Tom Holub
@oaklandbikelab elsewhere. Bicyclist, unicyclist, mobility justice advocate. Generally unpopular opinions about urbanism, often including data.
Skepticism is my beat.
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- Reposted by Tom HolubCalifornia's great outdoors is more transit accessible than you think -- I've added trailheads all across the state to Hiking by Transit, ready for your outdoor adventure! Check it out: hikingbytransit.com
- "This is how men behave." Creepy men. And, a lot of other men may feel creeped out by it, but because of the way dudes police other dudes' maleness, they go along with it. Power dynamics and gender performance. Normalized, but shouldn't be.
- This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association. Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
- Reposted by Tom HolubWe’re excited to be sponsoring @oaklandreviewofbooks.org right out of the gate. In this short piece I try to explain why. They’re formally launching now, so do check them out. www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/why-were-spo...
- Journeys to Albany: Paths to Belonging opening reception. Fascinating project bringing together family stories as collages of documents, photos and maps. Up at the Albany Library through April; more history and genealogy events to follow. www.flickr.com/photos/tholu...
- Reposted by Tom HolubDemocracy dies in broad daylight under billionaire ownership
- The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj
- Reposted by Tom HolubNO PLANTING TREES ON THE NEW YEAR OF THE TREES 🚫🌳 the mechanisms of apartheid control and its disregard for human life, dignity, safety, freedom--- wind up coming down to the absolute fucking absurd. God foribid people have a tree. God forbid an olive.
- Particularly relevant on this Fred Korematsu Day.
- I sometimes forget that not everyone has read my work. I am not saying don't call them concentration camps. I'm saying that I understand why the term makes some people uncomfortable, but that we need to realize where we're at. Anyway, attaching a recent piece to this thread, to help limit confusion.
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- This was the purpose of the carceral media's VC and hedge fund-supported effort to get rid of progressive DA's in San Francisco and Alameda County. Reducing the friction against a centralized fascist regime. GrowSF is still at work; Empower Oakland appears to be moribund (thankfully).
- "Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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- Very much aligned with what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying for months; be around creative people, because creativity will end up being important.
- Reposted by Tom HolubI interviewed two queer activists in Minneapolis who are modeling what community defense can look like. We have so much to learn from them.
- TODAY: @lesbrains.bsky.social in conversation with two Minneapolis activists defending their community against ICE. "I don’t think those fuckers were ready for all of this and how quickly we mobilized." flaminghydra.com/lessons-from...
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- Reposted by Tom HolubI don’t believe in hell but these people really make me wish I did.
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- The Comical in two stories today shows who it's writing for. On a proposed tiny home village for homeless in San Rafael: "[T]heir neighborhood, where time is marked by Easter egg hunts, twinkling Christmas horse-and-carriage rides, ice cream socials and barbecues, could change for good."
- Latest musings on DJing @ebbp.bsky.social and other events, and how joy in creative communities in generative. Like a hive, we communicate by dancing. Includes my Best of 2025 playlist if you need something to dance to. bike-lab.org/2026/01/20/a...
- Reposted by Tom Holubfriendly neighborhood barred attorney telling you to never put your ID on your phone
- Gee, I didn't see Schumer's proposals for free child care, free buses, and rent control. Only more of the same neoliberal bullshit he's been pushing for years.
- Reposted by Tom HolubHouston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message "stop the genocide” The report says he was fined for violating NFL uniform and equipment rules www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
- Reposted by Tom HolubI’m the dude in the photo. And yes, I threw leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. I’m back out today photographing an anti-Islam protest from a far right extremist in a couple hours. IG john_abernathy_ more information on Facebook
- Reposted by Tom HolubGood morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
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- Reposted by Tom HolubBro, people are going to build entire lives around the neighbors they’ve found in these anti-ICE signal chats. Marriages, lifelong friendships, weird hobbies. It is actually breaking my brain. I am almost crying in the club (chat).
- This is just calling back to the early days of Faux News, where their slogan was "We report, you decide": framing the rest of the media as slanted, and Fox's intentionally slanted reporting as balanced.
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- Reposted by Tom Holubi hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
- Reposted by Tom HolubAva has helped 2,746 people get on e-bikes since last July. Apply for Ava Bike Electric for a chance to receive an instant rebate of $400 to $1,500 off a new e-bike. Drawings take place every month through September 2026. Visit AvaEnergy.org/bike-electric or the link in our bio to apply!
- Reposted by Tom HolubDemocrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative. No. ABOLISH ICE.
- Reposted by Tom Holubi believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo
- While I was in D.C., I did some field work to follow up on some commentary I'd made back when the City of Oakland was trying to use a failed underpass project in D.C. as a model for what we should do on the waterfront. It's still failed, but now bike infra is complicit. bike-lab.org/2026/01/10/m...
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- Reposted by Tom HolubRemembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
- Reposted by Tom Holubin these moments, in my view, it is a political and spiritual DUTY for my outrage and anger to be as fresh as if I'd never heard how they shot Fred Hampton in his bed. As fresh as if I didn't know Bobby Hutton was surrendering when they shot him. 1/2
- Surprisingly, I'd never seen this image or known this artist. Very cool.
