Cross-posting my discovery of the day. This guy could have been the Shoup of design review. He's was a random architect working from home in Bernal Heights. Never had a faculty position. He churned out scores of academic papers and one great book. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19873...

This is a good article, worth reading. Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one? The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars. Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat

Please let it be the cowboys

it's really weird to plant a flag as a Serious Moderate who triangulates their position on every issue relative to other people, instead of...believing in something?

Since we as a society cannot conceive of an urban building not reliant on cars, I propose a new type of building: Put parking at street level and above, so cars can occupy their rightful place in our cities, and let people live underground

This is not a particularly new book and there’s not a lot of new information But it’s so plainly written that I frequently find myself having to pause…and hug my dog, if I can

When you’re riding public transit you realize that what’s good for everybody is also good for you. If the bus runs faster, if the train is cleaner, if the AC works, we all benefit when you’re driving a car, every other car on the road is your personal enemy

Zohran Mamdani's focus on public transportation - and on affordability in general - paid off in a big way. Lots of fascinating insights in this map (free link) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Milwaukee’s gift to the world

Same rally. Same megaphone. ☺️

Just a year or two after unlocking Trash Can and already onto Computer? New York’s tech tree must look wild

who up zohran they mamdani

An election night where absolutely nothing of consequence whatsoever is happening in Wisconsin is just so absolutely delightful.

mine eyes? seeing the glory. the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled. the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.

ulysses s grant

I really appreciate how T4America has been banging the drum about safety, performance measures, and how the funding environment incentivizes/disincentivizes certain programs t4america.org/2025/10/29/t...

NY Post after Mamdani wins: “Get me stories about crimes!”

I can’t believe they drafted Josh Allen from the University of Wyoming and developed him and it worked

How’d the bengals get this bad? Keep it up, this is incredible

Ran out of scripted plays and suddenly they snap the ball at 0.5 seconds again

1998 and 2009 NFC championship:

Finally got our garage door fixed so it works in the winter In other news, every trick or treater is getting an invoice tonight

This should very plainly not be legal arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...

Take this a step further. What does the public know about traffic laws? What does a yellow light mean? Flashing red?

Some cities are figuring this out and harnessing induced demand to induce demand for bike paths

Gary Larson dropping Cow Tools in 1982

43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.

Thinking about the one who got away

A Titans fan told me their QBs keep busting so I asked how many QBs he has and he said he just goes to the draft and gets a new QB first overall so I said it sounds like the Titans keep ruining first overall QBs on purpose and then Amy Adams Strunk started crying

Hügelkultur gardening: am I a joke to you?

Sprawl has hidden costs part 10293859

My wife’s new bronco has a built in bottle opener on the tailgate. I don’t think this should be legal!

There’s a bar on the same block absolutely covered in confederate memorabilia It’s different, but not that different

The best season for me was 2012, because Alabama won the title, Tennessee went 5-7, and Auburn went 3-9

Especially as a Jew, "has no problem with someone sporting a Nazi tattoo" is one of those little facts about someone that you mentally file away for whenever you encounter them in the future.

Try practicing next week @minnesotavikings

Dig 10 feet underground, anywhere on Earth, and the ground temperature will be a balmy 50 to 60° Fahrenheit (10-15° C). When you tap that ambient heat and hook it up to a heat pump, it becomes the world’s most efficient form of heating and cooling.

It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Nobody walks or bikes,” so we don’t invest in infrastructure or comfort for those modes, so it’s often unpleasant to use them, so few people do… Or your city can break the cycle with basic investments, like street trees etc

Calling the Cincinnati PD because trading for Flacco behind this line is elder abuse

I watched this commercial slack jawed, in total awe that this made it to a national sports broadcast

As an avowed baseball hater, this is objectively a Dudes Rock moment

This made a lot of stuff bloom, and now my allergies are so bad I feel like I have a concussion

Mike McDaniel shouldn’t bother getting on the plane back to Miami—just rent a car and start driving west

High of ~88 in Madison two days in a row. It’s not good. My trees don’t know what to do

I’m doing my part! (by neglecting most of it until it’s half clover) m.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYM...

This is how I bulk up my compost. It’s free!

i am firmly on the prefer to read the article side of this divide tbh

Spotify should have a “fast forward 45 seconds” button so I can tell if a song gets good or not

If I invited federal officials to an event & they took advantage of my hospitality by telling a bunch of demonstrable lies, this is not the headline I would write.