Calvin Thigpen
@calvinthigpen.com
Transportation Policy and Planning Researcher | ex-Lime
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Are Adolescents’ Decisions to Cycle to School Linked to Their Parents’ Cycling Behaviour?
Are Adolescents’ Decisions to Cycle to School Linked to Their Parents’ Cycling Behaviour?
Parental cycling strongly shapes adolescents’ likelihood of cycling to school, with stronger effects for females, underscoring parents’ role in promoting active travel.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Are Adolescents’ Decisions to Cycle to School Linked to Their Parents’ Cycling Behaviour?
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“‘The Great Gatsby,’ published in 1925, takes place during the Roaring ’20s and famously explores the emptiness of material wealth and moral decay of the rich …
The day after the party, Nov. 1, is the date that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are set to go on pause.”
The day after the party, Nov. 1, is the date that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are set to go on pause.”
Elderly authoritarian billionaire throws lavish Halloween “Great Gatsby” party on eve of SNAP running dry: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Hosts Glittering 'Great Gatsby' Bash As Millions Lose SNAP Benefits
The president hosted his glittering, Roaring '20s-themed event at Mar-a-Lago hours before federal food benefits were set to go on pause.
www.huffpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“‘The Great Gatsby,’ published in 1925, takes place during the Roaring ’20s and famously explores the emptiness of material wealth and moral decay of the rich …
The day after the party, Nov. 1, is the date that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are set to go on pause.”
The day after the party, Nov. 1, is the date that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are set to go on pause.”
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
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Your city has eliminated parking minimums. Now what? Hear from planners and community leaders from across the U.S. share their experiences navigating next steps after major parking reforms. Join the conversation on Nov. 18 ucla.zoom.us/meeting... #UCLATransportation100
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Your city has eliminated parking minimums. Now what? Hear from planners and community leaders from across the U.S. share their experiences navigating next steps after major parking reforms. Join the conversation on Nov. 18 ucla.zoom.us/meeting... #UCLATransportation100
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The FBI director is flying his girlfriend around on private government planes while FBI agents go without paychecks and families prepare to go hungry as SNAP benefits are being suspended
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
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All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The FBI director is flying his girlfriend around on private government planes while FBI agents go without paychecks and families prepare to go hungry as SNAP benefits are being suspended
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Illegal and criminal
US defense chief Pete Hegseth says 4 killed in new strike on alleged Pacific drug boat.
Hegseth's announcement on X comes a day after US strikes killed over a dozen people on four boats in the Pacific, and brings the total death toll from Trump's anti-drug campaign to at least 62
u.afp.com/Sepo
Hegseth's announcement on X comes a day after US strikes killed over a dozen people on four boats in the Pacific, and brings the total death toll from Trump's anti-drug campaign to at least 62
u.afp.com/Sepo
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Illegal and criminal
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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Places for people > Places for cars
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Places for people > Places for cars
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This man is not well. And very dangerous.
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This man is not well. And very dangerous.
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It is of course by turns absurd and obscene that this is what’s being touted as a corruption case against the NY AG when the President of the United States is pardoning crypto billionaires and building his Bribe Palace on the ruins of the East Wing of the White House.
"While the indictment alleges that James made "thousand(s)" from rental income, sources tell ABC News that prosecutors found no record of James collecting rent from her niece beyond $1,350 that James reported on her 2020 tax return..."
abcnews.go.com/US/evidence-...
abcnews.go.com/US/evidence-...
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It is of course by turns absurd and obscene that this is what’s being touted as a corruption case against the NY AG when the President of the United States is pardoning crypto billionaires and building his Bribe Palace on the ruins of the East Wing of the White House.
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I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak
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For SF peeps, you can find more information about the SF Rapid Response Network here:
www.sfrrn.org/index.html
www.sfrrn.org/index.html
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
For SF peeps, you can find more information about the SF Rapid Response Network here:
www.sfrrn.org/index.html
www.sfrrn.org/index.html
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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Our new paper, “Measuring and Moving on the Street: A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies,” published in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, maps global efforts to measure and reimagine urban street allocation. platial.science/a-scoping-re...
A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies
Daniel Romm and colleagues trace the evolution of street space allocation studies and highlight Montréal’s growing role in this emerging field...
platial.science
October 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our new paper, “Measuring and Moving on the Street: A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies,” published in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, maps global efforts to measure and reimagine urban street allocation. platial.science/a-scoping-re...
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On this new episode of Shift Key, @jessedjenkins.com and I talk to Dulcie Madden, the CEO of Dig Energy, which is building small rigs to build geothermal heat pumps for single-family homes and businesses.
Listen at Heatmap: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Or wherever: shows.acast.com/65bac3af0334...
Listen at Heatmap: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Or wherever: shows.acast.com/65bac3af0334...
The Startup Trying to Put Geothermal Heat Pumps in America’s Homes
Rob and Jesse hang with Dig Energy co-founder and CEO Dulcie Madden.
heatmap.news
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
On this new episode of Shift Key, @jessedjenkins.com and I talk to Dulcie Madden, the CEO of Dig Energy, which is building small rigs to build geothermal heat pumps for single-family homes and businesses.
Listen at Heatmap: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Or wherever: shows.acast.com/65bac3af0334...
Listen at Heatmap: heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Or wherever: shows.acast.com/65bac3af0334...
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There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.
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“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“.. It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
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Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents.
“Abject lies,” he wrote.
Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases.
Because...we do our homework.
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“Abject lies,” he wrote.
Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases.
Because...we do our homework.
propub.li/4o2eeiL
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents.
“Abject lies,” he wrote.
Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases.
Because...we do our homework.
propub.li/4o2eeiL
“Abject lies,” he wrote.
Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases.
Because...we do our homework.
propub.li/4o2eeiL
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I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I find it amazing too that Republicans’ boycott of Washington isn’t the biggest story of them all.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
The shutdown can’t end if they refuse to show up for work.
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NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -39
30-44: -6 | -14
45-64: +12 | -10
65+: -4 | -10
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -39
30-44: -6 | -14
45-64: +12 | -10
65+: -4 | -10
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
![A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump by age in his second term."
The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ke6f766al4swdugyvmvyipuo/bafkreifqum7lgpne6l4l7yf57ousd7heyjlnxp4cn25v6perrhpina3pv4@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -39
30-44: -6 | -14
45-64: +12 | -10
65+: -4 | -10
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among U.S. adult citizens by age
18-29: +5 | -39
30-44: -6 | -14
45-64: +12 | -10
65+: -4 | -10
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
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He did the crimes, Senate and SCOTUS Republicans let him get away with them, he got reelected, Senate Republicans let him appoint his personal lawyers to run DOJ, and now he’s ordering his personal lawyers who run DOJ to give him $230 million of your money.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
He did the crimes, Senate and SCOTUS Republicans let him get away with them, he got reelected, Senate Republicans let him appoint his personal lawyers to run DOJ, and now he’s ordering his personal lawyers who run DOJ to give him $230 million of your money.
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these are a different set of republican racist texts than the previous set of republican racist and nazi texts
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
these are a different set of republican racist texts than the previous set of republican racist and nazi texts
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DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times
newrepublic.com/article/2019...
newrepublic.com/article/2019...