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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 4h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 3d

i love when i overthink a problem so profoundly that i actually do uncover something new at the bottom that puts me at ease. it wasn't an anxiety spiral, i was simply swirling down towards the answer-hole

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 21h

It was in real life too

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 23h

We need woke back so I can do standup about the trans woman who tried to convince me that the guy who stalked me wasn't why I had PTSD, it's because I was actually trans, without that starting a pogram. My problem was with a different dick!

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
"Australia doesn’t just excel at big renewables and big batteries. Four million homes produce rooftop solar; a few weeks ago, those households temporarily supplied 55% of demand on the National Electricity Market, Westerman said."

As coal fades, Australia looks to realize dream of 100% renewable…

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other…

www.canarymedia.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Auspicious start for the new CBS News, laundering unattributed cop shit-talking through the incoming editor-in-chief’s blog and failing to correct a misspelling of the story subject’s name in the web headline for three days.

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 1d

Yep!

Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 2d

Better things are possible

A bicycle street with broad raised sidewalks and outdoor dining

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 2d

Garfield endorses walkable neighborhoods.

Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 2d

One of my biggest fears is that I will arrive in Portland once and simply refuse to leave

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 7d

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7d

i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 8d

the paradox of sprawl

Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 8d

This place is both the most hostile to car ownership and most necessary place to own a car I've ever been

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 8d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 8d

This place is both the most hostile to car ownership and most necessary place to own a car I've ever been

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 8d

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

One-third of Angelenos do not drive

Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

www.torched.la

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

I really need to visit New England in my 30s

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

The lyrics on this album are consistently bad.

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

My insane take: Actually Romantic is about the Gaylors after the first few lyrics

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 11d

TELL MAX MARTIN THANK YOU EVERYBODY

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 12d

Otter Body Shop

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 13d

It's a year since my stuff arrived in Los Angeles

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 14d

Who is Tyra Riverbanks

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14d

The military cares about climate change because they understand it's setting the ground for more conflicts, and because their bases are underwater. Seems like having your bases underwater might affect military readiness.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14d

Hegseth: “No dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship, no more gender delusions.

“We are done with that shit.”

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Ben @urbanistben.bsky.social · 15d

Feels like ICE and the state of Iowa are going to make sure this man is ruined even if he is released. From a Cedar Rapids Gazette Article: www.thegazette.com/state-govern...

"Our office has received information that you no longer possess legal presence in the United States, therefore you (are) not able to hold a license issued by the lowa Board of Educational Examiners," Michael Cavin, the board's executive director, wrote in a letter addressed to Roberts. "The license issued by the Board of Educational Examiners is no longer valid and your authority to serve as superintendent is revoked."

ICE also claims Roberts fled when first contacted by officers Friday, and when he was apprehended was in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a fixed blade hunting knife.

Roberts was taken to the Woodbury County Jail in northwest lowa late Friday afternoon, according to jail and ICE records, the Associated Press reported.

The Des Moines Public School Board scheduled a special session for Monday, during which it planned to place Roberts on unpaid administrative leave, which is required by law given the state board's action to revoke Roberts' license. The board on Saturday put Roberts on leave.

The board on Monday will consider "new information" regarding Roberts' arrest, according to a district press release.

"New information and confirmed facts will continue to inform our decisions as we develop a path forward," Des Moines Public Schools Board Chair Jackie Norris said in the press release. "Two things can be true at the same time - Dr. Roberts was an effective and well-respected leader and there are serious questions related to his citizenship and ability to legally perform his duties as superintendent."

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 16d

It is actually peak absurdity that we still have people arguing that voters should bend to the positions of their political representatives instead of the other way around.

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