They're scared. #maga #uspoli #uspolitics #endofmaga

CW: Death, abusive parents. But so worth reading. How to bury your father by Mike Monteiro. https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-bury-your-father/

No one uses #nyc #bikelanes when it's 27°F/-3°C! #biketooter

Is the word “grateful” now meaningless, or does that only apply on LinkedIn?

Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters, was shot twice by the second gunman who was positioned on a nearby bridge. https://thenightly.com.au/australia/nsw/bondi-hero-who-disarmed-gunman-identified-as-local-father-ahmed-alahmed-suffered-two-gunshots-c-21002247

It has been a disastrous week for #trafficviolence in the #hudsonvalley. Four dead in three crashes in three days, several others critically injured, and now another person has been shot in a road rage fight. And the week isn’t over yet.

I don't know how to caption this #nyc #streetart

Guy who nearly caused a pile-up on Route 17 is full-on writing an email in the left lane. He learned nothing from the experience and went right back to it. #newjerseyphonedrivers #trafficviolence

The Special One's blood work just came back....and she's not going anywhere for a while. At 18.6 years of age, Tabby the #tabby exhibits no medical issues. Except that she refuses to interact with other humans, pees on any bag she thinks is going out of town […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Talked to a friend here in #kingstonny who was recently driven at while jogging, head on, by a psychotic driver. I mentioned the newly passed #safepassing (3') law in #UlsterCounty. And I encouraged my friend to record runs and submit video evidence, should another unfortunate incident happen in […]

My most serious #nyctlc complaint has been sitting with no update for 48 days, so a #311 agent has offered me the ability to file a complaint *against the TLC.*

In every internet neighborhood group lurks a “glad I left!” Boomer

Retracing and mapping my last (2019) visit to #memphis and I can’t wait to go back

Just confirming that no one wants more (or any) casinos in #nyc

There was yet another #roadrage fight outside my house. From what I could tell, one driver was angry with another for stopping at a red light. So the second driver just laid on the horn for the entire light cycle. A guy who hangs out at the corner store came over and started punching the glass […]

The circular nature of the #AI hoax / #bubble "OpenAI, Nvidia Fuel $1 Trillion AI Market With Web of Circular Deals A wave of deals and partnerships are escalating concerns that the trillion-dollar AI boom is being propped up by interconnected business […] [Original post on social.itu.dk]

Got the last two dark green pens at #muji. No one else makes a decent green ballpoint #pen!

An excellent piece from #streetsblognyc listing the errors in the #bikenyc network Mamadani needs to fix -- at least, the errors deliberately installed by Adams https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/agenda-2026-the-new-mayor-must-sustain-the-citys-bike-boom

Greetings from #tucson! #volkswagen #desert #uswest

#bikes about town in #kingstonny: An #OzarkTrail (Walmart) gravel bike at the gym; a #yamaha mid-mount e-mtb getting coffee at Rough Draft. My first time seeing a Yamaha pedal assist bike in the wild. #biketooter #bikespotting

#plastics Just watched a video showing how to dispose of the gel cooler pack that came with a food delivery. I'm instructed to cut open the plastic bag full of goo, dump its contents into my trash bag (assumed to be a black plastic bag), then wash and dry the first plastic bag, and then find a […]

I spent 4 days in the suburban and rural South this week. I was shocked by how careful turning drivers are with pedestrians, often politely waiting behind the stop line before starting their turn. I've only been in Kingston NY for two days this week, where I was just driven at for a third time […]

"Somebody just reminded me that the people on Flight 93, who famously cried out “Let’s Roll” knowing that they were going to die protecting the White House. And this is what Trump has done to it." threads.com/@elaineroberts2525 I don't to say, I'm […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Checked into a highwayside hotel and they called the room, using a physical phone line, to see if everything went okay with check-in. Such a simple gesture, and one that I have not seen (or heard) in probably 10 years.

3/4 mile trip to pick up breakfast sandwiches at the local deli. Stats show that 90% of county residents would drive a car to do this. #biketooter #kingstonny

This is what supporters of Make McGuinness Move do to #ghostbikes, memorializing fellow neighbors who have died. They try to erase the memory and the neighborhood's suffering. #bikenyc

If you're a #nyc cab driver who fails to yield to pedestrians and cyclists, and you decide to deliberately reverse into the cyclist who calls you out.... You should have noticed the GoPro on his handlebar first. #biketooter #bikenyc #trafficviolence

I’m test-driving Copilot at the suggestion of a colleague. What I learned is that even Microsoft can’t find files in OneDrive. This is the third time this has happened in 30 minutes. #ai #copilot #onedrive

Lots of us have been saying it's inevitable, #bluesky was founded by Jack Dorsey and is run by crypto bros. There was exactly zero chance it actually maintained it's status as a left leaning #twitter and a lot of us knew it back then. Lets be friendlier this time to those who escape. RE […]

“EVs are bad because they catch fire.” https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c39ry4ge98zo

They had to be told that they literally defunded the police. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/nyregion/trump-new-york-counterterrorism-funds.html

I've been watching a little more broadcast TV... because it doesn't watch me back.

#unga week subjects Manhattan pedestrians to extreme danger. A box truck just hit and killed a pedestrian at 5th and 40th. #trafficviolence #StreetSafety

Government by infomercial

I'm still on Spot*fy (sorry) which just offered me a playlist of "family vacation, old soul, farmers market, kitchen dancing, jazz-pop good vibes." #aislop

CPJ - Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital, which killed 31 journalists and media support workers, is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded […]

I noticed a four-wheel Amazon "ebike" driver going the wrong way (salmoning) up the 9th Ave bike lane and took a short video. Not a minute later, the Amazonian made a u-turn and then ran a red light, running over the foot of another biker who was waiting at the light. The person who was hit […]

#nyc currently experiencing its best weather of the year

The Washington Post’s founding Global Opinions editor, Karen Attiah, says she was fired for her Bluesky posts about the killing of Charlie Kirk and political violence. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-post-fired-charlie-kirk-karen-attiah-b2826734.html

It is wild to watch drivers stop behind another vehicle at the red light outside my house and immediately start texting. Sometimes it takes them 5, 10, 15 seconds to realize that the vehicle that was in front of them is no longer there. Absolutely no situational awareness.

Instagram shows me that Europeans spend the entire summer at the beach, while Americans spend the entire summer working indoors and giving each other covid.

Fascinating: the MTA’s bond rating has been upgraded due to the “success” of #congestionpricing https://seekingalpha.com/news/4484106-s-and-p-lifts-new-york-transit-systems-bond-rating-on-congestion-pricing-success

We are not distracted. Via Kyle Griffin: The family of Virginia Giuffre responds to the Maxwell prison move: "Trump has sent a clear message today: Pedophiles deserve preferential treatment and their victims do not matter. It is with horror & outrage that we object to the preferential […]

Wow, you’re still experiencing higher than usual call volumes? Maybe you should hire more representatives.

Spotted: the new, second traffic safety unit of the #kingstonny police. Looks like they converted a new Equinox #ev in response to citywide complaints about dangerous driving. #safestreets

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death https://yle.fi/a/74-20174831 A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and high-quality cycling and walking infrastructure. See Edinburgh, it can be done...

#meta platforms have been infiltrated by bot accounts that spout oil/auto industry talking points in the comment section of any article related to cycling. E.g. posting "streets are for cars" within seconds of an article about a crash going up. These comments often come from profiles created in […]

Just watched the parking ticket guy here in #kingstonny skip over this car with a homemade police placard. So, yes, we have #placardabuse here, too. Oh, and the car has an NYS inspection sticker and TN plates. Not suspicious at all.

Just found, in the attic, my 65,000 iPhoto files from the early-mid aughts