Holly
@ilexradicalis.bsky.social
Radicalized pedestrian in Long Beach, CA
GIS/Climate/Disaster Response
GIS/Climate/Disaster Response
I hope the City of Long Beach will start rigorously prioritizing safety and quality of life over parking spaces and traffic flow, regardless of what a few loud voices say. 53 deaths in a year in a city of under half a million people is tragic.
Long Beach police say they’re investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Maine Avenue on Nov. 13.
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social and @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/pedestrian-d...
Read more from @apignataro.bsky.social and @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/pedestrian-d...
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I hope the City of Long Beach will start rigorously prioritizing safety and quality of life over parking spaces and traffic flow, regardless of what a few loud voices say. 53 deaths in a year in a city of under half a million people is tragic.
Diabolical in a climate crisis: www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Diabolical in a climate crisis: www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
No more painted door zone bike lanes in Long Beach. They’re dangerous and scary and will not encourage people to cycle instead of drive. @megankerr.bsky.social please don’t give up on making Orange Ave safer for all road users!
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
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
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
No more painted door zone bike lanes in Long Beach. They’re dangerous and scary and will not encourage people to cycle instead of drive. @megankerr.bsky.social please don’t give up on making Orange Ave safer for all road users!
I’ve seen the screenshots, but today was the first time I’ve happened upon one of these messages in real life. I feel like the kid whose parent shows up drunk to a school event and makes a scene in front of everyone. So humiliating.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’ve seen the screenshots, but today was the first time I’ve happened upon one of these messages in real life. I feel like the kid whose parent shows up drunk to a school event and makes a scene in front of everyone. So humiliating.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
It’s for your own good!
DHS's Tricia McLaughlin: "They will deploy tear gas to control that crowd as a method to make sure the public is safe."
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s for your own good!
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
I love our local parrots, but this is an obvious choice. Though the mascot could still be a parrot (maybe wearing a trenchcoat and a fedora? Plaid baseball jersey?). #LongBeach #Regulators
After receiving nearly 5,000 votes, the Long Beach Baseball Club has announced the three finalists in its naming contest. And voting is open now.
Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/coast-parrot...
Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/coast-parrot...
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love our local parrots, but this is an obvious choice. Though the mascot could still be a parrot (maybe wearing a trenchcoat and a fedora? Plaid baseball jersey?). #LongBeach #Regulators
Let them eat cake.
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Let them eat cake.
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The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
He’s warming us up to the idea of dictatorship. I don’t feel warm.
Mike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
October 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
He’s warming us up to the idea of dictatorship. I don’t feel warm.
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The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
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Great compilation! I only wish they had included states with the city names. There are so many Lafayettes!
There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great compilation! I only wish they had included states with the city names. There are so many Lafayettes!
Liars, cheaters, and frauds unite! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Fraud Sentence
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Liars, cheaters, and frauds unite! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
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My memory is quite the opposite. “No kings” has actually worked out really well for the American economy for centuries.
It’s the arrival of a would-be king that has shut everything down.
It’s the arrival of a would-be king that has shut everything down.
October 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My memory is quite the opposite. “No kings” has actually worked out really well for the American economy for centuries.
It’s the arrival of a would-be king that has shut everything down.
It’s the arrival of a would-be king that has shut everything down.
So Trump is meddling with Argentina’s elections by extorting its voters. Otra vergüenza más por parte de ese garca.
President Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy aligns with that of the Republican administration— if the nation’s internal politics don’t go the United States’ way in its upcoming elections. https://to.pbs.org/3KQERbF
WATCH: Trump meets with Argentina's Milei as U.S. prepares $20 billion bailout
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to pull assistance for Argentina — led by a political kindred spirit whose philosophy aligns with that of the Republican administration— if the nation’s in...
www.pbs.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
So Trump is meddling with Argentina’s elections by extorting its voters. Otra vergüenza más por parte de ese garca.
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Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
October 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.
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If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.
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209 out of 210 U.S. coal plants are now more expensive to keep running than it is to build entirely new solar and wind energy.
Coal is a relic of the past that destroys our environment, pollutes our communities, and raises our energy costs.
Coal is a relic of the past that destroys our environment, pollutes our communities, and raises our energy costs.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
209 out of 210 U.S. coal plants are now more expensive to keep running than it is to build entirely new solar and wind energy.
Coal is a relic of the past that destroys our environment, pollutes our communities, and raises our energy costs.
Coal is a relic of the past that destroys our environment, pollutes our communities, and raises our energy costs.
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Troops. In an American city. Using full force.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Troops. In an American city. Using full force.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.
Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.