there is literally one proven policy to reduce traffic congestion long-term. it’s congestion pricing. and Trump just spent a whole year trying to illegally scrap it in New York City

Los Angeles parochialism seems to have radically reduced the utility of Lime bikes by redlining several places I'd like to use them.

“(A)ll these wunderkinds trying to build the next product to take over the world haven’t thought about this?…They do not have much in common with normal people, and haven’t thought much about what normal people’s lives are like or what normal people value” (V good) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

How come they keep spelling “open” wrong? Does that street look closed to you? Only if you’re a car… and presumably that’s the real problem. #UrbanTruth

what being on this website feels like sometimes

Other false media statements identified in the Kash Patel complaint: 1. Special Agents do not, in fact, refer to him as “J. Edgar Shart” 2. Patel did, in fact, know that the FBI is part of the Executive Branch and that Wyoming is a state. He just always looks surprised when you tell him things. /1

IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE

Yesterday in Hamburg, 800 people gathered to remember the 11-year-old boy who was killed by a truck driver. That’s how it all began in the Netherlands in the 1970s. Stop de kindermoord. Are we ready, like the Dutch, to block roads in the name of child-friendly, safe mobility until Vision Zero?

Good morning with good news: Solar globally grew by 600 TWh in 2025, largest ever rise from any source, excl rebound yrs. RE & nuclear growth was more than total electricity demand growth. Fossil fuel generation DECLINED! RE = coal generation! iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/ade8f... #energysky

🎶 If we took a holiday \ Took some time to celebrate \ Just one day out of life \ It would be, it would be so nice 🏖️ In short: Azeez will take you through his #Typescript -built #AI agent that plans a travel itinerary & help us understand how agents actually work. 🎟️ www.meetup.com/front-end-sh...

New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally. It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...

Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, steps like a goose.

Heads up: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey is on US ebook sale for $2. Farthing (Small Change Book 1) by @bluejo.bsky.social is on US Kindle sale for $2. I got copies of each of those for random giveaway. Racist asshole Larry Niven also has a book on sale, and I did not get any copies of it.

Can we finally agree that burning wood for energy is a terrible idea and won't be carbon neutral, let alone carbon negative, in our lifetimes? BECCS using wood certainly shouldn't qualify as CO₂ removal (CDR).

I am excited beyond description to lift the veil on what we have been working on in 2026: Please meet ggsql! A new extension of the SQL language for creating visualisations using the grammar of graphics. Read all about it in the blog post or visit the website at ggsql.org

This really is the only answer. Our dependence on fossil fuels must end. For our planet, and for our society.

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The global clean tech boom really is one of the biggest and most consequential economic, environmental, and geopolitical stories of the century. It remains beyond weird that it is so often treated as a second order issue at best. www.businessgreen.com/news/4528514...

I would love to know how many U.S. families have lost multiple members to traffic violence, especially in separate crashes. Because this is not the first story on a husband and wife dying in exactly the same place that I've reported, and unless something changes, it definitely won't be the last.

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Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

Go @emilytesh.net

Hammersmith Bridge is not closed if anybody is reading. It's closed to motor vehicles (for which it was never built for), but you can walk wheel or cycle across it.

Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

people get hella mad when you say adult drivers should be more responsible than children on our streets.

People who say “there is no algorithm here” are misinformed on 2 counts - There are 50K+ of algorithms designed by developers and non-developers alike - There is no singular “here”, there are many interconnected places Your posts enter a new kind of internet and show up in places you don’t know.

The Uk needs a version of Hot Ones but for desi food called Curried which is hosted by Tim Curry, there you go, I just made your network eleventy billion dollars

Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

Palantir put out the most cartoonishly evil statement possible. They’re so arrogant and self-confident they don’t seem to believe their fascistic plans can be opposed. We must get rid of Palantir altogether. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398...

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Hadn’t been clothes shopping for a dog’s age, so bit the bullet. ME: This is kinda cute… CARE INSTRUCTIONS: Hand wash, lay flat to dry in shade, do not leave in direct sunlight, do not dry clean. ME: This is not a shirt, it’s a mogwai.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Louder.

Yeah the fact I could log into blacksky's app with eurosky data while bluesky was down means that old criticism of ATPro is definitely for the bin.

I felt bad about eating this little tomato guy

Support Disabled people's mobility with our 10 key asks document: The government's mobility aids consultation closes on 22/04/2026. Respond as an organisation or individual using our key asks document wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...

Great to see @transalt.org picking up our Women's Network campaigning & applying it to NYC. Piece touches on our campaigning to make cycling physically & socially safe & work beyond commuting for women: lcc.org.uk/campaigns/wo... PS Take our Streets for Cycling action today! lcc.org.uk/streets

Lots of London boroughs continue to prioritise the convenience of Range Rover drivers over the safety of Londoners. This is @rbkc.gov.uk who shamefully removed a cycle lane here.

And Massive Attack had just released a new single with Tom Waits on police violence. And then the Met arrests Robert Del Naja for holding up a sign that says “I support Palestine Action, I oppose Genocide” m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

AMERICA! "Tooth and Claw," by @bluejo.bsky.social, is on sale for $2.99 for Kindle today! NO DRM!

I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example. www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

Newsrooms should not block the Internet Archive. Any public service publisher should not block the Internet Archive. If anything, we should all be directly supporting the Internet Archive.

No-one tell them how much cheaper ebikes are.

Viet Nam’s largest city is about to make buses free. Ho Chi Minh City, home to 14 million people, is preparing a $280 million annual plan to make all intra-city bus travel free, aiming to increase ridership by about 30% and reduce traffic and emissions. VN Express buff.ly/WYbduTu #ShareGoodNewsToo

LA is such a tease - the Jetsons future and light rail fenced off while we breathe exhaust fumes and wait for cars to pick us up. At LAX.

This is not avocado toast. The Curator Heathrow Terminal 3.

guys, this is how you lose the time war

Pizza time at the ATProto London hack night 🍕The pepperoni was popular, we'll order more next time! #HackNight #PizzaTime #London