Jose Castro
@jacastro.bsky.social
Twin Cities ➡️ Huskers ➡️ Madison ➡️ Milwaukee ➡️ Denver
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“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Via @momentummag.bsky.social
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That this thread was posted by a sitting U.S. Senator is... notable. This isn't speculation. Miller is being clear about his (and the Trump regime's) intention to use the tragedy in Utah to delegitimize, demoralize, and further disempower the opposition party. The hypocrisy re: free speech is acute.
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
September 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
That this thread was posted by a sitting U.S. Senator is... notable. This isn't speculation. Miller is being clear about his (and the Trump regime's) intention to use the tragedy in Utah to delegitimize, demoralize, and further disempower the opposition party. The hypocrisy re: free speech is acute.
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Congrats to the City of Denver and the Broncos for an arrangement that keeps the team in Denver!
Now let's see bold targets for transit modeshare, including room for a new heavy rail station when we #BuildFRPR + a full revamp of @RideRTD's 10th & Osage LRT stn.
denverite.com/2025/09/09/b...
Now let's see bold targets for transit modeshare, including room for a new heavy rail station when we #BuildFRPR + a full revamp of @RideRTD's 10th & Osage LRT stn.
denverite.com/2025/09/09/b...
Broncos plan to build new stadium at Denver’s Burnham Yard
The team may leave Empower Field at Mile High in the coming years.
denverite.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congrats to the City of Denver and the Broncos for an arrangement that keeps the team in Denver!
Now let's see bold targets for transit modeshare, including room for a new heavy rail station when we #BuildFRPR + a full revamp of @RideRTD's 10th & Osage LRT stn.
denverite.com/2025/09/09/b...
Now let's see bold targets for transit modeshare, including room for a new heavy rail station when we #BuildFRPR + a full revamp of @RideRTD's 10th & Osage LRT stn.
denverite.com/2025/09/09/b...
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"The case of Bi and her surrogate shows how, in an environment with little regulation and extreme inequality, the miracle of life can mutate into a death sentence."
Absolutely harrowing long read about the power dynamics of surrogacy on @wired.com today: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
Absolutely harrowing long read about the power dynamics of surrogacy on @wired.com today: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"The case of Bi and her surrogate shows how, in an environment with little regulation and extreme inequality, the miracle of life can mutate into a death sentence."
Absolutely harrowing long read about the power dynamics of surrogacy on @wired.com today: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
Absolutely harrowing long read about the power dynamics of surrogacy on @wired.com today: www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
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SCOOP: DOGE moved to kill Direct File, the IRS's popular free tax filing tool, days after meeting with private tax filing software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.
www.wired.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
SCOOP: DOGE moved to kill Direct File, the IRS's popular free tax filing tool, days after meeting with private tax filing software lobbyists.
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
www.wired.com/story/doge-d...
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The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
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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.*
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A city agency, Denver Arts and Venues, is advocating for the complete removal of the 14th St. bike lane. #BikeDEN
Denver Arts & Venues has completed a concept design doc that includes an idea for the DCPA entrance on 14th STREET, the idea?
Completely remove the protected bike lane & add parking for the block. This is an entirely thoughtless idea
The 14th PBL has been in place since 2019. Dangerous stuff here
Completely remove the protected bike lane & add parking for the block. This is an entirely thoughtless idea
The 14th PBL has been in place since 2019. Dangerous stuff here
June 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A city agency, Denver Arts and Venues, is advocating for the complete removal of the 14th St. bike lane. #BikeDEN
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It makes me sad that Denver is valuing aesthetics over safety.
Blaming people not coming to downtown Denver on flex posts in bike lanes is so far out of touch with reality. Studies show that protected bike lanes are a net positive for businesses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J99n...
Blaming people not coming to downtown Denver on flex posts in bike lanes is so far out of touch with reality. Studies show that protected bike lanes are a net positive for businesses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J99n...
Denver removing some posts protecting bike lines
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
www.youtube.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It makes me sad that Denver is valuing aesthetics over safety.
Blaming people not coming to downtown Denver on flex posts in bike lanes is so far out of touch with reality. Studies show that protected bike lanes are a net positive for businesses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J99n...
Blaming people not coming to downtown Denver on flex posts in bike lanes is so far out of touch with reality. Studies show that protected bike lanes are a net positive for businesses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J99n...
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Thanks to Chris Hansen and @kylec.bsky.social from 9 News for the coverage of the Blake and Market lanes.
I didn't realize that DOTI spent 28% of the original installation cost in ripping up the post from in between the Zicla blocks. In the name of aesthetics only?!
www.9news.com/video/news/l...
I didn't realize that DOTI spent 28% of the original installation cost in ripping up the post from in between the Zicla blocks. In the name of aesthetics only?!
www.9news.com/video/news/l...
www.9news.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thanks to Chris Hansen and @kylec.bsky.social from 9 News for the coverage of the Blake and Market lanes.
I didn't realize that DOTI spent 28% of the original installation cost in ripping up the post from in between the Zicla blocks. In the name of aesthetics only?!
www.9news.com/video/news/l...
I didn't realize that DOTI spent 28% of the original installation cost in ripping up the post from in between the Zicla blocks. In the name of aesthetics only?!
www.9news.com/video/news/l...
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NEW: It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential.
Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so.
Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so.
Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential.
Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so. Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEW: It does matter. Defending the rule of law in the Trump era is essential.
Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so.
Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
Trump cannot ignore constitutional limits on his power — or any court order enforcing those limits. We must keep saying so.
Tonight at Law Dork, I make my case:
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Guess what? Congestion pricing works, again.
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York (Gift Article)
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Guess what? Congestion pricing works, again.
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The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach. www.wired.com/story/signal...
Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.
www.wired.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach. www.wired.com/story/signal...
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A somewhat disorienting announcement just now from US Attorney for D.C.
Trump-ally Ed Martin announces Tesla vandalism case (a priority of Pres. Trump)
He uses phrase "domestic terror" .... but also acknowledges it is a "misdemeanor" and that defendant is released
Trump-ally Ed Martin announces Tesla vandalism case (a priority of Pres. Trump)
He uses phrase "domestic terror" .... but also acknowledges it is a "misdemeanor" and that defendant is released
April 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A somewhat disorienting announcement just now from US Attorney for D.C.
Trump-ally Ed Martin announces Tesla vandalism case (a priority of Pres. Trump)
He uses phrase "domestic terror" .... but also acknowledges it is a "misdemeanor" and that defendant is released
Trump-ally Ed Martin announces Tesla vandalism case (a priority of Pres. Trump)
He uses phrase "domestic terror" .... but also acknowledges it is a "misdemeanor" and that defendant is released
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If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County Superior Court (and the voters in the state) in a 2-1 decision to disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters from LAST year’s election. ⬇️
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
N.C. Appellate Courts
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
April 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County Superior Court (and the voters in the state) in a 2-1 decision to disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters from LAST year’s election. ⬇️
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
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“The first thing you think of is the counterintelligence issue, right? And the security vulnerabilities. It kind of boggles the mind, in a way,” says Michael Ard, a former intelligence analyst who now runs the masters program in intelligence analysis at Johns Hopkins.
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The first thing you think of is the counterintelligence issue, right? And the security vulnerabilities. It kind of boggles the mind, in a way,” says Michael Ard, a former intelligence analyst who now runs the masters program in intelligence analysis at Johns Hopkins.
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After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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tl;dr: the EPA asked for a 24-hour adjournment of a TRO hearing as a courtesy, got Climate United’s consent, and then used that time to terminate CU’s funding in a way that likely would have been enjoined if the hearing had proceeded as scheduled
March 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
tl;dr: the EPA asked for a 24-hour adjournment of a TRO hearing as a courtesy, got Climate United’s consent, and then used that time to terminate CU’s funding in a way that likely would have been enjoined if the hearing had proceeded as scheduled
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NEW: This is brilliant from Trudeau.
"Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner & ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying, murderous dictator. Make that makes sense." 💥
"Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner & ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying, murderous dictator. Make that makes sense." 💥
March 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
NEW: This is brilliant from Trudeau.
"Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner & ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying, murderous dictator. Make that makes sense." 💥
"Today, the US launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner & ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying, murderous dictator. Make that makes sense." 💥