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Rudy Faust

@rudyfaust.bsky.social
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Full-time advocate for safe, equitable, and healthy mobility. Lover of bikes, buses, books, and things brewed. @familiesforsafestreets.org, @rideillinois. Random #njdevils hot takes.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 10h
In our latest for @unraveledpress.com, @peoplesfabric.bsky.social and I tracked months of ICE using Chicago police parking lots, in defiance of a mayoral executive order barring immigration enforcement operations in city-owned lots. Some of these incidents happened in full view of CPD officers:
unraveledpress.com
In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 22h
What if, and hear me out here, we diversified our mobility options beyond one mode? We might even solve other problems. I know. It’s crazy talk.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When asked about the missing section of video, the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) said it had not been redacted—and on that day, “Chicago Public Safety camera(s) may have been out of service or experienced technical problems.”
still from comedy bang bang reading “555-come-on-now”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Chinese EV exports have doubled since the US invaded Iran. They are also ramping up solar, batteries and all the other tech that drives a modern economy. Trump is not only curtailing those, but pushing coal exports. It's so sad. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Imagine losing a third of a city’s firefighters and then wondering why downtown is burning.” Connecting the dots between cuts and public sector failures is often difficult, but we are seeing the damage in public health. The only category of employee growing at CDC are political appointees.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Elk have been so prolific at damaging cars that a local body shop has apparently been much busier this year."
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Move Over Neil The Seal — An Elk Named 'Smash' Declares War On Cars - Jalopnik
Instead of being obsessed with traffic cones like Neil is, this massive elk in Colorado has a real problem with anything on four wheels.
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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not a lawyer, but this appears to be handled in civil courts. Likewise, the only semblance of relief in the Hockey Canada case was in civil settlements. It’s not that any of these men are innocent, as there defenders would claim, but that the criminal system is broken for rape survivors.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: A Chicago police sergeant and three officers repeatedly accused of improperly stopping and searching Black people should be suspended for a combined 180 days for their actions during three traffic stops, police officials agreed, records show. @wttw.bsky.social
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Suspend CPD Officers, Sergeant Repeatedly Accused of Making Improper Traffic Stops for a Combined 180 Days: Police Brass
In all, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has determined members of that tactical team violated department policy during 22 separate traffic stops, according to a WTTW News analysis of COPA...
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Eli Savit @esavit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Voting in Michigan starts TODAY, with mail-in ballots dropping! Make sure you have a plan to vote on or before November 3!
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Audrey Wennink @awennink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please fill out this @illinoisdot.bsky.social survey about what you need from an IL intercity bus program www.surveymonkey.com/r/2B25XBD
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IDOT Intercity Bus Survey
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño in the next six months, according to estimates by climate scientists. The toll is on top of the early deaths resulting from temperatures already driven up by the climate crisis. It will strike across the globe, from Indonesia to India, and Nigeria to the US. Many further deaths are expected from the droughts, wildfires and flooding that El Niños bring. Continue reading...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/09/2026
Driver crashes through window of Glencoe coffee shop; four injured, per police
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Driver crashes through window of Glencoe coffee shop; four injured, per police
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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now that Cato has exposed the FBI's targeting of the institute, they want to keep their database names secret--something that would make our surveillance dystopia even worse. My latest, out now. cc: @cjciaramella.bsky.social @mvtopic.bsky.social @radleybalko.bsky.social @fedscoop.bsky.social
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Its Spying on Cato Exposed, the FBI Wants Its Database Names Kept Secret—That’s How Rights Violations Start and Endure
A FOIA exemption meant to protect unique, perishable law enforcement tradecraft should not become the tool that keeps the public from knowing even the names of the systems being run in its name and po...
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us on Zoom or in person in Seattle for a discussion with author and law professor Michael Pollack about his new book Sidewalk Nation. October 5, 6:30-8pm Pacific. RSVP: nondrivers.org/2026/08/04/s...
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Week Without Driving Book Talk and Discussion with Sidewalk Nation Author Michael Pollack
Sidewalks are a critical, yet often overlooked, part of our transportation system, especially for nondrivers. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to host Cardozo law professor Michael Poll…
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🍂 Shel-leaf 🍁 Ca-pumpkin 🎃🚫🧊 [Seasonal Edition] @virtuistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
📦+🚲= 💖 So looking forward to this event with @bikemn.bsky.social and @sierraclubmn.bsky.social Shout out to @mcbl.bike for all the inspo, and for being awesome. 🔗 to join the Zoom: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
Blue graphic with a circular photo of a tan dog wearing a pink bandana and sitting inside a cargo bike with green and orange edge guards, smiling toward the viewer between text and logos got Bike MN Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota and Sierra Club for the Week Without Diving. 

Text: GO! BY CARGO BIKE

Tuesday, October 6
6-7 pm
On Zoom
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Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Chicago when?" is usually about some cool Mamdani thing, but I'd like to add this to the list. Nominations for the Chicago Tree of the Year?
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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 21/09/2026
So far over 150 people have contacted their alders demanding no cuts to safe streets this upcoming budget season. Great start but we need to keep the momentum going! Tell your friends and family, no cuts, we need to invest in saving lives. Contact your alder: activetrans.quorum.us/campaign/168...
Image of a bus stop and protected bike lane urging folks to contact their alder in support of safe streets
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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: Evanston police confirm a U.S. citizen was briefly detained by federal agents Sunday morning near Howard and Dodge before being released The man was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head, neck and teeth after agents drove off
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Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Road safety means looking out for those who risk their lives to earn a living.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.
statesman.com
Attorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash delivery
A Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody.
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Marcel Moran @marcelmoran.com · 20/09/2026
This is why it's critical to see cities + states pursue legislation which adds speed-limiters to extreme recidivists. Crimes of this magnitude must also entail permanent loss of license (and more) - something California's DMV fails to do given the agency's negligence: calmatters.org/series/licen...
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License to Kill
An ongoing CalMatters investigation examines how the state of California routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roads. Too often they go on to kill....
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 20/09/2026
Onion article with a photo of a traffic jam on a freeway:

“Dispatch
Report: 98 Percent Of
U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others”
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/r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ivan Demidov yesterday on new Habs teammate Chris Kreider: “He reminds me of an old Slaf I would say. He’s the same size as him, but he’s older than Slaf, that’s about it.”
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Republican candidate Brandon Herrera defends owning his 1939 copy of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Herrera: “I've read a good chunk of the book.”
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michael röbbins @alienvsrobbins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the old Norton Critical Editions were endearingly ugly
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Car dependency by design may end up being the most costly Industry-bought public policy in human history.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE. As part of the Trump-Musk DOGE program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435%.
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 13/09/2026
arch manning has never chased the bus and that’s literally all the reason i need to hate somebody
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks. We will have a meeting of all the cyclists to discuss this.
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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 14/09/2026
EVs can have 2 wheels, charge from a regular socket, benefit your’s and other’s health, and cost under £2k
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
most astonishing thing here is that a macklemore/ed sheeran set was selling out stadiums.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: The EPA is eliminating a rule that limits planet-warming pollution from coal and gas-fired power plants.
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EPA is set to eliminate rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy.
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Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sorry no, it’s just really silly to equate the sound of street life: people talking, playing music etc with car noise. For one thing, there are documented health consequences for noise pollution from cars coeh.ucdavis.edu/research/how...
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How noise pollution quietly affects your health
Whether you live deep in the country or in the heart of a bustling city, the relentless hum of modern life is as constant as the nonstop, digital cacophony that bombards the senses and demands our con...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As a new NFL season begins, here’s a reminder: publicly funded stadiums for billionaire sports team owners are a scam. Watch.
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The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich
Billionaires have found one more way to fleece the public: sports stadiums.And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our f
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Business Leaders: "Crime is up and we demand a police crackdown!" Data:
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/09/2026
We are opening 51 safe overnight locations for New Yorkers, especially those living in basement apartments or low-lying areas who need a safe place to stay. Locations are listed at on.nyc.gov/SafeLocations and are also available by calling 311. Service animals and pets are welcome.
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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Are we doing enough to make low-carbon travel the easiest and most attractive option for everyday journeys? Read our latest blog: bettertransport.org.uk/blog/the-hea…
bettertransport.org.uk
The heat is on: transport in a climate emergency
Climate change is a global challenge, but it demands action at every level. Transport has a particularly important role to play. It is the UK's highest-emitting sector, with road transport accounting for the largest share of those emissions. Yet despite growing awareness of the need to cut carbon, transport emissions rose last year.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 13/09/2026
Federal investigators issued a subpoena to the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police late last year for an FBI probe into Chicago’s FOP President John Catanzara’s financial dealings, according to a copy of the document reviewed by the Tribune.
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Feds demand FOP President John Catanzara’s financial records from state lodge
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 12/09/2026
The ride-hailing giant has become one of Gov. Kathy Hochul's most prominent and highest-spending supporters. gothamist.com/news/cute-ki...
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Cute kids for New York Gov. Hochul, courtesy of Uber
The ride-hailing giant dropped $1 million on a new ad backing Hochul’s re-election campaign.
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Jennifer Davis @jmd5120.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Any bike is a gravel bike if you just believe in yourself
The infamous Calumet Trail in northwest Indiana on a day of dryness
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Rudy Faust @rudyfaust.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
W need a @dieworkwear.bsky.social and @langealexandra.bsky.social double feature on retail spaces and experiences.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW: The first deportation of the constitutionally suspect Alien Terrorist Removal Court happened weeks ago, following a secret plea deal. DOJ told the public about the deportation on 9/11 — a choice that tells us much about where 9/11 took the U.S. and where we are now. Today, at Law Dork:
lawdork.com
The first deportation of the constitutionally suspect Alien Terrorist Removal Court happened weeks ago, following a secret plea deal
DOJ told the public about the deportation weeks later, on September 11 — a choice that tells us much about where 9/11 took the United States and where we are now.
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Spectrum News NY1 @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
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