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@ridingbikes.bsky.social
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Books, bicycles, chocolate, climate change, and the Oxford comma. Fond of functioning democratic systems and breathable air.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18h
Todd Blanche’s motion for summary judgement in my Epstein redaction training video lawsuit is due tomorrow after a short delay. Multiple sources told me there were videos training FBI agents on how to redact Trump from the Epstein files. I’m suing to get them.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17h
Republican Congressman Mike Collins signals his intent to end Social Security: "[Old people need to] get off of Social Security [and] get back into the workforce."
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 23h
Democracy doesn’t usually give you the satisfaction of knowing which act of resistance mattered most. You show up anyway. You speak anyway. You document anyway. You defend the guardrail anyway. Because surrender guarantees an outcome resistance does not. 🗣️ #JulesUnfiltered
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22h
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h
Senior leaders at Customs and Border Protection were left out of the decision to use their agency’s funds for a national ad campaign featuring Trump. They found out from a news report. Trump isn’t smart enough to come up with this himself. Our guess? Stephen Miller.
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CBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott and other leaders at the agency learned from a news report that national ads highlighting Trump were paid for with CBP funds.
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 22h
🧵PENNSYLVANIA. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO VOTE NOW! 🗳️ PA works a little differently. On-demand mail ballot voting is available in some counties. Check your county’s availability, make your plan & make your voice heard. 🇺🇸 YOUR VOTE! YOUR VOICE! #Pennsylvania #Vote2026 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
🗳️ PENNSYLVANIA — YOU MAY BE ABLE TO VOTE NOW!

PA works a little differently. On-demand mail ballot voting is available in some counties.

Check your county’s availability, make your plan & make your voice heard. 🇺🇸

YOUR VOTE. YOUR VOICE.

#Pennsylvania #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23h
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23h
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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Seattle Department of Transportation @transportation.seattle.gov · 23h
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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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
They’re all completely insane. Vote every single one of them out. Republican Rep. Moore on Watergate: "Richard Nixon was absolutely couped out of office and was framed. All of this was fake."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ
“This is death by a thousand cuts,” one voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket. “It’s why you move voting sites, it’s why you have fewer hours, it’s why our absentee mailing ballots are so compl...
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently barred Jeanine Pirro’s office from prosecuting a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You really can’t make this shit up.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Davey Hearn reflecting pool prosecution dismissed WITH PREJUDICE That means the case cannot be brought again  Huge victory for Davey, for us at @democracydefendersfund.org & our legal team colleagues Washington Litigation Group and Steptoe--& for rule of law More to follow!
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Pppatticake @pppatticake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hitler in waiting
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Meghan @ormeghan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One more way they break the law — subverting spending approved by Congress: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | Trump Wants to Get His Hands on the Power of the Purse (Gift Article)
The search for fraud in the federal government must always end in the same place.
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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
EPITAPH ON A TYRANT- WH Auden 

Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, 
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand, 
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A measure seeking to create a clean energy fund in Eugene (similar to the one in Portland) is facing some heavy pushback from the local and state chambers of commerce. New campaign finance data shows Oregon Business and Industry has donated $25,000 (some in-kind) to stop the measure.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well. "Pentagon tapped Musk, Luckey and Gingrich to help. Project Meridian will examine future battlefields, with findings due within 120 days. Musk’s SpaceX and Luckey’s Anduril have extensive Pentagon business, including multibillion-dollar defense contracts." www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Wyden says the DOJ and FBI withheld a secret interview with a banker tied to Jeffrey Epstein from the files released to the public. And he says there may be more.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
Senator Ron Wyden is accusing the Justice Department and the FBI of withholding a key record from the Epstein files, demanding in a letter obtained exclusively
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has denied DOJ's effort to obtain Georgia's complete, unredacted voter list, the latest in a string of more than two dozen defeats for the Trump administration in efforts to obtain state voter rolls. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#146 in United States v. Raffensperger (N.D. Ga., 1:26-cv-00485) – CourtListener.com
ORDER. It is ORDERED that Defendant Raffensperger and Intervenor-Defendant's BVMF's Motions to Dismiss (Docs. 16, 23 ) are GRANTED IN PART as set forth in this Order. Intervenor-Defendants' Common Cau...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 30/09/2026
We just hit 1 million Fremont Bridge bike trips so far this year #SEAbikes #Seattle
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We just hit 1 million Fremont Bridge bike trips so far this year
Data through September 29. Sometime Monday evening (September 28), somebody rolled across the Fremont Bridge and registered the one millionth bike or scooter trip so far this year. The old bike counter display had both a daily count and a thermometer-style counter that filled up over the course of the year. That thermometer maxed out at one million. When the city first installed the counter with sponsorship from Cascade Bicycle Club, one million was seen as an aspirational number. Seattle just hit that figure before October. Last year, the bridge didn't reach the 1 million mark until mid-December.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It should alarm us that the civilian head of the military gathers together troops to give them a political speech in which he calls the free press treasonous. He should be removed from office for doing so.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 30/09/2026
ok leaving this up on the conference room whiteboard
“they don’t know” meme but the man wears a NEORSD hat and stands waist deep in water with otters swimming around him. he says “they don’t know this river burned 13 times”
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please share widely! We all need to know our rights! #momsky#sheshed
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Barb Chamberlain @barbchamberlain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Closes TOMORROW Sept. 30: WSDOT Active Transportation Division TPS1 position. Essential support for our school-based bike safety education, e-bike rebate vouchers, and e-bike lending library programs. +1 for bilingual English/Spanish www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wash... #WSDOTActive #TranspoJobs
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Megan Ramey @bikabout.com · 29/09/2026
When you park in a bikeway or walkway, you prevent this 👇🏻 Yesterday, I was riding home and had to call the police, who promptly came to issue tickets to people who parked in the bike lane, and was reminded of the "why" 2 blocks later when I saw this village supporting their newly walking toddler.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We were at #Burien city hall yesterday for a #weekwithoutdriving proclamation, where Councilmember DeVito shared these heartfelt comments.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"E-bike adopters reduced travel costs by 12% and increased physical activity by 14%." doi.org/10.1016/j.ur...
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Seattle Streets Alliance @streetsalliance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pinehurst Station opens TOMORROW! 🚈🎉 So how do you get there without driving? New sidewalks, protected bike lanes, greenways, and safer crossings are connecting neighborhoods to Link, with even more on the way. View @transportation.seattle.gov full guide ⬇️ sdotblog.seattle.gov/2026/09/25/g...
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How to get to the new Pinehurst light rail station in north Seattle - SDOT Blog
Walking, biking, or taking transit to the new Pinehurst Station? Find tips on parking, bus routes, and sidewalk connections in north Seattle.
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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city. #ToPoli #OnPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario health-care coalition denounces province's plan to remove bike lanes across Toronto | CBC News
A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.
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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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Julia Husar @juliahusar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think that one more lane would fix this
A clusterfuck of cars at an intersection in Boston where there is a traffic jam that is truly awful
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There's something special about a man falling asleep on live television three minutes after calling his predecessor "Sleepy Joe."
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, the 2024 election was one too, but 2026 might be the clearest intelligence test ever presented to the American electorate. Taken at face value, he's saying he stole hundreds of billions from the gov't, hid it somewhere Congress can't reach, and he pinky swears he will give you a piece. Really.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Welp. Republicans distancing themselves from Trump, saying it’s time to end the war. Congress introduced War Powers resolutions to force Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran. Ashley Hinson: NO Jon Husted: NO Tom Tiffany: NO They had a chance to end it, but they voted against it.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
texastribune.org
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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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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