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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 19h

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social needed

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 1d

The president is not well. Senile, fragile, brittle, and lashing out like an angry 5th grader.

molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 2d

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 1d

“what kinda car do ya' got?
I've got a <frequently complaining> Camaro!”

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- your son’s translation, probably

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaires are billionaires because they prioritized their own, personal accumulation of wealth over EVERY OTHER THING IN THEIR LIVES.

They don’t care about relationships, your country, your community, your family.

They only care about money. That’s how they became billionaires.

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 4d

I want to win cases in court against criminals. This makes that less likely, because your case ends up relying on proven liars. it's bad for public safety, and undermines the police.

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 4d

Brady Disclosure - when a cop has been proven to have lied in official documents or testimony in the past, attorneys have to disclose that.

This is yet another cop that is a liability in court because he's a proven liar.

Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 5d

In police and court documents, the officer who drove the car claimed that he had been heading straight west on E. Second St. in the East Village, and had tried to avoid Davis, who he said slammed into the NYPD vehicle. The surveillance video that captured the crash contradicts that claim.

Police Officers Deliberately Hit Scooter Driver in Bike Lane, Suit Says

www.nytimes.com

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 5d

"Pablo" is picking oranges in Woodlake, CA. He shares, "We fill around 5 bins in a 6 hour work day. The work is very hard on the bodies as they have to go up and down a 16 foot ladder while carrying a sack of oranges that weighs 60lbs-80 lbs." #WeFeedYou

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 6d

Source: Charitie Ropati, Intersectional Environmentalist, and Feminist reporting on Typhoon Halong ravaging western Alaska

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 11d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jason @jrock08.bsky.social · 11d

SDOT says that Columbia City doesn't have enough parking so we have to create more paid parking on a few streets which are currently part of the RPZ zone, but the offstreet paid parking we have isn't filling up.

Photo of off street paid parking with empty parking spaces

Photo of offstreet paid parking with empty parking stalls.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12d

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 11d

My teenage son just told me that all of American Politics right now just "seems like a more complicated version of The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss.

I can find no gaps in this analysis. 10/10 endorse.

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 11d

Jesus. Get on a plane and go there. Ur crazy.

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

It’s way more than just biking- this is the exact same thing as @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social or Katie Wilson on a bus. People who put their actual bodies in the city instead of driving past it in a sealed box understand the city better.

BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 12d

"It’s great to have a Mayor who will actually be on a bike often!" - Tigard resident and dedicated cycling advocate Shawne Martinez

bikeportland.org/2025/10/08/t...

Tigard's new mayor is an everyday bike rider

The morning after being named mayor, Yi-Kang Hu rode with his local bike bus.

bikeportland.org

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12d

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.

That’s the entirety of our approach to road safety.

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

Is his company based in Seattle? I thought all the Microsoft jobs were in the burbs.

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 12d

Attorney General Bondi recently threatened to put me in jail. Now, the President has threatened to put the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in jail.

This is about as authoritarian as it gets.

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

The grid is better with solar + storage.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12d

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

“investigation determined that James was crossing the westbound lanes… when he was struck by a Nissan Murano headed west… The driver… stayed on the scene. No charges have been filed.”

The driver killed a kid. “Was struck..” sounds like a nut fell out of a tree. A person killed another person.

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

They’ve had chance after chance after chance after chance after chance after chance… before and still stuck with him.

I don’t believe they will change until I see it and it sticks.

neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 12d

This is getting very close to something very scary. If ICE and the National Guard come into direct conflict... that's a terrifying problem. If they are commanded to protect protesters, and ICE attacks someone, and the Guard do nothing, that's worse.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s video of the incident

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neelblair.bsky.social @neelblair.bsky.social · 13d

~20y ago I chose a neighborhood in a walkable neighborhood. I could've had a bigger house/yard, but I chose this.

I walk to the grocery store, library, parks, light rail, bus, coffee shops, bars, & restaurants. I bike more places.

All in <15mins. Awesome life. More people should have this.

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