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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 22m

I know it's a common name, but is this written by Rochester's Justin Murphy, formerly D&C?

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4h

Lowering the flag was once a relatively rare symbol of public mourning and respect. It has now “become a largely empty gesture, illegible to the broader public and ultimately ignored,” Justin Murphy argues:

Stop Lowering the Flag

The symbol of public mourning loses its meaning when it’s used too much.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 18h

"What must be done now to ensure that caring for our common home and listening to the cry of the earth and the poor do not appear as mere passing trends or, worse still, are seen and felt as divisive issues?" — Pope Leo www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...

Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment

The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.

www.ncronline.org

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 10h

Buffalo Airport is one of the 5 listed. Let's go, ROC!

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 14h

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda

Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 15h

Judge Orders Columbus Statue Removed And Melted Down Into Pinkie Rings For Local Italians https://theonion.com/judge-orders-columbus-statue-removed-and-melted-down-in-1851178112/

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 22h

The cap and invest program, which has been languishing in the Hochul administration for years now, would go a long way in funding this.

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 2d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 2d

I honestly think all elected officials should be forced to bike around the cities they serve so that they have an idea of what it's like to be a vulnerable road user.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Pat McDevitt @pfmcdevitt.bsky.social · 2d

Leo reiterates Liberation Theology’s insistence that Church and Catholics cannot ignore the poor or the structual causes of poverty www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

www.americamagazine.org

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 2d

Omg

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

reason.com/2025/10/10/t...

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

reason.com

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 2d

kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up holding a cell phone

ALT: kermit the frog is sitting at a desk with his feet up holding a cell phone

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

People deciding they don't find you funny anymore isn't censorship. The first amendment doesn't guarantee you laughs or views on streaming or ticket sales. Be defensive or mad about it I guess, but that's not particularly funny either.

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Active Travel Please! @activetraveltt.bsky.social · 3d

🫶
www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

In an Exclusive Interview, Dr. Jane Goodall Leaves Behind Her Last Words

“In the place where I am now, I look back over my life. What message do I want to leave?”

www.netflix.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.

Tick. Tock.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows

Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.

www.independent.co.uk

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Kim Crayton [She/Her] @kimcrayton1.bsky.social · 3d

That is the dangerous legacy of mediocrity:

a culture that confuses arrogance for vision,
cruelty for conviction,
and violence for peace.

And when you grow up believing that your harm will always be framed as “necessary,” “strategic,” or “heroic,”

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 3d

Appreciate that you are speaking on this, Rep. Morelle. Would love to see articles of impeachment on any of these lawless and unAmerican parts of the "Trump Administration ideology" that have become policy enacted on the people of the US

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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 3d

Stephen Miller, the Trump administration's architect of doom, said the quiet part out loud this week.

A president having "plenary power" goes against everything our founding fathers stood for. It's un-American, and it's dangerous.

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 3d

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..."

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 4d

Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org

- including UK, Germany and Chile etc

Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries - Carbon Brief

More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables

www.carbonbrief.org

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 4d

🧪Fish need vitamin B1 (thiamine) just like everything else that lives. Turns out they get it from the microbiome of the rivers they swim in so yeah, we’re not going to be living in outer space. Get back to work protecting our only home against the tech bro fantasists.

www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

www.forbes.com

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Ross W Berman IV (Philosopher Pirate) @rosswbermaniv.bsky.social · 5d

The punishment for making it to the playoffs is the national broadcast team taking over for the informed local team and saying stuff like "Gee, kinda chilly today. Seems like Chicago people would like that, probably."

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 6d

The more you look at this map, the more mad you get

Reality Ausetkmt @ausetkmt.bsky.social · 6d

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 6d

This map is bananas

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 7d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.

On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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Ginny Maier @vbmaier.bsky.social · 8d

@ahjohnson.bsky.social is so good

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