PSA Go fill up your car, then start thinking about an EV

This aged well. Note the author.

It's no surprise that Hannah Spencer won, this is what people want. Politicians who treat people (and greyhounds) with kindness and empathy. Many in politics have forgotten about who they represent, US

A two track private light railway (basically a late 1800s LRT) became the busy quadruple track JR-Higashi Chuo Corridor we see today. Showing how continuous focused incremental upgrades over decades can really build out a system.

Labour third and quite far back in a seat they've held near continously since 1906 and which has been absafe seat since 1967 - utterly humiliating result

Labour were right in saying that this was a two-horse race between them and Reform. They just forgot to mention that the Greens were way out in front, leaving them both for dust 💚

dining cars cafe, buellton, california, 1985

Labour’s *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 – just 19 months ago – was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. That’s what a collapse of your core vote looks like.

What a result!! Huge congratulations to the amazing Hannah Spencer - everyone in Gorton and Denton has just made history. This result shows @greenparty.org.uk can win anywhere, that the politics of hope can win over the politics of hate & there is no longer any such thing as a Labour safe seat 💚

This is *so* my son.

Proposing the "4/5" as citywide infill. Strata, cohousing, co-ops etc Single-stair accessible flats (350sf to 1100sf). 4 Storeys with 10% side yard in front. 5 Storeys with 20% side yard at the rear. Building depth and lot coverage similar to adjacent single family. Shared rear yard and roof deck.

I strikes me that instead of building energy hungry data centres for AI, we could be building local factories to produce straw panels and actually help solve the climate crisis

"Weather". Sure.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

FYI, New Zealand.

Bonus points if it features volcanoes and two oceans #Auckland

When DelDOT and Wilmapco try to tell you that painting a bike lane is effective and somehow magically safe for cyclists, show then this:

Been reading up on Milan since the Olympics began, and one thing that stands out is the transformational 15 km M4 line. Not only did it stitch together the rest of the Metro underground, but it also transformed the streetscape above. This is how you create mode shift!

BBC headline utterly failing. ‘The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos’ It’s not the rail line that “keeps causing travel chaos” its the shifting climate with more prolonged and intense rainfall and more frequent storms leading to landslips and the sea wall being washed out.

Canary Worf.

TVNZ news tonight: -Ōtorohanga under water, mayor near tears -citizens discuss self-reliance as East Coast braces for risky weather on the 3rd anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle (in which 15 people died) -Cook Strait ferry sailings cancelled due to rough swells And that’s just the first 10 minutes

Disaster #sailgp

Paywall now lifted: Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found. newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...

Stranger watching from afar. #cornwall

Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated. The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t... (Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)

When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured” www.reuters.com/investigatio...

FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...

One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about. Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards. From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:

Bikes are fine but what if you're a Hungarian police officer and you need to deploy your dog to stop a crime?

Just a few people… #georgestmarket #dunnerstunner #nz

Streets are for people.

Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service. Gift article. @taras-grescoe.com @theglobeandmail.com ​ www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30a4f28...

BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone. He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein We have published it in full. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...

Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Not the future we want for our kids. Travelled through Canada over the last two weeks, struck by the similar difference in ambition and opportunity compared to NZ thespinoff.co.nz/society/27-0...

Same bar, same bike hire, 10 years apart, opposite seasons (just a few degrees above 0⁰C today). The seawall bike ride is still amazing, especially when I don't have to tow a bike trailer for the kids! #Vancouver #bikes

On the upside during today's train stuff-ups, reading the Toronto Globe and Mail is a joy. Decent, thoughtful journalism still exists.

Would like to say I am enjoying VIA Rail but today not going well. Train failure, 1hr+ late depart. Seat reservations cancelled, family scattered around carriage after boarding mayhem. 2.5hrs late after sitting in forest enjoying a track fault. We're not in Japan (or AKL), Toto.

Familiar tune.

Had to be done. #BusmansHoliday #REM #Montreal

View from le Mont #Montreal #urbanism

Borderlands #Urbanism

Back in the promised land. #NorthEast

I'm posting this for no other reason than goats Well, solar's a pretty good reason, too And also, solar is the GOAT

Positive news. Forget burning oil.

Ah yeah. Kiwi kids are stoked to see snow

Jump Into 2026 I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day. If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor. So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.

Virtuality VR for the Commodore Amiga (1992). These were sold for $65,000