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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 2m

Yes! ... is this the path to a "soft secession"?

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 4m

Yes. If you support the Constitution and want our country to be ruled by it, come and rally!

Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 1h

This weekend, folks who support our Constitution and want to break Trump’s authoritarian grip on our country will gather together across the country to send a clear message: NO KINGS.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 7h

Here are 10 cyclists taking up the space of approximately one car.

In London, 60% of car trips are single-occupant

Cycle lanes and cyclists don't cause congestion; cars do

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 3h

Amazing effort and website by @chrischirp.bsky.social that keeps you current on our progression towards fascism and against the Rule of Law (aka the Constitution). www.trumpactiontracker.info? Follow it for weekly updates. See also on tiktok www.tiktok.com/@profchristi...

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Matt Jones @mattwjones.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 Launched: State of Wildfires Report 2024-25

The Americas felt the harsh reality of what it means to live on a more fire-prone planet, with extreme #wildfire episodes made 2-3 times more likely by #climate change.

🔥 Full details via our brand new website: stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 10h

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.

It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.

Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.

Globally averaged CO2 concentration (a) and its growth rate (b) from 1984 to 2024. Increases in successive annual means are shown as the shaded columns in (b). The red line in (a) is the monthly mean with the seasonal variation removed; the blue dots and blue line in (a) depict the monthly averages. Observations from 179 stations were used for this analysis.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

“The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’s cuts.”

Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 4h

Genius.

Thank you whoever thought this up and paid for it.

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

A 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out the word “DEMOCRACY” was seen melting on the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 9h

Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Cardiff To Be First UK City To Introduce Extra Parking Fees For SUVs

Cardiff tackles 'carspreading'.

www.forbes.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5h

Enough.

Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.

an outdoor blllboard There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Picture of child biking in a painted bike lane

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 4h

“In reality, PHEVs are little better than regular petrol and diesel cars when it comes to the fuel they consume, the CO2 they produce and the money they cost to run.”

Time to exclude PHEVs from Low Emission Zones, perhaps making more room for lighter more space efficient vehicles like e-bikes!

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 9h

Real-world data from 800k cars on the road - rather than data from distorting lab tests - show plug-in hybrids, with a large battery as well as a combustion engine, are 4.9x worse than official data say, making them essentially as bad as ordinary petrol cars

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?

And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.

Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Y. Marie Stout @stoutpotentials.bsky.social · 18d

Troops engaged in war ravaged DC.

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 4h

Unbelievable.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 6h

Cardiff, Wales is taking a stand against car bloat.

The city is poised to become the first in the UK to increase parking fees for vehicles >2400 kg (5291 lb).

A city report claims big cars are “more polluting, more expensive and more dangerous,” and “should pay more for permits."

SUV drivers face paying extra for parking under plans by Welsh council

Cardiff Council is expected to approve the changes as part of a new policy aimed at reducing congestion and improving air quality in the city.

www.independent.co.uk

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 5h

Cone life

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Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 15h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

www.nytimes.com

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Robin Chase @rmchase.bsky.social · 14h

Another inspiring thread

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 20h

spent a bit of time today talking to a journalist about the difference in quality of life/size/livability of housing in the US v. switzerland or germany... and they asked an interesting question:

is there any single regulation that could be reformed that would facilitate CH-style housing

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 20h

and what that means for residents is that these are multifamily homes that offers a far superior quality of life than basically anything that we find in US multifamily housing.

bsky.app/profile/holz...

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 9d

swiss coops go so hard. this is in suburbs of basel.

building is <45' deep.

22 homes: (8) x 2-BR, (10) x 3-BR, (4) x 4-BR

a third of residents are kids. 40% of households are young families. 20% are retirees. it's a passivhaus. a *ton* of community spaces.
www.hagnauer-gaerten.ch/wohnungsange...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 21h

Muntplein, Amsterdam in 1979 and today, with all cars towards the camera removed entirely, now bikes and trams only.

In 1979 it is a wide multi lane road with cyclists cycling in between moving cars. Today it is just a bike lane with two people riding in it and a wide footway with seating

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

“If you get hit by a car travelling at 50km/h, you’ve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If it’s going 30km/h you’ve got a nine-in-10 chance.”

“But it was not enough to put up a sign that says 30km/h…there also needed to be design changes to slow down traffic.”

Speed is always a factor.

Switching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research finds

One expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-10 chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it is a nine-in-10 chance

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 1d

Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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