Bianca Walser

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

BEHN: “Feed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.”

TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech

I am pretty convinced that the way we fund many things in the US is largely broken. Non-profits, affordable housing, transit projects, and numerous other social goods rely on deeply fragmented funding, where each funding source comes with its own strings. Funding is always on the edge.

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

New Berkeley parking spot — for bikes — honors Nobel Peace Prize work - Berkeley News Covet those Nobel Laureate parking spaces? You can park in Berkeley's newest one, a tribute to faculty whose research contributed to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. And it's open to all cyclists.

UC Berkeley has its 71st Nobel Laureate, this year in Physics. But did you know we have Nobel Laureate bicycle parking, and that David Card, 2021 Nobel in Economics, apparently actually uses it? news.berkeley.edu/2016/06/16/n...

Electric bicycles, and shared electric bicycles in particular, are a revolutionary transportation technology. Forward-looking cities should be building out the infrastructure necessary to make cycling safe and convenient for everyone who wants to do it.

Why electric bikes are everywhere in Berkeley Residents of all ages and abilities are taking to electric bikes — used for commutes, school drop-offs, grocery trips and joy rides.

“The e-bike lets me keep riding bikes and spend time outside, even though I have this health condition,” she said. “I don’t think that a lot of people realize that e-bikes make things accessible to people with disabilities.” www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/07/e...

Smart Growth and Construction Jobs: How Urban Density Benefits Union Density - Good Jobs First Smart Growth and Construction Jobs: How Urban Density Benefits Union Density - Good Jobs First

Timely new study with SB 79 sitting on Gov Newsom's desk: investments in transit and dense infill create more union jobs at higher wages than highway expansion and sprawl. goodjobsfirst.org/smart-growth...

Just asking questions:

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Immediately thought of Danielle Steele and her 26 permits in San Francisco

Segregationist politicians and bureaucrats in the South using public funds to spy on civil rights activists (information which often found its way into the hands of white vigilantes) = freedom.
The federal government passing laws to outlaw racial discrimination in public accommodations = tyranny.

I will extend this further: many drivers are mad at, or at best ambivalent about, the existence of anyone who is not literally them, but are forced to consider a tiny bit of restraint towards other drivers of large metal machines

some drivers get mad at pedestrians in a crosswalk with a signal

These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.

Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.

@lizzieohreally.bsky.social

When drivers complain about bad cyclists, I know they just mean they don't want us on the roads.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

A little-known process that requires insurers to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

External reviews are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them.

By @deldeib.bsky.social

I count like twelve or thirteen Republicans who start sweating profusely in the no fed backpay scenario and a majority are from outside NoVA, because if troops are included then unpaid federal employees are concentrated in every single R-held swing district between Richmond and the Atlantic Ocean

This is incredibly stupid of Vought legally and I hope he does it

The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.

“The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and those who participated in them is a decades long abdication of institutional and personal responsibility, brought to light by a handful of dedicated journalists and the breathtaking bravery of once isolated, ignored vulnerable women.”

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i recently got a great deal on a barely used folding ebike and i have to say it has revolutionized my train travel. i can get from my front door to the amtrak station in a little less than 5 minutes!!!

At the end of the day, you really can’t move forward without understanding how you got here in the first place. The Democrats need to take their medicine for all our sakes.

Every day new lies from ICE

The UK is within spitting distance of having more murders portrayed annually on TV shows and movies set in the country than occur in real life

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.

she took an abortion pill in her home, her partner abused her for it, and they investigated HER

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

ACAB includes you and your doorbell camera:

"texas deputies did investigate this woman's abortion as a ‘death investigation,’ they did use flock safety’s ALPR network to track her down, and they did consult prosecutors about charging her."

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities