Bianca Walser
@biancawalser.bsky.social
I like safe streets, infill housing and trees. Find more ways to say yes. YIMBY, MeFite, Smithie.
(ambrosiamonkey over on the old place)
(ambrosiamonkey over on the old place)
Pinned
People who think that advocates for safe mobility infrastructure are politically powerful need to understand our streets would look very very different if that were in fact true.
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Avant / Après l'agrandissement du trottoir sous le métro aérien près de Place de Stalingrad, dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris. Et aussi, il y a une piste cyclable à la place de la voie générale d'avant, bref quand les voitures ne passent plus, on récupère de la place pour tout les autres ;)
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Avant / Après l'agrandissement du trottoir sous le métro aérien près de Place de Stalingrad, dans le 19ème arrondissement de Paris. Et aussi, il y a une piste cyclable à la place de la voie générale d'avant, bref quand les voitures ne passent plus, on récupère de la place pour tout les autres ;)
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Taco Bell was my crave when I was pregnant and I am not ashamed.
I saw an IG reel recently from a lady saying everyone she knows who is a real-deal food snob also loves Taco Bell and 1. she is not wrong and 2. i will follow the Taco Bell food scientists wherever they go
God speed ye taco bell scientists 🌮 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Taco Bell was my crave when I was pregnant and I am not ashamed.
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This is sick.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is sick.
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Not new, but I am enraged at the fact that Larry Summers’ colleagues have no idea how misogyny works. Imagine it’s your job to teach teen and 20-something women, & you don’t understand how someone who believes that a woman could never be his intellectual equal might treat women badly.
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Not new, but I am enraged at the fact that Larry Summers’ colleagues have no idea how misogyny works. Imagine it’s your job to teach teen and 20-something women, & you don’t understand how someone who believes that a woman could never be his intellectual equal might treat women badly.
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Yep. NYC needs to move beyond paint and plastic to permanent, high-quality materials that are installed quickly.
'The Permanence Agenda': Paint and Plastic Won’t Deliver Real Street Safety - Streetsblog New York City
Rather than continuing New York's quick-build approach to redesigning streets with temporary materials, Zohran Mamdani should aim for permanent.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yep. NYC needs to move beyond paint and plastic to permanent, high-quality materials that are installed quickly.
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I will admit to many frailties and flaws. I am far from perfect and have made plenty of mistakes and there are plenty of things I am bad at.
You could not pay me enough to declare that I am incapable of composing my own insults.
You could not pay me enough to declare that I am incapable of composing my own insults.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I will admit to many frailties and flaws. I am far from perfect and have made plenty of mistakes and there are plenty of things I am bad at.
You could not pay me enough to declare that I am incapable of composing my own insults.
You could not pay me enough to declare that I am incapable of composing my own insults.
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The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The thing I wish people like Carville et al would realize is that you cannot have ‘pure populist economic rage’ if you leave out the ‘woke’ bits. It doesn’t work like that.
It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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It’s weird to me they don’t see this, so let’s see if we can walk it out.
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
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I was told recently that the FBI and DC Metro PD take academy cadets to the Holocaust Museum to punctuate the danger of mindlessly following illegal and immoral orders.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I was told recently that the FBI and DC Metro PD take academy cadets to the Holocaust Museum to punctuate the danger of mindlessly following illegal and immoral orders.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
Be curious to know what other agencies do this — and if they’re still doing it.
Variety has been showing us for a while they do not have their finger on the pulse of American culture.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Variety has been showing us for a while they do not have their finger on the pulse of American culture.
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I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong in trying to court-martial an astronaut and pilot decorated multiple times for valor and exceptional service, who is also a sitting senator, for correctly making the point that service members are obliged not to follow unlawful orders
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Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great piece on how density restrictions in zoning are essentially BS.
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Streets can change for the better.
34th Ave Open Street, Queens
34th Ave Open Street, Queens
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Streets can change for the better.
34th Ave Open Street, Queens
34th Ave Open Street, Queens
Deep sigh
At least we're one step closer to finally getting an officially authorized female crash test dummy. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2032752/dot-...
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2032752/dot-...
DOT Finally Realizes Women Exist, Authorizes Female Crash Test Dummies - Jalopnik
Women have been driving since Bertha Benz took one of Karl's contraptions without his permission on the first real drive of more than 60 miles back in 1888.
www.jalopnik.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Deep sigh
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Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).
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...because 'marital rape' wasn't a concept until feminism made it one and it wasn't illegal in all fifty states until 1993, because marriage was perpetual consent, aka he owned you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
...because 'marital rape' wasn't a concept until feminism made it one and it wasn't illegal in all fifty states until 1993, because marriage was perpetual consent, aka he owned you.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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When Obama was elected Mitch McConnell brought a new thing into our nation's politics, a sort of weaponized nihilism: he didn't care how much the nation suffered, so long as it hurt Obama. He literally told his caucus that their only goal must be for Obama to be a failed President, at any price.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
When Obama was elected Mitch McConnell brought a new thing into our nation's politics, a sort of weaponized nihilism: he didn't care how much the nation suffered, so long as it hurt Obama. He literally told his caucus that their only goal must be for Obama to be a failed President, at any price.
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Induced demand: Same as it ever was
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Induced demand: Same as it ever was