Biking is not a luxury. It's a way of life. If we talked about bikes, which actually reduce traffic, lower emissions, and provide affordable mobility, the same way they talk about luxury boats, maybe we'd finally get a federal e-bike rebate. Instead, we subsidize yachts. What a government...

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They spent a decade complaining about safe spaces and then made a robot to give you compliments and tell you your mp3 of farting noises is Brian Eno

Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.

Another day of wondering if all my co-workers are illiterate because they treat me like the audiobook version of all internal documentation

Just looked at an online listing for a guitar that I've owned since the '80s and it reminded me of feature that I long forgot it even had (a pull up switch on the tone knobs to split the humbuckers into single coil)

One of the biggest disinformation campaigns ever applied to cities involves the constant claims that “driving pays its way.” It’s actually MASSIVELY subsidized, while things like walking, biking, public transit & supportive housing for the unhoused actually SAVE PUBLIC MONEY. #UrbanTruth

I’ll always despise the AI bros for shovelling this slop at us, but I’ll never forgive the trade journos who credulously pushed their angle.

BREAKING: information now coming in that the Dutch have been hoarding the solution to the oil crisis.

"OK. You get the job of hiding the afikoman." "Isn't that a job you give to some elderly guy to make him feel important?... oh."

Allegheny County could have made a PSA reminding *drivers* to be on the lookout for pedestrians in warmer weather, and reminding *drivers* what the law says. Instead, it made that shitheap of a video scolding pedestrians.

Three key points we seem to forget: 1. The cost of international bulk shipping has dropped 98% since the 1950s due to containerization. 2. *Everything* got off-shored, for everyone. It's all global supply chains now. Shipped by oil. 3. You can optimize for efficiency or resilience, but not both.

Cities do not really have democratic control over their own police departments and Dem politicians nervously pretend like they don’t notice this.

If the AMA would like to define its own policy on trans healthcare, the NYT humbly suggests that it simply adopt the position the NYT has assigned to it, like normal and respectable organizations tend to do.

His chain is ours.

Ship of Theseus-ass post

Okay, I just want to point out that if you have been considering an electric car, I would really consider doing that quickly because things do not look good re: oil availability and cost. Used EVs are currently a screaming deal. I have a feeling this will not be the case for too much longer.

I heard there was a secret cord that David kept in his cable hoard but he can never find it when he needs it

Almost as much as that A-Team episode where Mr. T and co. found a militant trade union.

Cyclists go on the sidewalk when the road is unsafe. Drivers go on the sidewalk when they get impatient.

It's almost like this was a very foreseeable and obvious problem that Democrats didn't have to saddle themselves with. You might call it an unforced error.

They really will do anything but believe that the guy on his third Nazi controversy might actually be a Nazi.

Yes, but its not the bicycles in the lane I'm worried about

“Ever found yourself driving to the grocery store or coffee shop even tho it’s a 10-minute walk & perfectly nice day? New research suggests the reason isn’t just distance—it’s how the walk feels…it’s the sights, street life & amenities along the way that strongly shape whether people decide to walk”

Like imagine if someone asked the Lord Mayor of Limerick his views on the future status of Puerto Rico

I sort of want to say to my teacher "for us to succeed, not more than one of us can be half-assing this, and I've already taken it on"

This NACTO/USDOT report addresses how to downsize fire trucks in cities. nacto.org/wp-content/u...

The immense popularity of “Calvin and Hobbes,” often called “the last great newspaper comic,” can risk obscuring its many inspirations & antecedents. In both style & content, the strip is very well-versed in the rich history of comics and often pays tribute to its influences. 1/12 #CalvinAndHobbes

My son and I watched Stop Making Sense a few years ago. He asked if I had any of their albums. This gave me the opportunity to recreate a classic Onion article.

I hope everyone in today's meeting realized we were in a "shoot down the flaws in the bad idea and implement what's left" instead of the "encourage the good ideas until the bad are left aside." Otherwise I probably really came out of there looking like an asshole

Who knew that those plastic handles they now add to 5gal water bottles can just pop right out - as you are carrying them?

A meeting organizer ending a meeting early by saying "I'll give you all 10 minutes back" is like stealing my Happy Meal, giving me a few fries and saying "Look! I gave you fries!"

What the boosters don't seem to understand about this is that if the AI company isn't willing to replace the liability part of my job, it can't replace *any* of my job, and my job is therefore safe

Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

It's great when investigating a problem and finding an element of a workflow is no longer necessary. MoonReader+ can read directly from Calibre as a content server, and I no longer need Calibre Companion to get books from the library to a tablet

I bought myself a used, small EV because I'm doing some travelling I can't manage biking, but dislike the SUV inherited from my wife. Was concerned an easier use of a car would reduce physical activity until I put my car at a charging station a mile away from my destination and walked there and back

Google Authenticator shouldn't make it does easy to delete a key with a simple swipe right. What if you just notice a toast crumb on your screen?

How does he sleep at night?

There is a Vender tech guy connected to the MSTeams call whose connection is putting is voice just on the edge of that flanging-like distortion of too low bandwidth and a deep resonant voice that making him sound incredibly cool

Ebooks wouldn't import with Mood Reader that were copied to my tablet with Calibre Companion. Calibre didn't correctly copy the files leaving 0 byte files. They'd show up as importable by MoonReader, but said "Imported: 0". Nothing: Calibre, Calibre Companion, Moon Reader would explain the problem

Were the development of heated car seats a response to making car cabins too big to heat quickly? An attempt to keep people from idling too long?

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

The story of our current political moment will be written in retrospect as one of elites creating alternative information environments for themselves and then freaking out because of them. It’s like telling exaggerated ghost stories at a sleepover and then everyone not sleeping.

A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true: There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*

Yesterday I went to the wake of a former co-worker. His passing reminded me of something that he did, at least from what I can piece together that was quite extraordinary.