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Bob Collins @mylittlebloggie.bsky.social · 12h

The next generation of Republican scumbags is even worse

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

‘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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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 12h

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 2d

The answer is: shop local, give everyone living wages, buy less stuff, especially clothes, support thrifting, a circular economy, *and* buy quality goods made ethically (that will last). Overall cost is the same (or less) and it's better for people & planet.

Consumerism is the problem.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Good mizzly morning, MSP! #MSPCycleCast

View of downtown Minneapolis under the Cedar Lake Rd ped bridge, under an overcast sky

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

Very first light rail vehicle through West 21st Street Station in Minneapolis!

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome!!!

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

Very first light rail vehicle through West 21st Street Station in Minneapolis!

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 2d

Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route.
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Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route

Paris broke yet another series of cycling records, underscoring what many residents already feel in their daily commute.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

A good opportunity to remind people that Boston has its own e-bike rebate program.

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

1,000% correct.

Bryan @bryanformhals.com · 1d

Ending Northstar will end being a historically stupid decision.

Ian Gaida @trainsfan.bsky.social · 1d

Christ, just heard the number that Metro Transit's gonna have to pay to demolish the Northstar stations.

TWENTY
MILLION

and that DOESN'T include the money owed to the FTA. Fiscal responsibility my ass!

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

And Minneapolis.

Go, Denver!

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

we could also use some serious e-bike rebates

city of denver is doing laps around WA and seattle

zero climate leadership. we need to change this.

and quickly.

bsky.app/profile/holz...

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 6d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 6d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

we could also use some serious e-bike rebates

city of denver is doing laps around WA and seattle

zero climate leadership. we need to change this.

and quickly.

bsky.app/profile/holz...

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 6d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Give a mouse a cargobike...

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 2d

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Said every #BikeCommuter ever.

Pedaling Professor @pedalingprof.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely beautiful weather for the bike commute this evening. I guess I could sit on my butt in a car on the freeway instead, but this seems quite a bit better to me.

A cyclist rides along a trail below a canopy of maple trees in the fall

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Nietifa Van Suiker @lukewanderer.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait to get mine!

Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 1d

I really enjoyed Life After Cars, written by Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, the podcast hosts of The War on Cars. It’s a must-read!

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Sharon Harvey @grannyblue4.bsky.social · 2d

I can attest for the loss of sight. I got measles prior to vaccines. After spending a month isolated in a darken room, I came out with vision so bad I couldn't see more than a foot in front of me. That is a lifelong consequence. People need with wake up and get their kids vaccinated.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 2d

Simple way to avoid car companies bricking your vehicle by installing a forced software update: make sure your vehicle is a bicycle.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 2d

The future is great, huh?

"A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed."

www.thestack.technology/jeep-softwar...

Jeep software update bricks vehicles

“Please exercise extreme caution”

www.thestack.technology

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 2d

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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loucycle.bsky.social @loucycle.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone please congratulate me on my new bike! 🤣 feeling unbearably smug on my new @ternbicycles.com quick haul long.
This morning, took kiddo to school, dropped recycling off, & picked up a parcel. Got home before my neighbours who just took their SUV to drop kids at same school lol.

What a win!

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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 2d

On Indigenous Peoples Day (which Trump insists on calling Columbus Day): For an honest history of the 15th and 20th century origins of a national holiday and its layers of meaning, read Heather Cox Richardson today 👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

open.substack.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

This is either clever or crazy or both: a UK company will install, in your home, a miniature data center, about the size of a heat pump, to serve as your home heating.

UK Power Networks helping SHIELD vulnerable customers from Fuel Poverty

Customers struggling with energy bills could soon benefit from low-cost heating, thanks to an award-winning UK Power Networks innovation that re-uses heat from mini data centres.

www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 5d

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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