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WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent .. “.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’” @davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Also, shoutout to gen Z women for being incredibly based

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This is a key point. Shortages are already baked.

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This is rendition, not deportation.

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the word 'deported' is being pretty commonly misused

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these people should never be anywhere close to being in a position of public trust ever again

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Fully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add “we will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”

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Congress is back from recess after the weekend. Will anyone file articles of impeachment for expelling a U.S. citizen who is 4 years old and also has cancer.

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LA Metro’s camera-based bus lane enforcement program on two routes issued 5,500 tickets (total $1.6m in fines) in the first month, an increase from average of 570 tickets issued per month before camera-based enforcement. laist.com/news/transpo...

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American. Citizens. Cannot. Be. Deported. I know we all want to be concise, but we simply cannot use the shorthand terms of the fascists when they describe wildly illegal & unconstitutional things. Extrajudicial renditions. Kidnappings. Wildly unconstitutional fascism. All right there as options.

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May god have mercy on them… cause we sure shouldn’t

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How your email found me.

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Metro and Caltrans are spending $750M to widen seven miles of the 105 Freeway. It's astonishing the level of climate and equity denial that went into rationalizing this truly awful project la.streetsblog.org/2025/04/25/m...

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If California were its own country, it would have the fourth-largest economy in the world!!! but... ...still no universal healthcare ...still no free public universities ...still no high-speed rail

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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is insane. Totally transformative.

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People on here will post anything. 'Charlie Brown had minerals atop the sea floor.' No he didn’t. That isn’t true

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Today, Italy celebrates “La Festa della Liberazione.” April 25, 1945, was the day when allied troops and partisans freed Italy from nazis and fascists. As such, I grew up with gratitude for the U.S., the country that led the fight against nazism in WWII.

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All, most of you know by now what happened to me in February. I've written an essay about this for @harpersbazaar.uol.com.br.web.brid.gy, and I hope you'll give it a read:

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For better and sometimes worse, state legislatures and transportation departments are behind the wheel of the electric bus that runs to a clean transportation future. We looked at how they're doing -- more from @carterrubin.com and our colleague Samantha Henningson here: www.nrdc.org/bio/samantha...

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Winning on the @chicagocta.bsky.social Blue Line

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President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are putting many California businesses, jobs and the state budget at risk. They’re affecting not only long-term relationships with trading partners, but an intricate web of ecosystems and supply chains. buff.ly/CmyOfgm

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Still can’t get over how Vancouver just has nice tall buildings that touch the street with lots of greenery, instead of the LA area where it’s either boxy stucco buildings or towers with 3 to 7 floors of above grade concrete parking podiums.

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Two headlines in the New York Times today.

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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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We should wait for the results but the smart money is betting on more health science showing air pollution contributing to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Save your brain, clean the air.

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Looking forward to tomorrow night's @fresnoland.bsky.social panel on the future of high-speed rail in the Central Valley. If you're in the Fresno area, come through. There's also great programming earlier in the day on Chinatown and the upside for the local economy fresnoland.org/2025/04/08/j...

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This year we are sponsoring a housing bill – SB 79 by Senator Wiener. Why are we, Streets For All, getting in the housing space? Because this bill is vital for our transportation system. 🧵(1/10)

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I cannot think about any other new-ish technological innovation in the fight against climate change than the humble electric bike. Such an amazing game changer.

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The real #Coachella isn't a music festival. It's hard working farm workers who are out laboring to harvest crops. Farm workers like Cruz who shared this photo of the green pepper harvest and Salvador who shared this photo from the dates. #WeFeedYou

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New Boiling Point podcast! This week my guest is NRDC's @carterrubin.com. We talk public transit, housing and California's opportunity to build climate-friendly cities — and why it's been so hard to overcome the political obstacles to doing so. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The freight guys have really started freaking out over the past 48-72 hours:

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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Californians continue to strongly support high speed rail. The decades-long propaganda campaign against it simply hasn’t worked. People know it’s absurd that California doesn’t have a true statewide rail system. That’s going to change. We’re working to make it much easier & faster to get it done.

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Famously problems stop happening if you stop counting how often they happen.

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The @oaklandballers.bsky.social just got a legacy BART train!!! Over the next year, the car will be transformed into a park concessions stand, which will be unveiled next season. Thread ⬇️

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The 13-story building would be called Asterisk Santa Monica

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Had the pleasure of joining @sammyroth.bsky.social’s podcast to debate whether I could throw a baseball from I-80 to the Capitol Corridor, and what that indicates about our State’s transportation priorities. open.spotify.com/episode/0CJs...

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Win a hike for two in Los Angeles with @nickofferman.bsky.social, a notorious knucklehead who loves to walk out of doors! You'll also get a signed copy of his latest book WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY. Full rules and how to enter here: on.nrdc.org/4lBsyOw

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