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Alex Holt

@skatingtomato.bsky.social

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Still your friendly neighborhood geek/“propogandist.” Baltimore/Maryland correspondent for GGW. He/him. Vocal advocacy classist. Tranist. #ActuallyAutistic

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Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social · Feb 20

My latest article for @ggwash.org takes a look at some of the biggest urbanist bills of #MDGA25, especially in transit, housing, & even the environment. Check it out, there's a lot of good stuff being discussed in Annapolis, even amidst all the chaos in Washington: ggwash.org/view/98490/w...

What to watch in the 2025 Maryland General Assembly

Between a budget crunch, a housing crisis, and a new appetite in Annapolis for tackling longstanding energy and environmental issues, this year’s Maryland General Assembly session could be a very prod...

ggwash.org

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MTA Maryland Service Alerts @mtamarylandalerts.bsky.social · 8h

Emergency track work is complete, and single tracking has been canceled between Baltimore Highlands and Westport stations. Light Rail is operating on schedule.

Thank you for riding Light Rail.
https://mta.maryland.gov/service-alerts/24439

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Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social · 41m

(As long as he could physically fit one on his wrist, he would)

Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social · 42m

..Dad?

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 7h

Bomb any good Walmarts recently?

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 20h

it is no wonder that 50501, a movement of radlibs who are very upset but don’t want to get in trouble, would be boosting superficial activism.

superficial activism has its place, but if that place is front and center, it kills whatever movement it is skimming off the top of.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 6h

Every single person who actually shows up to a protest is contributing more than all the online protest critiquers combined

BillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social · 7h

"who he right attacks, we defend"

How hard is this??? Its a very simply rule!

If the right is attacking, we are defending.

Anyway, i will be there are Saturday in my portland frog costume

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 7h

This is exactly backwards, the no kings protests are a mass movement of regular people that have every republican politician in the country raging about "hate America rallies," and the online protest industry weirdos who say shit like "radlib" to each other are the ones skimming off the top of them

it is no wonder that 50501, a movement of radlibs who are very upset but don’t want to get in trouble, would be boosting superficial activism.

superficial activism has its place, but if that place is front and center, it kills whatever movement it is skimming off the top of.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 5h

Anyway Mike don't worry you won't see any of those people, they're all at home posting about how it's superficial consumerist radlib stuff

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 5h

They cannot shut up about the no kings protests, they cannot stop promoting these to anyone and everyone. Even non-online people who just get angry at the TV are hearing about them. Masterful gambit sirs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 4h

I've been saying this for years, whoever figures out a way to make it so you can just tap to buy an article without making a potentially lifetime credit card commitment is going to get rich and save journalism

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 5h

NEWS OUTLETS
could you please offer an opportunity for me to buy an article a la carte

many times i don't want to subscribe because i don't want you to keep sending me shit. i do not want a continued relationship. but i would absolutely spend a nominal amount to read an article Right Now

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 2h

Comedy is back to illegal again smdh

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 2h

These radical left attacks on free speech must end

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 3h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1h

They can't say loving Hitler is bad because it means they'll lose half their staff

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19h

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 21h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Matt Jordan @itsmattjordan.com · 18h

"In radical defiance of linguistical conventions, recent studies reveal you park in a driveway but drive on a parkway."

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 18h

“Cheesecake doesn’t cause autism, but if you eat too much of it every day it could cause health problems” thank you NYT

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 18h

If you use this drug beyond its recommended limit, bad things happen

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 18h

What are we even doing here

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 18h

Does this guy have some kind of Producers situation where he only gets paid if there’s a junta

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social · 45m

Tax liability, probably

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Jerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 4h

"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...

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike

A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

www.scientificamerican.com

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Alex Holt @skatingtomato.bsky.social · 46m

Would you say it’s a candidate for dinner?

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 6h

Not kidding when I say it appears they were trying to brainstorm what the opposite of "no taxation without representation" would be and this clunky dogshit is the best they could come up with

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

and i'll do you one better ... men become uncomfortable when their partners make more than they do because they believe that their partners will financially and emotionally manipulate them ....

as they .... manipulate their partners.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

and what's really happening is agency realized in resources

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