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erikalyoung.bsky.social
Young Gen X'er/Elder Millenial doing outreach, engagement, writing, and campaigny things for transportation and the like.
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Loudon? Let me guess, was it the Salamander Resort? Real country, guys.

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Paging @repricklarsen.bsky.social … any thoughts? Maybe theres a cmte in congress that might have jurisdiction here?

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This isn’t libertarianism, this is boot licking.

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Sorry @washingtonpost.com, if i wanted the WSJ or the Financial Times, Id be subscribing to them. Ive cancelled my longheld subscription and wont be coming back.

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Republican voters once they realize that no one cancelled any authorizations and they just cut 1yrs worth of funding. youtu.be/Lh_W6FLaMvA?...

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And this is why @bethosborne.bsky.social will forever be in my foxhole.

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Maybe if i put this out into the universe it will deliver it to me. I want the team that won the competitive bid to redesign the atc system, i dont want these yahoos to do it. Ok BlueSky, deliver this unto me.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Pffft. Please. Like thats ever stopped me.

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Join us for our upcoming webinar on Tuesday, February 25th at 2 p.m. ET. We'll discuss the state of transportation funding, including recent executive orders and the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization. Link to register can be found here 👇 t4america.org/2025/02/12/w...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The new ones will learn that this place has a strong block and move on culture. Approach me the way I approach you and we’ll be fine.

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The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

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We are literally going to go through 4 years of American government class and despite all the jokes about how useless my political science and communications degrees are; I have never felt more prepared to be a part of any conversation in my life 🤣

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A window of opportunity for the liberals to make common cause with the libertarians.

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@nbcnews.com needs to get its language together. You can’t eliminate a congressionally authorized department by EO. All you can do is hollow out the vehicle.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

If you have a D rep or senator like i do, take this letter and email it to the staff. Do this daily or weekly, whatever you have time for. Maybe they’ll get a hint.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Growing up, whenever there was a recession, we always said that Detroit feels it first. Cars are big purchases that people can often (not always) put off. Its a fine howdy doo for Michigan voters.

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Might Orlando get more transit? More bus terminals? More Sun Rail? More sidewalks? Voters shot it down last time but it looks like we might try again. 👍 www.wftv.com/news/local/o...

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Super excited to hear all the hot takes on federal transportation policy from people who claim to value expertise but havent spent anytime understanding the topic.

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Will we see more voter support for transit in Detroit this cycle? Experts say *strong* maybe. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

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