Drivers have killed at least 6 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. The most recent preventable fatal crash happened this morning at 4:50 on I-95 in Fairfield. www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...

A bus rider with cane just gave me a whole dissertation on “having to climb over Mt. Everest” every time & how none of the bus stops in Hartford are cleared wide enough.

"a city cannot run on neighborliness alone" ctmirror.org/2026/02/27/s...

Pop Quiz for Reporters A driver hits a person on the highway, leaving them with serious injuries. Do you: (a) comment on the congestion (b) STFU about first world problems because a human was seriously injured and readers are smart enough to know that a serious crash has inconveniences

Paved Paradise * Knit & Resist * Pope Park Gardens * Museum of the Old Colony * Type In * No Kings . . . and more coming up in March in Hartford (and beyond) www.realhartford.org/2026/02/27/a...

"a city cannot run on neighborliness alone" ctmirror.org/2026/02/27/s...

Another reason to take the train: not having to wait until home to watch Bridgerton.

they can't even manage to clear the only path between tge Train Station and the Srate Capitol in Bushnell Park i almost ate shit this morning str8 ice what a disgrace @Conservancy where u at??

Truly embarrassed that City of Hartford doesn’t clear its sidewalk across from a school. That’s over a foot of snow.

"the composition of the working group mandates only one K-12 educator and does not include representation from the diversity of the Jewish community, including from groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace." ctmirror.org/2026/02/26/c...

Act to Support the Public Transportation Act (S.B. 237) www.realhartford.org/2026/02/25/a...

Act to Support the Public Transportation Act (S.B. 237) www.realhartford.org/2026/02/25/a...

Do these property owners expect me to fly from sidewalk to crosswalk? Woodland and Farmington, as always

City of Hartford has not removed snow from sidewalks, and by snow, I mean that which fell during storm that ended on Monday. This is across from a school.

Sunday morning healing.

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle. It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get. www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk

A California agency received 20k AI-generated comments opposing heat pump rules. Staff called a sample to verify—several said they never sent comments. Raises serious questions about the opposition campaign that helped kill the clean air standards, that would've prevented 1000s of premature deaths.

“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.

An alternative to Google Docs ellipsus.com/generative-ai

Happy Snow Day!

🧵 Drivers have killed 5 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut. This number has increased due to a fatal collision in New Haven that happened on February 11 but was not reported by the news until today. www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...

Why isn’t the right excited about technology?

You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.

What was that about cycling not taking off in cold, wet and hilly cities? Turns out all you need is good safe space for cycling, but some of us have been saying that for a long time. road.cc/news/cyclist...

10 years ago I worked with Polish colleagues to phase out coal heating. Clean heating policies worked – Poland’s air is cleaner today. Clear rules and support for households cut pollution and saved thousands of lives. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not everything Tr*mp does is *meant* as a distraction from Epstein files. Some people are just hateful in all directions at once. Being involved in the exploitation of vulnerable minors is just one of Tr*mp's many hateful pastimes.

27 days after last snowfall, the curb ramps still haven’t been cleared at all corners of Broad and Capitol in Hartford. That tall building? Elderly housing.

These are great. Could adapt several for Hartford. www.betweentworocks.com/ten-insane-i...

'Being detained at your brother's pleasure' will never not be funny

"[the left] has largely refused to engage seriously with AI" lol this sounds exactly like that creepy middle aged man with the white circle on his finger at the hotel bar complaining that the woman with the laptop and headphones in the lobby won't let him buy her a drink.

Heat pumps not just for cooling houses (ex, heating water, drying clothes)

Induction stoves, e-bikes, and ductless mini-splits

The difference between a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant is the difference between a $20 bill and a napkin that a fascist wrote "twenty dollars" on.

it is not enough to disable the feature that produces an AI summary of my emails at the top of my emails in gmail, I need a button that delivers an electrical shock to the person who thought it was a good idea

Look we gave you 3 to 7 seconds and you still aren’t happy? Yeah that guy ran a red and turned into you and hit you and fled and it’s on video with witnesses and we aren’t doing anything except giving 3-7 more seconds to get hit and you still aren’t satisfied?

I think it's very depressing that there is simply no social stigma against distracted driving. When people join a Zoom meeting from their cars everyone should be deriding that sort of behavior, and yet it's just accepted.

🧵 Drivers have killed 4 pedestrians/cyclists, so far, this year in Connecticut with the most recent preventable fatality happening on Route 2 in Preston.

Claims that #AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing - Most claims refer to machine learning and not the energy-hungry chatbots and image generation tools #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The next gathering is in late March. To learn more about ConnectiCUT Book Club, go here: www.realhartford.org/connecticut-... To get invite with venue details, sign up for the group: tinyurl.com/ConnectiCUTb...

Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.

Good morning to everyone who knows that every sidewalk bicyclist is a vote for protected bike lanes. Including literal MAMILs.

In neighbourhoods across Berlin, a quiet rebellion is unfolding in the form of Kiezblocks (or “neighbourhood blocks”). What began as a grassroots response to political inertia and rat-running cars has evolved into a compelling experiment in bottom-up urbanism coordinated by @ccitiesorg.bsky.social.🧵

When the hospital estates team need to close a section of carpark for a weekend, we get multiple all-staff emails informing and reminding us. When they close a busy secure bike shed with capacity for 100 bikes, that's frequently full, we get this the day before:

A look at the traffic violence in Connecticut during Jan 2026, along with the ways that actions are louder than words in Greater Hartford www.realhartford.org/2026/02/16/s... #VisionZero #PedestrianDignity #StreetViolence

A look at the traffic violence in Connecticut during Jan 2026, along with the ways that actions are louder than words in Greater Hartford www.realhartford.org/2026/02/16/s... #VisionZero #PedestrianDignity #StreetViolence

Why it pays to speak up even when others encourage you to suck it up: www.realhartford.org/2026/02/12/w...

February 11, 2026

I hope more authors lean into making book recs—art is subjective, so you never know if someone will like the book you loved, but at least they'll know *actual humans* wrote it, read it, loved it. Helping readers navigate the sea of AI slop = we all win What books have you recently loved? #booksky