Youngel
@erikalyoung.bsky.social
Young Gen X'er/Elder Millenial doing outreach, engagement, writing, and campaigny things for transportation and the like.
How’s that whole blind spot thing coming along guys?
Some cycling advocates are on board with robotaxis. Others see the self-driving car boom as perpetuating auto dependency. www.wired.com/story/can-bi...
Can Bike Riders and Self-Driving Cars Be Friends?
Some cycling advocates are on board with robotaxis. Others see the self-driving car boom as perpetuating auto dependency.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
How’s that whole blind spot thing coming along guys?
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hey a fun thing is that if congress is delegating authority to an independent agency then by definition that agency is not "unaccountable." it is still accountable to congress. and it is interesting (read: extremely frustrating) to me that these people just write congress out of existence here.
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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When I worked for the US Senate Commerce Committee’s aviation subcommittee; we didn’t once hear someone ask for a gym or a roll up bar in an airport. What we did hear?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
When I worked for the US Senate Commerce Committee’s aviation subcommittee; we didn’t once hear someone ask for a gym or a roll up bar in an airport. What we did hear?
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
Ohh nooo, look at the terrible danger and crime of the cherry blossom car 🙄🙄
Ready for the weekend? Enjoy normal service on ALL lines, no planned track work, and a two hour early Metrorail opening on Sunday at 5 a.m. for the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run! 🌸
April 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Ohh nooo, look at the terrible danger and crime of the cherry blossom car 🙄🙄
Im in greater danger commuting to work in a car than I am riding the bus or a subway. What we doin about that?
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Im in greater danger commuting to work in a car than I am riding the bus or a subway. What we doin about that?
Your tariff rate is the number of letters in your first pets name + your house number/the percentage your 401k dropped this morning.
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Your tariff rate is the number of letters in your first pets name + your house number/the percentage your 401k dropped this morning.
I say this as a former Hill staffer, pay attn to the ones who thank the staff.
Cory Booker just gave the longest speech in the history of Congress and concluded by apologizing to everyone who had to stay up all night keeping the chamber open and operating.
April 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I say this as a former Hill staffer, pay attn to the ones who thank the staff.
Girls are like, “I really needed this”, and its this….
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Girls are like, “I really needed this”, and its this….
He had to have his phone number, in his phone, in order to add him.
Yesterday, Michael Waltz claimed that he’s “never met, don’t know, never communicated with” Jeffrey Goldberg.
Here’s a photo of Waltz standing next to Goldberg during a 2021 event at the French Embassy.
The event Waltz attended—a Q&A with a French filmmaker—was moderated by Goldberg.
Here’s a photo of Waltz standing next to Goldberg during a 2021 event at the French Embassy.
The event Waltz attended—a Q&A with a French filmmaker—was moderated by Goldberg.
March 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He had to have his phone number, in his phone, in order to add him.
Listen, for any Senate-confirmed position, there’s a saying that still rings true. The Senate giveth and the Senate can taketh away.
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Listen, for any Senate-confirmed position, there’s a saying that still rings true. The Senate giveth and the Senate can taketh away.
A list today for no reason:
-there is no cong auth for war in yemen
-the VP isn’t Comm/Chief
-its not legal to evade public records laws
-its not legal to share class info outside of approved channels
-saying intel officers’ names on unsecure channels is amoral
-lieing to congress is not legal
-there is no cong auth for war in yemen
-the VP isn’t Comm/Chief
-its not legal to evade public records laws
-its not legal to share class info outside of approved channels
-saying intel officers’ names on unsecure channels is amoral
-lieing to congress is not legal
March 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A list today for no reason:
-there is no cong auth for war in yemen
-the VP isn’t Comm/Chief
-its not legal to evade public records laws
-its not legal to share class info outside of approved channels
-saying intel officers’ names on unsecure channels is amoral
-lieing to congress is not legal
-there is no cong auth for war in yemen
-the VP isn’t Comm/Chief
-its not legal to evade public records laws
-its not legal to share class info outside of approved channels
-saying intel officers’ names on unsecure channels is amoral
-lieing to congress is not legal
Heres the difference. Right now? This is the most that a Member of the House can do. The Senate, however, can file articles of impeachment if he doesn’t go. Would it pass? You don’t know if you don’t try.
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Heres the difference. Right now? This is the most that a Member of the House can do. The Senate, however, can file articles of impeachment if he doesn’t go. Would it pass? You don’t know if you don’t try.
If only a body of the American government had the power to impeach senate-confirmed positions…if only…
Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.
He should be fired immediately.
He should be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If only a body of the American government had the power to impeach senate-confirmed positions…if only…
Petition to make “/s” an indicator of sarcasm. Put it at the end of the post. Sarcasm should sneak up on ya.
March 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Petition to make “/s” an indicator of sarcasm. Put it at the end of the post. Sarcasm should sneak up on ya.
Germans are, in a word, decisive.
"A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the automaker, whose sales had already been falling off a cliff in the important European market."
Tesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla car
A survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the...
electrek.co
March 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Germans are, in a word, decisive.
Ahh yes, japanese internment. A noted high point in our nations history 🙄
BREAKING NEWS: In a presidential action Saturday, Trump invoked the wartime authority Alien Enemies Act, targeting members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to immediate detention and deportation.
Trump enacts a 1790s law to target 'alien enemies' for detention and deportation
In a presidential action Saturday, Trump invoked the wartime authority Alien Enemies Act, targeting members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to immediate detention and deportation.
www.npr.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ahh yes, japanese internment. A noted high point in our nations history 🙄
Both the patience…and memory…of Canadians is long.
Canadian's DGAF that trump paused the tariffs. it's way too late we're done with him and his whims. this country is pissed off.
March 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Both the patience…and memory…of Canadians is long.
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Taking a super nice train in Italy for $45 and thinking of how cool it is that our taxpayer money back home will buy Ethereum to bail out David Sacks.
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Loudon? Let me guess, was it the Salamander Resort? Real country, guys.
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Loudon? Let me guess, was it the Salamander Resort? Real country, guys.
Paging @repricklarsen.bsky.social … any thoughts? Maybe theres a cmte in congress that might have jurisdiction here?
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Paging @repricklarsen.bsky.social … any thoughts? Maybe theres a cmte in congress that might have jurisdiction here?
This isn’t libertarianism, this is boot licking.
March 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This isn’t libertarianism, this is boot licking.
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