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Robin Baraybar

@robinbaraybar.bsky.social
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Plants. Books. E-bikes and the infrastructure to support safe cycling. Knitting and all things fiber. Former French teacher and librarian. Currently supporting the IDD population.

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Ryan Hillier @ryanhillier.bsky.social · 1h
“The coming together of labor unions, the youth movement, and the parliamentary left-wing opposition forms a kind of ‘tortoise formation’ of mutual protection, making a broader collective momentum possible […]."
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French students shut down schools in historic strike against austerity - BT News
French students continue with mobilizations, demanding the right to education with support from unions and progressive forces.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10h
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 30/09/2026
When we fight for autistic and disabled people's legitimate (yet embattled) rights to live in their communities, remember that we must ALSO fight for disabled people's caregivers and direct service professionals have fair pay and sufficient supports, too. Otherwise all parties will be disadvantaged.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...
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Polarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of Democracy
Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress.
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Collective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Federal agencies have spent years addressing gaps in data about people with intellectual & developmental disabilities (I/DD). Now, the proposed 2028 NHIS redesign could remove measures developed to help close those gaps. #DisabilityData #NHIS
CRDJ Public Comment Letter graphic over a blue-toned image of a person viewed from behind against an abstract data-like background. Due October 19, 2026. Title: “RE: NHIS Proposed 2028 Redesign.” Text explains that the proposed National Health Interview Survey redesign could undo progress in identifying people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, weakening federal evidence used to document disparities, evaluate policy, and hold systems accountable.Black-and-white CRDJ recommendations graphic for the NHIS Proposed 2028 Redesign, due October 19, 2026. Four concerns are listed: reverses recent I/DD data progress; weakens disability evidence infrastructure; compounds inequities in who gets counted; and moves forward without enough testing or transparency. An envelope icon accompanies a call to submit a public comment.
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Jen Mapes @mapesgeog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amazing how a little rain makes the speeding and narrow sidewalk issues visible and...tangible as in I am now soaking wet after walking my kid to school in what is otherwise just light rain. This is what makes routes to school feel unsafe and walking feel untenable.
Narrow sidewalk and tree lawn as a car speeds by in a 25 mph zone, spraying a large amount of water on the sidewalk occupant, me.Just at the 20 mph to 25 mph school zone transition, cars speed by spraying water onto the sidewalk across a narrow tree lawn on a main street and primary route to school.
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Robin Baraybar @robinbaraybar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now let's make that nationwide.
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 01/10/2026
Is ageing a barrier to cycling? On the contrary! In The Netherlands , people between 65 and 75 years old, cycle more than any other adult group. Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, How much do Dutch people cycle? (2023) Fishman, Schepers & Kamphuis (2015).
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"About 5.2 million Americans like Covelli have lost SNAP benefits since the OBBBA was enacted..."
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Millions of Americans are losing SNAP benefits: "It feels as though people are being punished"
More than 5 million Americans have lost food-stamp benefits since 2025. "I have to prove that I'm sick," one SNAP recipient said.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As we talk about what happened at Cornell, please take a moment to learn about how a young LSU student is fighting for help against that school’s storied football program
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 29/09/2026
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New BCBSA Research Shows AI Billing Raises Health Care Costs
New BCBSA and BHI research finds AI‑enabled hospital billing may be driving higher health care costs by increasing diagnoses without corresponding treatment.
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dylan baker @dylnbkr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As I've said in many interviews recently, the AI industry needs to be regulated the same way we do other industries that make products with potential harms. The sensationalism is a distraction. sfstandard.com/2026/09/21/e...
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So, is AI going to kill us? 11 experts, 11 answers.
Confused by the competing theories about AI’s threat to humanity? We asked accelerationists, doomers, protesters, and a state senator what needs to happen next.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Elon Musk seems to hate this documentary about him from one of my favorite non-fiction filmmakers, Alex Gibney, figured it was my duty to spread a link to the trailer so you can see it for yourself. ENJOY: loom.ly/oA2_-p8
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine if more people with money cared about saving lives
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents. The financial fallout could last for decades. www.marketwatch.com/story/nearly...
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Nearly half of adults under 30 live with their parents. The financial fallout could last for decades.
Young people are increasingly living with their parents instead of establishing their own households.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Robin Baraybar @robinbaraybar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excellent commentary and the headline could refer to the tyranny of so many uncertainties.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/09/2026
Just ban these evil companies already.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mark today as the first time Trump's approval rating dropped into the 20s.
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Robin Baraybar @robinbaraybar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Regulations? Anyone?
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Crisp @crisp91.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Colorado’s massive I-25 wildlife overpass is proving that infrastructure can work with nature, not against it. 🏔️🦌 A system of crossings and fencing has reduced wildlife collisions by 91%, while helping elk, pronghorn, bears, deer and smaller species move safely across the landscape. 💚
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Largest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collis...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Robin Baraybar @robinbaraybar.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unconscionable consumption. We need regulations now.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I kind of miss the days when “the news” was basically just a person in a suit telling you what happened during the day, instead of a panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so I dunno you don’t have the energy nor the bandwith to notice that your rent went up around 30%. Just sayin. 🤷🏽‍♀️
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notthesameone2.bsky.social @notthesameone2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🐾Brand new video for Brownie. Read his bio below. Housetrained, friendly w/ strangers, kids & dogs. Loved watching over & babysitting the kids in his family. Needs a foster offer by 9/19: nycacc.app#/browse/264578
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17/09/2026
Donald Trump did that — and he could stop it if he wanted to.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Home heating oil customers can expect to pay as much as 31% more this winter if prices stay at their current levels, and people could wind up paying more if prices keep rising.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I will post this again for context. The difference between a billion and a million dollars
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The Mighty OCD @mightyocd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Christopher Reader @xopherx.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This sounds awesome. This is literally a choice they made that we can make too. It won't happen immediately but it didn't there either.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
🚨IT BEGINS: Costco is now rationing Kirkland motor oil. A 10-quart pack that once cost as little as $30 is now nearly $58, and members are limited to two every seven days due to the impacts of the Iran War.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The timber industry doesn't want to buy private land at market rates when they can convince the government to auction off 45 million acres of public forests for pennies. It is a taxpayer-funded subsidy for clear-cutting. Tell your rep to kill the deal: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump from destroying 45 million acres of our National forests
Contact Congress today!
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 15/09/2026
I’ve posted this before but Dany Laferrière’s ‘Paris, 1983’ is such an incredible love letter to that city.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the souls who are too young to know what this is about. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSV-...
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Carol Burnett - Went with the Wind
YouTube video by Vintage TV Shows
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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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WRMS Traffic & Weather Reporter on the 2’s @carnegro.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026
I missed FAMU honoring Dolly Parton at Miami Friday night.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
By Bashir Sultani
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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