Alex Turner
@turnerinroc.bsky.social
Building Jesus-centered community in the context of collapse
Fan of thoughtful, connected, slow urbanism within ecological limits
Personal Account, posts my own (He/Him)
Fan of thoughtful, connected, slow urbanism within ecological limits
Personal Account, posts my own (He/Him)
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replacing ‘male loneliness epidemic’ with ‘male maturity epidemic’ never misses
17k dudes who are not emotionally mature enough to be in the workforce
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
replacing ‘male loneliness epidemic’ with ‘male maturity epidemic’ never misses
Attn. @governor.ny.gov
Breaking News: Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois signed a bill that restricts immigration enforcement near state courthouses and makes it easier to sue ICE agents.
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
The measure restricts immigration arrests around state courthouses. Republicans have criticized the law and suggested it would face legal challenges.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Attn. @governor.ny.gov
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Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
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Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Saw the 2nd Wicked movie, and both loved and mourned the songs they added to turn (unsubtle) subtext into actual text in the lyrics.
"A pathological liar is turning your home into a dystopian nightmare using racist lies, I know it's comfortable to live in your bubble but open your eyes and fight."
"A pathological liar is turning your home into a dystopian nightmare using racist lies, I know it's comfortable to live in your bubble but open your eyes and fight."
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Saw the 2nd Wicked movie, and both loved and mourned the songs they added to turn (unsubtle) subtext into actual text in the lyrics.
"A pathological liar is turning your home into a dystopian nightmare using racist lies, I know it's comfortable to live in your bubble but open your eyes and fight."
"A pathological liar is turning your home into a dystopian nightmare using racist lies, I know it's comfortable to live in your bubble but open your eyes and fight."
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Useful timelapse youtu.be/T6SiYlMD0U8?...
Rochester, NY, before and after highway construction and highway removal
YouTube video by Segregation by Design
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Useful timelapse youtu.be/T6SiYlMD0U8?...
GOP gerrymandering, and also the NYS Senate map for a while because Cuomo let them do it here too.
If you're wondering how satisfying it was to watch him lose twice for the job of mayor of a city in a state he used to be governor?
Don't miss him. Not a bit.
If you're wondering how satisfying it was to watch him lose twice for the job of mayor of a city in a state he used to be governor?
Don't miss him. Not a bit.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
GOP gerrymandering, and also the NYS Senate map for a while because Cuomo let them do it here too.
If you're wondering how satisfying it was to watch him lose twice for the job of mayor of a city in a state he used to be governor?
Don't miss him. Not a bit.
If you're wondering how satisfying it was to watch him lose twice for the job of mayor of a city in a state he used to be governor?
Don't miss him. Not a bit.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
Our Costco is right on the canal path - a 5 mile ride to 2 universities and downtown... original plan was an entire neighborhood of 2-4 story residential around it (a tower could have been a bit much) and they are just about to finish Three (3!) drive through chain places and a hotel.
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our Costco is right on the canal path - a 5 mile ride to 2 universities and downtown... original plan was an entire neighborhood of 2-4 story residential around it (a tower could have been a bit much) and they are just about to finish Three (3!) drive through chain places and a hotel.
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
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Moose are our great allies in @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Moose are our great allies in @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Hellbender
Bighorn Sheep
Mink
Copperhead
Fox
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Hellbender
Bighorn Sheep
Mink
Copperhead
Fox
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Skunk
Woodchuck
Duck
(Feral) Cat
Deer
If by wild you mean my yard. I don’t get out much
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Skunk
Woodchuck
Duck
(Feral) Cat
Deer
If by wild you mean my yard. I don’t get out much
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
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closing in on an hour after his bedtime, someone asked my son if he wanted pie and he sprinted straight into a wall
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
closing in on an hour after his bedtime, someone asked my son if he wanted pie and he sprinted straight into a wall
Car alarms that go on for more than 10 seconds should automatically trigger a parking ticket sized fine.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Car alarms that go on for more than 10 seconds should automatically trigger a parking ticket sized fine.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
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This is still the best one
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is still the best one
I was genuinely aggrieved when they switched the lights on our street from a warm 3 to a cool-white 2.
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was genuinely aggrieved when they switched the lights on our street from a warm 3 to a cool-white 2.
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
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Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
As a kid who put his entire self worth into good grades in math & science in Grade school while taking shelter in also being a judgmental jerk about it...
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
As a kid who put his entire self worth into good grades in math & science in Grade school while taking shelter in also being a judgmental jerk about it...
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Funded by taxpayers... Fascist cops are expensive.
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Funded by taxpayers... Fascist cops are expensive.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.