NWChiFiets
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Salty AF. Safe streets & sound climate policy = social justice. Enjoy biking, travel, beer and cats. Content likely to randomly touch on all of the above. All content is my personal opinion. She/Her.
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Here is a list of upcoming protests in Seattle. Please attend and also connect with others about organizing for a general strike and mass disruptive protests during the World Cup. We MUST put pressure on state and local officials for reform and accountability. The World Cup matters to them. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Here is a list of upcoming protests in Seattle. Please attend and also connect with others about organizing for a general strike and mass disruptive protests during the World Cup. We MUST put pressure on state and local officials for reform and accountability. The World Cup matters to them. 🧵
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Whatever happened to, "Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I poop, on company time."
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Whatever happened to, "Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I poop, on company time."
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The only thing that has ever stood in the way of the president building a big gaudy ballroom, is an understanding that the powerful would defer to self-appointed experts.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
White House Architecture Was an Honor System. Trump Noticed.
For 125 years, informal norms constrained what a president could do to one of the nation’s most famous landmarks.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The only thing that has ever stood in the way of the president building a big gaudy ballroom, is an understanding that the powerful would defer to self-appointed experts.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
And now we see what a bad system that was.
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Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records.
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records.
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The “crime emergency” declared by Trump resulted in 932 arrests of immigrants with no criminal conviction or pending charge, federal data shows.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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👏New: @durbin.senate.gov and Sen. Murkowski re-introduced the bipartisan Dream Act to provide pathways to citizenship for people who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives.
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
👏New: @durbin.senate.gov and Sen. Murkowski re-introduced the bipartisan Dream Act to provide pathways to citizenship for people who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives.
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
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Breaking: Election advocates demand recount in TN
Ten thousand votes suddenly appearing.
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
Ten thousand votes suddenly appearing.
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.
www.narativ.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Breaking: Election advocates demand recount in TN
Ten thousand votes suddenly appearing.
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
Ten thousand votes suddenly appearing.
www.narativ.org/p/breaking-e...
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🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
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I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
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NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
NEW: GRAND JURY REFUSES TO RE-INDICT LETITIA JAMES per @nicollewallace.bsky.social on Deadline White House. HAHAHAHA
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What does "majority non-European" mean?
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What does "majority non-European" mean?
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What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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If you unveil a new train station and every transit nerd on this website lines up to call you an idiot, they are right.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you unveil a new train station and every transit nerd on this website lines up to call you an idiot, they are right.
Motornormativity infects psychologists, too: "Instead of thinking, “Cars never stop for me,” they notice, “That driver just did something slightly inconvenient to help.”" Hello, drivers are generally REQUIRED by law to stop. www.nunneryplumbingandheating.co.uk/04-169113-a-...
Psychologists say that waving “thank you” at cars while crossing the street is strongly associated with specific personality traits
That quick wave to a driver who stopped at the crosswalk looks trivial, almost automatic. Psychologists now argue it reveals a specific mindset, shaped by
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December 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Motornormativity infects psychologists, too: "Instead of thinking, “Cars never stop for me,” they notice, “That driver just did something slightly inconvenient to help.”" Hello, drivers are generally REQUIRED by law to stop. www.nunneryplumbingandheating.co.uk/04-169113-a-...
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BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
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oh my god they are so pathetic
The guy L-ura L00mer was drunkenly talking to in that viral video calling him an Aryan God now works for one of those Thiel freedom cities/ ZEDE projects. This one wanted to buy land in Greenland. Unclear if Trump and Roger Stone will attempt a coup for this one
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...
A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the "Next Great City" in Greenland
Funded to the tune of $525 million, Praxis aims to “revitalize Western Civilization” through a techno-libertarian city upon a hill
www.insidehook.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
oh my god they are so pathetic
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Also, it is not attractive.
As of three months ago, which means there's a fighting chance we hit a half-billion by the time all is said and done blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/20/s...
State And Lake CTA Station Getting $440 Million Overhaul With Glass Roof, Elevators To Red Line
Car lanes around the station have been reduced ahead of an eventual "long-term closure" of the stop before it reopens in 2029, according to the city transportation department.
blockclubchicago.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Also, it is not attractive.