Michele Reeves
@rethinkplaces.bsky.social
Misc musings of urban strategist…land use, retail, transpo, lighting(!), placemaking, real estate development, and people… with a few random acts of photography thrown in! (Finally making the move from Twitter… starting from scratch again!) views=my own
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The biggest reason I bounce off epic fantasy books is the seemingly random POVs.
Like, I was reading this one series and got to book three, where there are 12 points of view, and I'm just not interested in even half of them. So I start skimming, skimming, to get back to the people I like.
Like, I was reading this one series and got to book three, where there are 12 points of view, and I'm just not interested in even half of them. So I start skimming, skimming, to get back to the people I like.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The biggest reason I bounce off epic fantasy books is the seemingly random POVs.
Like, I was reading this one series and got to book three, where there are 12 points of view, and I'm just not interested in even half of them. So I start skimming, skimming, to get back to the people I like.
Like, I was reading this one series and got to book three, where there are 12 points of view, and I'm just not interested in even half of them. So I start skimming, skimming, to get back to the people I like.
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Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
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the inevitable Tesla collapse is going to just ruin millions of retail dipshits www.barrons.com/articles/tes...
Tesla Stock Drops. Retail Investors Keep Buying.
Tesla remains a popular stock with smaller investors.
www.barrons.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
the inevitable Tesla collapse is going to just ruin millions of retail dipshits www.barrons.com/articles/tes...
Say buh bye chuckie, I can’t wait to see your a$$ lose a primary.
*looks directly at camera*
Schumer reached out to leading presidential contenders to try and mute criticism of the deal, calling Josh Shapiro, Andy Beshear, JB Pritzker, and Gavin Newsom.
While Schumer voted against it, the eight Dems behind the shutdown deal said the minority leader was aware of their plan. trib.al/lcNlGik
While Schumer voted against it, the eight Dems behind the shutdown deal said the minority leader was aware of their plan. trib.al/lcNlGik
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Say buh bye chuckie, I can’t wait to see your a$$ lose a primary.
That was crazy! Like a circus act. TOTAL HIGHLIGHT.
this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
That was crazy! Like a circus act. TOTAL HIGHLIGHT.
The US has a rapist for prez, two men on the Supreme Court that are a credibly accused and not investigated sexual assaulter and sexual harasser, and you can be charged with murder for having a miscarriage… I mean, why would you want to stay here? This country is an anthem to violence against women.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The US has a rapist for prez, two men on the Supreme Court that are a credibly accused and not investigated sexual assaulter and sexual harasser, and you can be charged with murder for having a miscarriage… I mean, why would you want to stay here? This country is an anthem to violence against women.
Bread is love… esp with homemade jelly!
Toasted yesterday's sourdough with more crabapple jelly than strictly necessary - and is so good. I'll keep this feeling all day.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Bread is love… esp with homemade jelly!
Yeah, as if losing your right to due process is not a “kitchen table issue” — we talk about it every fucking meal around here.
Also it's pretty telling that the people who spend all their time going around and spam-lecturing people about how we need "unity against fascism" and "now is the time to put aside your idealism" never seem to be posting about ICE or their neighbors getting kidnapped or any of that stuff.
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Yeah, as if losing your right to due process is not a “kitchen table issue” — we talk about it every fucking meal around here.
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WE DID IT, PALS
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
WE DID IT, PALS
Ditto!
I dumped the NYT and WaPo a while back, and have not regretted it at all.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Ditto!
Go hell cats!!!!
We’ve served our country in uniform. Now we are stepping up to serve again.
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
We are The Hell Cats — four female veterans that are going to flip the House in 2026.
Join the mission → www.hellcats.us/
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Go hell cats!!!!
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Gosh.
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Gosh.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
Like how many people who work at the NyTimes?
So uh... how many high profile journalists were buddies with Epstein? I'm concerned that the number seems larger than 0.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Like how many people who work at the NyTimes?
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Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
"A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."
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In a great interview at substack.com/@ronmknox/no... Cory Doctorow quotes a Crooked Timber poster, Frank Wilhoyt: "There are in-groups whom the law must protect but not bind, and out-groups whom the law must bind but not protect."
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In a great interview at substack.com/@ronmknox/no... Cory Doctorow quotes a Crooked Timber poster, Frank Wilhoyt: "There are in-groups whom the law must protect but not bind, and out-groups whom the law must bind but not protect."
And 43% of the country is excited about this administration.
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And 43% of the country is excited about this administration.
Great analogy to the connection between food storage, transportation and preservation technologies and electricity storage and distribution!
"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
ember-energy.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Great analogy to the connection between food storage, transportation and preservation technologies and electricity storage and distribution!
Is the UK really going forward tho?
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Is the UK really going forward tho?
Nailed that! Exactly how I feel as the smell wafts around the house!!!!
Fresh baked bread smell. 🥰
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Nailed that! Exactly how I feel as the smell wafts around the house!!!!
I would say that there is a huge amount of unprocessed trauma in today’s workforce, not the least of which is that we all thought our mail and groceries were going to kill us a few years ago! It is getting expressed professionally with a ton of dropped balls, less output, weird interactions, etc.
Got up extra early to accommodate a call from someone in the Eastern timezone, and of course they did not call. I feel like ghosting is just endemic now, it really wasn't such a big thing when I was younger.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I would say that there is a huge amount of unprocessed trauma in today’s workforce, not the least of which is that we all thought our mail and groceries were going to kill us a few years ago! It is getting expressed professionally with a ton of dropped balls, less output, weird interactions, etc.
This is a terrible idea
Why would you do this? Does everything need a goddamn sticker like we’re in elementary school?
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is a terrible idea
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My house is warm and smells like yeasted flat bread. #winterjoy
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My house is warm and smells like yeasted flat bread. #winterjoy
The UK needs to stop following shitty US trends. Be more like Catherine Connolly!
"Those who launched the latest attack on the BBC have close ties to the MAGA movement, from Friends of Trump like Farage and former Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson to others with links to the US Christian Nationalist organisation the Heritage Foundation."
It’s bigger than you think.
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The UK needs to stop following shitty US trends. Be more like Catherine Connolly!
My house is warm and smells like yeasted flat bread. #winterjoy
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My house is warm and smells like yeasted flat bread. #winterjoy