“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Please follow suit, @iamwesmoore.bsky.social

Great news, fellow NYers!

NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.” UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza. The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes. (🎥 BBC News)

THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

📣 Youth Opportunities! Want to get involved in energy, climate, or sustainability? Check these out! Opportunities at UN Women, Enel Foundation, International Solar Energy Society, and more. 📌 More at studentenergy.org/youth-opportunities/! #StudentEnergy #YouthOpportunities #OpportunityAlert

Unchecked, AI will reproduce, if not excerbate, educational inequities. It's naively foolish to believe otherwise.

Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

US Weekly COVID update: Aug 4, 2025 🔸1 in 95 People Currently Infected 🔸505,000 New Daily Infections 🔸3,535,000 New Weekly Infections 🔸177,000 to 707,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,300 to 2,100 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

Two days ago, an act of senseless violence took the lives of Officer Didarul Islam, Wesley LePatner, Aland Etienne, and Julia Hyman. Today, I visited Officer Islam's family and learned of his legacy. I ask you to join me in in honoring the memory of these four New Yorkers.

I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

Maryland just lost its most federal workers in a month in nearly 30 years

In Cyprus’ time of need, Europe responds. After the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism was activated, 2 planes from 🇪🇸 were deployed to fight wildfires in Limassol. This wildfire season, 🇪🇺 has helped 🇦🇱 🇲🇰 🇸🇾 and prepositioned 650 firefighters from 14 countries ↓ europa.eu/!NjY3nW

The EU stands with Cyprus as it fights major wildfires. We have urgently mobilised support via our Civil Protection Mechanism. This summer, nearly 670 firefighters from 14 countries and a #rescEU fleet of 22 planes and 4 helicopters are deployed to countries in need.

Please pray for people’s safety 🇨🇾

Two dead, homes burn in massive wildfire in Cyprus reut.rs/4m35MOE

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

16% of full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers in the U.S. worked a nonschool job over the summer. A similar share (17%) did so during the school year. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

PSA, pass it on please

WITH AUDIO ⬇️ At the Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo blames Zohran Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss. forward.com/fast-forward...

Let’s GO John Handley! 💙💛 #Democrat #MDDelegate #District12a #VoteJohnHandley #MDPolitics

“ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows” “The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.”

More than two thirds of New Yorkers are tenants. Andrew Cuomo compared them to hotel guests. We need a Mayor who will bring our city together around an agenda to lower costs for everyone, whether they rent or own.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

“It is essential for the public to understand that there is a broader agenda behind the “rent freezes are bad” argument. Undermining freezes is part of a larger goal to weaken rent stabilization…” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals. What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research. Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out. zurl.co/YBGNy

Bonne Fete nationale, la France! 🇫🇷

#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

'The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid graduate and postdoctoral positions, the hidden costs of ‘doing science’ are profound.' journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

I don't have money, and I don't live in Illinois, but if you: 1. Follow my BlueSky. 2. Live in or love Illinois. 3. View this vid & like it. 4. Actually have money. Please support Kat Abughazaleh. Don't tell her I sent you. She doesn't know who I am. Share & enjoy!

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

This is a fake tweet. 9-year-old Zohran Mamdani didn’t tweet this 9/11 joke 5 years before Twitter was even created.

All I see here is top notch ball security, elite contact balance, a willingness to grind out tough yards btwn the tackles, and surprising burst after he finds daylight

Thank you, @orioles.com for hosting such a great, inclusive and welcoming evening! Proud to support Birdland! 🧡🖤

Strong night for left: —Mamdani will finish well ahead in 1st round. —All challenged NYC Progressive Caucus councilors will win, that's 10 of them. —Left may add new councilors (e.g. some AOC- or WFP-endorsed non-incumbents up) —The more liberal (WFP-endorsed) candidates up in Syracuse and Buffalo

A message for Black NYC voters. Let me know in the comments if you’re voting today… ✔️🗳️ #ElectionDay

Zohran Mamdani is inspiring hope not just in NYC, but nationwide. Hope that change is possible, that government can work again, and that billionaires can be defeated. It’s time we chart a new path, one where the government serves the people—not just billionaires and corporations. #DontRankCuomo

On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park. New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.

Love this

NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

I am not following the ins and outs of the NYC election as I do not live there, but why the hell is Andrew Cuomo the hill so many are willing to die on.

PSA

We strongly condemn Donald Trump’s illegal strikes on Iran. Trump’s reckless actions are putting working people all across the United States in danger. Trump cannot unilaterally declare war—only Congress has the authority to authorize war.

No more war.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this