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Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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29.09.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2459    πŸ” 793    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 40
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Electric buses are key to cleaner and healthier cities. Successful deployment requires the right plan.

Discover five essential steps cities can take to transition to e buses and make them work for everyone.

Check it out: itdp.org/multimedia/f...

05.08.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CyclingMAX and the Case for Active Mobility As cities around the world face growing traffic congestion, rising emissions, and strained transport budgets, the case for investing in cycling and walking infrastructure has never been more apparent ...

Cities can no longer afford car-centric development. ITDP & the World Bank's new tool, CyclingMAX, helps cities assess the economic + #climate benefits of #cycling networks, particularly in low- & middle-income countries.

Learn more on the blog πŸ‘‰οΈ itdp.org/2025/07/01/c...

08.07.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸšΆβ€β™€οΈπŸš΄β€β™‚οΈπŸš Everyone deserves the right to move freely. But for many people with disabilities, transport systems remain inaccessible.

Our new publication with TUMI explores real solutions for building inclusive urban mobility.

πŸ”— itdp.org/publication/...

27.05.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hyde Judging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

So long, Elon: the cuts didn’t go to plan, but you completely shredded your reputation | Marina Hyde

30.05.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 451    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 17
ITDP. 40 Years. From Creativity to Transformation to Scale.
YouTube video by ITDP ITDP. 40 Years. From Creativity to Transformation to Scale.

🌍 In 2025, the world is at a turning pointβ€”for people and for the planet. And it’s also the year ITDP turns 40 πŸŽ‚πŸͺ‡

From BRT to bikeshare, e-buses to safer streets, we’ve helped cities move toward a cleaner, more equitable future.

Now it’s time to scale up. Together.

πŸ”— itdp.org
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13.05.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The stock market has lost

$4 TRILLION

In the last month due to Trump’s disastrous tariff plans

Plus the jobs numbers were equally terrible

The price of eggs keeps going up

And the GOP is STILL threatening to cut Medicaid by $880 billion so they can give tax breaks to billionaires

11.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2611    πŸ” 1122    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 60
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At #TTDC25: ITDP CEO Heather Thompson presents Dr. Thierno Aw of CETUD with the 2025 STA for their work on the fully electric SunuBRT system. πŸ‘πŸ†πŸŽ‰πŸšŒ #STA25

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Sustainable Transport Award - visit staward.org for more details.

11.03.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Epic idea

11.03.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 42065    πŸ” 7195    πŸ’¬ 537    πŸ“Œ 323

Awww @POTUS @realDonaldTrump got his feelings hurt… β€œYou're in no position to dictate what we're gonna feel!” #Zelensky #WhiteHouse meeting πŸ₯²

28.02.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop the Political Takeover of the Kennedy Center - Protect Free Expression This is censorship, plain and simple. Our national cultural institutions should be free from political interference that targets specific art forms or communities. When the government starts banning c...

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17.02.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 Sustainable Transport Award Ceremony: Celebrating Dakar Senegal and Mexico City, Mexico
YouTube video by ITDP 2025 Sustainable Transport Award Ceremony: Celebrating Dakar Senegal and Mexico City, Mexico

The 2025 Sustainable Transport Award Ceremony is now LIVE! We are proud to celebrate the achievements of winning city #Dakar, Senegal, and honorable mention #MexicoCity, Mexico, as well as all of this year's nominated cities. #STA25

youtu.be/1XNSpwxDwYQ

12.02.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shouldn’t #donaldtrump be working to fix the country and not chilling at the #SuperBowlΒ  #orangeclown #fucktrump

10.02.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement! The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational rightβ€”the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...

07.02.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – Target Majority NYC Community Meetings Β· Swing Left Hello, friend. As we enter the first 100 days of Trump 2.0, we need to gather for mutual support and collective action, because we together, we can help shape the road ahead. Join us in building resi...

I'm attending Swing Left's event, β€œNYC SUNDAYS: Worth Fighting For – @targetmajoritynyc.bsky.social Community Meetings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

05.02.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now more than ever we need to invest in better #publictransport!

04.02.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This!

30.01.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jim Acosta Abruptly Departs CNN With Fiery Warning About Bowing Down To A 'Tyrant' Well said, sir πŸ‘πŸΌ

Perfectly said.

29.01.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26315    πŸ” 3309    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 86

Dear @schumer.senate.gov: As outlined in Project 2025, Trump is sacrificing us to the billionaires who brought him to power: asserting powers he does not have to seize the money β€˜we the people’ generate to run our government, putting people’s lives on the line, & throwing our country into chaos. 1/

28.01.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ›‘πŸš˜πŸš˜

18.01.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hands up

11.01.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

deranged #Trump really said at his #MaraLago conference today "no more windmills - they’re driving the whales crazy, obviously”. Is he Don Quixote?! 🐳

07.01.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘πŸ‘

07.01.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It has been 12 years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken by a gunman armed with an AR-15 rifle at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, CT. Their legacies live on in the enduring movement that has been built over the last 12 years to end our nation’s gun violence crisis.

14.12.2024 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.

Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.

People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association

11.12.2024 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6855    πŸ” 1822    πŸ’¬ 409    πŸ“Œ 243
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Luigi Mangione

09.12.2024 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 242    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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These Times Demand Courage We are already learning who will stand up to Trump and his reckless enablers and who will kowtow out of fear

"Early acts of opposition are a source of nourishment for all of us wondering how the coming months will play out." One bright light: @oliviaoftroye.com, who said after legal threats from Kash Patel: "It was an attempt to bully me, silence me, intimidate me." www.americaamerica.news/p/these-time...

06.12.2024 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10

UHC shooter lookalike contest in my bedroom please

05.12.2024 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1217    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 9

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