Mike Mills 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚵♂️🚍🚏🚶♀️🌎
@mikejmills.bsky.social
•Boulder, Colorado, USA
•Community Cycles Advocacy Committee
•Boulder Progressives Board
•Boulder Transportation Advisory Board
•Atmospheric scientist
•Advocate for reducing car dependency
•Gay dude for animal rights
•Community Cycles Advocacy Committee
•Boulder Progressives Board
•Boulder Transportation Advisory Board
•Atmospheric scientist
•Advocate for reducing car dependency
•Gay dude for animal rights
Trump's Department of Transportation has been seeking to roll back regulations aimed at preventing pipeline failures. One such failure, in Danville, Kentucky, in 2019, led to an explosion that killed one person and incinerated five houses.
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump's Department of Transportation has been seeking to roll back regulations aimed at preventing pipeline failures. One such failure, in Danville, Kentucky, in 2019, led to an explosion that killed one person and incinerated five houses.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
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The “Bush being informed about 9/11” meme has been defeated.
“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”
October 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The “Bush being informed about 9/11” meme has been defeated.
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I'm not tipping the drag strippers, I'm
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm not tipping the drag strippers, I'm
Re-elect Lauren Folkerts, Nicole Speer, and Matt Benjamin to Boulder City Council!
Did you see that we endorsed Matt, Nicole, and Lauren for Boulder City Council?
https://www.boulderprogressives.org/city-council-candidates-endorsements
https://www.boulderprogressives.org/city-council-candidates-endorsements
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Re-elect Lauren Folkerts, Nicole Speer, and Matt Benjamin to Boulder City Council!
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Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: "Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here."
Grijalva: "Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in."
Grijalva: "Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in."
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mike Johnson is asked about the delay in swearing in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva: "Bless her heart. She's a representative elect. She doesn't know how it works around here."
Grijalva: "Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in."
Grijalva: "Yesterday, my race was certified, and so that's how things work. Your job is to swear me in."
"If it fits, I sits."
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"If it fits, I sits."
"Car brain" is a disease infecting both sides of the Atlantic.
According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds".
Cycle lane plans would put “economic vitality” of town at “serious risk”, warms MP – due to loss of six car parking spaces
According to the Labour MP, building the bike lane would cause "serious challenges" for local businesses, “erode public trust, and squander valuable public funds
road.cc
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Car brain" is a disease infecting both sides of the Atlantic.
My electric cargo bike has changed everything!
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike
Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My electric cargo bike has changed everything!
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These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
September 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
These findings in the new Washington Post poll jump off the page: Trump is underwater by 19 points on his handling of the economy (40/59) and underwater by 30 points on his handling of tariffs.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
By contrast, the same poll found him at +14 net approval on the economy in Oct. 2020.
Mexican bull joins @thewaroncars.bsky.social !
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mexican bull joins @thewaroncars.bsky.social !
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Devastating numbers for Trump in Economist/YouGov poll:
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
September 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Devastating numbers for Trump in Economist/YouGov poll:
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
➡️Economy is fair/poor (71%), not excellent/good (27%)
➡️Economy is getting worse (54%), not better (23%)
➡️Trump (57%), not Biden (22%), is more responsible for it.
➡️62% disapprove of his handling of inflation/prices, 55% on jobs/the economy.
Oof! Come on, Detroit! You can do better than this crap!
the bizarrely nonstandard bike racks will continue to be installed until morale improves?
September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Oof! Come on, Detroit! You can do better than this crap!
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this polling data on the importance of college education is a pretty massive shift in 10 years. by all demographic groups
the implications could be pretty huge
the implications could be pretty huge
Wow, it’s not just that people think a college education is significantly less important than just 12 years ago - but that change in attitudes is broad, across all groups
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
this polling data on the importance of college education is a pretty massive shift in 10 years. by all demographic groups
the implications could be pretty huge
the implications could be pretty huge
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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Charlie Kirk in 2023: "It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment."
He was wrong. No child, no moviegoer and no conservative commentator should have to die to maintain this perverted notion of the 2nd Amendment.
He was wrong. No child, no moviegoer and no conservative commentator should have to die to maintain this perverted notion of the 2nd Amendment.
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Charlie Kirk in 2023: "It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment."
He was wrong. No child, no moviegoer and no conservative commentator should have to die to maintain this perverted notion of the 2nd Amendment.
He was wrong. No child, no moviegoer and no conservative commentator should have to die to maintain this perverted notion of the 2nd Amendment.
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I'm loving the new bike / pedestrian underpass north east of Boulder on Diagonal Highway. trains!!
September 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm loving the new bike / pedestrian underpass north east of Boulder on Diagonal Highway. trains!!
Car-brained dinosaurs!
Ipswich, Massachusetts threw away $14.5 million in state funding and a decade of planning because they didn't want to sacrifice 20 parking spots for bike lanes.
Select board rejects $14.5 million proposal to redesign downtown Ipswich
Select board rejects $14.5 million proposal to redesign downtown Ipswich in a narrow 3-2 vote. Read more about the decision.
thelocalnews.news
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Car-brained dinosaurs!
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Next time Trump signs his name.
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Next time Trump signs his name.
September 9, 2020 in Boulder
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
September 9, 2020 in Boulder
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Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
September 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
Oy!
Heads up: smoke will be thicker tonight and tomorrow morning as we get another push of Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke.
#COwx
#COwx
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oy!
Colorado's Front Range is getting smoke from fires in the West, Pacific Northwest, and Canada.
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Colorado's Front Range is getting smoke from fires in the West, Pacific Northwest, and Canada.