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Michael C Merritt

@mikecmerritt.bsky.social

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Father, Navy veteran, small business owner, bicycling advocate. From Massachusetts to Norfolk, VA. Born at 324.09 CO2 ppm

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · Mar 16

I created a starter pack for any and all accounts about Norfolk, VA. If you know any that you’d like to see included, let me know.
go.bsky.app/5Aa4CR1

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1h

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 4h

Bookmark this recipe

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h

British.

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Jane Goodall. A remarkable life. An inspiration to many, especially women who embarked on their own journeys in field biology and wildlife conservation upon reading about her life and her work. Indeed, we all have our part in looking after our planet. Do some good today and make a difference.

A picture of Dr Jane Goodall with a quote: "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Jane Goodall

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Norfölkology @norfolkology.bsky.social · 6h

Website to stream tonight's AG debate (starts at 6) for all you fans of listening to people talking about texting LOL 🥳

Virginia Attorney General Debate 2025 - School of Law - University of Richmond

law.richmond.edu

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 6h

Cars ruin so many lives

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6h

Irish woman (80) hit by car while visiting grandchildren in US dies

Kathleen Ryder, a retired speech and drama teacher from Cabinteely, was struck by an SUV in Massachusetts

www.irishtimes.com

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 8h

It’s time to resurrect the use of the term: Jackbooted Thugs.

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tatosaurusrexbot.bsky.social @tatosaurusrexbot.bsky.social · 10h

This mornings commute ✊✌️

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 20h

Yeti, our Maltese

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21h

A cartoon by Ellie Black, from 2020. #NewYorkerCartoons

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 23h

“Not your grandfather Democratic party...”
Both my grandfathers fought in WWII against the fascists. Damn straight this is their party.

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Norfölkology @norfolkology.bsky.social · 1d

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Searched “mermaid skeleton” and this came up — a dude and a mermaid skeleton

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Wikipedia Brown @theycallhimbfg.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they did (sigh)

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · 1d

This is as useful an essay as everyone sharing it has already said, which is to say, very useful to think with.

What Are We Living Through? - Boston Review

Three competing narratives of the second Trump administration.

www.bostonreview.net

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

VB can pound sand. This is a Norfolk ride.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. And if you go clockwise, you can minimize crossings. I’ve test rode it in the past.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

How are they on bike lanes though?

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

I so wish Norfolk had a mayor who cared about cyclists like Paris’s does.

Never have I heard a public statement from Norfolk’s Mayor Alexander about traffic violence or road safety.

Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 1d

Il y a un an, Paul Varry était assassiné à vélo, violemment percuté par un automobiliste. Un acte d'une violence insupportable. Un crime odieux qui nous a toutes et tous bouleversés.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

I've thought the same. Here's a loop about 20 miles that sticks to the alleged Strategic Bike Plan. The ride could be in May.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Writer Italo Calvino

#BicycleBirthday
October 15 (1923-1985)

Photo of a man wearing a turtleneck riding a bicycle.

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1d

Politico obtained 2,900 pages of exchanges among a dozen Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.

Full List of Young Republicans Involved in Offensive Chats

www.newsweek.com

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 2d

Without street parking, surface lots, and parking garages, Oslo’s busiest shopping district is left abandoned. Only robust transit, bike paths, scooters, and tons of places to sit remain. Sad. #BanCars

Seating in the foreground, shops on the right and left, people everywhere shopping

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting words. Gorgonzola is delicious too. Your palette is soft like Brie.

Wouldn’t know about the McRib, I never ate one.

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Granby St can’t be finished soon enough.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

“It is highly energy-efficient, costs almost nothing, reduces congestion and pollution, and obviates the need for huge car parks… the humble bicycle.”

The Economist @economist.com · 6d

Safety challenges will slow the readoption of the bicycle. Still, in cities that have made them mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

econ.st

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