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babski
@babski.bsky.social
· Feb 20
no king but biking
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Why the fuck are Illinois state troopers helping feds, @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Crowd singing “Which side are you on?” as state troopers grab another protester.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why the fuck are Illinois state troopers helping feds, @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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I think it’s great that our media elites have decided that men in their 30s saluting Hitler are just rambunctious kids who got carried away, while 16-year old girls being trafficked and raped by billionaires are “underage women” making informed choices. Definitely reflects well on us as a society.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I think it’s great that our media elites have decided that men in their 30s saluting Hitler are just rambunctious kids who got carried away, while 16-year old girls being trafficked and raped by billionaires are “underage women” making informed choices. Definitely reflects well on us as a society.
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at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
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In response to yesterday's OGI video of methane pollution there was a request for OGI showing emissions from a wind turbine. Here is a good comparison of emissions from a flare stack vs emissions from two nearby wind turbines.
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In response to yesterday's OGI video of methane pollution there was a request for OGI showing emissions from a wind turbine. Here is a good comparison of emissions from a flare stack vs emissions from two nearby wind turbines.
the best temp for biking is the one you're currently experiencing while on your bike
275.9 degrees Kelvin and yeah we did the the fucking thing #bikebus
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
the best temp for biking is the one you're currently experiencing while on your bike
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This piece is really good
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
defector.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This piece is really good
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Is there a good example of an existing left or left-ish big (or medium size) city mayorship in the US that hasn't demoralized the coalition that got it elected (via, e.g., reflexive moral compromise or abandonment of key campaign promises)?
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Is there a good example of an existing left or left-ish big (or medium size) city mayorship in the US that hasn't demoralized the coalition that got it elected (via, e.g., reflexive moral compromise or abandonment of key campaign promises)?
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shoutout to @pattonoswalt.bsky.social for taking one for the team and getting tossed in the penalty box for what i assume will be Posting's equivalent of a 2-minute minor penalty (24 to 72 hours) for saying "woodchipper. feet first." about some "it's not pedophilia it's ephebophilia" type shit
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
shoutout to @pattonoswalt.bsky.social for taking one for the team and getting tossed in the penalty box for what i assume will be Posting's equivalent of a 2-minute minor penalty (24 to 72 hours) for saying "woodchipper. feet first." about some "it's not pedophilia it's ephebophilia" type shit
A remake of the Tim Curry board game murder-comedy, only all the suspects and the victim live on a dead-ended street and yell "CAR!" when they're playing ball and someone's mommy comes home, called Cul
A remake of the Tim Curry board game murder-comedy, only all the suspects and the victim were openly in one big consensual relationship unit, called Cule
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A remake of the Tim Curry board game murder-comedy, only all the suspects and the victim live on a dead-ended street and yell "CAR!" when they're playing ball and someone's mommy comes home, called Cul
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In law school I had a professor who referred to the use of passive voice as “weasel words.” This is a heaping pile of weasel words.
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In law school I had a professor who referred to the use of passive voice as “weasel words.” This is a heaping pile of weasel words.
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
“ended up having sex”??? How does someone’s brain even weasel their way into writing that sentence?
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
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Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
Would we? www.courthousenews.com/white-house-...
White House, Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs Off-Limits for Public
The Second Circuit upheld a ruling Monday that records of who has visited President Donald Trump’s White House and private Florida resort are exempt from government watchdog groups’ Freedom of Informa...
www.courthousenews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Remembering how Biden revived the practice of releasing visitors logs and was rewarded by the press for his transparency with a front page story at his weakest possible moment about how he had Parkinson's based on a Parkinson's expert visiting the WH.
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
(Turns out, Biden did not have Parkinson's)
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Ah, at long last we can finally admit that Piss Christ was just facile provocation
This is what male solidarity & collective action to oppress women looks like:
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
Artist Andres Serrano--successful, but nowhere near the same class as Thiel & other billionaires in the files--stating that he'll vote for Trump, despite his politics, out of *sympathy* with T's sexual assaults on women.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ah, at long last we can finally admit that Piss Christ was just facile provocation
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Away with them to prison
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Away with them to prison
proper gents are getting mad in my replies for being so arrogant to refer to temperature in the local parlance!!!
Correct. The free world uses Celsius. It's arrogant to assume that anyone would assume some alternative and archaic system of measurement.
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
proper gents are getting mad in my replies for being so arrogant to refer to temperature in the local parlance!!!
bring back the Phrygian cap!
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
bring back the Phrygian cap!
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When I hear about Gatsby parties
November 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When I hear about Gatsby parties
imo 40° is the perfect biking temperature
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
imo 40° is the perfect biking temperature
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another thing this email trove has convinced me of is that NYT has been actively and consciously helping Trump since 2015. It wasn't just casual sexism, double standards, and political reporting Kayfabe. They were doing catch and kill
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I feel like what is bipartisan is car brain. From the feds to the states to the cities. It's going to take work to get in there and wrench control away from the "car-centered everything" paradigm.
After the law went into effect, we find that it produced a major boost in spending on streets/highway-related investment, adjusted for inflation.
But spending on non-streets/highway investment, like rail transit, flatlined. States & cities *reduced* spending on rail transit after the law passed.
But spending on non-streets/highway investment, like rail transit, flatlined. States & cities *reduced* spending on rail transit after the law passed.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I feel like what is bipartisan is car brain. From the feds to the states to the cities. It's going to take work to get in there and wrench control away from the "car-centered everything" paradigm.
Tootin' Baja Men. Is that anything?
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tootin' Baja Men. Is that anything?
turns out if you want people to live car-free you need to emphasize the safety and accessibility of modes that aren't cars
Remember all the hype about how Uber and Lyft would allow people to live car-free?
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Well, it turns out ridehail has no discernible impact on car ownership at all.
Analysis from Glenn Mercer's excellent newsletter:
glennmercer.substack.com/p/the-impact...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
turns out if you want people to live car-free you need to emphasize the safety and accessibility of modes that aren't cars
listening to the BBC LoTR (with Ian Holm!) again: archive.org/details/lord...
archive.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
listening to the BBC LoTR (with Ian Holm!) again: archive.org/details/lord...
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this truly is one of the absolute worst decisions the supreme court has ever made. there's obviously others on the list along with it, but castle rock v gonzales belongs on the bottom 10
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
this truly is one of the absolute worst decisions the supreme court has ever made. there's obviously others on the list along with it, but castle rock v gonzales belongs on the bottom 10