Marc Hedlund
@marcprecipice.bsky.social
Cargo bike doctrinaire
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Last fall, I was tired of hearing that support for bikes came from a narrow minority of Berkeley, so I commissioned a poll to ask how broad support is here. The answer is that the vast majority of the city, 73%—and even a majority of people who do not bike—support adding more bike infrastructure.
I wonder who might get inspired to try it if they saw bike pickup listed as an option here.
Apparently Whole Foods has never heard of someone picking up groceries on a bicycle
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I wonder who might get inspired to try it if they saw bike pickup listed as an option here.
Just making sure we’re all aware of this. As primaries get going, ensuring none of the terrible, horrible, aspiring Democratic presidential candidates make headway will be one of the most important fights. Let’s not lose!
Buttigieg polled an impressive 0% with Black voters. Zero. Percent.
Do you know how kind and friendly Black voters are? Everyone gets like 3%, just for showing up! You have to work to go down from there!
It's 2025, And I still run into people that don't know why Black voters don't like Buttigieg.
Do you know how kind and friendly Black voters are? Everyone gets like 3%, just for showing up! You have to work to go down from there!
It's 2025, And I still run into people that don't know why Black voters don't like Buttigieg.
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Just making sure we’re all aware of this. As primaries get going, ensuring none of the terrible, horrible, aspiring Democratic presidential candidates make headway will be one of the most important fights. Let’s not lose!
I saw a number of family bikes with kids on the back even in today’s pouring rain and strong wind here in Berkeley this morning. A lot of great clothing for the weather, too (including a kiddo in a full snow suit)!
a man in a suit and bow tie holds his hand to his forehead in front of a chalkboard that says subject
Alt: Jack Black in a suit and bow tie holds his hand to his forehead in front of a chalkboard and gives an enthusiastic salute.
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I saw a number of family bikes with kids on the back even in today’s pouring rain and strong wind here in Berkeley this morning. A lot of great clothing for the weather, too (including a kiddo in a full snow suit)!
I love seeing this coverage of Chicago's Cycling x Solidarity's street vendor buy-outs from the Associated Press. Great work! apnews.com/article/chic...
'A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I love seeing this coverage of Chicago's Cycling x Solidarity's street vendor buy-outs from the Associated Press. Great work! apnews.com/article/chic...
Good. I'm certainly not contributing to Democratic candidates while Schumer is still in leadership. I do not believe the Democrats have any intention of fighting back and that means they are useless.
Indivisible in an email tonight, starting project to primary Senate capitulators:
"At some point, you gotta either change your leaders’ minds or you gotta change your leaders. And the time for changing minds is over."
"At some point, you gotta either change your leaders’ minds or you gotta change your leaders. And the time for changing minds is over."
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Good. I'm certainly not contributing to Democratic candidates while Schumer is still in leadership. I do not believe the Democrats have any intention of fighting back and that means they are useless.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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This is a nice article about a great @rideact.bsky.social bus experience. Fun fact: the Key System train that followed this route was *also* the F line. The E is another good transbay line for some similar reasons (was also a Key System train route!). www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
The luxury bus ride that's one of the Bay Area's best-kept secrets
Eastbound riders get a glimpse of Treasure Island's new Cityside Park.
www.sfgate.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is a nice article about a great @rideact.bsky.social bus experience. Fun fact: the Key System train that followed this route was *also* the F line. The E is another good transbay line for some similar reasons (was also a Key System train route!). www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Parents of kids applying for college, be aware fraudsters are targeting teens on this app. May be a good time to review internet safety guidelines. apps.apple.com/us/app/zeeme...
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apps.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Parents of kids applying for college, be aware fraudsters are targeting teens on this app. May be a good time to review internet safety guidelines. apps.apple.com/us/app/zeeme...
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This is another lovely meditation on life in Chicago right now: organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is another lovely meditation on life in Chicago right now: organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-w...
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
this rules
Only in Portland: Benson Boone surprising kids on their ride home with the Bike Bus before his concert. Pure joy. #BikeBus #BensonBoone
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
this rules
❤️
The most heartening thing about right now is the propensity of my neighbors to run towards trouble
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
❤️
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Imagine making a point of going to court with the goal of starving children. That’s what everyone involved in requesting this emergency stay is doing.
Ghoulish.
Ghoulish.
Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP
Trump administration seeks emergency stay of court's order to fund SNAP
U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday.
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Imagine making a point of going to court with the goal of starving children. That’s what everyone involved in requesting this emergency stay is doing.
Ghoulish.
Ghoulish.
Another fantastic piece on this topic.
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Another fantastic piece on this topic.
These two adjacent news items belong in a museum somewhere. Or in a memorial.
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
These two adjacent news items belong in a museum somewhere. Or in a memorial.
“In New York City, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign was among the most openly pro-trans in history. He regularly name-checked the trans community in speeches and hired trans people to help right his trans rights platform.” This is a great piece and is well worth your time.
For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Democrats’ election wins showed they don't need to hide their support for trans rights
Republicans repeated Trump's anti-trans strategy from 2024 and lost big. This should be instructive for Democrats.
www.msnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“In New York City, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s campaign was among the most openly pro-trans in history. He regularly name-checked the trans community in speeches and hired trans people to help right his trans rights platform.” This is a great piece and is well worth your time.
I hope Schumer is next. His embarrassing non-endorsement is just yet another example of how completely out of touch party leadership is and has been. Make way. We do not have time to wait.
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
After 35 years, Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress
Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last.
19thnews.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I hope Schumer is next. His embarrassing non-endorsement is just yet another example of how completely out of touch party leadership is and has been. Make way. We do not have time to wait.
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Yes! When nobody is looking, when it wasn't conventional wisdom, when he was still desperate for every vote, he stood by the most vulnerable kids and had their backs. bsky.app/profile/esti...
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yes! When nobody is looking, when it wasn't conventional wisdom, when he was still desperate for every vote, he stood by the most vulnerable kids and had their backs. bsky.app/profile/esti...
@anildash.com's wrap-up post on Mamdani's victory is right on the money. (Also, a nice turn of phrase: "he's been at every event in the city from bar crawls to bar mitzvahs...") www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...
Turn the volume up. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@anildash.com's wrap-up post on Mamdani's victory is right on the money. (Also, a nice turn of phrase: "he's been at every event in the city from bar crawls to bar mitzvahs...") www.anildash.com/2025/11/05/t...
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Believing in and fighting for good things wins.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Believing in and fighting for good things wins.
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Hope, caring, and community are acts of defiance and rebellion.
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hope, caring, and community are acts of defiance and rebellion.
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this video is about Montreal's upcoming election but it also has a very accessible explanation of how much bike lanes actually cost cities and how that fits in the bigger picture of city spending (spoiler: it's tiny)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5M...
Why I’m Worried About This Election
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
this video is about Montreal's upcoming election but it also has a very accessible explanation of how much bike lanes actually cost cities and how that fits in the bigger picture of city spending (spoiler: it's tiny)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5M...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5M...
The entitlement in this piece is unsurprising (from Marin? no way!) but reprehensible. Start up a Casual Carpool system and quit your whining. (That said, thank you, “woman from Santa Rosa” and @carterlavin.bsky.social, for your excellent contributions.)
New stretch of California Highway 101 opened. Drivers say it’s led to ‘disaster’
Suddenly, motorists who find themselves jammed up on Highway 101 peer out their windows at a tantalizing sight: The diamond lane appears to be empty.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The entitlement in this piece is unsurprising (from Marin? no way!) but reprehensible. Start up a Casual Carpool system and quit your whining. (That said, thank you, “woman from Santa Rosa” and @carterlavin.bsky.social, for your excellent contributions.)