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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23h

Time for this classic again.

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Reader @gleonsluggsworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can't tell you how many times I had an idea and thought I knew what I was talking about....only to try and put that idea into writing and watch it fall apart in my hands. Writing is a clarifier. Writing is a crucible. Writing puts ideas into action and substance. These people piss me off

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026

awoke this morning with a Vision

that diagram showing the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump administration today has, in the middle of crazy high gas and diesel prices, rolled back the nation's fuel economy standards to levels below that which today's vehicles achieve. www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is an important thread about how the conversation about permitting reform is being entirely discussed as some bullshit political game and ignores the harmful realities of doing this right now. Unfortunately this is how politics is discussed in media, totally disconnected from actual outcomes.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Man, the framing of this bill is so rooted in insider DC politics. The idea that Ds have secured “major concessions”—i.e., a Trump promise to ease his oppo to renewables, esp. wind, which was lawless to begin with & unlikely to manifest beyond a handshake deal (not law)—strikes me as so bogus.

Politico: “Not dead yet: What’s next for permitting reform
Democrats are betting that they’ll be able to hold onto major concessions made by Republicans and the Trump administration with a vote after the election.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 21/09/2026

🌍 What do Erin Brockovich, António Guterres, and UCS President @gretchentg.bsky.social have in common? They were all named to @the-independent.com's list of the world's top 100 campaigners, change makers & innovators who are working to turn the tide on the climate crisis.

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The Independent Climate 100 List 2026

Back for its third year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are making a positive and sig...

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*chokes on own saliva 😂 Ah yes, in a country that designed by force, car dependency into its entire built landscape, making car ownership and driving the first basic requirement to participate in society.

businessinsider.com

The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary says

AAA said Labor Day travelers can expect the highest gas prices ever for this time of year. The national average for regular gas was $4.14 on Sunday.

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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Any time you look around an academic department and ask, "why are there no/so few tenured women?" know that the answer includes stories like this of women who quietly disappeared. (then the men that remain think, even if they never say, "there are inherent gender differences" and act accordingly)

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Lennie Brisco County Jr @mburchett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There *is* a better way to “debate the issue of transgender athletes” If someone says they have concerns about Trans Athletes, you call them Weirdos and tell them to fuck off.

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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“has no end point beyond despair”? Really? All these movements and organizations have goals and dreams and visions for the future. You could ask us, Jon.

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Alt US Forest Service @altusfs.altgov.info · 29/08/2026

Follow @resistancerangers.altgov.info. They collaborate. They build coalitions. They *don’t* sell stickers and tees.

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The 51st @51st.news · 29/08/2026

Could the midterms can be a "spark" towards a more lasting, effective D.C. statehood movement? Robert White thinks so. As part of a new political initiative, White, Free DC, and other partners will deploy D.C. residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races, @samdelgado.bsky.social reports.

51st.news

Eyeing the midterm elections, D.C. is taking the fight for statehood to the states

Robert White, Free DC, and other partners are deploying residents to campaign for Democrats in key House races as part of a new political initiative.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Very excited for this call next week. Hope you can join!

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Two weeks after the updated CAFE rule has cleared review and no closer to knowing what they've finalized. This rule must be really bad! Sec. Duffy's got time to hype his Toyota-sponsored road show...surely he's got time to break down how much more families are going to spend on their own road trips?

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/08/2026

Stroads shouldn't exist.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One way to read this is, the whole focus of modern car regulation is keeping people inside them safe and happy, and free of responsibility for anything that happens to people outside them. Which seems bad, I guess I should add.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

our military has no place on our streets and they know it

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

At least the pneumonic is easy: HOMES --> SHAME

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The best way to describe this type of work remains: "All models are wrong, but some are useful."

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Another example of "both sides" framing. It's not just advocates who say that speed cameras save lives. The evidence that this very post says advocates are citing — and that journalists could also cite — says this quite clearly.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026

The IRA was good policy. And it would have been better -- and had faster & more dramatic results -- if not constrained & blunted by the idiosyncratic assholery of one dimwit egotistical senator. Just because it couldn't stop a global tsunami of discontent doesn't mean it "didn't work."

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I have far too much detail for this to be true, I hope, but this is definitely how I feel as a peer reviewer looking at submissions today, and for the general consternation I am no doubt about to provide some grad students, I apologize.

"Are we the baddies?" meme with replacement text: "Am I reviewer 2?"

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

U.S. energy policy the last 50 years

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 20/07/2026

1/ Bloomberg Law reports that EPA is proposing major air pollution rules that don’t consider the health benefits of clean air while still calculating industry compliance costs. That’s not a balanced cost-benefit analysis. It’s only half of an equation.

news.bloomberglaw.com

EPA’s Truck Rule Extends Novel Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis

The EPA’s new proposal to ease truck pollution standards marks at least the third time this year that the agency has floated a rule that doesn’t consider the monetized value of human health effects.

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

People are shocked when they come to DC now and see groups of fully armed soldiers patrolling our neighborhoods. Trump's occupation of DC has been going on for nearly a year — and he wants it to go on forever. We refuse to allow this to become normalized and continue to call for it to end.

theguardian.com

A year into a national guard deployment, DC residents say they live in ‘a city under siege’

Since Trump deployed troops last August, Washingtonians have banded together to resist and support one another

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Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

if you walked into a hospital intensive care unit and started pulling patients off of their oxygen tanks at random you'd be arrested but if you do the same thing at scale?

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John Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It's been sitting in my "to read" tabs for a while but I've finally gotten around to reading this. I've got two thoughts on it, which I'll elaborate below. One is it's just sloppy. And two it suffers from a common problem: it assumes scientists are the only ones with agency.

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Science Shouldn't Be Political - Journal of Academic Ethics

Scientific institutions increasingly engage in politics through candidate endorsements and public advocacy, raising questions about the neutrality of scientific institutions and public trust in scienc...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

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Dave Cooke @ucsdave.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I know we can get inured to this admin's wanton destruction of enviro safeguards, but this latest proposal drastically weakening truck engines slated to go into effect in six months (!!!) is just patently absurd. www.epa.gov/regulations-...

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Proposed Rule: Amendments and Nonconformance Penalties for Model Year 2027 and Later Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Amendments to Inducement Provisions for SCR-Equipped Diesel Engines | US EPA

coming soon.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is also a story about car dependency

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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Hermann Göring, Cornball in Chief

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Michael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

" About 30% of SpaceX’s free float is now set to be owned by passive investors after just 15 days of trading, according to Intropic, a provider of index-rebalancing forecasts. That figure would be roughly 4% under previous slower-inclusion rules." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.com

SpaceX Set to Put 30% of Tradeable Shares in Passive Hands, Testing Markets

The prospect of billions of dollars of oncoming demand for SpaceX stock from index-tracking funds risks creating a feedback loop that drives the shares of Elon Musk’s company even higher, academics an...

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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"Military interventions in domestic policing rarely improve public safety. Instead, they often escalate unrest due to a higher risk of excessive force, jeopardizing the rights of citizens and risking bodily harm to civilians and troops alike." protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

What is “safe traffic”? Whom do we protect from crashes and how do we protect them? Whom do we imagine when we hear about crash victims, and whom (or what) do we hold responsible? Whose practices do we normalize and whose do we pathologize? ...

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Infest The Pat’s Nest @derblutenpat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The modern world in America is built for the “convenience” of motor vehicles. But the truth that people don’t want to hear is this: Cars ruin cities. Riley is dead, because drivers have the world catered to their every need while pedestrians, bikers, and public transit riders get the crumbs.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

i'm sorry men being forced to answer for themselves is so painful. you know what's more painful? the level of intimate partner violence in this country. the baseline disrespect and humiliation that women are forced to take in order to survive.

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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Still in awe of interstate-induced cliuds. Somewhat validates a career of research we have done on how cities affect clouds, rainfall and lightning...My explanation here www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/06/2026

Striking to me how little reporting there is on this rule proposal, which is maybe the biggest change to American governance in almost a century. And this reporting is … weak. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

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President Trump seeks control of science funding

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

There's an inherent contradiction between increasing regressive sales taxes and promoting buses as an affordable alternative to cars. Seattle's sales tax is already astronomical! But, as Wilson just said, the state has given Seattle very limited options to fund transit service expansion.

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Plan to Preserve Metro Bus Service Heads for November Ballot - PubliCola

After a lengthy debate over the correct size and duration for the proposed renewal of the Seattle Transportation Benefit District—a…

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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

this article undercuts its primary premise by pointing out that the societies that have actually progressed meaningfully toward electrification are top-down directed to by their governments lmfao

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Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 28/05/2026

Crazy thought but maybe 17 million new car sales per year was an unsustainable figure and it's not a case of when it'll get there again, but facing a reality it might not get there. People generally like having one less monthly payment or not paying for fuel www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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One Million New-Car Buyers Are Gone and They’re Not Coming Back Soon

GM, Ford and Toyota have said they are planning for new-car sales to stagnate or shrink this year, as prospective buyers stay on the sidelines of the market.

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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Almost all of our unhoused friends were born & raised in DC. This is an actual city where actual people grow up, live, thrive, struggle, & build communities. And they’ll be here long after this political regime is gone. Housing for all who want it. Now!

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Jason D. Salvagni @salvagni.org · 27/05/2026

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

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