TJ Biel
@tjbiel.bsky.social
Obstetric anesthesiologist and unabashéd car-scold.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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When it comes to the LAPD, the City will always find the money to fund them no matter what's been approved in the budget or what the City's spending plan is.
If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When it comes to the LAPD, the City will always find the money to fund them no matter what's been approved in the budget or what the City's spending plan is.
If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
If they overspend, rack up liability claims, etc., City Hall will just take the money from elsewhere to give to LAPD.
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Currently, the City is scrambling to find $4 million to fund more officers even though the compromise to avoid City layoffs was to reduce class sizes.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Currently, the City is scrambling to find $4 million to fund more officers even though the compromise to avoid City layoffs was to reduce class sizes.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
For context, the total LAPD is budgeted to get this fiscal year is $3.3 billion. Youth Development Dept. is $2.5 million.
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One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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So little patience for the people perfectly content riding the tiger of white resentment and nativism while it was helping them push through tax cuts, who now stare at it running loose and feral in the streets and are like, "the left should reflect on how it let things get this far."
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So little patience for the people perfectly content riding the tiger of white resentment and nativism while it was helping them push through tax cuts, who now stare at it running loose and feral in the streets and are like, "the left should reflect on how it let things get this far."
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I'm really interested to know exactly how "corridor urbanism", which is another name for focusing housing growth on our widest, loudest, and dirtiest arterial streets so other areas don't have to change, got literally baked into Washington's statewide transportation plan.
October 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I'm really interested to know exactly how "corridor urbanism", which is another name for focusing housing growth on our widest, loudest, and dirtiest arterial streets so other areas don't have to change, got literally baked into Washington's statewide transportation plan.
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Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.
October 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not exaggerating when I say that SB 79, a bill making it easier to build housing near mass transit, is the most consequential piece of legislation that the Democratic Party has passed all year. Saying no to the worst people in our coalition proves we're serious about the future.
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a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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I think it’s fair to lay a good portion of the blame for the quality of a polity’s electeds on their voters. Much of the time people really do get the governance they deserve.
Except Los Angeles, a city filled with lovely, compassionate people governed by Demons.
Except Los Angeles, a city filled with lovely, compassionate people governed by Demons.
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I think it’s fair to lay a good portion of the blame for the quality of a polity’s electeds on their voters. Much of the time people really do get the governance they deserve.
Except Los Angeles, a city filled with lovely, compassionate people governed by Demons.
Except Los Angeles, a city filled with lovely, compassionate people governed by Demons.
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90% of Angelenos are hard working people bootstrapping a hard situation but the city’s elites have what can only be described as a psychotic death drive.
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
90% of Angelenos are hard working people bootstrapping a hard situation but the city’s elites have what can only be described as a psychotic death drive.
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WATCH: What are BETTER SOLUTIONS for traffic congestion in cities, especially as big employers are now forcing people back to the office? PLUS how politicians claiming bike-lanes cause congestion ARE LYING TO YOU! Watch my CBC interview with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social that played across Canada.
CBC News Network's Ian Hanomansing speaks with Brent Toderian about transit congestion this fall
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
www.cbc.ca
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
WATCH: What are BETTER SOLUTIONS for traffic congestion in cities, especially as big employers are now forcing people back to the office? PLUS how politicians claiming bike-lanes cause congestion ARE LYING TO YOU! Watch my CBC interview with @ianhanomansing.bsky.social that played across Canada.
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The Abundance Bros seem to have believe they’ve invented a framework to make Democratic ideas palatable to voters but in fact seem to have invented a framework that often makes right-wing ideas palatable to themselves
"Welcome to the abundance conference let's hear from some Republican congressman about how environmental laws are wastefully restricting pipeline construction"
Me: this sucks
"Oh so you're against transit and bike lanes? Interesting..."
Me: this sucks
"Oh so you're against transit and bike lanes? Interesting..."
September 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Abundance Bros seem to have believe they’ve invented a framework to make Democratic ideas palatable to voters but in fact seem to have invented a framework that often makes right-wing ideas palatable to themselves
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My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
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August 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
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We probably need to start a support group that meets regularly and has coffee and donuts in the back of the room.
September 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
We probably need to start a support group that meets regularly and has coffee and donuts in the back of the room.
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jesus christ
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
jesus christ
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So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
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This is the kind of language inversion fascists use before they make opposing them a crime and render their political opposition a domestic enemy that is treated as a terrorist threat
You don’t vote yourself out of this.
They are setting the stage for a single party state where opposition is treason
You don’t vote yourself out of this.
They are setting the stage for a single party state where opposition is treason
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is the kind of language inversion fascists use before they make opposing them a crime and render their political opposition a domestic enemy that is treated as a terrorist threat
You don’t vote yourself out of this.
They are setting the stage for a single party state where opposition is treason
You don’t vote yourself out of this.
They are setting the stage for a single party state where opposition is treason
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A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
August 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
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Five years of progress around a bike intersection in Montreal:
1. The east-west bike route was given concrete protection
2. The intersection was set back into the park and given much more space
3. The north-south route was converted from one two-way bike lane to separate one-way bike lanes
1. The east-west bike route was given concrete protection
2. The intersection was set back into the park and given much more space
3. The north-south route was converted from one two-way bike lane to separate one-way bike lanes
August 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five years of progress around a bike intersection in Montreal:
1. The east-west bike route was given concrete protection
2. The intersection was set back into the park and given much more space
3. The north-south route was converted from one two-way bike lane to separate one-way bike lanes
1. The east-west bike route was given concrete protection
2. The intersection was set back into the park and given much more space
3. The north-south route was converted from one two-way bike lane to separate one-way bike lanes
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it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
August 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
it's crazy how we just take for granted now that the president is a deranged racist
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"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"
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Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
streetsensemedia.org
August 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...