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Michael C Merritt

@mikecmerritt.bsky.social

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Father, Navy veteran, small business owner, bicycling advocate. From Massachusetts to Norfolk, VA. Born at 324.09 CO2 ppm

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · Mar 16

I created a starter pack for any and all accounts about Norfolk, VA. If you know any that you’d like to see included, let me know.
go.bsky.app/5Aa4CR1

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1h

Writer Italo Calvino

#BicycleBirthday
October 15 (1923-1985)

Photo of a man wearing a turtleneck riding a bicycle.

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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 6h

Politico obtained 2,900 pages of exchanges among a dozen Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.

Full List of Young Republicans Involved in Offensive Chats

www.newsweek.com

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Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 1d

Without street parking, surface lots, and parking garages, Oslo’s busiest shopping district is left abandoned. Only robust transit, bike paths, scooters, and tons of places to sit remain. Sad. #BanCars

Seating in the foreground, shops on the right and left, people everywhere shopping

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 5h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 14h

Fighting words. Gorgonzola is delicious too. Your palette is soft like Brie.

Wouldn’t know about the McRib, I never ate one.

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 14h

Granby St can’t be finished soon enough.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14h

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.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 14h

@dlknowles.bsky.social

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 14h

“It is highly energy-efficient, costs almost nothing, reduces congestion and pollution, and obviates the need for huge car parks… the humble bicycle.”

The Economist @economist.com · 4d

Safety challenges will slow the readoption of the bicycle. Still, in cities that have made them mainstream, the idea of going back to car-clogged streets is considered ridiculous

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

econ.st

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Varyl Thorndycraft @varylt.bsky.social · 18h

The social and environmental costs of private car ownership captured in one screen grab.

From the intro to @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars book

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 19h

No more pearl clutching about Jay Jones' texts.

Politico @politico.com · 22h

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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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 22h

Cyclists of the world, UNITE!

Alejandro Cencerrado 7291 @alexbici.bsky.social · 3d

Gritan “¡comunista!” al candidato a alcalde de Nueva York, Zohran Kwame, y él responde: “se pronuncia ciclista”. Este hombre se ha convertido en una fuerza imparable que ha devuelto a muchos las ganas de volver a luchar por su ciudad.

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, @vadot.bsky.social is widening I-64 in Norfolk. Great, for our health.

StreetsblogMASS @mass.streetsblog.org · 1d

Air quality monitoring agency concludes that clean transport initiatives in Paris – including 1,500 km of new bikeways, conversion of on-street car parking to gardens, and lower speed limits on the Périphérique highway – saved France €61 billion over 10 years in reduced health care costs.

Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 1d

61 milliards d’euros, c’est ce que nous avons économisé grâce à nos actions contre la pollution de l’air !

AirParif conclue dans sa dernière étude que nos actions en matière de lutte contre la pollution de l’air ont permis d’économiser 61 milliards d’euros.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Then there’s this:
bsky.app/profile/norf...

Norfölkology @norfolkology.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder if this will get me another timeout

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Norfolk, Virginia

Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 1d

Climate change doesn't care about your building or possessions.
Your insurance won't cover you, but keep your current lifestyle thinking the climate emergency is a scam.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 1d

Mamoru Oshii planned it. A young Satoshi Kon took the lead on its layouts. The result: a stunning moment from Patlabor 2.

We're looking inside the film's martial law sequence, including storyboards and production art:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/life-under...

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t see any negative to that at all.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Honest question, did @starsandstripes.bsky.social sign it? How do you fit into this?

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

But what if you ran it through a charcoal filter? There’s your carbon

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

This guy?

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Always good advice.

Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 1d

On the 250th birthday of the Navy, thank you to all who’ve served and sacrificed for our country.

Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the CO2 emissions.

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 1d

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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Michael C Merritt @mikecmerritt.bsky.social · 1d

*they think is necessary