gaps in our ethics laws and to hold President Trump accountable.
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President Trump's blatant conflict of interest needs to be the last straw
Government officials should not be able to profit from an industry they have influence over.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Swiss Study: On average, the researchers calculated external costs of 13.07 cents per person per kilometer driven. 5.73 cents for air pollution and noise 2.61 cents for traffic congestion 2.60 cents for climate damage 2.15 cents for the consequences of accidents www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/N...
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Der Preis des Verkehrs – und was auf keiner Rechnung steht
Wie lassen sich Verkehrskosten fairer verteilen? Eine Basler Studie zeigt, wie Mobility Pricing Verhalten und Rückverteilung beeinflusst.
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Robert McMillan 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 @robertmcmillan13.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Not measured - people who are not using the roads because of safety concerns Netherlands - 75% of school students cycle to school regularly Ireland closer to 2%. Fatalities data - says Ireland’s roads were safer. BS irishcycle.com/2024/10/10/r...
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Road fatality figures are a poor indicator of road safety
Comment & Analysis: Back in 2019, Ireland was named the second safest European Union Member State by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and received the ETSC’s Road Safety Performance…
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Project On Government Oversight @pogo.org · 06/08/2026
Not only do you deserve a full accounting of the damage DOGE wrought, you deserve answers to the many questions about this rogue agency that still remain.
pogo.org
DOGE Owes Us an Explanation
Transparency and oversight are key to reducing government waste. Sunsetting without issuing a final report shows DOGE never really cared about either.
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Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for the cost they've imposed on the rest of us. Maybe now is a good time for an Iran war windfall tax.
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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Incredible stuff from Avalon Nursery.
Guys I’m sorry about my last few posts picking on Agapanthus & Yuccas. I understand lots of you like these plants so I do apologise. I will admit, there is a time and a place for all plants including those two. And that time is never and that place is hell. Bye
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.
medium.com
We Don’t Have a Culture of Convenience in North America. We Have a CULT of Convenience.
And you can tell the difference by what happens when you question it.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Unlike many others forced to halt their research [due to Trump cuts], Sehgal and his co-authors released their study anyway...with a fraction of the intended sample size. Still, removing the gas stoves relieved the participants’ asthma so much that the results were clear even with only 85 of them."
wapo.st
The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.
Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
climatecoloredgoggles.com
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 05/07/2026
You simply can’t be seen attempting to talk shit to a guy who is winning, laughing at you, and, crucially, taller than you
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One year ago.
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Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I think this is the first mainstream press piece I've seen about balcony solar that gets it right and captures any nuance. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Tiny Solar Panel That Could Change America
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Why are US roads so much deadlier than Europe's? US: bigger cars, longer driving distances, more rural roads, weaker pedestrian infrastructure. Europe: tends to favour traffic calming, smaller vehicles, safer crossings, and stricter road design standards. Source: buff.ly/T0ScbKE
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Ella Hansen @bagelpowered.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This looks exactly like my ichiro bobblehead from 2004. They shoulda seen this coming lol
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
COME ON
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.
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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
State Rep @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social brought her newborn home from the hospital by cargo bike — made possible by years of investment in protected bike infrastructure. When we build for ALL ages & abilities, we make the best transportation choices the easiest choices. What a story to tell someday!
startribune.com
Lawmaker, husband ride e-bike to, and from, baby’s delivery
Rep. Katie Jones, a Minneapolis Democrat, and her husband, Peter Schmitt, pedaled to the hospital before and after their son was born.
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Doug Trumm @metropolitanglide.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Today, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced three pieces of legislation intended to speed the creation of tiny home villages and other forms of emergency housing serving homeless people.
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Ella Hansen @bagelpowered.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I built the wall behind her ☺️ yay make it easier for people to get shelter!!
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New Monday best by :03!
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/02/2026
Corruption, plain and simple. Steve Witkoff, David Sacks, and Howard Lutnick must testify in front of Congress. And Congress needs to grow a spine and put a stop to Trump’s crypto corruption.
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AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
WTF NYTimes: Courts Find Trump Deportation Policy Unlawful A strategy to detain immigrants indefinitely violated federal law, triggering widespread lawsuits and forcing courts to order releases
NYTimes.com headline screenshot:

Federal Courts Undercut Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign A policy intended to keep immigrants detained indefinitely has led to a deluge of lawsuits, overwhelming some federal courts and resulting in many releases.
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
COME ON
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Santa Cruz, by Peter Doig, 2025
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed.
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AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
What’s it going to take for state and local law enforcement to arrest federal law enforcement?
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davidkc.bsky.social @davidkc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I don't want to hear Walz, Frey or any other elected official say "this has to stop." I want to hear them say "I will stop this."
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
COME ON www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:
 
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
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onion person @junlper.beer · 08/01/2026
i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
There we go. That there’s a headline.
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Time to reup the real National Security Strategy:
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a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
ALT: a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Adding this to my “prompts to try again in a year to see how things improve” list 😉
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 16/12/2025
Here's a fun thing I just learned: If you're a magazine or catalog or other bulk mailer who is willing to add AI-generated content to your mailing, USPS will reward you with a 5% discount—potentially many thousands of dollars! How on earth does this benefit USPS? www.usps.com/business/pro...
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Mike Pozar @poach187.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Best Thursday time by over a minute 😮
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