Robin Chase
@rmchase.bsky.social
sustainable urban transportation. Co-founder Zipcar, NUMO #climate #cities #transport #justice #bikes. Also knitter, gardener, parent
Republican legislators continue to have no shame in their hypocracy.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayWhitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
NORWAY’s new 50 Km BUS RAPID TRANSIT Norway's per capita income is higher than USA's, double Canada's. Why are they building BRT & not subway? Efficiency. Environment. Closer stops to origins & destinations. Frequency. Build over 10x distance w. same $$$. bit.ly/4xkxts8
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
Hundreds of residents in Spain’s North African enclave of #Ceuta gathered to oppose a planned far-right anti-migrant rally, forcing organisers to cancel the event amid heightened tensions following a temporary influx of migrants crossing from Morocco.
Residents of Spain’s Ceuta shut down far-right anti-migrant rally
Hundreds of residents in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta gathered to oppose a planned far-right rally.
aje.news
Corporate spending on elections has already topped $500 million this year. That's one third of the $1.58 billion in total that corporations have spent since Citizens United in 2010. Hawaii and Montana both have plans to neutralize this disastrous SCOTUS ruling. Other states must get on board.
David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........
Agreed! It's all about the Hierarchy of Controls. There's a reason the top of the inverted pyramid is "Elimination."
Enrico🐀@redbassett.com · 3d agoI'm not being facetious, this is a sincere take, but after spending many many hours over the years mulling solutions to distracted drivers, I've firmly landed on not removing the distracted part but rather the driver part. We need solutions to reduce phone use driving, but also driving.
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
The guy who campaigned on grocery prices is gold-plating horse statues on our dime. It’s going to be hard to tell the difference between Washington, DC and the Las Vegas Strip in a minute.
I like the network focus of this article, but "No Complete Streets policies that I am aware of mention the [rural-to-urban] Transect" misses the work of Florida that has the transect front-and-center State complete streets policies feel a little stalled out, so good to see some critique
Reconnect Rochester@reconnectroc.bsky.social · 6mo agoGreat article on the importance of expanding Complete Streets policies to push DOTs to consider walkability even when there is no historical context for it. www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
So fascinating, and I've clearly overestimated use of solar. Almost none represented here.
Philip Bump@pbump.com · 7d agoOnce upon a time, industry was powered by rivers. Once upon a time, industry was powered by coal. Things change. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
Exactly what I said to my brother this morning
Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁@jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · last wk.Stop going to Europe for inspiration about making US cities better. Go to Quebec.
The legacy this administration is creating heartbreaking.
Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs.
apnews.com
The Seattle Center shooting is a stark reminder that the gun industry continues to fuel America’s gun violence crisis with deadly innovations. The shooting involved both a ghost gun assembled from a kit and a Glock pistol equipped with a machine gun conversion device, making it fully automatic.
Senate Dems just announced a $40 million ground game investment across 10 battleground states. I’m pleasantly surprised. Instead of blowing it on expensive TV ads, they’re investing in field staff, new offices, volunteer programs, and outreach to Latino, Black, and Alaska Native voters. 1/2
yeah we gotta do a prohibition ii fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...
Gambling becomes America's favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined | Fortune
Americans wagered $166 billion on sports last year, more than Hollywood, the music industry, books, and museums combined.
fortune.com
American families are paying $3500 more a year because of Trump’s war in Iran, his blanket tariffs, and his tax breaks for the wealthy. We need Democrats back in power.
This is one of the best things I've read in a while about the psychology of car supremacy, and how those of us who even *question* it are viewed as heretics. Thanks to @pflax1.bsky.social for sending this my way.
We Don’t Have a Culture of Convenience in North America. We Have a CULT of Convenience.
And you can tell the difference by what happens when you question it.
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Yet another marginalized cultural obligation in Seaport, this one an entire 2nd floor agreed to by landowners with the permitting the 21-acre Fan Pier master plan 25 years ago. Another failure to deliver on the most exclusive property citywide. Wait for handwringing from columnists in 20 years.
The Fort Pointer@fortpointer.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: RFI underway for tenancy of civic/cultural space (23,577sf) in Fan Pier Parcel H luxury condo tower. OPINION: Gamechanger, denied. Designed to fail, this embarrassment presents a subpar quality space, low ceilings, with *devastating* fees/costs. www.fortpointer.com/Archive/One-...
Senator Moreno on his daughter's allegations that her ex-husband, a Republican congressman, scalded her with hot water and broke their daughter's collarbone: UH, NO COMMENT Senator Moreno on a top government doctor directing pandemic response: HOW FUCKING DARE YOU, SIR
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
No real safety gain but devastating: FCC bans foreign inverters "The immediate practical result is a massive equipment shortage that will delay upcoming commercial and utility projects... domestic manufacturers supply only 7%of the U.S. solar inverter market" pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/28/f...
FCC bans foreign-produced solar inverters, grid lockout begins today - pv magazine USA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added foreign-produced power inverters to its Covered List, executing an immediate ban on equipment authoriza...
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Four months after a judge dismissed a former University of Mississippi employee’s lawsuit, Lauren Stokes and her legal team are appealing the decision. UM fired Stokes last year after she shared a social media post critical of Charlie Kirk after Kirk's death.
Lauren Stokes Appealing Dismissal of Her Lawsuit Against the University of Mississippi
Four months after a judge rejected Lauren Stokes’ lawsuit, the former University of Mississippi employee is appealing the dismissal.
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Trump’s entire life is marked by moving money around to hide it from taxes or creditors or litigants and now he’s doing the same shit with OUR MONEY. Not his. Ours.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Q: There's a report that the US has taken in $13b from Venezuela. Where is that money going? T: Even more Q: But where is it going? T: We've paid for that war many times over Q: Where is the money going? T: Running the country Q: No, the money US is taking in -- T: Running the country
Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Trump: "Instead of arresting the President of Venezuela over oil, you should have arrested Netanyahu, the genocide leader wanted by the International Criminal Court." #cdnpoli
Car dependency was not a choice. It was and is the deprivation of choice.
