Joe Schwarten
@joeschwarten.bsky.social
Multimedia Designer, Environmentalist, ♥ Cities, video games & other random things. Just a car-free nerd, doing my part to help. The cat's name is Shadow.
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Joe Schwarten
@joeschwarten.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi I'm Joe. I'm a car-free environmentalist living in Cleveland, Ohio. Follow me if you want to see what it's like and how to make things better around here. Also get a peak into my life cuz I post about everything.
Personally I say cut the $9 million projected healthcare cost increase from the Transit Police Budget. They don't do anything anyways.
Also this is just another example of why we need universal healthcare.
Also this is just another example of why we need universal healthcare.
Cleveland RTA riders face big service cuts
Spiking healthcare costs hit transit agency
neo-trans.blog/2025/11/19/c...
Spiking healthcare costs hit transit agency
neo-trans.blog/2025/11/19/c...
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Personally I say cut the $9 million projected healthcare cost increase from the Transit Police Budget. They don't do anything anyways.
Also this is just another example of why we need universal healthcare.
Also this is just another example of why we need universal healthcare.
This is a perfect example of how Rural poor and Urban poor are one in the same. Corporations like Dollar General are looking to take advantage of you and keep you poor. Also shout out to a local Lakewood Lawyer Mark Dann for taking on these cases.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5T...
What Dollar General Doesn’t Want You To Know
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is a perfect example of how Rural poor and Urban poor are one in the same. Corporations like Dollar General are looking to take advantage of you and keep you poor. Also shout out to a local Lakewood Lawyer Mark Dann for taking on these cases.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5T...
Good to see Triple Red liners.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Good to see Triple Red liners.
At the Transit Maps Rock event at the Cleveland library
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
At the Transit Maps Rock event at the Cleveland library
Oh no, I think I mixed up my vitamin d pill with a melatonin pill. I think I just forced a nap on myself
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Oh no, I think I mixed up my vitamin d pill with a melatonin pill. I think I just forced a nap on myself
Watching "Death by Lightning" made me cry because Garfield is one of the biggest "what ifs" in American History. If he would have survived America probably would have been a better place.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Watching "Death by Lightning" made me cry because Garfield is one of the biggest "what ifs" in American History. If he would have survived America probably would have been a better place.
Pretty good haul tonight from Carol and John's along with a nice sunset and chicken noodle soup.
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Pretty good haul tonight from Carol and John's along with a nice sunset and chicken noodle soup.
It's Election Day Cleveland. If you live in Ward 5 don't forget to vote for Rebecca Maurer. Polls open til 7:30
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's Election Day Cleveland. If you live in Ward 5 don't forget to vote for Rebecca Maurer. Polls open til 7:30
My mom would be the opposite. I cooked, cleaned, took care of the pets, did yard work, fixed things and organized the house. She basically said she wished I would come back the other day.
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My mom would be the opposite. I cooked, cleaned, took care of the pets, did yard work, fixed things and organized the house. She basically said she wished I would come back the other day.
Chris Ronayne has a responsibility to the county to bring sustainability to the area and to let the county run GCRTA thrive. If he opposes bus lanes and making transit better, he is not in favor of doing either and is not fit to be county executive.
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Chris Ronayne has a responsibility to the county to bring sustainability to the area and to let the county run GCRTA thrive. If he opposes bus lanes and making transit better, he is not in favor of doing either and is not fit to be county executive.
While on my run today!
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
While on my run today!
I went to a cat cafe today. AffoGATO in Tremont.
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I went to a cat cafe today. AffoGATO in Tremont.
Being called " young man" at the eye doctor. I'm probably older than the eye doctor but I'm not saying anything.
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Being called " young man" at the eye doctor. I'm probably older than the eye doctor but I'm not saying anything.
Reposted by Joe Schwarten
Can't wait for this to be a bus lane.
October 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Can't wait for this to be a bus lane.
Fitness Update! I'm the biggest I've ever been muscle wise. Trying to trim down a little so we'll see how that goes. But feeling pretty good overall.
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Fitness Update! I'm the biggest I've ever been muscle wise. Trying to trim down a little so we'll see how that goes. But feeling pretty good overall.
He's just like me!
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
He's just like me!
Had to get out of the house and go for a walk. Now I'm just laying in the grass next to Lake Erie. I love my home!
October 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Had to get out of the house and go for a walk. Now I'm just laying in the grass next to Lake Erie. I love my home!
I wonder why I don't hear more people don't talk about the Faircloth amendment when talking about the housing crisis?
October 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I wonder why I don't hear more people don't talk about the Faircloth amendment when talking about the housing crisis?
Reposted by Joe Schwarten
It is important for our local politicians to understand what it is like to ride public transit that is used by a large portion of the population!
"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city."
www.ideastream.org/environment-...
www.ideastream.org/environment-...
Clevelanders join National Week Without Driving to push for more transit options
National Week Without Driving, Monday through Sunday, aims to reveal barriers to getting around without access to a personal vehicle.
www.ideastream.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It is important for our local politicians to understand what it is like to ride public transit that is used by a large portion of the population!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdj...
A great conversation with
Philip DeFranco
and
@iammrbeat.bsky.social
about what is going on nowadays. Some good optimism with some reality of reforms that needs to happen. Also talks how we still have a lot more in common than we don't.
A great conversation with
Philip DeFranco
and
@iammrbeat.bsky.social
about what is going on nowadays. Some good optimism with some reality of reforms that needs to happen. Also talks how we still have a lot more in common than we don't.
Is Civil War Inevitable? Feat. Mr. Beat
YouTube video by A Conversation With
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdj...
A great conversation with
Philip DeFranco
and
@iammrbeat.bsky.social
about what is going on nowadays. Some good optimism with some reality of reforms that needs to happen. Also talks how we still have a lot more in common than we don't.
A great conversation with
Philip DeFranco
and
@iammrbeat.bsky.social
about what is going on nowadays. Some good optimism with some reality of reforms that needs to happen. Also talks how we still have a lot more in common than we don't.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year of this shit. I don't know if this will hold up but I'm so scared for my friends and myself even for the next 3 years.
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year of this shit. I don't know if this will hold up but I'm so scared for my friends and myself even for the next 3 years.
September 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year of this shit. I don't know if this will hold up but I'm so scared for my friends and myself even for the next 3 years.
I can't believe it hasn't even been a year of this shit. I don't know if this will hold up but I'm so scared for my friends and myself even for the next 3 years.
My boss told me to take the day off. I hate being sick 😷 😭
September 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My boss told me to take the day off. I hate being sick 😷 😭
New bookshelf fits perfectly in this weird little corner I got.
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New bookshelf fits perfectly in this weird little corner I got.
This is why I said, I don't put too much of the fault actually on Disney. It's Sinclair that is terrible ones in this. Disney is going ahead with Kimmel and Newsom as special guest almost to make a point but Sinclair keeps being the bitches in this situation.
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is why I said, I don't put too much of the fault actually on Disney. It's Sinclair that is terrible ones in this. Disney is going ahead with Kimmel and Newsom as special guest almost to make a point but Sinclair keeps being the bitches in this situation.