Don't do any of this.

I don’t believe in an interventionist god but if I did, man, it would be hard not to take 105F on July 4 as a warning.

They made Carter sell his peanut farm.

“After months of negotiating, I am thrilled to announce that the U.S. government has accepted our terms and agreed to sell us the Department of War,” said Palantir CEO Alex Karp

Great work, Blue Apron AI customer service. Top notch here.

virtue signaling is good, actually

here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.

Every residential intersection should look like this

Bikes!

Be gentle to yourself… No one else will

Hi. It's me. Your friend who is here to gently help you close all those open browser tabs. I’m back on bluesky after a very long absence that I was not planning to end. But…. 1/3

Finally a lecture on sexual promiscuity from a bald unfuckable white dude

Did Germany play a rotated squad today?

Best idea I’ve seen for the reflecting pool. (I mean it.)

I guess we’re doing air conditioner discourse again? Are we going to do this every summer? AC is a good thing. It’s going to become increasingly important as we proceed into our climate changed future.

Every hometown’s got the omionus megastructure, what’s yours?

Is there anything more enjoyable than zipping past standstill (auto) traffic on your bike? I put forward that there is not.

Serious dad energy here.

The "not everyone wants to live in a city!" objection to changing land use to reduce car dependency almost always boils down to "I want access to urban convenience without urban density & I shouldn't have to acknowledge that that imposes massive negative externalities on everyone else & the planet."

I am begging VSP to stop with the high-speed chases in cities.

I still just can't believe how well he's doing in his new life. Unbelievable scenes.

Company CEOs (in this case Elon) need to be held accountable for these incidents.

Well this was a goddamn delight. Both the company and — if you’ll forgive me blowing my own horn — the food.

If you find yourself struggling with plastic wrap, remember: it only sticks to everything except what you want it to stick to.

Remember: it’s literally impossible to go grocery shopping on a bike.

I’m very aware there are a number of folks with less than stellar relationships with their parents. If that’s you, take a moment and think of someone who has been like a dad to you. Sometimes family is what we find on the adventure, and not the default inventory we get at the beginning.

Even if it were: it’s trivial to look things up! We all have computers in our pockets and a lot of people are reading on those computers already

I like my streets like I like my dessert labels...with bikes on them.

I may have an idea why I’m not so into the World Cup this year.

Gettin’ chippy out in Seattle.

For those of you DC-ish: doing a Santa Maria style bbq Sunday evening. Turn up 5/5:30 or so, food will be a bit later. DM me for address if you need it.

The Reflecting Pool is becoming a better metaphor for the Trump administration as time goes on; it's a combination of personal obsession, corruption, and incompetence.

Eric Clapton is a nutter and he was mediocre at best as a songwriter but damn that man could play guitar before he started to suffer from neuropathy.

Seen on Nextdoor: “How will mass transit solve the need for individuals to get back and forth to work” You can’t make this shit up.

I have some ideas for some new social norms though

My favorite Harry Connick Jr. album is the much-maligned “She”. I maintain most critics at the time didn’t understand what he was trying to do, which was more New Orleans funk than jazz but ultimately it was mostly trying to just be NOLA. album.link/i/157396839

26. Grew up in Pennsylvania, but Virginian for 25 years.

I may not be a trillionaire but at least there are people in my life who love me

We should probably ban cars until we figure out why this keeps happening.

Truer words have never been spoken than the xkcd about git. xkcd.com/1597/

The three constants in life: 1. Death 2. Taxes 3. Little kids getting noticeably excited when the yellow line comes above ground to cross the Potomac.

Lifting this from elsewhere because it’s fantastic: “Waiting for a fatality to justify a curb extension is — and I cannot stress this enough — unhinged behavior.”

We live in the stupidest timeline.

Can somebody please convince my neighbors to stop watering their grass and — infuriatingly — the sidewalk?

www.instructables.com/LaneSaber/ Ride Safer with LaneSaber! DIY Plans to build your own Bike Safety flag system for about $50-70.

An advocacy group in Virginia is running this ad on buses. 🔥🔥

Counterpoint: during COVID, the rapid deployment of mRNA vaccine depended on cryogenic storage facilities. It just so happens Dippin’ Dots has a lot of those that were not being used for sweet treats. They probably saved thousands of lives

Older Child has a school project that requires them to "raise awareness" of an issue by publishing a webpage. The teacher is going to want to see some web analytics showing that people visited the page. So I'm asking you to do me a favor and go visit the page: jpyuda.github.io/ap-hug/ Thank you!