how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.

Yep. The Anschutz family, a rich Republican billionaire family whose politics could be summarized as “hating cities,” is getting preferential treatment from the Mayor and the City for a project on Alameda.

They did it again. They have shown they will continue to do it over and over. Direct fire at the mayor and his appointed executive [email protected] [email protected] Frontline DOTI people are trying to do good and their leaders continue to fail them and the city

Sorry, but a lack of support for autonomous vehicles is not among Sec Pete's biggest missed opportunities at USDOT. For instance: 🔹 Failure to stop Tesla from lying about Autopilot, FSD, etc 🔹 Failure to curb car bloat 🔹 Continuing to spend fed $$ on highway expansions that won't fix congestion

The hoagie pope now has at least one crusader under God

It's important to practice the little conversations, so you can be ready for the big ones

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

i probably sound like an asshole tonight but man i am fucking tired of pretending that democratic voters and urban people with all of the implications republicans have very much stopped pretending to dogwhistle about are not the heart of this country. it's us. it's always been us

"is zohran mamdani a Lu Bu" the greatest bluesky thread of all time locked after 24891 posts

an example of what we mean when we talk about “car brain”: presupposing that every description of streets and street usage (i.e. traffic) is about cars and cars only. every time someone tells me that “traffic was terrible today” i stifle the urge to reply “you mean CAR traffic was terrible today.”

Maple is absolutely not at all upset that he has been dressed in baguette for howl-o-ween #samoyed #expedition33

Very frustrating to still see public campaigns like this from Delta PD telling kids to wear bright reflectors on their costumes and people to leave their bikes at home. The risk to pedestrians on Halloween comes from drivers, not cyclists.

i like to think of LLMs as strong corroboration of the fact that we have zero fucking idea of how cognition works, because however it works, it can be powered by a glass of water & a burrito and not a whole lake & a city’s worth of electricity

Got to bring Maple to a Samoyed meetup today! There were like 18 floofs there!

Mayor Johnson is cooking

Tell your normie friends that it’s fucked up that the US government is building concentration camps and that if we don’t stop this now it only ends in one place.

Advocates and people on bikes are also not a monolith. I found it telling that enough people outside of the advocacy sphere are pissed that this is happening. No one has organized this kind of response and it is happening any way. People are fed up with unsafe streets and obstructionists.

"All of those parties requested that neither their names, business identities nor locations be used, fearing a repeat of the tactics they said they experienced." Chickenshits. I noticed that the advocate's names were printed and their quotes attributed to them. They spoke with their whole voice.

No Kings rally. Denver 10.18.25.

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.

Enough. Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver. Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.

The polls and numbers show THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM - but that doesn't feel real and visceral to our institutions, which imagine a silent MAGA majority hiding under their bed. You know what feels real? Ten million people in the streets, saying "Look around, THERE ARE MORE OF US"

One thing I always hear from heroism experts is that doing small courageous things equips us to do big ones later on.

i think cars should be banned for private use

Thank you Serve Robotics for your service in the War on Cars

Happy Columbo’s Day

fellas is it gay to live in a city

"We won everything before"

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social here's a free one: "AI Jesus told my child to kill themselves, here's why I still thank the Lord"

He has questioned why CDOT is doing BRT on Federal He has directed DOTI to remove portions of protected bike lanes He neutered the budget that could make real change in Vision Zero There is more concern about what sports teams get stadiums The mayor does not understand Vision Zero

I never want to see another human trot across a crosswalk, hurry their stroller/kids/mobility device or rush a senior resident through an intersection or any road. It’s ridiculous, like we’ve been gifted some incredible act of patience and kindness from our auto overlords.

“Ah," said Mr Pin. "Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where 'traditional values' meant 'hang someone'. - Terry Pratchett, The Truth

The bees have discovered Brutalism

bikes deliver the freedom something something

toyboata fans, plot a course for worcester mass

Transit is safer, cleaner, and cheaper than driving alone, yet only 4% of CDOT’s budget is dedicated to transit projects. Completing all seven unfunded BRT routes costs less than one highway widening project. It’s time to prioritize people over pavement. Learn more at: tinyurl.com/recaltrans

the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

i’m about to rapture this whole plate of loaded nachos, so to speak

People say that if you want to get the chef’s actual intention for a recipe you should resist the urge to put in more garlic than they say, because it’s been carefully worked out to balance the flavours properly. But I say leave me alone I will eat my cereal however I like.

The word "Luddite" is not an insult in a world where refrigerators play ads

Routinely you have to say to yourself "this fucking guy again?" And believe me it's like every guy, every day