I just learned that one of my early 1990s coworkers, Adrian King has tragically left us. Adrian was an amazing individual and was responsible for possibly one of the most epic Microsoft promotional videos ever made. He shows up at about 11 minutes into the video.

Vista Del Mar 2017: City installs then removes safety improvements 2021-2025: More people die Pershing Dr 2017: City installs then removes bike lanes 2026: Pregnant mom killed Westwood Bl 2015: Koretz removes Westwood from Mobility Plan Today: 3 killed michaelschneider.medium.com/las-darkest-...

My personal opinion is that you can't be pro-Israel AND support Netanyahu. Netanyahu has been actively harming Israel for as long as I can remember.

It's not just Trump and the feds. Government at all levels is failing us. Completely indifferent to whether we die or thrive

There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.

Netflix has a show where the protagonist delivers chocolates (that she makes) by e-bike. Romantics Anonymous is an improbable and weird name. Yuzu hot springs, too

I didn't become bitter, mean or close-minded despite all the people who treated me poorly

We murdered two more people in a boat today

Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too

The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!

Not great. bsky.app/profile/eric...

"The Post’s editorial decisions have nothing to do with my relationship with Donald Trump, and everything to do with what’s best for America. Namely, the dismantling of our constitutional rights and democratic institutions."

Right across the street from LASP for my space folks

Girl Scout cookies by bike @americanfietser.bsky.social @bikinginla.bsky.social @southbayforward.bsky.social On Rindge near Curtis in North Redondo Beach. 4:30-6:00pm most weekdays No stopping for cars, but there is enough bike+foot traffic (grocery store and 3 bus lines on Rindge) for brisk sales

So did we just give up on the ACA subsidies or what? Asking for struggling entrepreneurs and small business owners, like myself.

This moment is bringing out the best in some of us (like this speaker) and bringing out the worst in others of us. This is a time for choosing to live a life that you're proud of, or not. ❤️

Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

The administration routinely calls ordinary Minnesotans terrorists and says observer video is doxxing. You just handed them a pass, Chuck. Remove Chuck Schumer now. Every second he spends talking about—and compromising on—masks is unbearable.

Please for the love of god how do we remove this man from office.

Elderly driver may have been trying to avoid hitting a cyclist. Which means the intentional slow-walking of protected bike lanes on Westwood (actually blocking by previous LA council member), contributed to this carnage

This is a fantastic piece. Seniors hold onto driving is because they rightfully fear losing independence and connection. There are systemic and infrastructure barriers but as @nondriver.bsky.social notes, nondrivers have a wealth of resources they can share to overcome some of them.

Headline omits the driver so it sounds like an autonomous vehicle did it. The only mention of a human driver is already trying to absolve them of blame with medical excuse. “Investigators are trying to determine what led to the crash, including whether the driver suffered a medical issue”

Was it an autonomous car? Was there a driver that crashed into the supermarket?

this is the part that rips me up - in all of our spaces, at work, hobbies, you name it... There are shadows of all the people who got chased out by harassment, who never got to find their place to thrive. It's hard to see because it's what could have been. But those shadows are *everywhere*.

"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification. But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I am starting to move past the shock stage to the proud stage - he got a scholarship to the best meteorology school in the country! All those viewings of Twister paid off!

this is it

ICYMI: A coming section of the border wall in California's desert jeopardizes the future of endangered bighorn sheep, while recently installed razor wire poses an immediate threat.

Physical therapy by bike. Redondo Beach, CA The extended cab pickup truck is outfitted to carry surfboards. The ebike can also be outfitted to carry a surfboard @americanfietser.bsky.social @bikinginla.bsky.social

A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening. 66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days. 3,137 are represented on this graph.

In November, an SUV driver fatally struck former Tribune VP Walter Mahoney, 74, in Western Springs. A FOIAed crash report shows Mahoney was walking the same route as a recently removed marked crosswalk with beacons.

Crypto's meltdown may impact electricity demand in some grids. EIA estimated crypto's electricity usage was 0.6%-2.3% of US demand in 2023. 84% of power consumed by the 34 largest Bitcoin mines was generated by plants burning fossil fuels. www.globalelectricity.org/bitcoin-mini... #energysky

Great article and photography by @lilaseidman.bsky.social and @rgauth999.bsky.social

Are solar farms in Ohio being denied due to faked local opposition? @canarymedia.com's Kathianne Kowalski does the work of checking the names and addresses — and it sure looks like there are a lot of fabricated "local" opponents to it: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

One thing that is on my mind this morning: There is a dangerous counterfactual attack on e-bikes all across the US right now and there are no bike companies or bike orgs pushing back with clear storytelling to combat it. A multi-billion dollar industry without a clear comms strategy.

Trayvon Martin would be 31 today.

Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.

I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S. This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below. gridworks.org/wp-content/u...

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

$$ Congestion pricing Emissions pricing Improve transit Bike share Wide Bike lanes for bikes, wheelchairs, scooters Cities can make driving to city centers and parking the least attractive option--Taylor's Version

With another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed, states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation. #cawater @insideclimatenews.org mavensnotebook.com/2026/02/04/i...

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

I’ve been using the CIA World Factbook online since I was a little kid. What a stupid, pointless desecration.

Side note: really feel like we need to just call dumb things dumb more. We went off track with being nice about dumbness

INBOX: Robert McCartney, who worked for 39 years at The Washington Post, including as a Metro columnist and editor, before retiring in 2021, claims on X that he has heard the Post has laid off *all* its photojournalists.

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover. New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them. www.propublica.org/article/chic...