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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 9h

Paint on streets is *not* infrastructure.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11h

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

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 10h

Most of the “Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion” posts I've seen the past couple of days have been pretty hinged, really.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 10h

WWI Flying Ace Snoopy was my favorite Snoopy when I was a kid. I had a remarkably active interior life of fantasy and daydreams; this dedication to sheer fantasy and role-playing really resonated with me.

📚Melissa Amateis 🦊 @ww2historygal.bsky.social · 21h

Daily Peanuts!

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 11h

I, for one, am shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 14h

My street is pretty 🍂

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 21h

Currently reading:
Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
#booksky #octoberscares #lgbtqfiction #eldrichhorror

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

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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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 1d

#currentlyreading
#booksky
The 17th novel in Jim Butcher's paranormal detective series, The Dresden Files.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 1d

Oof. Felt. And seen.

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John Writes Stuff @johnwritesstuff.bsky.social · 1d

Investigative journalists with IndyStar and @mirrorindy.org wrote an absolute banger of a story about how a secret relationship posing a conflict of interest in the Indianapolis mayor's office was ignored as millions of dollars flowed to city developers.

Read the story linked in the comments.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 1d

Wishing you a solemn and thoughtful Indigenous Peoples' Day.

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Wildstyle @mrwildstyle.bsky.social · 2d

The Mayor's former chief of staff who was fired for sexual misconduct and accused of sex abuse

Left the city and went to the lawfirm Mayor Hogsett USED to work for before becoming mayor and negotiated hundreds of millions of deals for his clients...

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Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · 2d

Mayor Joe Hogsett was once named “Mr. Clean” by a watchdog organization for his tough stance on government corruption as U.S. attorney.

A Mirror Indy/IndyStar investigation finds that the mayor ignored conflicts of interest involving millions of dollars in city incentives. https://bit.ly/3L8OOBe

Hogsett ignored conflicts of interest as city incentives flowed to developers

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ran on ethics reform, but an investigation found that he ignored conflicts of interest.

bit.ly

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

#hoosiersky

Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · 2d

Mayor Joe Hogsett was once named “Mr. Clean” by a watchdog organization for his tough stance on government corruption as U.S. attorney.

A Mirror Indy/IndyStar investigation finds that the mayor ignored conflicts of interest involving millions of dollars in city incentives. https://bit.ly/3L8OOBe

Hogsett ignored conflicts of interest as city incentives flowed to developers

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ran on ethics reform, but an investigation found that he ignored conflicts of interest.

bit.ly

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

I just started reading it, and I'm also enjoying the structure and world-building

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 3d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

Probably because of the pedophilia, but who knows, really.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget.

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 2d

Yum. A little kimchi for umami, too 🤌

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Marian Call @mariancall.bsky.social · 3d

Last time shouting about this: I have a livestreaming concert online on Sunday, afternoon west coast, nighttime in Europe.

Tickets: mariancall.bandcamp.com/merch/rain-b...

details on what I'm up to musically are below!

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 4d

go the fuck outside. find a goth club. go there on a kink / queer night. go even if you think “you won’t fit in” (cheat code: just wear black).

be friendly. give yourself time. repeat as necessary. you will make exceptional friends.

life is for the living. do it scared.

🏳️‍⚧️🖤🏳️‍🌈

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