A chapter in a recently-released book, #TheShoupDoctrine, tells the story of #Davis' attempt to implement performance-based parking pricing & a downtown parking benefit district. The tale, by yours truly, features Bizarro World, Nobel Prize winners, and offers lessons for neighborhoods everywhere.

Cartoon drawn just before “Liberation Day” in 2025. Months later Canada appears to be liberating itself from the U.S. auto industry reliance as it signs a deal to allow EVs from China…

#Auspol polling update for the first Newpoll of 2026, which is another outlier at just 21% LNP support. Interesting times.

Post derailment behaviour obeys the laws of physics and with a bit of experience it is straightforward to plot out how these horrendous events unfolded. However, the behaviour of the humans and organisations that lead up to incidents like this require far more careful assessment.

I initially thought this was about Minnesota. What a world.

New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢 This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID. doi.org/10.1080/0958...

The thing that's really convenient to not know is that nonprofits like Feeding Our Future exist because the nutrition reimbursement program is so burdensome IN THE NAME OF REDUCING FRAUD that a cottage industry exists just to fill out the paperwork on behalf of programs that actually feed children.

So in the end, what does this article amount to? Republicans are telling the same lie about welfare that they've told for 40 years despite consistent efforts — including many led by Democrats — to restrict and police it. And in response, Democrats should restrict and police it even more.

The way shows like Adolescence and attacks on girls and trans kids are being used to isolate marginalized people and justify expanding state & corporate control of the internet needs more scrutiny. The answer isn’t bans but dismantling the systems that profit from stoking fear, anger & division.

Germany has just introduced EV purchase subsidies again and even on YouTube channels that are full with EV drivers the comments unanimously agree that this is a waste of money. Incredibly expensive taxpayer subsidies that will just lead to car brands increasing list prices by the subsidy amount.

It was inevitable.

sorry not sorry but ring cameras/similar have always been the most suburban-ass true crime brainwormed thing, they were always gonna be tools of the state i fucking hate these cult of paranoia dipshit objects

Saying goodbye to Sydney's V-set trains | 9 News Australia www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dz_...

One UTS student studied the trams in Sydney and concluded that an optional tram phase between ever other faced would have little impact on traffic but would stabilise and reduce end to end running times. I refer to his study here www.researchgate.net/publication/...

"Hanson says she is ready to lead country, form government" -- luckily Pauline would have to leave the easy to win senate seats and win a lower house seat in order to become PM. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

My husband worked for DSQ before it was gutted by Campbell Newman. One day he came home with a couple of tubes of permethrin; everyone at the office who’d visited one of the DSQ houses was told to treat themselves prophylactically because there’d been a scabies outbreak.

I believe the rise in scabies cases is systemic and linked to failing care systems. The places we see this issue reoccur is where there’s workforce casualisation: no one takes responsibility to treat it, the client cannot manage it and the issue becomes chronic www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

#OnThisDay Jan 18 1945: New streamlined "President's Conference Committee" electric streetcars are introduced in Minneapolis. 381 women known as "Motorettes" drove the streetcars during World War 2, replacing men who were in military service. That year over 195 million passengers rode the system.

Paris transforms car parking to bike parking & green spaces along Rue Notre Dame de Lorette & Rue Chaptal. Streets are for people. #paris #15minutecity #urbanism #bike #biking #micromobility #green #parking #greening #transportation #urbanplanning #tree #sustainability

We MUST turn _ALL_ golf courses in Australia into community parks - with cycling trails. Golf courses are not suitable for our climate (water), are bad for the environment (esp. pesticides), and are a waste of space for some old men that could be better used by the community.

“Artist impression, subject to change. Vegetation shownlat 10 years maturity.” Hard to see how #ParkdaleStation is ever going to look like the 10-year renders if no plants have survived the first year in these planters.

Why not get rid of the House of Commons and have 1 MP per party and give them 1 token per tenth of a percent of primary vote and have all bills decided by number of tokens -- total party control! Parliament is for local representation and arbitration - parties are just a convenience. Drongos. 🤦

Not sure if the modest size of this design would be legal under NSW's standards. Those ensuites would be declared too small. It's important that multi-level "forever" homes assumes stairs will become unusable. What do you think @philipthalis.bsky.social ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L35...

Finally, the general traffic cars are also going the exact speed limit (the NSW Police Force firmly believes speeding is a crime and they or a camera will punish you— “every k over is a killer” is taken literally). NSW also has bus lane enforcement cameras that even issue demerit points.

The Bridge. Creative developed with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”.. (quote Warren Buffett) .. (cartoon Kirk Anderson) #politics

Yes, but that's not the plan .....

Today’s comic in @australia.theguardian.com It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!

sussan..?

56 years after the first 'Blue Goose' entered service on the electrified interurban railways connecting Sydney with the Blue Mountains and Gosford, the last in-service run of a 'V set' will be on January 30th. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING wat CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. https://cnn.it/3LNSRUt

Wentworth Park light rail station has been upgraded for the new Sydney Fish Market, apparently. There's only one opal reader on the outbound platform and it wasn't working today. About five comms people in flouro vests were telling passengers either don't tap or cross the line to the other platform.

In 2025, Florence's tramway hit a new record ridership, at 45.2 million, a 15.4% increase over 2024 (39 million) and 29% than pre-pandemic levels. Most of the increase was on T2 (+36%), that opened a short but important extension, while line T1 grew by 4.7% www.firenzetramvia.it/node/478

In 2024, Edmonton overhauled its zoning bylaw. It consolidated several restrictive zones into the new RS zone, permitting up to 8 homes per lot subject to 75 square metres lot area per unit. In 2025, we're seeing the payoff. The rise of the 5-8 unit rowhome is truly remarkable.

I have attempted a tierlist of common styles of bike racks. (Just install staple racks!)

It’s not just obscene, but I’d go as far as to say extreme inequity is our (and the developed world’s) most significant problem; the issue that must be addressed first if we are to be healthier, wealthier, more secure, and more sustainable. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

"More than 160 miles of new rail, bus and other fixed-guideway transit lines opened in the U.S. in 2025, and about 94 miles more are projected to be completed this year, according to data from The Transport Politic." www.constructiondive.com/news/transit...

Nannas prefer taking #ClimateAction through stitching together creativity, compassion and humour. If this sounds like something you want to try please join Sydney 🧶👵’s for our 1st F2F meeting for 2026 at our HQ👇Jan 30th or via zoom. See here for more on what’s involved. knittingnannas.org/join/

#Newspoll Federal Primary Votes: ALP 32, ON 22, LNP 21, Green 12, Others 13 #auspol I had to add One Nation to my plots. I had to lower the axis for the combined old parties to 50%. Those results are diabolical for the LNP but excellent for the FSB.