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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 3h

Ah yes, the “bus lanes are gentrification” merchants

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 7h

Your country needs you!

In Antifa 🐸 uniform. Join us.

#NoKings

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 7h

"Even if a political cause isn’t popular now, that doesn’t mean it can’t be, with the right moral leadership.

Until it’s done, we fight. We take *pride* in fighting for people like Sylvia. And that is how we make the alternative of transphobia as shameful as it needs to be."

Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 16h

When progressive politicians like Mamdani lead--and call up, not out, appealing to voters' best selves--they win katemanne.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...

This is How We Win

The role of pride and calling up—not calling out—in bigotry abolitionism.

katemanne.substack.com

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 5h

No YIMBY I know thinks this is anything but vaporware

suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 5h

Chicago is the vanguard, but we may all have to do the same.

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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 17h

Trolleybuses really are the superior, time tested, climate friendly path to the future. San Francisco can power its transit on sunshine and gravity, thanks to M.M. O’Shaughnessy!

Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 17h

Trolleybuses pull power directly into efficient, hill-climbing engines without need for massive, pavement-crushing batteries. Next gen trolleys with in-motion charging offer significant off-wire travel, allowing incremental wire extension. SF and Seattle partnering:
www.sfmta.com/media/43118/...

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 5h

Proud to be a Chicago native. The City of Big Shoulders says ICE GO HOME. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

www.nytimes.com

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 10h

naked bike rides everywhere, y'all

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 10h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 10h

that's what it's all about

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 10h

"free shipping of 55 pound bags of kibble at pets dot com is an investment in future growth"

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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alex davis @alexdavistransit.bsky.social · 10h

While this news might break your heart, I've got some good news to soften the blow. Remember that video of the La Brea to Western speed test that got deleted off YouTube? Guess who downloaded a copy.

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 11h

wait was there another memorial for the dead guy today if so let’s definitely remember who he was www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.

www.thenation.com

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 11h

The truly sad (SAD!) thing about Trump is that he‘s actually quite funny. He should have just been a comic.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 13h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 12h

The worst bus of all is the bus that never comes. BEB are firmly in that category here.

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That Mack @thatmc.bsky.social · 17h

The Muni battery bus fleet, on Sunday. The stickers on the windshields indicate they are not available for revenue.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14h

There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 13h

Altman looked at Beta and VHS and realized that he needed to be the latter

suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 13h

Override it @scottwiener.bsky.social

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

4. The bill, SB 418, passed with huge majorities, with 60 votes for it and 18 against in the California assembly, and 29 votes for it and 10 against in the California Senate. The bill would mandate that insurers and pharmacists dispense 12 months of hormone therapy for those prescribed.

California SB418 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

Vote History (2025-10-13) Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination. [In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.]

legiscan.com

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 13h

remember leaded gasoline?

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 14h

Hate to be a 'ruin the kicker' guy but here's the amazing kicker:

“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr.”

Politico @politico.com · 17h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 15h

CA High Speed Rail will bring tremendous benefits to Southern California beyond the high-speed train. Once this EIR is complete, Metrolink could choose to implement these projects - and electrification - long before CAHSR reaches LA.

CA High-Speed Rail 🚄💨 @cahsra.bsky.social · 17h

As we prepare to release our draft EIR/EIS for the Los Angeles to Anaheim section, we want to highlight how this section will improve transit for everybody in Southern California.

See the video for more info! (1/2)

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suldrew 🏳️‍🌈 @suldrew.bsky.social · 14h

I see that Altman finally figured out that he would rather be VHS than Beta

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