Papabybike
@papabybike.bsky.social
Papa in a neurodiverse family. Living in the Middle East for a while now.
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If there is one lesson to draw from the history of fascism in the interwar period in Europe, it is this:
Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.
Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If there is one lesson to draw from the history of fascism in the interwar period in Europe, it is this:
Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.
Democracy falls if and when mainstream conservatives and centrist/center-right elites decide to make common cause with extremists because they consider the “radical Left” the more acute threat.
The cherubs at the Louvre are very judgmental.
July 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The cherubs at the Louvre are very judgmental.
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An excellent article which is all too relevant here.
Here’s a good question — why is riding a bicycle in the city turning into [actually, being deliberately turned into] a culture war?
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesn’t need to be this way. It’s just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Why is Riding a Bicycle in the City Turning Into a Culture War
Here are some key reasons why a safety and efficiency issue is turning into a bicycle culture war.
momentummag.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An excellent article which is all too relevant here.
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I think this is really important. We need to take back the phrase “common sense” in city-building, from those who have weaponized it against actual common sense and pragmatic ideas for better cities.
Paris & @annehidalgo.bsky.social are praised for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get nearly enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’re doing is common sense.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air & cooling the city.
June 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I think this is really important. We need to take back the phrase “common sense” in city-building, from those who have weaponized it against actual common sense and pragmatic ideas for better cities.
Walking around Paris.
June 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Walking around Paris.
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We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place.
Trump is ending all that.
Trump is ending all that.
The U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun assisting Trump's 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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April 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place.
Trump is ending all that.
Trump is ending all that.
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I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.
April 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.
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"No" is the only thing that works with autocrats - and the longer you wait to say it, the harder it gets.
When law firms signed those deals with Trump, people warned: there are no guarantees he won’t come back for more.
So here we are. A six-byline story:
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
So here we are. A six-byline story:
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...
April 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"No" is the only thing that works with autocrats - and the longer you wait to say it, the harder it gets.
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If you have survived domestic violence/abuse, you can see exactly what he is doing (his motives, the language, the tactics), but at an institutional scale.
conversely, the second you give in to him on anything, he senses weakness and keeps demanding more and more
the only viable response to Trump is to loudly and fully stand up to him from the start - whatever consequences he is able to impose will pale in comparison to giving in
the only viable response to Trump is to loudly and fully stand up to him from the start - whatever consequences he is able to impose will pale in comparison to giving in
Trump’s sputtering response to Harvard standing up to him is yet another reason why institutions should refuse to bend the knee. He’s a paper tiger, unable to argue his own case.
April 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you have survived domestic violence/abuse, you can see exactly what he is doing (his motives, the language, the tactics), but at an institutional scale.
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if you lived through the lead up to the iraq war then you know that this is the most delusional thing anyone has ever said
VP lecturing "the Europeans" again:
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
JD Vance: My message to Europe
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April 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
if you lived through the lead up to the iraq war then you know that this is the most delusional thing anyone has ever said
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the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.
Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports
The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.
www.politico.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.
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These ten Democrats should just quit. To censure Green when there have never been consequences for MTG for egregious behavior whereas Green was protesting fascism. We are drowning in shit.
US House voted 224-198 to censure Rep. Al Green (D-Texas)
Republicans 214-0
Democrats 10-198 (with 2 Ds voting "present")
Republicans 214-0
Democrats 10-198 (with 2 Ds voting "present")
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
These ten Democrats should just quit. To censure Green when there have never been consequences for MTG for egregious behavior whereas Green was protesting fascism. We are drowning in shit.
Have started making clothes because I’m absolutely sick of trying to find anything that fits.
March 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Have started making clothes because I’m absolutely sick of trying to find anything that fits.
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This has been true since the Nineties; in combination with Clinton-era broadband reforms permitting large groups of radio stations, it has made the airwaves over 80% of the American land-mass into an information-free zone fed only by far right-wing propaganda.
A core issue we face is that incredibly generous rich-people-funded wingnut welfare exists for most any psychopath with fascist views, while no such system exists to support the work of Democrat and left wing journalists and pundits (who continue to largely be precarious and underpaid)
Seriously. Every single time I read about how right wing billionaires end up pouring *millions* of dollars into the dumbest fucking conspiracy theorist nonsense peddlers, I die a little inside.
March 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This has been true since the Nineties; in combination with Clinton-era broadband reforms permitting large groups of radio stations, it has made the airwaves over 80% of the American land-mass into an information-free zone fed only by far right-wing propaganda.
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Note how the modern techbro AI evangelical movement also is actively attempting to crush reasoning, art, and empathy.
February 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Note how the modern techbro AI evangelical movement also is actively attempting to crush reasoning, art, and empathy.
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Black scholars argued this incessantly after the war. Britain killed 10’s of millions of Indians, Belgium enslaved and genocided the Congo, France slaughtered its Algerian subjects. Nazi Germany was the logical extension of US and European colonialism, not an aberration.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Black scholars argued this incessantly after the war. Britain killed 10’s of millions of Indians, Belgium enslaved and genocided the Congo, France slaughtered its Algerian subjects. Nazi Germany was the logical extension of US and European colonialism, not an aberration.
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This is all of Medicaid, by the way. This means people will die. It means disabled kids like my son will lose our extra medical coverage and our waiver funds that help pay for his care.
This will devastate the country in ways you cannot imagine.
An absolutely hate-filled group of people
This will devastate the country in ways you cannot imagine.
An absolutely hate-filled group of people
BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.
February 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is all of Medicaid, by the way. This means people will die. It means disabled kids like my son will lose our extra medical coverage and our waiver funds that help pay for his care.
This will devastate the country in ways you cannot imagine.
An absolutely hate-filled group of people
This will devastate the country in ways you cannot imagine.
An absolutely hate-filled group of people
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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
February 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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I don't think it's obvious because of the overwhelming amount of chaos in the news, but this is the biggest shift in American foreign policy since 1945. This is a titanic shift, and I'm not sure anyone knows what the result is going to be.
“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.”
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
US Secretary of Defence, February 12, 2025.
Everything changed today.
February 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't think it's obvious because of the overwhelming amount of chaos in the news, but this is the biggest shift in American foreign policy since 1945. This is a titanic shift, and I'm not sure anyone knows what the result is going to be.
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Part of why I’m here is to see if there’s any hope of a relationship with my parents. No, there is not. At least it’s very clear now.
February 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Part of why I’m here is to see if there’s any hope of a relationship with my parents. No, there is not. At least it’s very clear now.
In America for a bit. Y’all it’s really weird here.
February 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
In America for a bit. Y’all it’s really weird here.
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My New Year’s Resolution.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 AM
My New Year’s Resolution.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?