bettybarcode
@bettybarcode.com
Walking is a right; driving is a privilege. Not the other way around.
Defund, abolish, prosecute.
Oh, and I RT ducks.
#DriverNotCar
#PlowSidewalksToo
#WindshieldBias
Defund, abolish, prosecute.
Oh, and I RT ducks.
#DriverNotCar
#PlowSidewalksToo
#WindshieldBias
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bettybarcode
@bettybarcode.com
· Dec 9
Maybe you see my #PlowSidewalksToo hashtag and think, "Yeah, sure, sounds great but it would require a massive tax increase and expansion of the public payroll and no one is going to willingly sign on for that. Real shame, though."
So: a thread. 🧵
#urbanism
So: a thread. 🧵
#urbanism
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W is a new European platform aspiring to be an alternative to X.
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
W for ATProto
W is a new platform recently announced, aspiring to be a European alternative to X.
It may actually be powered by ATProto, based on leaked screenshots.
This is a win for ATProto
atprotocol.dev
January 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
W is a new European platform aspiring to be an alternative to X.
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
So, uh, I bought my name as a domain, ponied up for the cheapest WordPress plan, and posted a few of my old essays.
bettybarcode.com
bettybarcode.com
bettybarcode.com
Stuff that's too long for BlueSky
bettybarcode.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
So, uh, I bought my name as a domain, ponied up for the cheapest WordPress plan, and posted a few of my old essays.
bettybarcode.com
bettybarcode.com
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genuinely insane the chilling effect employer based health insurance has on free speech. totally underrated and mostly ignored.
Also, when you're in a country where your health insurance is tied to your job, people are naturally less inclined to protest when there is a risk of it affecting your job.
January 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
genuinely insane the chilling effect employer based health insurance has on free speech. totally underrated and mostly ignored.
Hey, urbanists, did you know about the National Transportation Library? A free federal resource that seems not to have been DOGEd. Lots of full-text stuff, though not everything is digitized and online.
ntl.bts.gov/ntl
ntl.bts.gov/ntl
ntl.bts.gov
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Hey, urbanists, did you know about the National Transportation Library? A free federal resource that seems not to have been DOGEd. Lots of full-text stuff, though not everything is digitized and online.
ntl.bts.gov/ntl
ntl.bts.gov/ntl
@usa.streetsblog.org
Hey, friends, the "Friday Video" link at your homepage, for the car brain video, is broken.
Hey, friends, the "Friday Video" link at your homepage, for the car brain video, is broken.
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
@usa.streetsblog.org
Hey, friends, the "Friday Video" link at your homepage, for the car brain video, is broken.
Hey, friends, the "Friday Video" link at your homepage, for the car brain video, is broken.
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New cyclist finds out he's an anti-car urban elite who has no life and wants some made up bike utopia.
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
New cyclist finds out he's an anti-car urban elite who has no life and wants some made up bike utopia.
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A fascinating podcast!
The #bicycle was to prove transformative. Cheaper than a horse, it freed women and young working class people to roam free. And the bike was the testing ground for countless improvements in manufacturing that would later lead to Henry Ford’s production lines.
#BicyclesRecycle
The #bicycle was to prove transformative. Cheaper than a horse, it freed women and young working class people to roam free. And the bike was the testing ground for countless improvements in manufacturing that would later lead to Henry Ford’s production lines.
#BicyclesRecycle
BBC World Service - 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, Bicycle
Has the bicycle had its day, or is it a technology whose best years lie ahead?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 AM
A fascinating podcast!
The #bicycle was to prove transformative. Cheaper than a horse, it freed women and young working class people to roam free. And the bike was the testing ground for countless improvements in manufacturing that would later lead to Henry Ford’s production lines.
#BicyclesRecycle
The #bicycle was to prove transformative. Cheaper than a horse, it freed women and young working class people to roam free. And the bike was the testing ground for countless improvements in manufacturing that would later lead to Henry Ford’s production lines.
#BicyclesRecycle
Once again I am asking someone to buy and activate IsHeDead.com and become everyone's first click in the morning
IsHeDead.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Once again I am asking someone to buy and activate IsHeDead.com and become everyone's first click in the morning
Obligatory duck retweet
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Obligatory duck retweet
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Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗
Obligatory duck retweet
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Obligatory duck retweet
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“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 AM
“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
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There's a terrific MA or Ph.D. thesis to be written comparing the tactics, strategy, and ideology of 1970s US Christian conservative pivot to abortion after segregation was lost, and the 2010s/2020s pivot to transphobia after equal marriage was won.
Historically, this is exactly how ending abortion became a major issue. Christian Nationalists decided to make it one when it wasn’t one and as per their plan, it developed a life of its own. Most activists in the movement never know it was designed to organize them. bsky.app/profile/spar...
I'm used to seeing this work starting with or soley on an anti-abortion stance.
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
There's a terrific MA or Ph.D. thesis to be written comparing the tactics, strategy, and ideology of 1970s US Christian conservative pivot to abortion after segregation was lost, and the 2010s/2020s pivot to transphobia after equal marriage was won.
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"Battle Hymn of the Republic" is not a song to be taken on lightly ... but in light of this New Year Trumpian news onslaught, we're sharing this adaptation, called "Battle Hymn of the Empire" - as Trump goes marching on, and dragging us all back to the nineteenth century.
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
"Battle Hymn of the Empire" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" about Trump
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" is not a song to be taken on lightly ... but in light of this New Year Trumpian news onslaught, we're sharing this adaptation, called "Battle Hymn of the Empire" - as Trump goes marching on, and dragging us all back to the nineteenth century.
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
If you're giving a talk (webinar, workshop), practice it by yourself with a live transcription app running. You may not be aware that you drop an Um or two into every sentence. But your audience is. And we hate it.
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 AM
If you're giving a talk (webinar, workshop), practice it by yourself with a live transcription app running. You may not be aware that you drop an Um or two into every sentence. But your audience is. And we hate it.
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Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?
I think--a lot--about that one time when Lindsey Graham was correct.
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I think--a lot--about that one time when Lindsey Graham was correct.
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Hollywood bike stencil told to slim down to meet unrealistic expectations of city.
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Hollywood bike stencil told to slim down to meet unrealistic expectations of city.
Unlike several other languages, English has a splendid, ungendered pronoun for inanimate objects: it. Which is why it makes me cranky that we still insist on gendering nations and vessels as female.
January 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Unlike several other languages, English has a splendid, ungendered pronoun for inanimate objects: it. Which is why it makes me cranky that we still insist on gendering nations and vessels as female.
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*frantically googling*
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
Who up bending they arc toward justice
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
*frantically googling*
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
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Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Have y’all seen other crafters/hobbyists/artists/makers putting out into anti-ICE projects? I’ve seen nail art, knitting and crochet. Would love to see more of what folks are getting up to, aesthetically.
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Man Exiting From 7 Lane Highway Can't Believe Entitled Cyclists Riding Two Abreast.
January 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Man Exiting From 7 Lane Highway Can't Believe Entitled Cyclists Riding Two Abreast.
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In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
As you scroll through memes honoring MLK, today is a good day to remember that a lot of leaders believe that the only appropriate place to hold a protest is in the past.
Hat tip to @derringerpax.bsky.social, who made my quote into a woodcut in 2024.
Hat tip to @derringerpax.bsky.social, who made my quote into a woodcut in 2024.
January 19, 2026 at 5:13 PM
As you scroll through memes honoring MLK, today is a good day to remember that a lot of leaders believe that the only appropriate place to hold a protest is in the past.
Hat tip to @derringerpax.bsky.social, who made my quote into a woodcut in 2024.
Hat tip to @derringerpax.bsky.social, who made my quote into a woodcut in 2024.
If you think that bike lines that are (supposedly) unused most of the time are a waste of taxpayer dollars, wait til you hear about football stadiums
You know the caption: "I don't know why we keep spending tax dollars on car lanes that just sit empty!"
Silent Sunday: A car-less Interstate 5 in South Portland, Oregon, in June 2024. #photography #silentsunday
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If you think that bike lines that are (supposedly) unused most of the time are a waste of taxpayer dollars, wait til you hear about football stadiums