A lot here, but the part I really want to draw attention to is that xenophobia can creep in when you talk too much about “place” and “rootedness.” I’m not accusing anyone in particular of doing this but it is a pathway/connection to be cautious of. www.thedeletedscenes.com/p/nimbyism-a...

wading into the psycho dog discourse by stating (correctly) that people who treat their dogs (and expect others to do the same) like human children are anti social freaks

Ah, so now he’s f*cking an Ottoman too

My Presidents' Day opinion is that we should replace it with Union Day on April 9, where the POTUS, VP, Cabinet, 535 members of Congress, 9 SCOTUS Justices, & 50 governors assembled at Appomattox to remember who actually won the war & why we fought it & that we should finally finish Reconstruction.

It’s hard to overstate how much of this moment is driven by people who got a taste of accountability and were very, very mad about it.

Street car streetery: “StreetBar”

"As you might imagine, self-certification is great for companies but less great for consumer safety."

You can tell this man is pulling policy proposals from 2013 because he's still doing branded hashtags. #SayNoToKlownyonsCircus

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

Brought to you by the same dudes that did a bank run on their own bank after a founder group chat

WAIT THEY CAN DRESS UP THE ZAMBONIS WHY DONT ALL THE TEAMS DO THIS

I’ve been thinking about this guy almost daily for ten fucking years. essentially my entire 30’s. when he finally croaks I imagine I’ll let out a sigh so deep it realigns my fucking spine

DC adds an average of 5,300 new housing units per year. Kenyan McDuffie's big plan is 12,000 new units by 2030. That's slower than the status quo! If that doesn't tell you what you need to know about McDuffie, IDK what will. hit.housingand.org/jurisdiction...

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

I denigrated Reagan on a daily basis trying to do work that benefits the people I serve and even true blue liberals spit back “our govt wastes money” at me. Rot in hell, Ronald!

[stares downtown]

I keep seeing people say “why aren’t people doing something to stop this?” but this is the endpoint of the consolidation of executive power. There’s very little that can be done! One of the ways we’re going to have to fix things is figuring out what to do about that.

you have to get him out of office and you have to do it today even if it gets blocked you force an impeachment vote right now how else can you live with yourself if he follows through with this and you didn’t do everything you could to stop it

Imagine being a moderate Republican and getting outflanked on decency, morality, and basic humanity by these four nutters

If your intervention to reduce the danger cyclists pose to pedestrians results in a significant number of cyclists switching to making those journeys by car, it will almost always increase the net danger to pedestrians.

telling my kids this is the Centre Pompidou

This lane (good governance and respect for public servants) is available for EVERY POLITICIAN.

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it" both parts are important!

This sums up the two leading candidates for DC Mayor. @alpert.bsky.social channeling @tomflood.bsky.social’s “we all want the same thing: fewer drivers” piece, and showing which candidate understands the assignment. It’s not about bikes. It’s about how you approach problems and who you listen to

Best railcar graffiti I've ever seen

M83 at Black Cat right before Midnight City came out. Front row, set list framed in my living room.

Transportation isn’t a technology problem. It’s a spatial geometry problem.

Cleaned up the back deck, planted some cilantro, cleaned the chains on both e-bikes. Rode to the outdoor pub to celebrate a neighbors birthday. Drank two radlers. Watched my 5yo ride his first bike with gears. 10/10 Saturday.

It sucks when there’s a task you’ve been putting off a long time and then you finally do it and it takes like ten minutes. I will never learn anything from this.

got to share this @bencollins.bsky.social banger with some colleagues today and am now sharing it here because he really did nail it

Iran Imposes New ‘Cash, Grass, Or Ass’ Fee For Strait Of Hormuz

ok if we just shut up and give them this one then play the long game, it opens up a lot of poetic irony come 2028

What? You want me to like her MORE????

they didn’t even help shovel snow

NYT: are public goods good? We ask some rich people. Mamdani:

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

Means testing is EXPENSIVE. And people hate bureaucracy!! It’s faster and cheaper and more pleasant to just have it be available for everyone. but that’s why they want you to equivocate. The very idea of good governance undermines their whole project, and why they hate Mamdani so much.

TIL Rick Astley is BRITISH

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Been more than a year since I wrote this piece but I think it holds up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

what next? what, are we gonna provide *roads* for the wealthy too? gonna have health inspectors keep contaminants out of their groceries? are we just gonna have gutters and sewer systems around rich people's homes?

They pay $34 for burgers. Should their fire department service be free? Opening a new fire department in one of NYC's richest neighborhoods has some of America's pettiest journalists asking silly questions in headlines again.🤡 The article acknowledges the fire department analogy, then blows past it

Are Pokémon used in warfare considered equipment or personnel from the perspective of the laws of armed conflict and Geneva convention? Can Pokémon commit or be victims of war crimes?

We’re staring at the very entrance of sewer socialism. LFG.

Average suburban person who has emailed their local electeds 1-3 times in the last year:

Rocket launch x M83 baybeeeeeeeeeee