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Dustin Michels

@dustinmichels.bsky.social

MA of Urban Planning student at Tufts // Programmer interested in cities, sustainability, mapping // Happiest when traveling by bike. πŸ’» 🌿🚲 Somerville, MA 🌎

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CUNY Graduate Center's election map of NYC displaying the five boroughs with broad swaths of blue (majority Mamdani) and green (majority Cuomo). Info box on the side shows vote counts for 2025 and 2021, with optional filters to toggle by various measures like "registered voters with Irish or Italian surnames"

CUNY Graduate Center's election map of NYC displaying the five boroughs with broad swaths of blue (majority Mamdani) and green (majority Cuomo). Info box on the side shows vote counts for 2025 and 2021, with optional filters to toggle by various measures like "registered voters with Irish or Italian surnames"

It really is the best election map. Thank you, Center for Urban Research @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social!

www.urbanresearchmaps.org/electioncomp...

05.11.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

26.09.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8519    πŸ” 3021    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 65
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Spent the day at NE Transportation Camp! @transpocampne.bsky.social

13.09.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From β€œIrony and Sarcasm” by Roger Kreuz

09.09.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable

02.09.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 41136    πŸ” 10928    πŸ’¬ 708    πŸ“Œ 383
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Trump's order to block 'woke' AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots Tech companies selling AI to the federal government now face a new challenge: proving their chatbots aren't "woke."

Two weeks after Grok declared its admiration for Hitler, Trump is cracking down on *checks notes* ... woke AI
apnews.com/article/trum...

25.07.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congestion pricing in Manhattan is a predictable success So why on earth did it take so long to start?

β€œThe effects of congestion pricing have been near-miraculous. Traffic is down by 10%, and some months maybe 12% or 13%, which leads to much faster journeys. The number of cars entering Manhattan has gone down considerably. And that also has meant that car noise complaints are down by 70%.”

02.07.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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June #CriticalMass ride in Boston πŸš΄πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ

28.06.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exuberant optimism! Unapologetically progressive platform! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/n...

25.06.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two way flexpost and parking protected bikeway with the buffer area painted in pride flag colors.

Two way flexpost and parking protected bikeway with the buffer area painted in pride flag colors.

Minneapolis, we need these. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

(Spotted in D.C. today.)

24.06.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 215    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

So delighted I got to pilot a musician this morning 🎷🚲

20.06.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

How can I join??

13.06.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Los Angeles, 2025
πŸ“Έ afpphoto

09.06.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8312    πŸ” 2263    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 323

Obama when he’s auditioning to be the new guitarist for the Grateful Dead: β€œUhh, let me be Weir”

26.05.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i’m getting van hollen pilled

20.04.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 39778    πŸ” 4786    πŸ’¬ 490    πŸ“Œ 175
Sticker that says β€œdo not panic, organize.” The accompanying image is a bunch of small fish fleeing from a larger one, then the same fishing organizing into a unified form that is larger than their attacker.

Sticker that says β€œdo not panic, organize.” The accompanying image is a bunch of small fish fleeing from a larger one, then the same fishing organizing into a unified form that is larger than their attacker.

From my friend’s refrigerator:

09.04.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unreal

20.03.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tech billionaires at Trump's inauguration

Tech billionaires at Trump's inauguration

Cancel Amazon Prime, get off X, breakup with Meta, ditch your Tesla... we must stop funding our homegrown plutocrats πŸ’°

20.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying β€˜Everyone is welcome here’ β€œThere are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.

An Idaho teacher is in a standoff with her own school district after officials ordered her to remove classroom signs, including one that reads, β€œEveryone is welcome here.”

15.03.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 49

I have fallen asleep to YouTube videos about the Bronze Age Collapse so many times πŸ›Œ

12.03.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also, legal to drink beers in the park 😊🍻

11.03.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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4) European sized cars πŸ€—

11.03.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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3) Nice wide, well-maintained sidewalks, often with space for both pedestrians and bikes

11.03.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An example of medium-high density housing: 4-5 stories, brick, nice windows.

An example of medium-high density housing: 4-5 stories, brick, nice windows.

2) Beautiful, medium-high density housing everywhere

11.03.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A street where a large painted icon clearly indicates that bikes have priority

A street where a large painted icon clearly indicates that bikes have priority

Here is some real sensible stuff you’ll find in the northern German city of Kiel, where I’m currently staying. 1) Bike priority streets

11.03.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah! Why would I possibly want the gov researching diseases and inspecting food?

10.03.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Claudia Scheinbaum, President of Mexico, in the centre of the image in a purple dress on International Women’s Day, 2025. A search around on google fails to turn up an image credit unfortunately, I found it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/MGhF9O80FL

Claudia Scheinbaum, President of Mexico, in the centre of the image in a purple dress on International Women’s Day, 2025. A search around on google fails to turn up an image credit unfortunately, I found it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/MGhF9O80FL

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.

(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

09.03.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 16983    πŸ” 3028    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 228

Elon Musk is a Nazi

27.01.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a date set?

21.01.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Boston (03/2023 to 11/2024)

11.01.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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