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Doug Gordon

@brooklynspoke.bsky.social

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Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Writer, runner, Disney parks fan. Born at 330.21 ppm. (he/him) Pre-order "Life After Cars," coming in October from Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. https://www.lifeaftercars.com

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · Apr 22

Some news!

I am really excited about this! I'm biased, but I think we wrote a very good book. I can't wait to get it into your hands.

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · Apr 22

Coming October 21st...

"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."

A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.

Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

Book cover with yellow and black border and white background. Black title: "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. Sarah Goodyear Doug Gordon Hosts of The War on Cars Podcast and Aaron Naparstek" Graphic shows yellow traffic light with vines on it.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4h

They do!

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve heard that one a million times before! “Why not just put the bike lane somewhere that is complete inconvenient for cyclists and doesn’t actually make anyone safer?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 6h

And his desire for a Trump presidency.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 7h

"We are pro-bikes. We just think this is a really bad idea."

It's like NIMBY Mad Libs! As we write in the book, it's actually somewhat encouraging that bike lane opponents can't come up with new things to say.

Brooklyn neighbors fear new bike lanes on busy McDonald Avenue will be dangerous

Windsor Terrace neighbors are growing concerned the city's plan to redesign the busy four-lane corridor with bike lanes will make it less safe.

www.cbsnews.com

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16h

portland continues to serve up a protest that confuses the feds and totally disrupts the false narrative they're pushing via propaganda channels...

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 18h

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

Portland cyclists strip down in pouring rain to protest ICE facility and Trump troop deployment

“We’re cold, but not as cold as ICE,” said a sign on one rider’s back.

www.oregonlive.com

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 23h

Murders per 100k residents:
* Houston 19.0
* Dallas 16.6
* San Antonio 15.9
* Ft. Worth 10.8
* NYC 4.6

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 16h

Totally makes sense! And it's wild how the simplest explanation is just too impossible to believe for these folks.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17h

So much this.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17h

Haha. How could I forget?

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17h

I literally had this argument with someone I know. They thought the college kids had to have been getting help from someone to get their tents and I was like, “Um, I think they all just sent a friend to the clearance section at REI.”

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17h

And this isn’t limited to people on the right. A lot of centrists saw the pro-Palestinian protesters all using the same tents on college campuses and concluded that they must have been bankrolled by monied interests.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17h

It’s hilarious how something simple like “people are sharing Amazon links to buy the same costumes” gets filtered through these conspiratorial grifters’ minds and becomes “They are highly organized.”

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 20h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 18h

This is why the costumes are honestly brilliant. Ngo, who has never said a truthful thing in his entire life (remember the concrete milkshake?) now has to convince people inflatable Sesame Street and animal costumes are violent terrorists.

Sometimes you just need an image too silly to demonize.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 20h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 21h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Ben D’Avanzo @bendavanzo.bsky.social · 18h

The film "NO" about the plebiscite that took down Pinochet has definitely influenced my advocacy. The lesson was, if you seem fun and upbeat, even in very serious times, the public is much more likely to stand with you.

These folks are doing it right!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 20h

Fierce, unruly joy in Portland at the emergency naked bike ride

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 21h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

Agreed. Kinda need to treat it like the early JSK years when she and her team thought they wouldn’t have that much time. Only this time do it with concrete and quality materials.

Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

When I'm DOT Commissioner under Mayor Mamdani I'll declare that plastic deliniators should only be used to mark the layout of forthcoming street redesign projects, not as "protection."

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

A big thing we need from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is the ability to finally and quickly move beyond temp materials to beautifully built-out streets. Procurement reform, better agency coordination, etc. No more paint and plastic, please.

Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the urbanism happening in New York City…is stunning.

Broadway between Union Square and the Flatiron.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

This was always going to be a tough sell, but they also didn't promote it. n of 1, but this is one of my favorite Broadway musicals and I had no idea the movie was out this weekend.

demotivational speaker. 💕 @heysita.bsky.social · 22h

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ earned $840,000 in its opening weekend.

The film had a $34 million dollar budget.

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 23h

These people protested an event that ended with hundreds of people praying in Hebrew that today would be the day the hostages were finally brought home.

Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 1d

Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 22h

The phrase "Brooklyn Jewish community" is doing a lot of work here.

Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 1d

This guy's not a hero. Give me a break.

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