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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social

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Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Rennes. But many other cities,.mall and large, have such plans for the near future. Just look at a city of your choice on Google and add « Plan Vélo ». Here is for example the case for Perpignan which I had no idea before doing the search.

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social

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JD Vance has the opportunity for a v lucrative new venture: sell his services to the highest bidder to campaign for their opposition in any given election.

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Commute de Paris @commutedeparis.bsky.social

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Le Marais qui se meurt depuis les restrictions de circulation et leur impact sur le commerce.

Rue Pavée, 12 avril.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com

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Very well done video. We’re rerunning the NYC Subway’s 5¢ fare.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com

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Consumer sentiment is at the lowest level ever. This is not what you’d predict given inflation, GDP, spending data. But one variable from UMich sheds some light on the subject: the percent of people who are saying prices are nominally high is at an ATH.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-12-sunday-roundup

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social

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During the 1970s oil crisis, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 realized car dependency was a trap and built world-class bike infrastructure.

The US 🇺🇸 just invented "Right on Red" to supposedly save gas and accepted the pedestrian casualties.

Two approaches, two very different outcomes.

A new NJB video. 👇

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com

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Seven years without a driving license, and we’re still waiting to find the limits of the bike-train combination in the Netherlands.

The latest: 100 km by rail from Delft to Tilburg, followed by a 20 km pedal through the Brabant countryside for a car-free weekend escape in the woods outside Diessen.

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Altis ▷ @altisplay.fr

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Paris va changer de visage dans les années à venir. Avec l’élection d’Emmanuel Grégoire, plusieurs projets vont transformer la ville : périphérique, plages urbaines, nouvelle rivière, avenues végétalisées, métro nocturne… Que faut-il en attendre concrètement ?
youtu.be/iA8clcbO268

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

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Before (1970) / After (2026) Rue La Fayette, Paris 10. The façade, once blackened by car soot, was renovated. A bike lane appeared. And the picture framing shop was replaced by other shops including a print shop, a motorcycle shop, and finally now a longtail bike shop

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

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Avant / Après Rue des Petits Pères dans Paris Centre. Des travaux autour de la rue empêchent en ce moment d'avoir exactement le même point de vue que celui de la photo de 1970, mais déjà sur cette comparaison on voit bien le contraste entre le parvis piéton actuel et l'ancien parking automobile.

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AUT/ FNAUT Île-de-France @asso-usagers-idf.bsky.social

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Convention signée entre IDFM et SNCF Réseau : pour la 1ère fois, IDFM finance en direct quelques moyens pour la maintenance du réseau (~1 M€ /an) en pérennisant des mesures prises lors des JO

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social

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The University of Michigan has been measuring consumer sentiment since 1952. We just got the first Iran-afflicted measure for April, and it's at the lowest level ever recorded.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social

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I came across this cafe in Bologna, Italy and the owner-submitted slop vs. reality is stunning.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com

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⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: “It Seems Like Blind American Ignorance”: The New US War on Iraq

In the shadow of its wars in Iran and Lebanon, the US has conducted devastating attacks on the security forces of its Iraqi ally.

Story by Nir Rosen & Hajar al Obeidi

www.dropsitenews.com/p/iraq-us-war-iran-israel-lebanon

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social

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The gap is much smaller now. But North America had *far* higher car ownership than Europe in 1950.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social

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Seems like a pretty powerful card to me?

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com

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DC implemented a new policy for its streeteries that cost restaurants $20,000 to implement.

The result: virtually every restaurant eliminated their outdoor dining, many have reduced their hiring, & now a few cars can park more easily.

Congrats on the successful policy change, DC government!

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

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Before (1970) / After (2026) Rue Saint-Luc, Paris 18. In 1970, there was just a "children crossing" sign. Over time, parking along the school was removed and barriers were installed, then the street was pedestrianized, then greened, and this is what the 2023 "school street" looks like today

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social

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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.9 percent in March, driven by a nearly 11 percent jump in energy costs. Overall prices were up 3.3 percent from a year earlier. "Core" prices, excluding the volatile food and energy categories, were up 0.2 percent month/month, and 2.6 percent year/year. #NumbersDay

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com

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US electric vehicle sales dropped 27% in the first quarter, compared to last year www.businessinsider.com/ev-shakeout-us-market-tesla-toyota-2026-4 href="/search?t=posts&q=">#

VW announced it would stop manufacturing its top selling EV in the US
www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/vw-stop-making-its-top-electric-vehicle-us-2026-04-09/

Meanwhile, gas prices in the US inflated by 40% this month.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social

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Roman emperors did it after a grand victory not a simmering, historic defeat

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net

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Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com

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How many years did Donald Trump spend bitching about the $1.7bn Obama released to Iran in the nuclear deal?

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social

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Cette photo du concours de la FNAC pourrait être une des photos du classique "Quand Paris était un parking". Ce parking dans l'enceinte de l'Opéra a duré jusqu'à la fin des années 1990.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social

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The Quiet Revival report was retracted after YouGov acknowledged problems with bogus survey respondents. In this NYT story, I comment on why the initial report got so much attention.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/britain-christian-revival-survey.html?searchResultPosition=1

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social

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Truly alarming context on some of the changes at the Pentagon since Hegseth took over, from @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pete-hegseth-military-diversity/686734/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=ntatl&utm_medium=social

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social

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"Battery Recycler Ascend Elements Files for Bankruptcy" www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/massachusetts-based-ascend-elements-files-for-bankrupty
"The climate tech company boomed during the Biden years but has struggled amid a drop in EV interest."