Not at all. San Diego drivers refuse to pay their fair share as we saw with the freeway usage fee. It makes it all the more enraging when they bring up the cost of bike lanes at every turn. Bike lanes which are < 1% the cost of the car infrastructure. Car infra which is subsidized by non-drivers.

These authors reviewed 73 previous studies examining car touchscreens. Conclusion: They're awful "Touchscreens tended to have negative effects on driving performance, visual attention, and secondary task performance compared with voice control and physical controls." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

a (Jewish) friend just sent this to me and it has made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Happy Purim everyone!

If we cross paths at #AWP26, I’d love to catch a portrait of you!

I’m not a fan of politicians trying to make people angry for votes by claiming there actually IS a “war on cars” (there isn’t — if anything there’s been a war on every OTHER way of getting around since the 1960s). A politician just made the claim on LinkedIn. Here’s the reply I posted. #UrbanTruth

Inject this content straight into my veins

Is it too late to make #awp26 lit purely by sky light and floor lamps?

We’re at about 20 years since my first AWP, and, as usual I’m excited to see friends, discover new presses, learn a few things at panels, and be in love with the community brought together by getting collectively washed out under florescent lights.

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

​New research from @cathywu.bsky.social et al. confirms something I've long suspected: Navigation apps could save their users a lot of time — and tilt travel decisions toward transit and biking — if they showed users how long it takes to find parking.

The idea that someone who gets around with a $2000 piece of equipment is "elitist" while someone who uses a $30,000+ piece of equipment that costs hundreds of dollars per month to operate is "normal" is quite the brainwashing.

Got a bunch of cameras from a neighbor who's now passed, none super impressive, and now have to make serious calculations about much it's worth to make fun little old machines work again.

“Are they really going to make people pay the meter in front of their home all day?” she asked. “This is crazy.” That space belongs to the city, not to whoever is living next to it. If you want a place to store your car, pay for it or be willing to walk to someplace where there's no parking fee.

Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121 www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Burgum isn't stupid. He's a liar. A barrel of oil in a suit and tie.

If public transit and cycling had even 10% of the subsidies we give to car culture, our cities would look completely different.

One problem with academic conferences is that rooms where panels take place are usually interior design nightmares, and are lousy backgrounds for photographs.

SAN DIEGO SHOWED UP AND TOOK OVER THE STREETS OF NORTH PARK IN MEMORY OF ALEX PRETTI!!! ABOLISH ICE!

Anyone who gives a dime to the Democratic Party right now is a fucking chump.

Pretty disappointed by this. 1. It reduces funding for the park 2. It subsidizes driving, counter to our climate goals 3. It will exacerbate car traffic around the park, thereby worsening the traffic safety crisis 4. It is not equitable for driving to be free while transit is not 5. Park air quality

Enjoy our new theme song until this administration is done: jeremymessersmith.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-t...

"i don't think we should call the guys who self-identify as Nazis 'Nazis' because historical context" is a very stupid take, folks

I'll concede: billionaires can exist. But not right now. Only when everyone's free, housed, w/healthcare, free education, food security, paid time off, a complete bike/transit network, and a full social safety net where artists can live in a country that doesn't insist on being in/at war, only then.

🚨 Please repost! Minnesota

2. years. old. Violation of court orders to detain a 2-year old is beyond the abilities of "reform" here. There should be nothing left of this decrepit agency and everybody involved should stand trial.

“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.

oh.

👀 hmmm, seems like if some people can leave substack then others could follow their example.

A special circle in hell…

If you don't want to be exposed to US government Bluesky accounts, there is a block list you can add that will handle it for you. They added ICE before I even knew they came here. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

So, when can California join the EU?

a person's lighthearted social media post does not mean they don't feel the horror of the news very deeply, it's very possible just a way for them to cope. We are not hardwired to live and breathe devastation 24/7.

Here it is, your #BlueSky #Bike Content of the Day for Tuesday, 1/13/26. Some San Diegans are losing their minds because they have to pay to park in Balboa Park. We should close the Laurel Street Bridge to cars to encourage biking into the Park -

Found some free parking in Balboa Park! It’s just outside the Art Museum. Tell everyone!

I have three poems over at @poolpartymag.com, all of which are in a manuscript currently going out. If you happen to run a press, really love them, and want to see the whole thing, hit me up! Then come to PDX for a reading in February! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/

People in San Diego keep saying, of Balboa Park, "parks are for people" to argue against having to pay to park their cars there. Cars, of course, aren't people.

Quick, hold an emergency community meeting about the dangers of ebikes in cities!

Three new bangin' poems from @adamdeutsch.com over at Pool Party!!! 🔥 He also happens to be one of my fav people in the lit scene. Check out his new work, then come see him live on Feb 10 at our next reading in PDX! 🎤✨

Private property, accumulation, the death drive. Have you thought about them lately? You will want to read @adamdeutsch.com new poems over and over. Take a look at his poems then mark your calendar for Tues., Feb.10 for our next reading: Adam will be there! poolpartymag.com/three-poems/

the slogan “end ICE for Good” is ready and waiting for any politician with a modicum of courage btw

Republicans in multiple states passed laws that immunize people who drove into protesters. Rightist outlet The Daily Caller once made a video cheering people who drove into protestors These sh*tbags are taking their infatuation with vehicular violence and trying to pin it on us.

If you happen to be going to Balboa Park in the next few days, I highly recommend taking in this exhibit of photography by John Gutmann & Max Yavno, which is totally free www.sdmart.org/exhibition/j...

Driving is the most subsidized activity in American life, and it costs us more than most people can recognize. The least drivers can pony up to store their giant vehicles in public space.

Parking has never been free. It will never be free. Drive less.

I'm going to be hanging around Long Island and NYC around the week of March 30th, if you need a poet to share some poems and give you a high-five!

"Cities are meant to stop traffic. That is their point. That is why they are there. That is why traders put outposts there, merchants put shops there, hoteliers erect inns there. Rationally one wants to have traffic *stop* there, not go *through*." —Kirkpatrick Sale, Human Scale.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

In 2026, can places just start listing whole prices, tax and all? I'm tired of the math. Menus, stickers, tags. Can we just embrace that transparency?