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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18h

It's the guns 💯%

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 42m

Me and my cargo bike helping pick up signs after a local bike event! ❤️

Photo of me posing on my bike with a bunch of signs strapped to my cargo bike!

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 5h

In Milwaukee, police will now be able to impound any vehicle driven recklessly.

City Alderman: “It’s a two-ton weapon. We should look at this the same way we look at firearms. Let’s get as many of them off the street as possible.”

Milwaukee Gets Its Wish, City Can Tow All Reckless Drivers

Loopholes made prior policies "somewhat useless."

urbanmilwaukee.com

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Action Committee for Transit @actfortransit.bsky.social · 3h

This @nbcwashington.com story uses best practices for reporting on traffic crashes.💐

- Avoid the word "accident" ( #CrashNotAccident )
- Highlight the human element of crashes ( #DriverNotCar )
- Avoid victim blaming
- Avoid speculation
- Provide context

www.vitalstrategies.org/wp-content/u...

1. AVOID USING THE WORD “ACCIDENT”¹
Road traffic crashes, injuries and deaths are preventable. Using the word “accident” conveys an undue sense of inevitability
and leads the audience to interpret these events as unavoidable or the result of “bad luck” or “destiny.” Use road crash or
collision instead.
2. HIGHLIGHT THE HUMAN ELEMENT OF CRASHES²
Headlines focused on the object (vehicles), rather than the subjects (people) are common in road crash reporting. This
leaves out people and their actions from the story of the crash, distancing the readers from the situation. By humanizing the
event through language that speaks about people—and not lifeless vehicles—we acknowledge the responsibility of people
on the road. For example, a headline that reads “Cyclist dies after being hit by a truck driver,” is more relatable to readers,
who are often themselves drivers, than the headline “Cyclist dies after being hit by a truck.” The latter would be equivalent
to a headline that says, for example, “Bullet kills shopkeeper during robbery” instead of “Gunman kills shopkeeper during
robbery.”
3. AVOID VICTIM BLAMING¹
Studies on media coverage of road safety have found that when pedestrians or cyclists are injured or die in a road crash, re-
sponsibility for the crash is often attributed to the victims and not to the drivers. By focusing the discourse on the victims
and their actions (whether or not they used a pedestrian crossing, for example) we de-emphasize the responsibility that
governments and drivers have to set, enforce and obey road safety regulations such as speed limits.
4. AVOID SPECULATION³
Sticking to the facts and avoiding speculation is best when reporting a traffic crash. Identifying the exact causes of these
events requires a comprehensive investigation, which takes time and resources. However, the World Health Organization
has prioritized four risk factors that contribute significantly to most road crashes, injuries and deaths, according to re-
search. These are…

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 23h

Happy Diwali 🪔

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.

The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 1d

Over scheduling kids is not ok.

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 2d

Trying to schedule time to catch up with a childhood friend of mine (who lives 45 mins away in a suburb).

Her: “My kids have swimming, basketball, & dance so my next free weekend day is 6 weeks from now, from 9am-10:30am.”

Me: 😳

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 3d

Quick and easy block list. No propaganda for fascists. 🚫⛔️

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Chelsea Ritter-Soronen @chelsearsoronen.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine if all bus stops were joyfully painted bus stops!

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Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

At 13 I babysat non-relative babies for money reason.com/2025/10/16/m...

Mom placed on child abuse registry for letting 13-year-old babysit

As constant adult supervision has become the norm, more and more kids are being reported to the authorities.

reason.com

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4d

Mamdani links noise to congestion, basically affirming my “Cities aren’t loud, cars are loud” line.

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 5d

Stop I can’t even anymore. Happy birthday.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 6d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 5d

@americanfietser.bsky.social which pogies should I get? Planning for winter riding my kiddo to school! It doesn’t get super cold here (NC) and barely snows, but I’m originally from FL and I want warm hands 😭

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 6d

For our cities, police and any other voices of authority.

Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

4 kids in halloween costumes Road safety is your responsibility not theirs

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Wednesday!

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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · 6d

You probably cannot afford a car, and you almost certainly can't afford not to have one. This is the definition of a policy failure.

A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · Aug 5

AAA estimates the average cost of owning a car is $12,297 a year, and recommends drivers spend no more than 10 percent of their income on car costs. This means you should make 120K to afford the average cost. Median *household* income in the US is $77K. The math just doesn't work.

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 7d

Fun fact: humans aren’t made of sugar and we don’t melt in the rain.

If you show your kids how to dress for the weather, they learn quickly and may even enjoy it!

My 7yo on our rainy walk this AM: “the leaves look so pretty falling from the trees w/ the rain drops.”

☔️ 🍂

Several people (including kids) carry umbrellas as they walk in the rain

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Indivisible Charleston Chapter @chsindivisible.bsky.social · 8d

See you Saturday in Columbia! #nokings #indivisible

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 7d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 8d

Boston, MA — 165 years ago today

Taken from a hot air balloon, this photo is one of the first examples of urban aerial photography.

It pre-dates the US Civil War and it was taken more than 40 years before the Wright brothers’ first airplane flight.

Aerial photo of Boston from 1860 showing densely packed multistory buildings

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Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 8d

To be honest I’d rather explain gay marriage and trans people to my son than what is going on with the federal government. I really hate this timeline.

Ashley 🧿 (she/her/hers) @streetpaint.org · 9d

I’m usually with my kids on public transit. It’s fun for them to pull the cord. The drivers don’t say anything, even if the pull cord isn’t working.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 10d

Looking through my kiddo's school work and saw this. I would argue the cause: Driver was distracted. Driver was speeding. Traffic Engineer prioritized car throughput over safety. Posted speed limit too high. Car bloat. No daylighting enforcement. Oh, and #DriverNotCar

4th grade work sheet on cause and effect. "Example: Larry ran across the road and was hit by a car. Cause: Larry ran across the road. Effect: He was hit by a car."

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