I used a bike rack this weekend that exists because I complained about it not existing. You can make things better, even just a little.

We will continue to make two-dimensional maps. Because your mind can't handle the truth.

We launch with a piece by Paul Niehaus, on cash transfers, RCTs, and the meaning of empowerment: indevelopmentmag.com/money-for-no...

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Last night was amazing. 150-200 riders, Rep Krajewski & @councilmemberjg.bsky.social, a brass band, DJ-on-wheels Ivan Bassnikov, plus miles of protected bike lanes and an afterparty at Clarkville. Thank you ride leader Hanna, coordinator Jo, and our valiant & dedicated marshals!

I'm a big fan of Philly Bike Action's approach to street safety advocacy. They use kindness & fun as a tool, hosting 'parties' with music or giving out free soft pretzels. At the same time they're unafraid to push hard for timely actionable change. billypenn.com/2026/04/14/p...

D.C. also has a cherry blossom protector pledge ….. I’m verklempt

went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

CAMCORDER DESIGNER: and of course we have saved our most intuitive control for last: ‘T,’ to indicate ‘to zoom in,’ and ‘W,’ to indicate ‘whoa, looks like you want to zoom out’

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

I submitted a 311 ticket for bike racks to be installed about a month ago and they were installed today! 🚲😀👍 #yycBike #Calgary

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

Retro? GO! Fido? GO! Guidance? GO! Control? GO! TELCOM? GO! GNC? GO! ECOM? GO! Surgeon? GO!

gonna listen to this on my commute and sob :)

A new Bilal failing I didn't know about:

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

We’re starting a new series called “Trials We Love,” in which we'll highlight clinical trials that our team is excited about! Our goal is to draw attention to opportunities to participate in research and share information about impactful trial results!

Bike Parking at No Kings Protest in Boston - March 2026

Regional housing crises are a policy choice. They don't just happen to us.

Researching books to send to a friend who's under the weather and I just think there should be a book equivalent of an Edible Arrangement somehow a Legible Arrangement

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

Omg now I know why someone said "floating rail bridge" as their three word intro at TransportationCamp PHL yesterday

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

Today at TransportationCamp PHL I was recognized by people who had seen me 1) visiting the new Philly Pride Visitor Center and 2) participating in Queer Arm Wrestling on Valentine's Day. Good stuff.

formal proposal of a replacement for the vince mcmahon meme format

Came out of the post office, saw that a guy had cut my saddle bag off my bike and was about to take off with it. I yelled "Please wait my cat's medicine is in there!" He started to run, and this grandma-age lady goes "SHE SAID HER CAT'S MEDICINE IS IN THERE" and WALLOPED him with her grocery bag.

i think it's smart that the Wikipedia page for Chips and Dip opens with a "Rationale" section. a lot of people are flabbergasted to find out about this concept and need some grounding before they get into the history

PinkNews says it is moving "away from having a reporter-led newsroom" and there "isn’t a need for the reporter role.” Not sure what that could possibly look like, but ok

Saw this and thought of you. Family, mobility, joy, learning. So much good. Plus, the little handlebars!

The Vernal Equinox means that it's time to rename the folder on my desktop that contains thousands of unread pdfs from "Winter Reading" to "Spring Reading". This is how I mark the passing of the seasons.

Not much can keep me out past midnight other than a @dessadarling.bsky.social show. A+ Thursday.

Did you know that Google Earth now has a (paid) layer for "Percentage of trips by bicycle" (aggregated to some medium density S2 cell)? Cambridge near Harvard Square is one of the highest in the northeast, at 2.9% of trips taken by bicycle in Dec 2025.

sand in every MFing gear

this week's sewing/microelectronics project is a skirt for contra dance that glows when I spin

Gamification meets TB -- a free arcade game for World TB Day!! Jason Madhosingh's wife is a TB doc, and he built this game in her honor! You can shoot at Mycobacterium tuberculosis and prevent them from destroying lungs! Please share and make it go viral!! tberadicator.com

FDA approves use of RSV vaccine in at-risk younger adults The FDA has approved GSK's Arexvy for adults aged 18 to 49 who have increased risk of complications from the virus.

Chicago wind gauge

Today's load-bearing small mammal

you can sum up Philadelphia's infrastructure pretty tidily by just pointing out that this person didn't throw away their BIG HOLE sign because they knew they'd need it again l: May 2024 r: March 2026

some good streetcar rail action in the potholes today

I am flushed with pride that somebody featured in one of my Philly Phlush stories bought a high-quality print of the story from our website, got a nice frame for it, and hung it in their bathroom. Folks, urine in luck because I will be taking all of your puns about this today. Pees and thank you.

New post! It may seem ambitious to ask for individual patient data from clinical trials to be shared, anonymized, for use by other researchers. But the history of medicine shows us that clinical trials have already undergone a series of transformations that once seemed equally bold:

"Under the existing tax code, an Upper West Side building with 16 apartments had an annual tax bill of $50,000 in 2017. After it was converted [into a single-family home] the levies dropped to just $12,000." 🤦 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A week ago, the ACLU got DHS officials to admit on record that there would be an additional 407 agents throughout March on top of the 150 CBP agents we would normally have here. The idea that we are down to pre-surge levels is a lie that needs to be corrected for the country. We are still occupied.

The first legally binding global treaty on pandemic preparedness, the WHO Pandemic Agreement, was adopted in May 2025. A new BMJ Global Health analysis co-authored by 1Day's Zach Kafuko gh.bmj.com/content/11/2... argues that its success hinges on how Africa shapes implementation.

For a few hundred years, towns across New England have conducted Town Meeting Days via floor votes, which can be inaccessible to disabled people. This situation shows how accessibility and tradition can go head-to-head. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

please don't phase out the old red line trains yet @mbta.com, I only just finished sewing my camouflage jacket