I’m really glad Election Day is a state holiday. It should be a local and federal holiday too. It should have street festivals, a 5k race, food trucks, and a parade. It shouldn’t just be me watching CNN with a six pack yelling “POLLS ARE CLOSING” and figuring out when I’m going to bed

the seattle mariners.

May the blessings of the Etsy Witch be upon you #goMs

So everyone is mad at Jay Jones for recycling a joke from the Office? I don’t remember anybody giving a shit when the butt of the joke was Toby

364 days since the City’s last pedestrian fatality. We almost made it a full year. www.cbs19news.com/news/pedestr...

There must be a better way to do this. Read more in “One Problem, Two Responses: What Philly and Charlottesville Reveal About School Transportation" on our site! buff.ly/fx8eHKZ

Dropping off and picking up a kid from school is one of the most frustrating parts of a parent’s day. But it’s also often the most dangerous part of a kid’s day.

Mariners announcers are apologizing to the Rockies, saying the Ms are having the best time and they don’t mean to rub it in that the Rockies are bad and that they understand.

Nice night in with a bottle of wine, put on some downhill road cycling videos, crane my neck and go oooooh as they go around corners really fast, please don’t tell me new information

STOP THE COUNT!

Haven’t done a long cook on a smoker in a while, time to see what this new pellet smoker can do

Ball so hard mfs wanna fine me

Is there a bar/restaurant in Cville that could become the Saturday/Sunday morning (7-12ish) spot for watching bike racing broadcasts? Bonus points if easy to access by bike and double points if I can have bread and butter and coffee

Capital Trail is confirmed, one of the best places in the Commonwealth to ride a bike

Someone posted on NextDoor about opening a hot dog stand six months ago and following up on that post is the only reason I open that app and haven’t deleted it yet, still waiting on that hot dog

Hark! I bring tidings of great joy: the newish Vietnamese spot next to Melting Pot (Mai Tea) finally got their special bread oven and are selling $9 bahn mi that I am probably going to eat at least once a week for the rest of my life

Allons y!!!!!

But first, we celebrate the last time we did it right

I guess we have some work to do, Virginia

Woohoo, it’s July in Virginia, time to get excited about our new laws, like this one that says if you maim or kill my friends or family with a car when they are trying to cross the street and fuck up their lives forever, you might face some very light consequences

Anyone who is gleeful about a prison opening is a demented sociopath and are exactly the type of person who should be locked behind bars to protect the rest of society

Something that is pissing me off constantly these days is watching Democrats say something is bad and hoping that’s enough to get them credit. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!

Anyone else notice that Republicans stopped talking about freedom? It’s just racism and whining nonsense about culture now

More rides and events every week, find out where at bikecville.com/rides-and-ev...

Sure would like the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia to say something very loudly about what she will do to fix this bullshit federal overreach at UVA

I’m not religious personally, but this is a really beautiful and relatable post. Serving the community you live in is a struggle and more than a job. It’s taking what you know and being an engaged family member, neighbor, and citizen. Nothing gets better without starting there.

Really appreciate @strongtowns.org for talking to us about a viral story and understanding there might be more going on. Looking forward to their follow-ups. We’ve got a lot of promising work happening in Cville. www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

I picked a trifecta box that won the Belmont Stakes, but because the odds favorites came in 1-3, I lost money. Bet 12 to cover the box, won 7.

And now the rubber is hitting the road (first speed cushions being installed on Lankford Avenue as part of traffic calming tests)

Bike parade around downtown brought out a big crowd of all kinds of cyclists, all ages and bike styles. So fun that after one loop, most of the crowd wanted to do another. Such refreshing way to spend a Saturday morning

Every dork who thinks some Abundance magic is going to fix the problems created by building a society around the idea that people can sustainably travel around in a hybrid 2 ton tank/living room as a matter of routine should have their heads dunked in a toilet

Sometime last fall I decided to become obsessed with biking again (loved mountain biking in my teens). Bike Month this year is hitting different. Today I rode out to Sugar Hollow and back.

I’m checking off a bucket list item by spending the weekend at the Kentucky Derby and all of the betting options are making me very excited for the ranked choice voting primary

Thursday afternoon: hell yeah, worked hard this week, looking forward to checking out early tomorrow Thursday bedtime: oh hi random good ideas and QA/QC on emails I wrote a week ago and wishing I scheduled meetings next week differently

Me? Nothing, just staring out a window. Thinking about the weekend. Everything’s great.

Finished my first bike race, the Jefferson Cup. Came in last place, looked like a dork with my gravel bike and flat pedals. Didn’t die, had a good time. I’m so hungry.

Update: the pump track is open

Rode my e-bike to the transit yard to unpackage a modular pump track. Beginning installation in McIntire Park later today. Bike Month starts early this year.

Thanks for reminding me how bafflingly weird the NYT staff is being about supporting unsustainable development, as if they were embarrassed to live in a place like NYC

People who think that WFH and EVs are going to save us don’t mention that some people can’t afford a car and people don’t want to be hit by one or be in places where that might happen, as if the price of gas and the congestion on the highway is what should control decision making

The article is from the fucking NEW YORK Times. You keep insisting that the only relevant examples of density are Hong Kong and Dallas and ignoring the giant American example of non-car dependent dense development where this author is publishing his work.

Why the biggest newspaper in the densest city in the country promoting unsustainable, inequitable, car-dependent housing policy? This is like if @nytpitchbot.bsky.social decided to one day to pick on urbanist social media accounts, fuck

I’m thrilled to see how many surveys have been completed online, how many posts and positive comments I’m seeing here, on Reddit and elsewhere, and have already lost count how many conversations I’ve had in the past couple of days where I’ve heard “omg, I would be able to go to X on my bike”

Finally happy with my cold weather biking gear and (looks at calendar) it’s the last week of winter

"what could the democrats do?" 1. Talking filibuster of every single trump nominee 2. file articles of impeachment every day 3. hold a press conference every morning detailing the crimes the trump regime committed the previous day

When you consider the headwinds that US public transit has faced since 2020 — not just permanent work-from-home but also fears about security — this recovery looks pretty impressive. [from today’s NYTimes story] thread … 1/

We had our monthly city neighborhood walk today in the Rose Hill neighborhood and it was a great time. Folks from the neighborhood association, the Mayor, and walking fans from other neighborhoods and the county joined.

they know what they did

He got back up and won this race and my jaw was on the floor. Amazing result, but oh god, this is wild.

New distance record on the e-bike this morning. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten around to check out a few spots, great weather day to cover a lot of ground.