/maɪk/
@mikefreafitz.bsky.social
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“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
State called on to 'immediately cease all plans' to buy hill land
The INHFA has called on the state to 'immediately cease all plans associated with the purchase of hill lands'.
www.agriland.ie
October 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“The absence of farming activity from our national parks "has undermined habitat conservation leading to biodiversity loss".
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
The absolute state of agri doublespeak today.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
This is what makes Miller so dangerous. He knows he’s violating the law and he knows that justice should catch up to him. But his entire project will ensure that it never can.
Pritzker: "Stephen Miller is clearly ordering people to break the law. So he should know that yeah, it may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it's important for them to know that whatever they do now, it's not like we're going to forget."
October 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is what makes Miller so dangerous. He knows he’s violating the law and he knows that justice should catch up to him. But his entire project will ensure that it never can.
A ★★★ review of The Last Showgirl (2024)
Nice moments
boxd.it
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Connolly will be a principled President with a spine, much like Michael D. Higgins.
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
Humphreys will be the opposite, blasé-ing her way through the term.
#CatherineForPresident
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The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
How to design safer intersections:
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
1. Near-sided signals. Placed before the bike/ped crossing, they prevent drivers from creeping into the path.
2. Pavement differentiation. High-contrast, colored crossings (like this red asphalt) clearly establish priority and command driver attention.
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The standard for advocacy has to be higher than just saying "streets are dangerous".
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
We need to be the ones who can explain why a design like this is safe and then demand it. That's the real work that gets good projects built and I'd like to see more safe streets advocates learn more about design.
Aaaaaannnnddddd my flight is 17 hours delayed
a close up of a woman wearing a white tank top and necklace
ALT: a close up of a woman wearing a white tank top and necklace
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Aaaaaannnnddddd my flight is 17 hours delayed
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It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.
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Three of the kidnapped Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived home to a huge welcome last night. They talk about why they tried to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, acting because our governments refuse to. #FreePalestine #LiftTheSiege
Video RTÉ News
Video RTÉ News
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Three of the kidnapped Irish participants on the Global Sumud Flotilla arrived home to a huge welcome last night. They talk about why they tried to break apartheid Israel's illegal siege of Gaza, acting because our governments refuse to. #FreePalestine #LiftTheSiege
Video RTÉ News
Video RTÉ News
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This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Further up the same Stockholm street from the clip below is another traffic-calming device: intersections where cars may cross but the design is a sidewalk with low curb. Drivers tend to inch across, some of them likely not sure if they're really supposed to be there.
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."
Design details do the work that signs can't.
Design details do the work that signs can't.
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Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for a week straight, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore.
Gen Z protests are shaking Morocco. Here's what to know
Protests have erupted in Morocco, driven by young people demanding change. For a week, demonstrations have taken place in over a dozen cities, highlighting issues like corruption and lack of opportunity.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Demonstrations in more than a dozen cities have jolted Morocco for a week straight, with the young people behind them showing they can translate digital discontent into a real-world movement that authorities can’t ignore.
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🚨 Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the Presidential Election. #aras25 @virginmedianews.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the Presidential Election. #aras25 @virginmedianews.bsky.social
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Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect"
Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect".
www.rte.ie
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fianna Fáil's candidate Jim Gavin has announced he is withdrawing from the Presidential Election "with immediate effect"
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I am just so fucking proud of her.
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I am just so fucking proud of her.
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The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
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Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
October 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
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I’m confused how it is despicable to ask that question. These are exactly the kinds of questions we have been begging reporters & TV hosts to ask. You see when they do get asked how sensitive they are about it. Much, much more of this. More crypto questions, Qatar, UAE, etc bsky.app/profile/atru...
Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b
LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate
LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’m confused how it is despicable to ask that question. These are exactly the kinds of questions we have been begging reporters & TV hosts to ask. You see when they do get asked how sensitive they are about it. Much, much more of this. More crypto questions, Qatar, UAE, etc bsky.app/profile/atru...
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
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Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
September 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
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✊🏼 No matter how hard the British government, and other states, try, they will never shut down solidarity with the Palestinian people. As for trying to silence Mo Chara and Kneecap, a fool's errand...
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Mo Chara, soeaking as the case against him is thrown out today. #FreePalestine
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Mo Chara, soeaking as the case against him is thrown out today. #FreePalestine
September 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
✊🏼 No matter how hard the British government, and other states, try, they will never shut down solidarity with the Palestinian people. As for trying to silence Mo Chara and Kneecap, a fool's errand...
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Mo Chara, soeaking as the case against him is thrown out today. #FreePalestine
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Mo Chara, soeaking as the case against him is thrown out today. #FreePalestine
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It's almost as if, before the Gaza famine was officially recognised, it was a story, as media organisations could generate controversy by hosting Israeli government spokespeople and our own rightwing blowhards, insisting it was all a fabrication. Now that it can no longer be denied ... no story.
A month ago, the famine in Gaza, deliberately created by the Israeli government, was officially confirmed by UN agencies. Since then, there has been an eerie silence in the media here, with far fewer reports than there were before. But it hasn't ended. On the contrary, it has intensified.
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's almost as if, before the Gaza famine was officially recognised, it was a story, as media organisations could generate controversy by hosting Israeli government spokespeople and our own rightwing blowhards, insisting it was all a fabrication. Now that it can no longer be denied ... no story.
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Car-free cities are:
✅ thriving cities
✅ healthy cities
✅ care free cities
✅ fun cities
✅ active cities
✅ inclusive cities
✅ free cities
#WorldCarFreeDay
✅ thriving cities
✅ healthy cities
✅ care free cities
✅ fun cities
✅ active cities
✅ inclusive cities
✅ free cities
#WorldCarFreeDay
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Car-free cities are:
✅ thriving cities
✅ healthy cities
✅ care free cities
✅ fun cities
✅ active cities
✅ inclusive cities
✅ free cities
#WorldCarFreeDay
✅ thriving cities
✅ healthy cities
✅ care free cities
✅ fun cities
✅ active cities
✅ inclusive cities
✅ free cities
#WorldCarFreeDay