Kevin rides the bus
@kpwroth.bsky.social
interested in all things cities - in particular urban mobility with public transit, cycling, and walkability. also care about politics, foreign policy, and soccer. YNWA!
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"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength"
Visited the UK for the first time with my wife this past week and finally got to visit Anfield for the #LFC match against Madrid. What an insane experience - the crowd never stops singing, they pay attention to every second of play. It went above and beyond what I was hoping it to be. #YNWA
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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So how about this: instead of the entire establishment trying to browbeat "woke" college kids into shutting up about racism & sexism, why don't they browbeat the older, wealthier, more powerful NIMBYs in their midst to shut the fuck up about "neighborhood character"?
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So how about this: instead of the entire establishment trying to browbeat "woke" college kids into shutting up about racism & sexism, why don't they browbeat the older, wealthier, more powerful NIMBYs in their midst to shut the fuck up about "neighborhood character"?
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Are there protests yet at the single, small road link from the Coast Guard island to the rest of the Bay?
This almost seems like inviting a long-term protest there.
This almost seems like inviting a long-term protest there.
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Are there protests yet at the single, small road link from the Coast Guard island to the rest of the Bay?
This almost seems like inviting a long-term protest there.
This almost seems like inviting a long-term protest there.
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Stay woke friends
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Stay woke friends
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at this point if you are dumb enough to get into it with the menswear guy here or especially on twitter, it's just going to be like an isaac chotiner interview in the new yorker
October 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
at this point if you are dumb enough to get into it with the menswear guy here or especially on twitter, it's just going to be like an isaac chotiner interview in the new yorker
Stoked to watch another episode of the Rick Steves of urbanism a lil later
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsk...
Guadalajara’s Masterclass in Transit & Urban Design
YouTube video by Urban Americas
www.youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Stoked to watch another episode of the Rick Steves of urbanism a lil later
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsk...
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
This kid, a Nazi? no way!
... And in other news, water is wet.
... And in other news, water is wet.
October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This kid, a Nazi? no way!
... And in other news, water is wet.
... And in other news, water is wet.
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The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors
The evidence keeps piling up
October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.
October 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You can’t hate fascists and use AI slop generators. They’re the same thing: total destruction of truth at scale.
Janet Mills, you would be 84 years old at the end of the term if you win this Senate race. Please for the love of god vote for Platner.
October 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Janet Mills, you would be 84 years old at the end of the term if you win this Senate race. Please for the love of god vote for Platner.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
October 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.
If there are 3+ years to go of this and we are already seeing things like this people's flight reservations mysteriously cancelled, I am legit scared about where things are going
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If there are 3+ years to go of this and we are already seeing things like this people's flight reservations mysteriously cancelled, I am legit scared about where things are going
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
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This one highway is projected to cost 85% of what CA has spent on high-speed rail over 15 years and hundreds of miles. If we can afford this, we can afford high-speed rail.
The entire proposed Highway 37 Solano-Marin super bridge is estimated to cost $11 billion, all to replace an existing road between a couple of suburbs. And it's proposed at 114 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
For comparison, the Golden Gate Bridge is 90 feet wide.
Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.
October 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This one highway is projected to cost 85% of what CA has spent on high-speed rail over 15 years and hundreds of miles. If we can afford this, we can afford high-speed rail.
The evidence keeps piling up
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The evidence keeps piling up
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that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
that donald trump was allowed to become president again after J6 is something we may never recover from as a nation
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Meanwhile the leader of that parliament is blocking a duly elected member of the opposition from being seated because he’s trying to prevent an investigation into the president’s ties to a pedophile ring.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Meanwhile the leader of that parliament is blocking a duly elected member of the opposition from being seated because he’s trying to prevent an investigation into the president’s ties to a pedophile ring.
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I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.
Presidents have federalized a state's own Guard to use over its objection, most famously desegregation. And sometimes regular military has been used. But taking one state's soldiers and putting them in another state? This is a completely unprecedented breakdown of what the Union fundamentally is.
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I know it’s easy to get inured to this stuff but imagine a podcast ep where @mikeduncan.bsky.social is telling you about this happening in some other country at the same time that a crisis in parliament has shut down the national budget.
- Bill?
- Yeah, Ted?
- Strange things are afoot at the Circle K
- Yeah, Ted?
- Strange things are afoot at the Circle K
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
- Bill?
- Yeah, Ted?
- Strange things are afoot at the Circle K
- Yeah, Ted?
- Strange things are afoot at the Circle K
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Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”
TIL! This New Yorker article on New Mexico and the role it's playing today for the pro choice movement is fascinating. They had to make things happen to be ready for Roe's overturning and they did it just in the nick of time. So grateful they did. #NewMexico
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
TIL! This New Yorker article on New Mexico and the role it's playing today for the pro choice movement is fascinating. They had to make things happen to be ready for Roe's overturning and they did it just in the nick of time. So grateful they did. #NewMexico