Robin Chase

Democracy in action 👇

I hope this becomes one of those iconic photos representing this moment

Here's the original photo. Almost everyone there looks unhappy. bsky.app/profile/atru...

A song for this moment. Almost 25 years old m.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-R...

I've already seen some effort to bury this as "there's not a lot new here." As if, "What's one more rape victim?" is sound editorial judgment. Republicans kept the Benghazi story going for years on nothing new, but that didn't stop to press from covering every nothing burger they served up.

Adam McKay and Woody Harrelson in an excellent satiric piece about El Nino and the blame game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJyQ...

Just out of frame of this lifted monstrosity are dozens of children playing in a public space. A grown man is cutting through a plaza just to peacock, yet the biggest safety panic in our city right now is about e-bikes.

Ah, yes. California. A state famously inhospitable to automobiles and car-centric development.

This is why we fight so hard for lower speeds. Kids will be kids, cars are too large and hard to see around, and frankly our streets suck. We hate seeing these stories. But travelling at 20km/h, the child escaped with minor injuries. At 50km/h we'd be writing a completely different post.

🚨 BREAKING! A federal judge has DISMISSED the federal government's lawsuit against Utah seeking to force the state to turn over its unredacted voter rolls. Judge David Barlow dismissed the suit with predjudice.

Last night, Escambia’s School Board voted without Board comment to remove hundreds of titles on the state’s list despite a lack of local objections to many titles and without any opportunity for community review. Here’s a portion of the comment given on the removal of “The Devil’s Arithmetic.”

Today, while protecting Palestinians, Brad Lander & a group of American rabbis & others were taken by the IDF. Releasing Brad isn't enough, the Israeli govt must release them all.   If this is how they treat Americans, imagine how they treat Palestinians. Trump & Rubio's silence fuels this impunity.

This is good evidence-

If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers

Massachusetts, the last day to register to vote is THIS Saturday, October 24! Take a minute out of your day to register—and remind a friend! Check your voter registration and make your plan to vote at ACLUM.org/Vote

@hcrichardson.bsky.social says America needs to hold corrupt officials accountable if we want to move forward as a country. She explains what that might look like if Democrats retake Congress in the midterm elections on @revealnews.org's “More To The Story.” Listen: https://tinyurl.com/spkmzstr

THE SENATE IS WITHIN REACH — and Democrats just hit a NEW HIGH in Nate Silver’s model. Dems are leading or within striking distance in the states that will decide control. Even a 2-point polling miss could still give Dems a 52–48 Senate majority. No complacency. No excuses. Flood the polls. VOTE.

North Carolina’s Democratic governor warns that the absentee ballot rejection rate is twice as high as in 2022 thanks to last-minute changes by Republicans. He recommends voting in person if you can (early voting is even better!) wcti12.com/news/local/g...

The IDF just detained the man who’s about to be elected US Congressman for NY’s 10th district, per his social media.

Last night people on bikes stood up against the destruction of safe infrastructure. Tonight, we will return to bear witness and protest decisions that put the public at risk. They will try to take out the last intact lane markings tonight 1/2

Love this quote. Truth.

By terminating research grants like Kelton's to censor views it doesn’t like, the NIH is blocking scientists from work that would advance public health for all of us. We're pushing back. Tell Congress to demand the NIH restore the grants and stop its censorship campaign at aclu.org/nih_censorship_

Amazing research by @reuters.com and the graphics really illustrate the scale of the change.

WATCH: “Trump’s favorite pastime is taking credit for something Biden did.” @debunktionjunction.bsky.social shows Trump is taking credit for a manufacturing surge that happened under Biden… that again went DOWN under Trump. In case facts still matter.

absolutely hate framing like this it's not a blow to "climate campaigners" in the way that a loss by a football team is a blow to their fans it's a blow to everyone who relies on a stable climate, breathable air and drinkable water climate chaos is a physical fact, it's not an issue of opinion

We knew, but the economy was more important. We’ve know for a long time. Reagan cutting renewable funding, Bush ignoring global warming. All in the name of money.

Germany is charting its path away from fossil fuels. The government has released a roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas by 2045, joining France and the Netherlands in releasing national transition plans. An important example of the global shift toward clean energy and electrification.

LOVE DRIVING 🥰 Some recent work done with @wearehub.bsky.social Prioritizing safe routes for kids to walk, bike, roll saves parents and caregivers time, reduces traffic congestion, improves children’s health, and reduces serious transportation injuries.

Unless judges are going to start throwing people in jail, there's basically no reason to think this regime will listen to them much longer. They themselves have already clearly begun to figure out that they probably don't have to.

Write your senators about this. I did. They need to vote no on BAAJA.

The "permitting reform" debate is about *much* more than energy. One of many cases in point: the Senate bill doubles the length of Clean Water Act discharge permits for industry, sewage treatment plants and other polluters from five to 10 years. That's a problem. legal-planet.org/2026/10/10/u...

I voted early today!

IMPORTANT‼️: Zelenskyy stated that there are Starlink speed limitations in Ukraine but not in the EU, and that this is a planned operation ‼️ Zelenskyy to journalists (full statement translated): Regarding the work of Starlink on the territory of Ukraine: whether everything has recovered,

Good news! Deforestation in Brazil last year was lowest since 1988

"Over the next half-century, the city enacted zoning laws that enforced a new form of economic segregation: Access to housing was determined by income. By restricting most of the city to single-family housing..." richmondmagazine.com/news/feature...

Will any reporter ask the President of the United States to name the five specific states where he alleges that public school teachers are deciding -- all on their own initiative, over the objections of the parents -- to force their children into gender-affirming surgeries? Seems like a big story?

whoa... the current map of "No Kings: Vote Early" events planned for tomorrow, sat oct 17: www.nokings.org

In case facts still matter

Homeowners and small businesses, are you stuck under a pile of debt you owe the city? This is your chance to get back in good standing. With DEBT DEMOLISHER, you have until January 10, 2027 to pay off city debt at DISCOUNTED RATES & clear interest. Check your eligibility at nyc.gov/debtdemolisher

This is what happens when you close the early voting locations on campus! North Carolina, ya all! Tomorrow, the rest of America joins them! #NoKings

To be Young, Black and Gifted yall… Shout out to the students at North Carolina A&T University. They were stripped of their polling station on campus so they all marched together the nearest one to vote early. They are the future that gives me hope. 👏🏾🤩✨🇺🇸

Decades ago they joked that there was no more dangerous place to stand in Washington DC than right between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera. But for some reason this schmuck can’t work up a press release for a Democratic member of Congress being persecuted by the president.

"[M]ore than just another persecution of one of Trump’s political enemies. Rather, his government is tacitly declaring the citizenship of all foreign-born people provisional, their Americanness something that can be revoked. It’s a frontal attack on the idea of constitutional equality."

Katie Zacharia wasn't fired because she lied. It was because she was a bad liar. It's a key distinction.