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<p>After 13 yrs on Twitter, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bikemonterey</span></a></span> stopped posting on that platform in Nov 2022. <br>We are also no longer posting on Meta platforms; we do have a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bikemonterey</span></a></span> Instagram account, but it refers people to this Mastodon account. <br>Although we set up a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bikemonterey</span></a></span> BlueSky acct, it likewise refers to this Mastodon acct. </p><p>When we did some updates today to Summer Bike Buzz <a href="https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-sum</span><span class="invisible">mer-2025-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html</span></a>, we pointed out what a chief information officer of a Monterey County transportation agency posted on Mastodon on July 6, 2025: <br>“Change isn’t easy. And transformational change requires perseverance and dedication. It doesn’t have to be fanatical. Honestly medium-level relentless will do.” <a href="https://mastodon.world/@NoRomBasic/114808599939418491" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.world/@NoRomBasic/114808599939418491"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@NoRomBasic/114</span><span class="invisible">808599939418491</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/systemschange/" rel="tag">#SystemsChange</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/powertothepeople/" rel="tag">#PowerToThePeople</a></p>

<p>&quot;The <a href="/tags/grassroots/" rel="tag">#grassroots</a> are partners, not enemies….Protect Monterey County first successfully fought for the right of local communities to make decisions about oil production….What began as a Central Coast effort has codified the rights of all Californians to protect the health and welfare of their neighborhoods, and create the climate progress we need.”—California Assemblymember Dawn Addis, reporting on Climate Week NYC. <a href="https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.montereycountynow.com/opin</span><span class="invisible">ion/forum/from-sacramento-to-manhattan-a-local-california-assemblymember-reports-back-from-climate-week/article_8d57308c-4d11-4418-8297-e303b1c44112.html#tncms-source=mosaic</span></a></p><p>ICYMI, some history of Protect <a href="/tags/monterey/" rel="tag">#Monterey</a> County: <a href="https://bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-operations-in-monterey-county.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikemonterey.org/risky-oil-ope</span><span class="invisible">rations-in-monterey-county.html</span></a>. Photo of Dennis Banks on Salinas River Beach, 9 years ago today, 3 October 2016.<br><a href="/tags/grassrootsvolunteers/" rel="tag">#GrassrootsVolunteers</a> <a href="/tags/peoplepower/" rel="tag">#PeoplePower</a> <a href="/tags/powertothepeople/" rel="tag">#PowerToThePeople</a> <a href="/tags/aim/" rel="tag">#AIM</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/americanindians/" rel="tag">#AmericanIndians</a> <a href="/tags/montereybay/" rel="tag">#MontereyBay</a> <a href="/tags/salinasriverbeach/" rel="tag">#SalinasRiverBeach</a> <a href="/tags/bigoil/" rel="tag">#BigOil</a> <a href="/tags/waterpollution/" rel="tag">#WaterPollution</a> <a href="/tags/oilproduction/" rel="tag">#OilProduction</a> <a href="/tags/cleanwater/" rel="tag">#CleanWater</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/salinasvalley/" rel="tag">#SalinasValley</a> <a href="/tags/climateaction/" rel="tag">#ClimateAction</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/forthefuture/" rel="tag">#ForTheFuture</a> <a href="/tags/climatehope/" rel="tag">#ClimateHope</a></p>