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dianemartins.bsky.social
Interested in mobility justice and human rights. Bike and congestion pricing enthusiast!
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What YOU do in the next few weeks matters. A lot.

Cancel your Amazon Prime and just shop local too

We call on the city to complete the protected bike lane and pedestrian improvements on Ashland Place! We need the connectivity, walkability and sustainability improvements it would bring to Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene. Show your support here: tiny.cc/closethegap

A first-ever team time trial Grand Dèpart in 2026

Let's be clear: this is huge. European Parliament request to suspend Rwanda Cycling Worlds. All the details below. www.relevo.com/ciclismo/par...

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

Here’s my prediction for DOGE: Whatever minimal amount of money it may possibly save in the short term will be far exceeded by the ultimate cost of fixing all of the problems it creates. It’s already an epic failure.

Congrats to @bsky.app and all the users and team that make it unique ! 32m users is real !

"Hundreds, if not thousands of people" have gathered in London to voice their support for Ukraine. #3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #UKprotests #StandWithUkraine

"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

AOC speaking to a thousand NYC federal workers and allies about the urgency of resisting Musk 🔥🔥🔥

We're in a coup, which means we're in a nightmare, which means we're all ramped up, so let me offer you some deep time, perseverance, and beauty, before you and I go back to the work.

This man is an embarrassment to the city of New York and he is actively putting our residents in danger to protect his own ass. Call Gov. Hochul and demand she remove him. 1-518-474-8390

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How many bike lanes can a city build in one year? Check out Paris.

Rebecca Solnit will be giving a Dharma Talk, "A Single Garment of Destiny," at Upaya soon. 5:30 p.m. MT. Join online here: www.youtube.com/user/upayaze... @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @joanhalifax.bsky.social

This is — literally — unheard of in federal prosecutions. We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.

BREAKING: A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in our case challenging President Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. This is the third court to block this unconstitutional order.

For most American families—particularly in rural areas—there are no options but public schools. Not just because of cost or not wanting a parochial school, but because non public schools DON'T EXIST in their area.

"But maybe the biggest reason for Trump’s desire to kill the congestion charge is a phenomenon I identified the last time I wrote about this: the rage some Americans obviously feel at any suggestion that people should change their behavior for the common good." Via @pkrugman.bsky.social

Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

Wired’s humiliating dunk on the entire DC press corps continues with a pretty incredible scoop.

J.P. Morgan economists: "The latest round of tariff news and noise challenges our underlying view that the Trump administration will strive to limit disruptive policies...In short, the risk is that the policy mix is tilting (perhaps unintentionally) into a business-unfriendly stance.”

USDOT is proposing to prioritize areas with high marriage & birth rates for funding. Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this approach would produce a massive redistribution of transportation funding to rich, car-dependent, high white population areas. www.urban.org/urban-wire/d...

Keep calling! Yesterday, Sen Murkowski (R-AK) noted the U.S. Senate phone system had around 1,600 calls/minute, in contrast to the 40/minute usually received.

This week, @wired.com has gotten a lot of love on this here app. (Thank you!!) But I don’t think I can overstate what a force @bsky.app has become in influencing the entire media ecosystem. So refreshing to have a platform that isn’t actively hostile to hard news.

the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

The 19 richest Americans, led by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, have almost as much wealth as the poorer half of the country. The bottom 50% of household own just 2.4% of U.S. wealth. While the richest 19 individuals alone have 2.1%.

We envision a world where all transgender people can live freely and openly as ourselves. We will keep fighting for that vision in and out of the courts.

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

When my family goes to a Broadway show, it costs $23.20 in roundtrip subway fare for us to get there and back. The idea that a $9 toll would be too much for a family driving in was always ridiculous.

You know what EVs have, just like conventional cars?

The judge is not wasting time on this motion for a temporary restraining order. He just scheduled a status conference for tomorrow morning at 11 AM.

Scene at Treasury

BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council. This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.

BREAKING: An attorney representing two federal workers has filed a motion arguing that an illegal server installed by Musk cronies at OPM violates federal law and is potentially exposing government staffers’ personal information. Via @dell.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/federa...

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block its executive order attempting to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 19 nationwide.

Two massive unions have sued the Treasury Department for granting Musk's “Department of Government Efficiency” access to federal government payment systems. SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity. www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

AOC: I have encountered many billionaires. You all have seen many of those encounters in hearings.. I can tell that this dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires I have ever seen

it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.

Do you know anyone who voted for Elon Musk? Do you know anyone who he planned a DDOS attack on the federal government? To hijack your data? To cancel entire departments? To make us weaker at home and abroad? No you don't. Because nobody voted for Elon Musk: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

Fem Van Empel fa tripletta ai Mondiali di Ciclocross al termine di una splendida battaglia con Lucinda Brand #Lievin2025