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🇺🇦🇲🇽 🇨🇦 🚲 Ride bicycles. End ICE. Supporter of the Islamic Republic of Japan.
The Last One Dropkick Murphys How can you call a man, "a man" when you treat him like a dog? And how can you call a man, "a man" when you kill him like a hog? How can you call him an eternal soul and grind him in the dirt? And how can you say a fella's free, chained down and tied to work?
Ebikes. Because getting a workout is not a requirement of basic mobility.
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Video: Satellite Images Contradict Border Agency on Construction in Big Bend
Customs and Border Protection claimed that construction on a border security project in Big Bend National Park in Texas was limited to “survey and design” work. Visual Investigations’ satellite specia...
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
Was on CNN discussing the paid influencers by your tax money thanks to DOD, pushing partisan talking points.
Last night I was notified of an ICE raid on Macon Road near Maria Street. This should trouble all of use. Masked federal agents showing up in the middle of the night to take people away by the busloads is not what should happen in a democracy. Read my full statement.
Blue Jays fans chanting "LAKE ONTARIO!" in the stands while the Mariners are pitching? You absolutely love to see it
That's thousands of times this month that bicyclists have had their lives put at risk by selfish drivers
Bike Lane Uprising@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · last wk.We’re 65 bike lane obstructions away from 4,000 for the month. Bicyclists have already reported 54% more bike lane obstructions this month than August of last year.
Completely unsurprising to anyone who rides a bike or motorcycle or something that puts your head near a lot of drivers windows. They're all on the phone all the time.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · last wk.This is a wild statistic (from IIHS, a very reputable research org): "Cellphone use prior to crashes is undercounted in police reports by a factor of at least 7."
A World War II-era fad was postcards of cats dressed up like humans and doing everyday things 🎨 Eugen Hartung
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us.
"Transport cycling won't work here because it's too hot/cold/hilly/rainy/windy" sure is a convincing argument if you're completely ignorant of and refuse to learn about the places that are just as hot/cold/hilly/rainy/windy where transport cycling does work and is very popular.
No Canadian alive today is going to forget these few weeks, no matter how chummy we might become again in the future.
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · last wk.This was posted by the US department of Interior. It shows the deranged viciousness of the administration on our border. We are staring down a klepto psychopath who is being egged on at every level by the power structure of the USA. They aren't joking. Canada we stand on guard for thee.
Everyone should read this thread, because it's an excellent description of what cyclists face daily and also because Peter has a knack for nailing the motivations behind the murderous behavior of drivers
Peter Flax@pflax1.bsky.social · last wk.Yesterday when I was riding to my coworking office, a guy in a Q5 gave me a scary, completely unnecessary close pass when I was going downhill on Rosecrans Blvd. And when we both got to the next red light he lowered his window to yell at me to get on the sidewalk, even though that's illegal in MB.
ACTION ALERT 🚨 Right now, the Senate is considering adding language to the transportation reauthorization bill to restrict bike lanes. Tell Congress: funding for bike safety projects MUST continue! Take action: action.bikeleague.org/page/101946/...
Tonight's moment of gravel bliss: New bike edition
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Tonight I was walking home and saw an ambulance with paramedics treating a Lime scooter rider that seemed to have been very recently hit by a driver. As I was walking through the opposite crosswalk of the same intersection, a driver was staring at the scene while turning left & almost hit me. 😣
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
I simply cannot understand how anyone can listen to Zohran Mamdani or Abdul El-Sayed speak and think they sound scary or bad. The very same people who've been screaming "We NEED fighters in the democratic party!" are exactly the people now screaming, "Yeah, but not THOSE fighters!" 🤬
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on - if your position is that the president of the United States and his family should be immune from IRS scrutiny, you’re unqualified to be the Attorney General. It’s an indictment on our entire system that 50 GOP Senators don’t agree.
