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🐢 slow race walker & bicyclist 💪 strength training & fitness 🧭 explores places on foot & bike 🏅 senior games gold medalist 🎉 qualified 4x National Senior Games Website: https://SlowpokeDivas.com Motto: #yeswecandothis
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If 211 or more bike lane obstructions are reported to our app by the end of today, April will set a new all-time high record.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Breaking news (of the best kind): YIMBYtown has extended its call for papers until May 30! More time to pitch a session highlighting the amazing housing policies y'all are working on...go on, submit! yimby.town

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Each week, The Contrarian selects "Undaunted" individuals working to defend democracy This week's spotlight: Bill Owens; Celia Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach, and Derek Wikstrom Acting without institutional or political support, these heroes firmly defied authoritarian power plays

submitted 7 days ago • 10 comments

#HandsOff our public lands including these in New Mexico!

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The Expense stickers are now available. creativebyrovelo.com/shop

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

submitted 18 days ago • 918 comments

If Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix, can build a car-free zone (living space, retail, community -- all without pavement) close to public transit, separated bike lanes, and wide sidewalks for pedestrians, then it can happen anywhere. I hope this starts a movement! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Dear 🇨🇦 friends, family: DO. NOT. BELIEVE. A. THING. THEY. SAY! Look what happened in US. #votecarney

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Meanwhile there is some love and beauty in the world. #bunnies

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Betcha ya didn't know we bicyclists wear invisibility cloaks, pop out from other dimensions, dastardly intent to threaten cars with our 20-pound bikes... Thank you Tom for excellent graphic!

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

submitted 21 days ago • 3614 comments

Nevada gets air time on C-SPAN!

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Canada, this isn't just a "seniors" issue -- it affects your economy, your families, and quality of life! Say NO to this guy #VoteCarney

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Stand clear of the closing doors … and step through the open ones! Business is booming in Midtown, thanks to the congestion relief program.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

On April 2nd, 4 US Army Soldiers died in a training accident in Lithuania. 🕊️ The Lithuania Govt. showed more respect than our own govt Staff Sgt. Knutson-Collins, 28, Michigan Sgt. Duenez Jr., 25, Illinois Sgt. Franco, 25, California. Pfc. Taitano, 21, Guam. Much Respect 🙏🏻 🇺🇸 #SheShed

submitted 28 days ago • 993 comments

Why Elon Musk is so invested, literally, in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election Victory in this crucial swing state would be wind beneath Musk’s wings. Defeat would be seen as a humiliating setback.

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TOMORROW: The House is expected to vote on one of the biggest threats to voting rights we’ve seen. H.R. 22 (we call it the "Silencing Americans Act") would require voters to show proof of citizenship documents that match their current legal name — something tens of millions of Americans don’t have.

submitted 31 days ago • 17 comments

this is insane: Washington state is basically doing reverse congestion pricing, taxing sustainable/efficient forms of transportation to subsidize pointless highway widenings. and this is a state with a democratic trifecta! what is going on here

submitted 38 days ago • 15 comments

Google's @searchliaison.bsky.social could not give a specific date for independent sites to surface better in Google Search when asked by @natejhake but also said not all will see improvements, even by the end of 2025 www.seroundtable.com/google-no-da... #google #seo #googleseo

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.

submitted 39 days ago • 611 comments

I think patients should be permitted to sign off on every single person in the OR. There are so many people in there that you are not told about and that is wrong.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment