George Palaidis
@georgepalaidis.bsky.social
Morning writer, daytime trial lawyer, evening reader.
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
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We’ve officially reached the point where “not being in a car” is treated as criminal suspicion.
August 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We’ve officially reached the point where “not being in a car” is treated as criminal suspicion.
I once had the state seek a 6 month mandatory minimum sentence for a client because he was designated a “habitual misdemeanor offender.”
His “crime”: stealing a tomato from Publix so he could eat something.
His “crime”: stealing a tomato from Publix so he could eat something.
I once had a client a local prosecutor called a "career criminal."
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
Tbh, client had multiple arrests.
For stealing food.
Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all.
Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food.
A society has the criminals it creates.
August 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I once had the state seek a 6 month mandatory minimum sentence for a client because he was designated a “habitual misdemeanor offender.”
His “crime”: stealing a tomato from Publix so he could eat something.
His “crime”: stealing a tomato from Publix so he could eat something.
General checkpoints are unconstitutional and illegal. Police know this.
Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped.
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)
August 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
General checkpoints are unconstitutional and illegal. Police know this.
Speed kills. With GPS and the level of tech we have in cars now, there’s no rational reason we don’t have geo-fenced speed governors.
My wife just sent me this. Car flipped on a corner where people always speed. The limit here is 25. I wonder how fast this person was going.
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Speed kills. With GPS and the level of tech we have in cars now, there’s no rational reason we don’t have geo-fenced speed governors.
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People who experienced nuclear war say we shouldn’t have nuclear weapons. We should listen.
Opinion | I Survived an Atomic Bomb. It’s Time to End the Nuclear Threat.
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
People who experienced nuclear war say we shouldn’t have nuclear weapons. We should listen.
Doctors and lawyers will be losing their jobs to this?
I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.
August 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Doctors and lawyers will be losing their jobs to this?
We’ve given up everything to accommodate drivers and cruelly penalized those got in their way
Opinion | They Let Their Children Cross the Street, and Now They’re Felons
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We’ve given up everything to accommodate drivers and cruelly penalized those got in their way
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Two kinds of bike people:
1. Blind trust in the universe.
2. Carries enough gear to rebuild the drivetrain mid-ride.
1. Blind trust in the universe.
2. Carries enough gear to rebuild the drivetrain mid-ride.
August 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two kinds of bike people:
1. Blind trust in the universe.
2. Carries enough gear to rebuild the drivetrain mid-ride.
1. Blind trust in the universe.
2. Carries enough gear to rebuild the drivetrain mid-ride.
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2 key lessons for other cities from the mobility justice transformation of Paris:
1. No good reason you can't do this too.
2. A "we just need more police to catch the dangerous drivers" aproach is a dead end. Infrastructure is the solution.
1. No good reason you can't do this too.
2. A "we just need more police to catch the dangerous drivers" aproach is a dead end. Infrastructure is the solution.
“In Paris, cycling continues to break all records!
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
July 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
2 key lessons for other cities from the mobility justice transformation of Paris:
1. No good reason you can't do this too.
2. A "we just need more police to catch the dangerous drivers" aproach is a dead end. Infrastructure is the solution.
1. No good reason you can't do this too.
2. A "we just need more police to catch the dangerous drivers" aproach is a dead end. Infrastructure is the solution.
How long till Trump pardons her in exchange for her helpful statements and testimony
Trump’s corrupt DOJ is going to put out a statement full of lies by sex trafficker Maxwell who is trying to get out of prison, while refusing to release the statements of the victims and witnesses which would prove she’s lying. DOJ is now siding with sex traffickers over victims.
July 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
How long till Trump pardons her in exchange for her helpful statements and testimony
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really important to emphasize that roberts' view of the executive branch as comprising a single individual is literally contradicted by the text of the constitution itself
“What America is witnessing is a remaking of the American presidency into something closer to a dictatorship,” Peter M. Shane argues. That project is the work of Chief Justice John Roberts:
How John Roberts Built the New American Presidency
The country is witnessing the creation of an all-powerful institution, and one man is responsible.
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
really important to emphasize that roberts' view of the executive branch as comprising a single individual is literally contradicted by the text of the constitution itself
Lawyers put their bar number on this.
WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Lawyers put their bar number on this.
Taking his logic, if you want people to drive cars/trucks/suvs on the road, make it safe. In Florida last year, almost 3,200 people died from crashes, and over 245,000 were injured. Public transit has a much safer record than that.
Sean Duffy is having his daily pants-pissing session about public transit: "They force people into the subway, and the subway's not safe. If you're a liberal and you want people to ride the subway, make it safe. Take the crazy people out."
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Taking his logic, if you want people to drive cars/trucks/suvs on the road, make it safe. In Florida last year, almost 3,200 people died from crashes, and over 245,000 were injured. Public transit has a much safer record than that.
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Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day.
Sean Duffy is having his daily pants-pissing session about public transit: "They force people into the subway, and the subway's not safe. If you're a liberal and you want people to ride the subway, make it safe. Take the crazy people out."
July 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day.
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This. It is so dangerous, and so unavoidable because of the way we have built our communities, that we simply cannot allow ourselves to think about it. I always say, parents every day expose their kids to one of the leading causes of child death as a matter of routine.
Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day.
Sean Duffy is having his daily pants-pissing session about public transit: "They force people into the subway, and the subway's not safe. If you're a liberal and you want people to ride the subway, make it safe. Take the crazy people out."
July 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This. It is so dangerous, and so unavoidable because of the way we have built our communities, that we simply cannot allow ourselves to think about it. I always say, parents every day expose their kids to one of the leading causes of child death as a matter of routine.
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This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
you genuinely have to admire his brain. getting hammered 24/7 on Epstein? better fabricate a personal link to the Unabomber, specifically mentioning one of the prestigious universities where Epstein peddled his influence
July 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is amazing. Yesterday Trump claimed he talked to his uncle about how brilliant the Unabomber was when the Unabomber was a student of his at MIT.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
The Unabomber never went to MIT, he was identified in 1996, and his uncle died in 1985.
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
What a time to be alive
An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
News 9 radar damaged in apparent attack by anti-government militia group
Oklahoma City television station News 9 is reporting an anti-government militia group targeted its weather radar system.
n.pr
July 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What a time to be alive
So here I am, attending the defense medical examination of my client, and the orthopedic doctor has Amazon Alexas in the exam rooms and around the office in order to communicate. There’s gotta be HIPAA concerns, no?
July 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So here I am, attending the defense medical examination of my client, and the orthopedic doctor has Amazon Alexas in the exam rooms and around the office in order to communicate. There’s gotta be HIPAA concerns, no?
This isn't an overreaction. The memo is fairly clear that, yes, the DOJ is going after naturalized citizens who lied on their applications to obtain citizenship, but it is also going after those who have committed conduct and crimes after obtaining citizenship.
Justice Department, driven by Trump policy, plans to go after naturalized U.S. citizens
The Department of Justice has unveiled a list of priority targets for denaturalizing foreign-born U.S. citizens.
www.miamiherald.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This isn't an overreaction. The memo is fairly clear that, yes, the DOJ is going after naturalized citizens who lied on their applications to obtain citizenship, but it is also going after those who have committed conduct and crimes after obtaining citizenship.
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The significance of walkable places in our daily lives is grossly underappreciated.
July 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The significance of walkable places in our daily lives is grossly underappreciated.
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Weather will weather, but with climate change, it is only getting worse. But we’ve given up trying to stop climate change, slow it, or reverse it. Now we can’t even forecast it.
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Weather will weather, but with climate change, it is only getting worse. But we’ve given up trying to stop climate change, slow it, or reverse it. Now we can’t even forecast it.