@transittangents.bsky.social great episode. I don’t know that there’s a winner in the fare-free argument, it’s nuanced. I also don’t know if a Mayor Mamdani has the power to even make the buses fare-free in NYC. But, I absolutely love that making buses better is a campaign topic in 2025.

Easy.

Haven’t done an update on the Magestic Beauty of Carondelet Park Index (the MBCPI) in a while. Early today there was a Q3 MBCPI high reached of 108. Stellar appearance of dawn coming up over a misty Boathouse Lake on a coolish morning. These pictures don’t even do it justice.

Crazy? Yeah, probably. #bikestl

@sophianyx.bsky.social I did this 44 post thread earlier this year. Yeah, REM was a big deal for me.

“Finest Worksong” (the version with horns from “Eponymous”) “Driver 8” “Talk About the Passion” “Flowers of Guatemala” “So. Central Rain” But, for pure joy? I have to go with “Voice of Harold”

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

@transittangents.bsky.social great episode on KC transit. As much as it pains me as a life-long STL’n to give KC props on anything, the streetcar is great!! Also, it has the absolute best song written about it. I wish we had something this cool about Metrolink. youtu.be/_Xa_lfMoDqI?...

I also know you’re riding it awesome. I don’t need to see if you have a helmet, or lights, or what your seat height is, or if you have bags, or if you have an e-bike. All are awesome and if you’re riding and enjoying it, you’re doing it right!!

I love STL Metrolink and Metrobus. Use it many times every week. Sometimes, man, I get why people don’t. Moved THREE different times on a ride btw Lacledes Landing and Grand to get away from people smoking on the train. C’mon people.

The Four Towers (bonus for including the internal 100% tariff of Tbe Two Rings to Rule Them All)

The Wind Cries Mary

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

@thewaroncars.bsky.social another just stellar episode, not least of all for the shoutout to still one of my favorite follows, @katie.bzky.team. Thank you Sarah and Doug for that great interview. And @katelynburns.com for being a great interview! You have a new follower!

Never get tired of this view, even at the beginning of the end of a long journey home that started roughly 17 hours ago in Abu Dhabi.

Never get tired of this view, even at the beginning of the end of a long journey home that started roughly 17 hours ago in Abu Dhabi.

Just to be clear, I would have supported this sticker 10 years ago too.

This is the 70-Grand at 445 on a Saturday. The problem with Metro is NOT security. THE PROBLEM WITH METRO IS FREQUENCY!!!

Early voting is AWESOME!! As always, I #bikethevote in the STL!

You know, I don’t ever recall @firstalert4.com having to evacuate the weather studio when the station was downtown, in the middle of the heat island of the city. #stlwx

When Steve Templeton said they saw rotation just south of Dutchtown, that got my attention. Did go to the basement on this one. #stlwx

This hit hard, as it took me three-four reads before I internalized that the “pro-American” side is the bad guys.

What I thought of every time “shrub” was mentioned in the new @thewaroncars.bsky.social episode today.

@biketalk.bsky.social really enjoyed the conversation with Carlos Moreno. Re the end where you all mention conspiracy theories. My theory : the pro-car people push these theories for one simple reason. They know that if these policies were instituted, they would be INCREDIBLY popular!

Just finished this, and would highly recommend. Mostly a tragic story unfolding over many decades of three geniuses that, to varying levels of success, tried their best to derail their ability to show that genius to the world. But came together to make nearly a perfect album.

Took advantage of this early-spring-like day to go for an epic bike adventure with Max. Home -> RDP trail -> Shrewsbury Metrolink -> Forest Park -> perimeter of FP -> return home same way. 18 miles. Max was dragging by the end but hung in there!

@stltoday.com please work on proofreading your print edition. Just today, three errors on page B4, the wrong date for NFL conf championship and Super Bowl games, as well as placing Jared Goff still with LAR (he’s played with DET for a few year). Not the first mistakes seen since moving printing.

Sometimes I wonder if this Trump “Canada should be the 51st state” stuff is just the pre-Gileadians watching “The Handmaids Tale” and thinking “the big mistake they made is giving people someplace close to run to. Let’s take care of that first”.

Not all heroes wear capes.

US, high school class 91. Loved : Shoeless Joe The Natural Anything Shakespeare (took a semester class in just Shksp as a senior) Bonfire of the Vanities Fahrenheit 451 Lord of the Flies Catch 22 Slaughterhouse Five Loathed (or at least really didn’t see the point) : Catcher in the Rye

US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?

This may just be one simple man’s opinion, but Potterville seemed pretty dope.

Absolutely zero reason this contractor has to block the sidewalk with their van. Even if you need stuff from it, unload it and then move the vehicle. This is a minor inconvenience for me, but a potentially impassable blockage for those using mobility devices or strollers.

Hey! I just finished a 44 post thread about listening to and then putting my ideas down about REMs complete discography (not counting compilations).

Always wonder the messaging when I get two sets of cutlery in my DoorDash order. Like, are they trying to tell me this food is intended for two? Cause, it’s all goin in one belly.

The Majestic Beauty of Carondelet Park Index (the MBCPI) is a winter-wonderland surge level of 103. Get outside and appreciate the beauty around you today!

Fall has come and just about gone in the course of two weeks in STL, but the Majestic Beauty of Carondelet Park Index (the MBCPI) is at a healthy 98. Get outside some today!

In anticipation of reading the new REM book, I’m going to listen to the entire catalog in order. I’ll post thoughts here as I go along. Some of the albums I know note-for-note, some I haven’t heard much since they were contemporary, and some (the post-Berry years) I’ve never heard through.

NWSL championship. That was a great game. STL really needs one of these teams.

As a person that aligns with the left-of-center, and who thinks Republicans in the “freedom caucus” are neo-fascists; if there are reports of Dems with evidence of being sexual predators, I 100% support releasing that information. Consequences will be what they are.

54 (I’m chronologically 52, so about right). But, do I get extra points if I’ve seen one of them live in the last two months? Circle Jerks, Sept in STL.

Slinger (a local STL diner delicacy, home fries, two cheeseburger patties, two eggs, all covered with chili) Troop Beverly Hills Marge v Monorail Medical, could have been either 4/16/16 or 4/22/20. I avoided both through the miracle of modern medicine.

New bike day! Got myself a birthday present that I completely didn’t “need” but wanted and caught a great sale. Assembled it myself!

If you see this, post a concert pic you took.

THEY FINALLY NOTICED US!

Our job today and tomorrow is the same as it’s always been—to be good, to be wise, to stand up for what’s right, to resist what is wrong and evil. Nothing changes that. Nothing exempts us from that. Nothing prevents us from doing that. - take from a daily email I get from this morning

@petersagal.bsky.social I can’t believe you all had the perfect pun teed up on todays show and nobody took it. The lady that worked with steel, when asked, said she never took any steel home. Sitting right there is “of course not, that would be steeling”!

E-bike rebates might be the most wildly popular local transportation policy in the US. I visited Denver – the first American city to offer them– to see if reality matches the hype. TLDR: It mostly does! In Bloomberg CityLab: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Absolutely disgusting behavior by those two Yankee fans. Kick them out and lifetime ban.

So…um….this happened when I tried to put our dinner chili away….. How’s your evening going? 😂😂