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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 5h

A debunked conspiracy theory is a conspiracy *fiction*

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 5h

Welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social, giant pumpkin

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 5h

Q. What do you call a giant pumpkin crushing a pick-up truck?
A. A good start.

Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 10h

how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 10h

Should be an Olympic sport.

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 10h

Credit where credit is due, @governor.ny.gov

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 10h

All the people who dunked on virtue signaling got what they wanted: unrestrained vice signaling.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 11h

Meanwhile, NY was *this close* to spending a billion dollars to temporarily save 6 minutes for drivers. Until the lanes filled up again. When have my 6 minutes ever mattered to NYSDOT?
#InducedDemand

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 11h

I want to know how the pilot got it so perfect?

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 12h

A debunked conspiracy theory is a conspiracy *fiction*

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 12h

We love a story about bad oil execs more than most, but we love fact-checking even more. Brazilian model-turned-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke is pushing some long-debunked conspiracy theories in her new book, which undermines her argument.By @roycerk2.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/rad-fut...

Isabelle Boemeke Isn’t Trying to Spread Conspiracy Theories in her New Pro-Nuclear Book, But She Is

Pro-nuclear influencer Isabelle Boemeke’s new book, Rad Future, indulges in conspiracy theories, unsourced claims, and personal attacks against the industry’s critics.

drilled.media

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 12h

Why don't we have high speed rail?

Why aren't sidewalks plowed just like streets are?

Why are bus stops & schedules always getting cut?

Why aren't there safe, convenient bike lanes connecting jobs & homes?

Because your time does not matter unless you're in a private vehicle.

#WindshieldBias

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 12h

A great example, thankfully canceled, of how the time of drivers is treated as a precious commodity that must be conserved at all cost.

Meanwhile, the time of everyone outside of cars continues to be freely expendable.

#WindshieldBias

New York Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social · 14h

Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the Hudson Valley highway expansion would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.
nysfocus.com/2025/10/14/h...

Hochul Hits Pause on Hudson Valley Highway Expansion

Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.

nysfocus.com

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 12h

Was just thinking the same.

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 12h

Great quote about how it can't be transportation if it isn't a car.
#WindshieldBias

...Speculatively, I wonder if we've reached a point where, after 100 years of car-first thinking and planning, every mode of transport is automatically judged by how closely it resembles the private car.

Take the bus? No, for it does not resemble my car. In my car I travel alone and I leave at the exact moment of my choosing. The bus does not do these things, and therefore it is not transport.

Ride a bike? No, for it does not resemble my car. My car has a roof. A bicycle does not have a roof, and therefore it is not transport.

Drive an electric car? No, for it do— Actually, okay, yes... but only if it looks and sounds exactly like my petrol car, down to having the same oversized body, the exact same abundance of empty seats, and even the same level of noise pollution that I have grown accustomed to...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 15h

Dem staffers tell the people you work for that if they use the words 'across the aisle' or 'bipartisan', we're all gonna remember this shit come election time

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 14h

Maybe I am kidding myself, but I don't see an heir apparent. 47 will pass sooner or later. JD has no cult following, no one making heroic memes about him. Same for 47's kids. Not sure the hero worship is that easily transferred.

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 15h

Gender reveal parties

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Look up 'garage man caves' in Google Images some time

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread.
bsky.app/profile/bogh...

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 1d

#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Dopey but sincere question, why do we dislike these accounts?

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Smithsonian concurs. Inspectors at Ellis Island were themselves immigrants who spoke multiple languages.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants?

On the 125th anniversary of the famous portal to the U.S., history shows inspectors were not the ones changing people's names

www.smithsonianmag.com

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Require officers to carry malpractice insurance, just like lawyers & MDs.
Or make all damages for mistreatment come out of the police pension fund.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

100% correct.
Immigrants Americanized their names on their own, for various reasons, including discrimination.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 18

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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