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@iwanders.bsky.social

Hiker, programmer, coffee enthusiast

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Unbelievable.

As in, literally, not credible.

03.11.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2457    πŸ” 411    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 20

Let's not forget the Democrats who helped put that devastating bill on his desk.

28.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.

Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.

Continents

xkcd.com/3159/

27.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4496    πŸ” 608    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 39

Flex posts protect cars, not cyclists.

26.10.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to the war on cars!

25.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White House V
@White..β€’2/19/25
"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
-President Donald J. Trump
TRUMP
LONG LIVE THE KING

White House V @White..β€’2/19/25 "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" -President Donald J. Trump TRUMP LONG LIVE THE KING

it will never fail to amuse me that the origin of the β€œno kings” protest is when Trump tried (and failed) to scrap congestion pricing

as goes congestion pricing, goes the Republic

19.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 437    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

It has to be said - again and out loud - that it’s Republicans in Congress who’ve unshackled him.

18.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1339    πŸ” 285    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 10

I wish I could be there. Naked bike protests are the best protests.

06.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an incredible story, once again involving Signal and being clean on opsec

04.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

This is what democracy looks like!

01.10.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The War on Cars 🀝 The War on Fascists

01.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Despite the so-called β€œwar on cars”, there are still lots of roads in Montreal to drive or park your car on. Most of them, actually.

28.09.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 226    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters.

Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.

28.09.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 936    πŸ” 407    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 35

This is a direct result of @peters.senate.gov voting with Republicans and @schumer.senate.gov a few months ago. He and @slotkin.senate.gov now have a chance to right that wrong and stand up for Michigan families. We deserve better.

23.09.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans must negotiate or bear the blame for a government shutdown. Democrats need to keep opposing any funding deal that enables GOP healthcare cuts or allows Trump’s chaos and lawlessness to go unchecked. We must make sure Democrats are fighting like hell and Republicans are held accountable.

20.09.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse. The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.

One way that cars kill us has exceeded another way that cars kill us.

18.09.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kimmel will be a wake-up call for a subset of people who previously didn’t really think it was that serious. But I think we’re going to have these moments indefinitely until the fascists are no longer in power.

18.09.2025 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2694    πŸ” 402    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 10

Right, @peters.senate.gov ? What's the plan?

16.09.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"York Regional Police said the boy was just 1 1/2 years old. Six other children ranging in age from 18 months to three years old were also injured in the crash and brought to hospital. One was still in critical condition hours later."

11.09.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Great story by @alexhorton.bsky.social in @washingtonpost.com . www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Read the whole thing but here's a sample.

10.09.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 435    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 9

We’re doing this to ourselves

05.09.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 552    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 8

What are we even doing?

30.08.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2301    πŸ” 515    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 23

One guy who is creating far more "red tape" than any is his predecessors. I'm not sure if that counts as ironic or just infuriatingly telling.

27.08.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Double the bike paths in Montreal? No and no Whatever the cost, one thing is clear: the money would be far better spent fixing our roads and upgrading essential infrastructure.

"if you want my vote, promise to fill potholes faster and adopt measures to ease traffic congestion"

Offering people alternatives to car trips *is* a measure to ease traffic congestion.

25.08.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep taking things from stores, just small things, reasonable, and they keep arresting me for shop lifting.

Cars make even smart people stupid.

25.08.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

I will 100% watch it. I have a lot of similar routes in my head. Most of them would only take some paint and a new crossing or two.

25.08.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't get me wrong, there is a ton of low-hanging fruit in suburban environments, but low population densities are expensive af. Expensive squared, roughly. That goes for bike paths, roads, pipes...

25.08.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
From a post on FB:  "I am as white as a towel, and the closest thing I am to Mexican was a single resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma, and was promptly pulled over by ICE in Texas. I'm happy to waste their time." 
You know what to do!"

From a post on FB: "I am as white as a towel, and the closest thing I am to Mexican was a single resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma, and was promptly pulled over by ICE in Texas. I'm happy to waste their time." You know what to do!"

Good morning, fellow white people. #StealThisIdea

23.08.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.

Two genders - male, and political.

Two religions - Christian, and political.

Two races - white, and political.

22.08.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6218    πŸ” 2696    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 62

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

11.08.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1669    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 25

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