Tyler Gillies
ttgillies.bsky.social
Tyler Gillies
@ttgillies.bsky.social
I like bikes, music, mountaineering, books, and little doggies.
Hauled a plant yesterday. Then planted it in the rain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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why would someone spend millions on building a factory in the US under the presumption that US-made products will be protected if the protection comes and goes on a whim?
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Hello Mr. Insurance Company I would like to purchase a comprehensive health insurance plan for 1 dollar. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance

REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?

TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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“I’m a Grok guy” is the single most embarrassing phrase ever uttered in the course of human history.
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Another revelation from all of these emails is that many of the richest and most powerful people in the country absolutely cannot write. Helps explain their sweaty embrace of LLMs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.

He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.

Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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So tired of this corruption. Hope to see some house cleaning.
UPDATE: The city declined to provide a breakdown of internal costs for Mayor Bruce Harrell's slickly produced budget video, which largely duplicates his campaign talking points, after initially saying that they would. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The record pretty conclusively proves that Congress loves a shutdown until the exact moment that a shutdown interferes with their ability to reliably catch a flight.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.

I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I was lucky to live through the cheap vinyl era of the late 90s and early 00s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?

He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just picked up my first custom bicycle. Yes, I’m in love.
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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If anyone on bsky would like to work on fixing this, some folks are going to meet Saturday at 10am at Cafe Weekend to talk and then put up posters. If you can't make it but want to be involved lmk
The lights are still out, going on more than a year, at Judkins Park. This trail is heavily used by locals for recreation as well as a major connection in our regional transportation bike network.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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"We don’t have a youth e-bike problem — we have a youth e-moto problem."

Guest opinion from Megan Ramey.

bikeportland.org/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion: Let Oregon kids ride Class 1 e-bikes
Oregon's age restriction takes away a crucial mobility tool for young people.
bikeportland.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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WILL MAYOR HARRELL ADDRESS KATIE WILSON BY HER NAME TONIGHT WILL HE SAY HER NAME
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s called the Great Dark because it’s Great.
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Can I add "experts are surprised about the fact that Seattleites are concerned about traffic violence after the deadliest year on city roads since 2006" to the list of prime examples of motonormativity?
Seattle University's annual survey on public safety, initiated in 2015, shows how local perceptions of crime, safety and policing have shifted.
Seattle's ‘surprising’ top public-safety concern, according to an annual survey
www.seattletimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We need to separate facts from fiction when it comes to what is — and isn't — an electric bicycle.
PART I: The E-Bike 'Problem' is an E-Moto Problem — Streetsblog USA
PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of e-bikes in America in this new series. This is Part I.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My new punk band “Point Blank Sammy”
“recorded throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.” Point blank. Damn. Imagine the even greater damage this sandwich would have done if it’d been a contact shot.
the sandwich guy is a political prisoner www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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climate arson looks like:
After 4 years and 2 failed attempts, California is giving up on the idea of ebike subsidies and dumping the money back into electric car subsidies.
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yes
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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The attacks during this campaign have been far more personal and negative (and misleading) than we were expecting. The good news? Seattle voters don’t seem to be buying it. The more the mayor attacks me, the more voters look at him skeptically.
October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM