Apropos nothing, www.gregegan.net/BORDER/Socce...

[watching Turkey v. USA] [close-up shot on a dental procedure] [it's an ad for a prediction market] .... I'm glad I've managed to opt out of seeing most ads anymore, because ads have gotten weeeeeeird.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has redesigned their website, and also broken all permalinks. www.transportation.ohio.gov/about/divisi... If I had a dollar for every time this has happened on a government website....

This just in: I'm running for re-election for my seat on the North Linden Area Commission. www.cbusareacommissions.org/northlinden

this guy flies his private jet more often than I drive my car

AC making people less politically aware of heat is one of those claims that sounds profound until you remember heat also makes people dead. A corpse has notoriously poor civic engagement. It’s like saying more people should experience famine to raise hunger awareness.

imagine what this would look like if this “BRT” route had actual bus lanes

The Slate Truck's details have been confirmed: www.thedrive.com/news/180000-...

Of those 66 entries in Columbus, 43 are from one pass along the new North 4th Street parking-protected bike lane.

I've got three class-action settlements in my inbox. Are these scams, or legit? Is it worth basically any effort, since I'm liable to get about four bucks out of it? What can I even do with a $4 Mastercard? This is a profoundly stupid way to run a country

every single study done on this shows that the actual best behavior is done under consistent pseudonyms and people behave worse under real names it’s counterintuitive but at this point the real names thing is willful denial of evidence

"The pedestrian/cyclist just came out of nowhere!" Babe, if you were doing 30mph, 30 seconds ago you were a quarter of a mile away - if anyone came out of nowhere, it's you.

Hey American urbanists - what do you think of Indianapolis? I’m finishing up a video and I want to hear about what people’s “starting place” is when they think about the city.

You can watch progress on @columbusdps.bsky.social ' new parking-protected bike lane in real time using traffic cameras. For example, at www.ohgo.com/columbus?lt=... , there are currently 5 cars parked in the new bike lane.

This is the country I want to build.

I counted 43 cars parked in the newly-installed bike lane on North 4th Street today, from 2nd to Hudson, plus two cars driving in the parking lane. I hope they plan to install concrete at the end caps of these parking lanes, and signs clearly delineating what is for bikes and what is for cars.

Today I saw a sports car run red light to disobey this sign. (the turn-only pavement markings are currently missing, due to repaving)

The first float in Stonewall Columbus' Pride parade is Columbus Police Department's "Commercial Enforcement" truck, acting as a pace car.

Tonight's oddity: watched an SUV meander up and down a residential street, a few feet at a time, shifting to reverse when not moving, creeping into and backing out of driveways, but not using driveways when making mid-street multi-point turns. Not visibly a self-driving vehicle.

This but for small town municipal governments

Darn, Scotland lost.

We've had an influx of followers in recent months - if that's you, welcome! 👋 We're glad you're here! Here's some info about who we are, what we do, and how you can get involved beyond just following us for our meme game on socials (if that's your thing). 👀 🔗: transitcolumbus.org/how-to-get-i...

Sixth Circuit says that Ohio can require proof of parental consent for minors' Internet accounts, effectively reinstating a proof-of-age requirement for adults to post. A loss for NetChoice, and for posters. codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised...

If we applied the proposed social-media "addictiveness" rules to motor vehicles, there'd be neither loud tailpipes nor fast acceleration. Possibly no manual throttle control.

I love my @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social jacket, but it has one glaring problem: Water wicks straight through the embroidered logos, and soaks my clothes whenever it rains. Does anyone have advice on waterproofing the embroidered areas, hopefully from inside the jacket?

The new version of Firefox gives you unlimited free VPN access for the World Cup, apparently. www.firefox.com/en-US/whatsn...

[sudden realization that MAGA red hats have fallen so far out of style that people are beginning to wear normal red baseball caps again]

Lightning bug season has begun in Ohio. Everybody flash your booty to get some lovin'.

Tonight, from 5-7 p.m., more info on the Linden Green Line!

IMO every single WordPress plugin with a settings page needs to put a link to that settings page in the plugins list table.

If, in the year of our lord 2026, you still believe in banning anonymity on the internet, then you’re a privileged unthinking dunderhead who simply can’t conceive of government being weaponized against you.

There's a far better case for banning social media for people 65+ than for people 16-18

Temperature in the 50s this morning, going up to 72: Pleasant weather today.

Getting rid of the headphone jack is up there with legalized gambling, re: the dissolution of society

me: I’ll put on The Two Towers this afternoon in the background as I clean me when the Battle of Helm’s Deep begins:

Is this a good time to mention that every time I see "USMNT" I think of "U.S. Mutant Ninja Turtles"

Did you know that, during the summer months, many Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks facilities run shorter schedules with reduced hours? This doesn't seem like a good policy, for a number of reasons.

Excellent piece by @joeonhere.bsky.social on how the Trump admin is about to destroy the internet in order to give AI companies everything they want

I’ve seen a lot of complaints lately that @cota.com #31 buses are often canceled, but I’m wondering if this is something we can track in an automated fashion. What options exist for logging/auditing GTFS feeds to track ghost buses?

There's a lot to think about in this map of which US states require front license plates, by @brilliantmaps.bsky.social. Link in thread below. 1/ thread

Solar just produced more electricity than coal in the US for the first month ever and it won't be the last... Over the last two decades, the role of coal and solar in the US mix has changed drastically May 2006: 🪨 48%, ☀️ 0% May 2016: 🪨 26%, ☀️ 2% May 2026: 🪨 12%, ☀️ 13%

What's the smartest web or app UI/UX you've seen for managing content in groups? Not the most feature-rich, the one that made the problem feel elegantly solved.

Overheard: "It's so crazy that right-on-red only exists because of the '70s oil crisis."

***TRAFFIC ALERT*** E. Weber Rd is closed for maintenance at the railroad tracks until later this week. Use Hudson St as the alternate route to avoid the closure.

you can't, that's why doorzone bike lanes are engineering malpractice

I love submitting 311 tickets. I love making my city just a little bit better

Bike lane and parking lane closed for resurfacing.

Dear Driver, The parking lane is entirely empty. Why did you choose to park your SUV in the bike lane? Sincerely, Confused in Columbus

We're closing a major north-south bike artery for construction! Have some east-west alternatives instead! (Or ride in the travel lane with cars doing 50+ mph!)

Yep. The value of corporations rolling out the rainbow carpet isn't what's in their heart of hearts, it's the society-wide signaling of "acceptance is good, bigotry is bad." Even if entirely insincere, it tells society "we think the majority of our customers expect this," and that's good!