Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
wesley.theatl.social.ap.brid.gy
Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
@wesley.theatl.social.ap.brid.gy
Software Engineer in Atlanta

Safe and sustainable transportation options: #bikes, #transit, #walking #SafeStreets #bancars #fuckcars

Cities built for people not […]

[bridged from https://theatl.social/@wesley on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Brandon Sanderson on what is art and why do we make it?

https://youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo

#ai #art #brandonsanderson
February 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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I'm proud to welcome the wonderful Daniele Turturici to the #storyseedlibrary ! :D

She's an Italian illustrator and comic artist drawing #solarpunk !

https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/daniele-turturici/

#art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #italy #hopepunk
February 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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I want my skills sharp, kept sharp by looking things up and thinking for myself, the same way walking everywhere keeps me healthy.

I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.

Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@theverge/the-verge-s-gadget-news-etreuvalz/-/a-hncRgYHSQausK0sRmsQskA%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0

I'll be honest I don't really understand all the obsession around the GameCube controller. I just remember it being kind of awkward...
flipboard.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he covered a Minnesota church protest.

@AssociatedPress reports: "It is unclear what charge or charges Lemon and the others are facing in the Jan. 18 protest at the Cities Church in St. Paul."

https://flip.it/0eeM7p

#donlemon #news #journalism […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Above the waves, the turbines do what they were built to do: generate renewable electricity. Below the surface, they are also “producing” life.

Fish, oysters, and other marine species are beginning to return, turning energy infrastructure into living reef-like environments. What started as a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Minnesota’s chief federal judge is ordering the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear personally in a Minneapolis courtroom on Friday, with the judge saying that ICE has failed to comply with dozens of court orders.

Minnesota Public Radio reports: https://flip.it/wqdTFb […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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"Morale is plummeting among #ice agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-agents-morale-reports-minneapolis-shooting-b2907742.html

More evidence that sometimes protests work.

#Trump #uspol #uspolitics
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Don't worry, I've got you
Rest in Peace, Alex.

Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.
January 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Vigil/protest organized on short notice in Kirkwood today

#atlanta #protest #ice #georgia
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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This Barred Owl is not impressed by the ice in Gwinnett County, GA. #birds #owls #gawx #photography
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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The largest union of nurses in the US calls for the abolition of ICE.

National Nurses United outraged by murder of VA registered nurse by immigration agents, demand abolition of ICE | National Nurses United

#uspol #uspoli […]
Original post on mstdn.ca
mstdn.ca
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
A road in the Netherlands was closed off for a while by the authorities to give a crane space to mourn its mate that died in a collision.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
January 25, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Trying out the fediverse for the first time today. I've been reading a lot about it, now it's time to figure out how it works and build an internet home here.

My goal is to figure out how I can bring www.gobikecamping.com into the fediverse and help people who love bike touring own their data […]
Original post on theforkiverse.com
theforkiverse.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Selected parts of the physician’s witness statement 2/
January 25, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Midtown, NYC, 2022.

Vertically stacked pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51893928686

#photography
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Reposted by Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
ICE and other federal agents continue to occupy metro Minneapolis, leaving many people afraid to leave their homes and in need of assistance from others sin the community. You can help from anywhere by contributing to a regional Immigrant Rapid Response Fund set up by the Women’s Foundation of […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Got my first telephoto lens yesterday and lo and behold a hawk was in a tree in the yard when I came home with the kids I did the only logical thing which was to ditch the kids and sprint inside to grab my camera and get some shots of it 😂

No children (or […]

[Original post on theatl.social]
January 21, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Reposted by Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
Really interesting bill proposed in Colorado, creating a state civil rights damages actions for those injured due to immigration enforcement. https://www.kktv.com/2026/01/21/right-sue-over-injuries-rights-violations-during-immigration-enforcement-being-floated-colorado-capitol/
Right to sue over injuries, rights violations during immigration enforcement being floated at Colorado capitol
A state proposal could pave a legal pathway for people to sue based on actions taken during immigration enforcement
www.kktv.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@lawyerjsd/115924059485277975

This is not why I'm at Bsky. I'm only there because all the news sources I use are there. That's how I get the info to you that you all seem to want.

It became overwhelming to try to copy/paste them all here, so I used Bridgy.

It has […]
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Wesley Cook ⚡🚲
BREAKING: A new video out of Minneapolis shows the truth #ice doesn’t want you to see… compliance does not protect you.

In this video, ICE agents pull up to a vehicle and immediately demand the driver’s ID.
The man calmly asks the most basic […]

[Original post on kolektiva.social]
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM