moon coyote
@upyourzone.bsky.social
environmentalist (re)posting about urbanism, public transportation, and bikes, wanting to upzone where i live and in all the cities, especially near the coasts 🌈 they/them | sometimes also travel, media, government, and tech
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moon coyote
@upyourzone.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Had a great time walking around Bruges, Belgium. No need for a car here.
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I really do not understand why some people’s (and they’re primarily academics) response to “ICE is the modern day Gestapo” is “well actually, ICE is modern day slave patrols”
like, who fucking cares?? ICE must be destroyed, spend more time focusing on that than scolding people who agree with you
like, who fucking cares?? ICE must be destroyed, spend more time focusing on that than scolding people who agree with you
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I really do not understand why some people’s (and they’re primarily academics) response to “ICE is the modern day Gestapo” is “well actually, ICE is modern day slave patrols”
like, who fucking cares?? ICE must be destroyed, spend more time focusing on that than scolding people who agree with you
like, who fucking cares?? ICE must be destroyed, spend more time focusing on that than scolding people who agree with you
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Nolan is wrong. The state should NOT cut off any Metro funding.
Instead, they should reorganize the Metro board (which the state legislature has control over) to better reflect transit riders
Instead, they should reorganize the Metro board (which the state legislature has control over) to better reflect transit riders
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
LA transit agency seeks to override state law allowing more homes near train and bus lines
The L.A. Metro Board of Directors voted to oppose implementation of SB 79, calling for a countywide exemption.
laist.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Nolan is wrong. The state should NOT cut off any Metro funding.
Instead, they should reorganize the Metro board (which the state legislature has control over) to better reflect transit riders
Instead, they should reorganize the Metro board (which the state legislature has control over) to better reflect transit riders
Kushner is one of the worst persons in the world
Jared Kushner presented a 'master plan' for Gaza at the Board of Peace event this morning. Slides included 'New Gaza' and 'New Rafah'.
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Kushner is one of the worst persons in the world
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For too long, we’ve focused on tech platforms and software but not nearly enough on hardware. Is it time to change that?
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
For too long, we’ve focused on tech platforms and software but not nearly enough on hardware. Is it time to change that?
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
This week @papapishu.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com for a wide-ranging chat about CES, AI driving up hardware prices, and more!
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/312_...
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And that wasn’t even the worst thing that LA Metro did today! They also likely killed this light rail project due to nimby opposition that long predates SB 79.
Vote on Motion 11.1 - to support shifting Torrance rail to Hawthorne Blvd alignment - approved unanimously. Likely delays South Bay light rail extension for the foreseeable future.
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 PM
And that wasn’t even the worst thing that LA Metro did today! They also likely killed this light rail project due to nimby opposition that long predates SB 79.
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I am once again calling for a moratorium on the existence of Los Angeles until we can figure out what the hell is going on down there
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
LA transit agency seeks to override state law allowing more homes near train and bus lines
The L.A. Metro Board of Directors voted to oppose implementation of SB 79, calling for a countywide exemption.
laist.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I am once again calling for a moratorium on the existence of Los Angeles until we can figure out what the hell is going on down there
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Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point
L.A. Metro, the main transit operator for Los Angeles, just voted to oppose SB 79, a law legalizing the construction of housing near stations. You can't make this stuff up. Legislators should remember this the next time they come to Sacramento begging for more money.
laist.com/news/housing...
laist.com/news/housing...
LA transit agency seeks to override state law allowing more homes near train and bus lines
The L.A. Metro Board of Directors voted to oppose implementation of SB 79, calling for a countywide exemption.
laist.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Los Angeles is almost certainly the worst governed major blue city in the entire country at this point
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Metro board meeting: first up Sepulveda rail - item 10. Item would approve heavy rail alternative connecting Westwood to Van Nuys boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
2025-1062 - SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT - Metro Board
To access embedded hyperlinks, please download the report PDF by clicking "Download Board Report".
boardagendas.metro.net
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Metro board meeting: first up Sepulveda rail - item 10. Item would approve heavy rail alternative connecting Westwood to Van Nuys boardagendas.metro.net/board-report...
Call in to the Metro Board Meeting today to support the Hybrid LPA Comment via telephone: Dial-in conference line at 888-978-8818. Enter English Access Code: 5647249# or Spanish Access Code: 7292892#. When item 11 begins (staff presentation), enter #2 to be entered into the queue.
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Call in to the Metro Board Meeting today to support the Hybrid LPA Comment via telephone: Dial-in conference line at 888-978-8818. Enter English Access Code: 5647249# or Spanish Access Code: 7292892#. When item 11 begins (staff presentation), enter #2 to be entered into the queue.
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BOISE HIGH students walked out in the hundreds today in protest of ICE terror and to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 AM
BOISE HIGH students walked out in the hundreds today in protest of ICE terror and to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good
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ICE just abducted a 4-year-old boy in Minneapolis. ICE is using the boy as “bait” to get the mom. Father is also abducted. Absolutely disgusting, horrific, inhuman stuff.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
January 21, 2026 at 6:53 PM
ICE just abducted a 4-year-old boy in Minneapolis. ICE is using the boy as “bait” to get the mom. Father is also abducted. Absolutely disgusting, horrific, inhuman stuff.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
Help. Us. Fight. There is only one right side of history on this.
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'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
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Elon Musk is buying elections again, donating $10M to Kentucky super PAC aimed to support Nate Morris. Another trumper running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell.
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Elon Musk is buying elections again, donating $10M to Kentucky super PAC aimed to support Nate Morris. Another trumper running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell.
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Los Angeles is such an unserious place
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Los Angeles is such an unserious place
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I trust that there are some fancy law firms left who are rushing forward to represent her…. Right?
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I trust that there are some fancy law firms left who are rushing forward to represent her…. Right?
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ICE shooting victim claims he was shot through door after letting cousin inside. "We were successful in helping my cousin get inside. ....I closed the door. And as I was locking it, I heard the shot, and that’s when I realized I had been shot in the leg.’” edition.cnn.com/2026/01/18/u...
Aftermath video of latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis involving an undocumented Venezuelan national | CNN
Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an Immigration and Custom Enforcement agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg for allegedly assaulting an officer in Min...
edition.cnn.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
ICE shooting victim claims he was shot through door after letting cousin inside. "We were successful in helping my cousin get inside. ....I closed the door. And as I was locking it, I heard the shot, and that’s when I realized I had been shot in the leg.’” edition.cnn.com/2026/01/18/u...
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Fail.
Here's how WaPo and the Times
handled this.
The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."
WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."
An alternate universe
handled this.
The Times didn't mention the anti-Somali racism. WaPo simply said Trump "revealed his thoughts about Somalia."
WaPo cited Trump praising Hell's Angels without noting he did it while attacking "vicious people" from "the Congo."
An alternate universe
January 21, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Fail.
Last chance to save the K line extension to the South Bay and Torrance youtu.be/2AVo5z74ztw
Last Chance to Save the South Bay Extension (Plus Sepulveda Update)
YouTube video by nandert
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Last chance to save the K line extension to the South Bay and Torrance youtu.be/2AVo5z74ztw
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the more i think about this the more i think that his campaign was a showcase for how centrists *say* they want democrats to campaign. the issue is that what this looks like varies from place to place. i would not expect mamdani to be able to win in virginia, but a mamdani-style campaign could!
what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
the more i think about this the more i think that his campaign was a showcase for how centrists *say* they want democrats to campaign. the issue is that what this looks like varies from place to place. i would not expect mamdani to be able to win in virginia, but a mamdani-style campaign could!
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NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
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I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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I think Democrats are reluctant to say that welfare fraud is a significant problem because welfare fraud is not a significant problem.
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I think Democrats are reluctant to say that welfare fraud is a significant problem because welfare fraud is not a significant problem.
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
Do Republicans have any obligation to stop constantly lying about this?
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Let's review the facts at hand here: A Democratic administration discovered and prosecuted a case of welfare fraud. Republicans are now using this case to smear hundreds of thousands of immigrants and militarize an entire city.
And your conclusion is that Democrats need to do something different?
And your conclusion is that Democrats need to do something different?
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Let's review the facts at hand here: A Democratic administration discovered and prosecuted a case of welfare fraud. Republicans are now using this case to smear hundreds of thousands of immigrants and militarize an entire city.
And your conclusion is that Democrats need to do something different?
And your conclusion is that Democrats need to do something different?
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Waymo takes more human labor to operate than a taxi, but Google doesn't need to follow US labor law for remote drivers
I'm late, but this is the first confirmation I've seen of Waymo using foreign-based remote operators. Prior, there was only a rumored podcast ep, immediately cease-and-desisted.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Waymo takes more human labor to operate than a taxi, but Google doesn't need to follow US labor law for remote drivers