This kind of intimidation against a political opponent is a trait of a fascist government. I’m not saying this lightly, as someone from Italy, but it is what it is.

Ilhan Omar@ilhanmn.bsky.social · 52m ago

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

Crazy the type of warfare we’re seeing these days. Striking data centers to stop bots. Wild but smart

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 21h ago

Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

Blue Wave Indicators - Sun Oct 11th Early Mail Vote Updated (41M ballots req: 4% returned) 2026: 54 D - 28 R = D +26 2022: 46 D - 31 R = D +15 🔵Very preliminary '22-'26 swing/diff: D +11* *22 states with party registration so far (e.g., excludes IN, GA, OH, VA, etc.)

Michael McDonald@electproject.bsky.social · yesterday

#earrlyvote morning update 10/11: at least 3.1 million people have voted in the 2026 general election 🥳 election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/2...

Beautiful clouds on my run this morning

Motornormativity means not giving a damn about children, including yours

Zach-o'-lantern@zachlipton.com · 2d ago

I, personally, would not go on the record with a reporter to announce I’m in favor of destroying the playground my kid is currently loving because I drive to work once a week (and the road still wouldn’t go there anyway), but everyone lives their lives differently I guess

Republicans around the country trying to push for more data centers are up for a real reckoning at the ballot box. I has already happened for primaries in Utah

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2d ago

My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.

Please stop spending your time on Twitter. This guy is using social medias to push the MAGA agenda.

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Elon Musk’s PAC is running anti-lgbtq+ midterm ads on X. Not surprising but incredibly unsubtle

Amazing carbrain from Mr Bundy

The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 2d ago

Bundy does not dispute the sheriff deputy’s account of the traffic stop. What he does dispute is the requirement that he register the car: “I said, ‘Well, I do have a right to travel. It doesn’t come from you. It comes from God.'"

President Ossoff?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4d ago

Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

Morning ride

And that’s why state DOT will likely never change unless there is strong political will in governor offices and state legislatures

Wes Marshall@wesmars.bsky.social · 4d ago

In honor of #BannedBooksWeek, I'm happy to report that many state DOTs have refused to add my book to their own libraries (and happier to report that many of the same state DOTs have held secret book clubs with my book)

“Denser cities and bike lanes are woke, therefore we should force cities to be car-dependent suburbs.”

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · 4d ago

Conservative government of Alberta is preempting Edmonton, requiring the city to: —Reverse the city's 2024 change allowing small-scale apartment buildings to be built citywide. Change resulted in a building boom: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... —Restore parking requirements, which city eliminated in 2020

Morning trail run

Someone should start studying the use of AI-generated images for NIMBY causes. It’s honestly fascinating. It also shows most of these folks are clueless- the guy in the green shirt has three arms, for example

Colin Rafferty@colin.rafferty.net · 5d ago

I am in his neighborhood and this dude is a nut. Everyone makes fun of his terrible AI memes. This is just a sample.

I would have never thought to see anything like this in my lifetime. This administration really alienated what used to be the biggest ally of the U.S.

‘King of Injustice’: Golden naked Trump statue installed at European Parliament | CNN

Inside the European Parliament, politicians are now confronted with a grotesque vision of American power: an 8.5-foot-tall statue of President Donald Trump, naked but for a thin layer of 23-karat gold...

cnn.com

Happy Thursday from Ruth

How dare you trying to make me follow the law!

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's so funny when drivers view traffic calming measures as a fundamental attack on their right to use a car. You can still drive! You're just being forced to drive more slowly and safely.

Love that the Utah Dems aren’t holding anything back

Thanks to Russ Vought for exposing this woke research

Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 6d ago

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

Religious liberty is when I can impose the beliefs of my religion on other people - Justice Samuel Alito

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 6d ago

He said this at the time, as did many, and it remains a bald-faced lie. Not a matter of opinion. It's just completely untrue as an objective factual matter. Civil marriage laws don't work like that and never have. Just like the legality of divorce and remarriage doesn't affect the Catholic Church.

This is a symptom of a collapsing democracy

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d ago

(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Sadly and somewhat similar, Americans love excessively big homes in the suburbs even though they can’t afford them. We should also make those unsustainable homes even more costly - for example, by stopping subsidies to suburbanization

Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 6d ago

People won't voluntarily give up their Kid-Crusher 5000s unless we make driving them considerably more costly and inconvenient, which is precisely what we should do.

Almost got hit by a grandma driving a Tesla and not paying attention to the road or steering wheel. Self-driving? Earlier today a student told me something like, “My grandma who really shouldn’t be driving got a self-driving Tesla and is super happy about it.” Likely not the same but wtf?

The population of Southern California (spanning from San Diego to the Los Angeles metro) is nearly 24 million people, or 6.8% of the country. "A very small price to pay."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

So now that he’s in danger of losing the next election he’s growing a spine? Amazing

Republican in toss-up House race says he won’t be a ‘rubber stamp’

Rep. Juan Ciscomani also touts his immigrant roots in a new video as he seeks reelection in Arizona.

washingtonpost.com

Cars are obviously unmovable objects that can’t be towed

terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉@kavi.bsky.social · 7d ago

Another deadly crash at a stroad designed and managed by the state department of transportation. It's becoming too predictable

KUTV2News@kutv2news.bsky.social · 7d ago

BREAKING: 400 South West Temple intersection closed after fatal crash in downtown Salt Lake.

B like Bogus, Bad-faith, and Blameworthy.

Alliance for a Better Utah@betterutah.bsky.social · last wk.

Remember, vote NO on Amendment B this November! This is just another version of the ongoing ballot initiative saga that we've been dealing with for eight years. Only this time, they've dressed it up in fancy tax language to make it seem like it's not what it actually is.

People referring to duplexes and triplexes being proposed in their neighborhood as “devastating” 🤦‍♂️

What happens when density comes knocking? On this quiet Salt Lake City street, neighbors got to know each other — and pushed back.

The project’s owners said the pushback took them by surprise. “We expected some of it, maybe not to the level that it was there,” one said.

sltrib.com

Life in the U.S. circa 2026