Helping people win climate-friendly changes in their community. Bus lanes, bike lanes, car-free plazas more! Book a session on my website
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
14 Nov 2025
Shout-out to @CarterLavin for his new book!
islandpress.org/books/if-you…
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TODAY is publication day for my first book! If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: A Guide To Effective Transportation Advocacy is a practical guide for people who want to make #transit, #bike, and street safety changes in their community Check it out at islandpress.org/books/if-you…
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
16 Sep 2025
We're excited to host the Bay Area’s own @CarterLavin for a discussion on his upcoming book If You Want to Win, You've Got to Fight: A Guide to Effective Transportation Advocacy.
📅 Tuesday, 9/30 from 6:30-7:30pm PDT
📍 Online Webinar
lu.ma/o7tavt2c
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
23 Jul 2025
Thanks @billmckibben for the endorsement of @CarterLavin's upcoming book.
"A truly useful handbook for those who want to make change...Politics isn't magic; it's work, and this will show you how to get it done most effectively."
Preorder: islandpress.org/fight
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
4 Jun 2025
Public transit funding is in trouble as California state leaders hammer out the state budget. Your representatives and key budget leaders need to hear from you right now (well, best during business hours):
Now there is a tool to help make those calls!
movecalifornia.org/state-fun…
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
3 Nov 2024
Past Oakland elections have seen big money expenditures by people and groups seeking to influence voters.
This time, 1 person has put up $1.7M supporting the mayor and DA recalls, and now a whole slate of candidates hoping to sweep down-ballot races.
oaklandside.org/2024/11/01/m…
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
2 Nov 2024
13 years ago, November 2 2011, tens of thousands of demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland. The action was the centerpiece of a "general strike" that had been called by an Occupy Oakland general assembly the previous week, after the police violently cleared their camps
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
2 Nov 2024
If someone can’t highlight & celebrate this good news because it’s at odds with their political aspirations, then they seriously need to question who they’re here for & why.
1 Nov 2024
There were no homicides committed in the month of October in Oakland.
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
2 Nov 2024
When was the last time Oakland went a month with no homicides? Before this, how long has it been since that happened? Remarkable, I'm sure. Where's the press?
1 Nov 2024
There were no homicides committed in the month of October in Oakland.
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
1 Nov 2024
For anybody still considering a vote for Jill Stein as some kind of principled something something…
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RT @JonahGottlieb: the recalls’ main proponent wants to ban gay marriage. idk what else you need to know before voting. i’m sticking with @…
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
31 Oct 2024
Vote NO on the recalls!
The recall organizers and funders are not aligned with Oakland values
Not only do many of them not even live in Oakland, but their hateful anti-LGBTQ statements are out of line
ALT Seneca Scott, organizer of upcoming rally for public safety, denounced for ‘hateful anti-LGBTQ statements’ The mayor and district attorney will appear at a town hall on Saturday. A prominent activist with a history of inflammatory statements is holding his own rally nearby, with notable Oakland officials slated to attend.
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
30 Oct 2024
And give me a break about Stein "building a movement." I've been organizing in the climate space for 20 years and the only time Stein has ever reached out is at the last second to demand to speak at a rally and hog the mic.
She's out for herself, not our collective future.
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Carter Lavin (carterlavin.bsky.social) retweeted
26 Oct 2024
On Sunday, Nov. 10th at 3p, Paddington 2 (Queer Classics) will be playing on our big screen!
🐻 Ticket link in bio!
**Please check our website for accurate showtimes!**
#paddington #bear #sunday #queerclassics #newparkway #cute #oakland #bayarea #movie #film #movietheater
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From a journalism perspective, an article that covers a "businesses shutting down in protest" story but doesn't list the businesses does the reader a disservice. It's like saying "protestors shut down a highway" without naming the highway.
Readers make decisions based on news
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I understand clickbait-y headlines. But to not list in the article the businesses shut down or not to link to them -- makes the article something that adds to the workload of the reader. It doesn't help them. It tells readers that there is info they need and you don't have it
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Which, in turn, incentivizes readers to go elsewhere for their news.
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I wonder how many Oaklanders dropped their Washington Post subscription and start chipping in to @Oaklandside recently
28 Oct 2024
The Post lost $77 million last year. Bezos didn’t buy it to make a profit, & the Post doesn’t fire ppl when revenue decreases.
Bezos bought the Post for the PRESTIGE, power & influence that comes with owning it. That came from YOU
And you have the power to take that from him
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