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Walking is a right; driving is a privilege. Not the other way around. Bigots & bots will be blocked. Oh, and I RT ducks. #DriverNotCar #PlowSidewalksToo #WindshieldBias

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · Dec 9

Maybe you see my #PlowSidewalksToo hashtag and think, "Yeah, sure, sounds great but it would require a massive tax increase and expansion of the public payroll and no one is going to willingly sign on for that. Real shame, though."

So: a thread. 🧵

#urbanism

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 17m

Maybe I am kidding myself, but I don't see an heir apparent. 47 will pass sooner or later. JD has no cult following, no one making heroic memes about him. Same for 47's kids. Not sure the hero worship is that easily transferred.

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 31m

Gender reveal parties

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 15h

Look up 'garage man caves' in Google Images some time

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 15h

Great thread.
bsky.app/profile/bogh...

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 23h

#MythBustingMonday
“Vaccines contain dangerous and toxic ingredients.”
This one never dies, so let’s tackle it properly. Yes, vaccines contain multiple components but context, chemistry, and dose matter. Vaccine ingredients have been studied for decades, across trials and billions of doses. A 🧵

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 16h

Dopey but sincere question, why do we dislike these accounts?

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 17h

Smithsonian concurs. Inspectors at Ellis Island were themselves immigrants who spoke multiple languages.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants?

On the 125th anniversary of the famous portal to the U.S., history shows inspectors were not the ones changing people's names

www.smithsonianmag.com

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 18h

Require officers to carry malpractice insurance, just like lawyers & MDs.
Or make all damages for mistreatment come out of the police pension fund.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 22h

A couple of parking signs for anyone who wants to print them out for this coming Saturday.

Parking Signs

If you want to print out a poster for October 18th, here are two; fully-guaranteed countrywide but maybe especially suitable for in and around New York. No King Anytime sign ...

kieranhealy.org

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 18h

100% correct.
Immigrants Americanized their names on their own, for various reasons, including discrimination.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 18

If you still need to share a link to a tweet, but don't want to send people to Musk's cesspool - replace "x" with "xcancel" in the tweet link.

For example x.com/dril/status/...

becomes xcancel.com/dril/status/...

People will still see the tweet, but without going to Twitter.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 20h

On Saturday, we wear yellow. ❌👑

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19h

I’m just waiting on all the Neoliberals who spent years communicating white supremacist smears about so-called second and third world countries not being able to sustain democracy or being susceptible to corruption to step up and apologize, but I’m not holding my breath.

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 20h

Very best wishes from this total stranger!

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 21h

Absolutely, yes. Once you're out of school & don't have assigned readings, you can bail on books.

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 21h

Worst character flaw in my fellow Boomers is their inability to imagine life without their cars at their sides at all times

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 23h

If your city is building charging stations for electric vehicles, then they need to include charging stations for electric bikes. Otherwise it just more car-first #WindshieldBias. I'm gonna bet that e-bikes outnumber electric cars in NYC and other places.

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 23h

Hey, Portland peeps, share your expertise with the clueless among us! Where do you get these costumes when they're not out on a rack? Can you rent them? How do you keep them inflated? Is the inflating device reusable?

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

He likes to grip, yank, and not let go during handshakes. It's a dominance move.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think about how absolutely wild it is that drivers think they're being oppressed when they get punished for breaking the law

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Came here to say exactly this. It's a way to grant powers to 47 that will be clawed back as soon as a Dem is in the oval office.

Dem.id

bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Props to Westerville, OH.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 1d

This is a really well done—I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

Signs of Fascism!

YouTube video by COOLHAND

www.youtube.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

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Brandon @bedubble.bsky.social · 1d

I support bike-based puppetry

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bettybarcode @bettybarcode.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory duck retweet

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 1d

long island duck, long island, new york, [between 1972 and 2008]

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