Damien Newton
@damientypes.bsky.social
Dad, husband, martial artists, runner, cat companion, writer, editor, podcaster and more...
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An amazing amount of work went into this bsky.app/profile/ucla... study/report/infomaps, etc on the damaging legacy of racist highway construction in communities and cities up and down the state.
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UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color. - Streetsblog California
“Understanding the history of racism in freeway development can inform restorative justice in these areas.”
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November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An amazing amount of work went into this bsky.app/profile/ucla... study/report/infomaps, etc on the damaging legacy of racist highway construction in communities and cities up and down the state.
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I pulled off the rare Streetsblog hat trick, three different stories on three different Streetsblogs all in one day:
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Board of Public Works Rejects Most, Not All, Appeals to Force City to Make Streets Safer While Doing Other Road Improvements - Streetsblog Los Angeles
The city keeps fighting to not do HLA improvements.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I pulled off the rare Streetsblog hat trick, three different stories on three different Streetsblogs all in one day:
la.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/b...
sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/s...
cal.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/u...
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I'm working on a story on yesterday's appeals of the #MeasureHLA appeals in the City of Los Angeles and it's always infuriating the length the city will go to avoid making streets safer, even when the residents are begging and trying to legally require them to through ballot measures.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm working on a story on yesterday's appeals of the #MeasureHLA appeals in the City of Los Angeles and it's always infuriating the length the city will go to avoid making streets safer, even when the residents are begging and trying to legally require them to through ballot measures.
Always a fun time to see the Streetsblog Bay Area team. What was ivdoing up there? Stay tuned to next week street blog.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Always a fun time to see the Streetsblog Bay Area team. What was ivdoing up there? Stay tuned to next week street blog.
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Trump: *gets booed massively in front of a huge stadium crowd*
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trump: *gets booed massively in front of a huge stadium crowd*
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
Senate Democrats: Wait, they should be booing at us!
Hey all. I have COVID. Feeling ok, flu symptoms. Might be a very slow week of news at @santamonicanext.bsky.social and @streetsblogca.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hey all. I have COVID. Feeling ok, flu symptoms. Might be a very slow week of news at @santamonicanext.bsky.social and @streetsblogca.bsky.social
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Save the Date: Join Us on November 19 to Learn About Our Plans for 2026 - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/27/j...
Save the Date: Join Us on November 19 to Learn About Our Plans for 2026 - Streetsblog San Francisco
Want more Streetsblog? So do we!
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October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Save the Date: Join Us on November 19 to Learn About Our Plans for 2026 - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/10/27/j...
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Cuomo could have slunk away after his humiliation in the primary, decided to come back for another shot, and somehow found even lower ground to sink to. Which is honestly an accomplishment when your starting position is "sexual assaulter who killed everybody's grandma"
October 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cuomo could have slunk away after his humiliation in the primary, decided to come back for another shot, and somehow found even lower ground to sink to. Which is honestly an accomplishment when your starting position is "sexual assaulter who killed everybody's grandma"
LA I’m begging you. No matter what happens in Toronto please do not “boo” the Canadian national anthem
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
LA I’m begging you. No matter what happens in Toronto please do not “boo” the Canadian national anthem
Ack! I forgot to do the Streetsblog California social media this morning.
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ack! I forgot to do the Streetsblog California social media this morning.
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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according to SFA, out of the 6000 bills that have passed his desk only 2 have been pocket signed. And they think those were probably accidents. so it doesn’t happen very often!
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
according to SFA, out of the 6000 bills that have passed his desk only 2 have been pocket signed. And they think those were probably accidents. so it doesn’t happen very often!
Mea cupla on me. I wrote in this piece that legislation the governor doesn't sign or veto receives a "pocket veto." While that's true in D.C. and New Jersey (where I once worked as a lobbyist), but not in California. If Newsom doesn't act on leg., it becomes law.
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Legislative Update: The Final Countdown - Streetsblog California
With one week left, we're waiting for word on five pieces of legislation
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October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mea cupla on me. I wrote in this piece that legislation the governor doesn't sign or veto receives a "pocket veto." While that's true in D.C. and New Jersey (where I once worked as a lobbyist), but not in California. If Newsom doesn't act on leg., it becomes law.
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This is legitimately insane. And not in a good way.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is legitimately insane. And not in a good way.
Looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling in the Spring that if the president thinks someone is guilty they are guilty.
If Comey is charged, keep this mind. 👇
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
September 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling in the Spring that if the president thinks someone is guilty they are guilty.
LOLOLOLOLOL.
I mean of course, this is obvious but Tesla needs a new CEO if it wants to be taken seriously on Climate or emissions.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I mean of course, this is obvious but Tesla needs a new CEO if it wants to be taken seriously on Climate or emissions.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Tesla urges Trump not to repeal vehicle emissions rules, climate finding
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla urged the Trump administration not to repeal vehicle emissions standards or the long-standing U.S. finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
LOLOLOLOLOL.
I mean of course, this is obvious but Tesla needs a new CEO if it wants to be taken seriously on Climate or emissions.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I mean of course, this is obvious but Tesla needs a new CEO if it wants to be taken seriously on Climate or emissions.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
I ordered Sammy a soccer jersey from Europe several weeks ago. UPS just made me pay the tariff on it before they would hand it to me.
September 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I ordered Sammy a soccer jersey from Europe several weeks ago. UPS just made me pay the tariff on it before they would hand it to me.
My heart goes out to the students at Utah Valley State and Evergreen High School in Colorado more than anyone. Kids deserve to feel safe at school. It's a sign of how sick a society we are that we don't even try to give that to them.
September 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My heart goes out to the students at Utah Valley State and Evergreen High School in Colorado more than anyone. Kids deserve to feel safe at school. It's a sign of how sick a society we are that we don't even try to give that to them.