This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...

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The topic needs way more attention and the starving of our public health system needs to stop.

Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉@alonghurst.bsky.social · last wk.

Public versus private health care spending in Canada A new data dashboard from @policyalternatives.ca Canada already sees a higher portion of private health care spending than a lot of countries, and it needs to change #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“Not vaccinating your kid is like saying, ‘I don’t want my car to have brakes,’” said Dr. Mark Roberts of the Public Health Dynamics Lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. “Because it’s other people that you can hit. It’s not just you in your car. It’s other people.”

There Are Already More US Measles Cases This Year Than in All of 2025

The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come.

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I'll never get over how the best line in all of noir – "I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon" – doesn't come from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but Calvin and Hobbes

this is such a problem in Philadelphia. not only do drivers swerve into bike lanes to “beat the light”, i also see them cross double yellow into oncoming traffic. i saw it yesterday on MLK and Landsdowne. only a matter of time until someone is seriously injured or killed… again.

I dined on delicious homemade vegan lentil curry tonight. But I would also happily eat the rich.

If police are permitted to roll stop signs when it's safe to do so, they shouldn't be ticketing cyclists doing the same in High Park on the MGT or anywhere... Video taken on Monday.

One of the biggest joy-killers of US cycling infrastructure is how narrow it is. Forcing everyone into a single-file line ruins the experience. Cycling is social, and our paths need to be wide enough to actually enable that.

Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl · last mo.

A good bike path does more than move bikes. It makes room for school runs, grocery trips, chats with friends, and the best way to enjoy summer. What would make you ride more this summer?

The idea that cyclists are less law-abiding than drivers has been discredited everywhere it's ever been studied but also it's a deeply weird argument: if it were true, it'd still mean legal driving is statistically far more dangerous than illegal cycling? This isn't a good argument for cars?

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Lie: Bike-lanes cause traffic congestion. Truth: Bike-lanes help solve traffic congestion. Lie: Bike-lanes hurt street shops if they replace parking. Truth: Bike-lanes help street shops more than street parking does. Lie: Bike-lanes cost us too much. Truth: Bike-lanes save us all public money.

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth

Here’s a SERIOUS question. What if our property tax system was actually fair, and was based on public costs actually incurred to support housing? What if low density housing had to pay its way, rather than being subsidized by responsible infill housing? What if we stopped incentivizing sprawl?

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It costs the City of Ottawa $465/person each year to serve new low-density homes, over & above what it receives from property taxes/fees. On the other hand, high-density infill such as apartment buildings pays for itself plus an extra $606/person each year. Sprawl costs, infill saves. #UrbanTruth

Support from Guelph.

The Biking Lawyer LLP@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today we ride. Grab your bikes, grab your friends and join us at Little Norway Park at 6pm. With TPS and their union buddies doubling down on support for their officers needlessly tackling and injuring a person on a bike over traffic infractions, it's important that we stand together.

#IdeasAtWork

Drew's MAFS Moment: Pointing Down

ALT: Drew's MAFS Moment: Pointing Down

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The Biking Lawyer LLP@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today we ride. Grab your bikes, grab your friends and join us at Little Norway Park at 6pm. With TPS and their union buddies doubling down on support for their officers needlessly tackling and injuring a person on a bike over traffic infractions, it's important that we stand together.

Bike lanes are good for gender equity.

Research Reveals Bike Ridership for NYC Women Rises with Protected Bike Lane Access at a Much Higher Rate Than Men; Advocates Call for Connected Bike Network to Achieve Gender Parity — Transportation ...

New research from Transportation Alternatives has revealed a significant “bike lane gender gap” in New York City, where women are substantially more impacted by incomplete or limited bicycle infrastru...

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here's today's post: "James Talarico is a boss" — and Ken Paxton fucking sucks. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

James Talarico is a boss

and Ken Paxton fucking sucks

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Want to show your support for the cancelled Eglinton Complete Street? @cycletoronto.bsky.social will be hosting a Rally and Ride for Eglinton Redux on Tuesday, June 2 (6 PM) at Eglinton and Holly. Please spread the word. #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero www.cycleto.ca/rally_for_eg...

ATTENTION: If you speak English and can parse—or find news in—“closing in on a framework for negotiations that could extend the ceasefire, lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and set the table for more substantive talks,” please call the NYT because they’ve no idea Should move markets tho

Do you know why there is a speed bump? Because drivers can't help but drive dangerously next to this elementary school Do you know why there are flex posts next to the speed bump? Because drivers would avoid the speed bump and use the bike lane to continue their dangerous driving

Separated bike lanes = 44% FEWER DEATHS

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“After analyzing crash data over a 13-year period in areas with separated bike lanes on city streets, researchers estimated that having a protected bike facility in a city would result in 44% fewer deaths and 50% fewer serous injuries than an average city.” Safer for ALL. Via @usa.streetsblog.org

Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

NEW: The One-Hour City Conspiracy! “Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, noise, air pollution, social isolation —& less space for everything our streets should be giving us.” Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org #1HourCityConspiracy

Urban Truth Collective: The One-Hour City Conspiracy — Streetsblog USA

Here's the real conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, more crashes, more noise, more air pollution, more social isolation — and less space for everyt...

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Fascinating, terrifying, and I have to wonder what other browsers are showing. I'm on a browser that's supposed to be very privacy forward. 🤔

Keith W. Dickinson@keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is quite something. Click on it. Understand the world you operate in. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

We're all used to massive delivery trucks blocking our streets, but what if we shifted a large chunk of urban logistics to cargo bikes? It doesn't have to be for every package, but making this swap creates more jobs and makes our neighborhoods significantly safer.

This is how Toronto's waterfront should look and be used. Nature, trails, recreation, parks. Not a corrupt spa, parking lots, infill for expanded runways, jets, noise. #NojetsTO #ONpoli #TOpoli #cdnpoli #toronto #LPC

WATCH: Have you heard about the “Carspiracy” that’s brainwashed us into #Motonormativity? Watch this video, and then share and discuss it widely. Addressing it starts with knowing it’s happening. By the Global Cycling Network (who should be on Bluesky) featuring @ianwalker.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

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Even if the next president is reverses what Trump has done how long before the rest of us feel that we can trust the US (all of you) again? How long before you fix the bureaucratic mess you’ll inherit.

Coachella is removing these videos, so they might be about to learn about the Strokesand Effect.

Rob L@roblotus.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How the Strokes ended their second Coachella set! #TheStrokes #Coachella

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them