Alex Turner
@turnerinroc.bsky.social
Building Jesus-centered community in the context of collapse
Fan of thoughtful, connected, slow urbanism within ecological limits
Personal Account, posts my own (He/Him)
Fan of thoughtful, connected, slow urbanism within ecological limits
Personal Account, posts my own (He/Him)
Our Costco is right on the canal path - a 5 mile ride to 2 universities and downtown... original plan was an entire neighborhood of 2-4 story residential around it (a tower could have been a bit much) and they are just about to finish Three (3!) drive through chain places and a hotel.
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our Costco is right on the canal path - a 5 mile ride to 2 universities and downtown... original plan was an entire neighborhood of 2-4 story residential around it (a tower could have been a bit much) and they are just about to finish Three (3!) drive through chain places and a hotel.
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“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” is the greatest founding myth of any nation ever.
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Moose are our great allies in @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Moose are our great allies in @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (Capable of 110 km/h). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Hellbender
Bighorn Sheep
Mink
Copperhead
Fox
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Hellbender
Bighorn Sheep
Mink
Copperhead
Fox
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Skunk
Woodchuck
Duck
(Feral) Cat
Deer
If by wild you mean my yard. I don’t get out much
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Skunk
Woodchuck
Duck
(Feral) Cat
Deer
If by wild you mean my yard. I don’t get out much
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Why not?
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Moose
Loon
Beaver
Elk (from a train if that counts...)
Road Runner
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closing in on an hour after his bedtime, someone asked my son if he wanted pie and he sprinted straight into a wall
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
closing in on an hour after his bedtime, someone asked my son if he wanted pie and he sprinted straight into a wall
Car alarms that go on for more than 10 seconds should automatically trigger a parking ticket sized fine.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Car alarms that go on for more than 10 seconds should automatically trigger a parking ticket sized fine.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
It's enough that you effectively own & render unusable nearly half of the public space in our city, you don't get to own the air.
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This is still the best one
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is still the best one
I was genuinely aggrieved when they switched the lights on our street from a warm 3 to a cool-white 2.
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was genuinely aggrieved when they switched the lights on our street from a warm 3 to a cool-white 2.
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
Would happily pay to have them switched to a warm 4...
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Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pretty cool! See you tonight, Portland, at @powells.bsky.social.
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
As a kid who put his entire self worth into good grades in math & science in Grade school while taking shelter in also being a judgmental jerk about it...
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
As a kid who put his entire self worth into good grades in math & science in Grade school while taking shelter in also being a judgmental jerk about it...
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Do not do this to your kids.
An "A+" in HS (let alone elementary)means basically nothing for real competence. College was a rude awakening.
Funded by taxpayers... Fascist cops are expensive.
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Funded by taxpayers... Fascist cops are expensive.
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.
Exactly this... The math isn't mathing, and snap comes back whenever the government reopens.
The ACA subsidies only come back if Congressional Democrats hold the line and make them come back.
The ACA subsidies only come back if Congressional Democrats hold the line and make them come back.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Exactly this... The math isn't mathing, and snap comes back whenever the government reopens.
The ACA subsidies only come back if Congressional Democrats hold the line and make them come back.
The ACA subsidies only come back if Congressional Democrats hold the line and make them come back.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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The government has been shut down for 40 days—the longest in history. All Democrats have fought hard for extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits that make health care affordable for millions. I’m voting against the bill given it doesn’t extend these valuable tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The government has been shut down for 40 days—the longest in history. All Democrats have fought hard for extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits that make health care affordable for millions. I’m voting against the bill given it doesn’t extend these valuable tax credits.
No cave but Cave Johnson
When Republicans give you lemons, don't make lemonade...
When Republicans give you lemons, don't make lemonade...
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
No cave but Cave Johnson
When Republicans give you lemons, don't make lemonade...
When Republicans give you lemons, don't make lemonade...
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“Voters made it clear: the American people want leadership with a backbone. And at a critical moment when they need leaders to stay strong under pressure, the Senate is on the brink of caving on a bill that the American people can't afford.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Voters made it clear: the American people want leadership with a backbone. And at a critical moment when they need leaders to stay strong under pressure, the Senate is on the brink of caving on a bill that the American people can't afford.”
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Cannot wait for every one of these losers to get Mamdanied to hell the next cycle they’re up. They can all go live with Cuomo on an island in the sea.
Politico says the cavers have won. CR in exchange for fake vote on ACA subsidies in December. Politico at least says other Dems will give them cover. We’ll see. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Cannot wait for every one of these losers to get Mamdanied to hell the next cycle they’re up. They can all go live with Cuomo on an island in the sea.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
I just don't even understand the math on this... end of the day SNAP going to come back whenever the gov reopens.
These ACA subsidies aren't in any existing law... And the cost to American households is almost twice the average snap benefit... We can't organize to cover this need. People will die.
These ACA subsidies aren't in any existing law... And the cost to American households is almost twice the average snap benefit... We can't organize to cover this need. People will die.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I just don't even understand the math on this... end of the day SNAP going to come back whenever the gov reopens.
These ACA subsidies aren't in any existing law... And the cost to American households is almost twice the average snap benefit... We can't organize to cover this need. People will die.
These ACA subsidies aren't in any existing law... And the cost to American households is almost twice the average snap benefit... We can't organize to cover this need. People will die.
So who's announcing their candidacy for Senate in New York this week?
I'm ready to start canvassing.
I'm ready to start canvassing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
So who's announcing their candidacy for Senate in New York this week?
I'm ready to start canvassing.
I'm ready to start canvassing.