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Alex Ghenis 🧑‍🦼
@rollonyouchairs.bsky.social
Oakland-based dude with a spinal cord injury.

Disability, urbanism, climate change, human rights in general, Cal sports, Niners and Warriors.

I do policy and PR consulting on those first 3 topics. Available for partnerships.

www.disabilityimby.com
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Don Huffines and family changed the name and address of Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling 10,000 acre ranch in New Mexico after using an LLC to purchase it anonymously.

The ranch has reportedly never been searched as part of any criminal investigation related to Epstein (www.krtv.com/us-news/crim...).
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I just love it that DoorDash's #1 Chinese food restaurant in #Oakland (a customer favorite, rated 4.8* w/ 20,000+ reviews) has a storefront that looks like this. Just an ultimate hole in the wall Chinese food restaurant with a giant menu of delicious food. www.doordash.com/store/shando...
February 16, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Some photos of today's storm (and birbs) #Oakland #BayAarea
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Our inaugural #disability and #climatechange training is one month away, and we couldn't be more excited! This half-day training will cover more than one dozen topics, including the disability-climate nexus, threats to healthcare systems, and inclusive & accessible advocacy. Register today!
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January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I'm just constantly thinking of the threat all this *waves hands* poses to people with #disabilities. Now, a new one: as investment funds abandon t-notes and the dollar ceases to become the international reserve currency, how exactly is the government supposed to fund sufficient social services?
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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You cant buy a house because our president is really mad he didn’t get a Nobel peace prize and so he is threatening Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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EVERCORE: “.. This is ‘sell America’ again within a much broader global risk off ..”

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/s...
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
And so it begins.

If/once the dollar ceases to be the reserve currency, we are in for a world of pain
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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We’re the bad guys now.
BREAKING: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom:
January 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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How much more in your face can it be?

"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Today in Oakland USPS graffiti: a sad, exhausted clown
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Not sure this captures the nature of the posts.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Reductions in particulate pollution will disproportionately benefit people with respiratory conditions and limited lung capacity, and those who are immunocompromised. Congestion pricing is a huge win for public health and an especially huge win for people with disabilities.
Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.

Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.

e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Particulate pollution in the air down a whopping 22% in NYC’s congestion pricing zone.

Not only are the streets less congested, but so are our lungs.

e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...
In New York City, Congestion Pricing Leads to Marked Drop in Pollution
e360.yale.edu
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Researchers found a 22 percent reduction in heavy particulate matter from the projected average without congestion pricing.

hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
New Yorkers Are Literally Breathing Easier After Congestion Pricing
And other links to start your hump day.
hellgatenyc.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Ed Roberts & the Rolling Quads established the key concept of independent living for ppl with #disabilities. Among other things, successful independent living creates a foundation for personal climate resilience & gives people with disabilities agency over their own sustainability & planning.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Big news! My consultancy @accessibleclimate.com is finally on Bluesky! Follow us for insights & announcements on the intersections between #disability and #climatechange.

People with #disabilities are especially hard-hit by climate change and get disproportionate benefits from climate action. 1/4
We're excited to finally be on Bluesky! Give us a follow for insights on connections between #disability and #climatechange – including #climate impacts on people with disabilities and opportunities for disability-forward climate action! And visit www.accessibleclimate.com to learn about our work!
Accessible Climate Strategies - Accessible Climate Strategies
People with disabilities (PWDs) are a frontline community in the face of climate change. We are hit harder by storms, extreme temperatures, damaged
www.accessibleclimate.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Heavy-industry sectors like cement have long struggled to decarbonise because their processes require very high temperatures.

That’s why the new Rondo Energy heat-battery project in Thailand is such a big deal - powering a cement plant with low-carbon steam.
www.energy-storage.news/rondo-energy...
Rondo Energy deploys Southeast Asia’s ‘first industrial Heat Battery’
Rondo and SCG Cleanergy have commenced operation of Southeast Asia's first industrial thermal BESS at SCG's cement plant in Thailand.
www.energy-storage.news
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.

You made a difference—so much of a difference.

Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This kind of thing is so terrifying, and I feel for @angryblacklady.blacksky.app potentially losing a friend to a robot
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM