Another streatery bites the dust. So depressing. I cannot imagine the negative financial impact this loss of seating will have on Beau Thai and hope they take rigorous notes. These public-facing gathering spaces help make our neighborhood so alive at night, and probably make them safer, too.

I used to live on Flower Ave, and this would truly be so incredible!

Frightening!

Why Holocaust education and talking about real antisemitism with high schoolers is important: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... It’s the shamelessness of it that I find the most unsettling.

My entire grad school class this quarter has highlighted this specific problem: AVs do and will continue to only INCREASE vmt. It is a majorly concerning step backward in the progress away from car dependence.

“Statistically, pedestrian bridges are demonstrably not safer for pedestrians. Because the bridges give drivers a sense or perception of exclusive and unbridled access to the road, they are less likely to be mindful of pedestrians or cyclists.” itdp.org/2024/02/29/p...

New prints in the shop from Meredith Stern and Saiyare Refaei/Thea Gahr! Everything is 20% off with code EVERYONE. justseeds.org/shop/?js-ord...

Same energy

Do you know about Leqaa Kordia? She has been detained by ICE ever since protesting the Gaza war on Columbia’s campus, and hardly in the news. Chalk Riot is partnering with @amnesty.org this week to help bring attention to her case and encourage the letter campaign. She wants to write you back! (1)

🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.

1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country. 2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage. 2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy. Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

DDOT continues to publish before/after analyses of safety projects. The numbers for the 9th street NW bike lanes suggest that we should be doing these projects everywhere we can. Crashes plummeted, pedestrian and bike traffic skyrocketed, and vehicle travel times dropped.

🚨 MARYLAND mayor on the eastern shore takes bigoted action to cover up rainbow crosswalks, joining Florida, Texas and Idaho in their attempts to erase public displays of lgbtq pride. Write to the Salisbury Mayor’s Office and City Council to let them know your disgust www.advocate.com/news/marylan...

Home Alone could've had a very different ending if it was made more recently.

Let’s bring it home Buckeyes!!

Chalk Riot’s proud to have signed on to the FreeDC pledge ✌️ a no-brainer. Great to see so many of DC’s lovely fellow small businesses gathered in one place for a good cause. I also look forward to checking out all the great holiday markets soon! Shop local!

A very readable, deeply-informed piece by Naomi Klein that combines genocide, the Surrealists, fascism then and now -- and Mamdani. www.equator.org/articles/sur...

Perhaps the smartest #ClimateAction investment in cities is in public transit. While others make excuses, Paris is building a WHOLE NEW METRO NETWORK CONNECTING SUBURBS. “…the Grand Paris Express, a new 200km system with 4 new lines & 68 new stations.” #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social

The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name. n.pr/3KeJ21a

This will undoubtedly increase the number of miles I bike tbh www.masstransitmag.com/alt-mobility...

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Basically

In learning about UHIs it’s actually so crazy that we had to get to the point of no trees, to realize “wow, maybe we should …. Plant more trees” 😵‍💫

A driver hit an elementary school student with a car, 500 ft from Tulip Grove ES in Bowie, after school. The crosswalks at the intersection are unmarked. The principal asked parents to "discuss safety precautions with [their] child" & reminded "all families to please drive slowly & carefully."

We love

Sidewalks are for chalk.

NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Join @safestreetsdc.bsky.social on 11/16 as we walk to remember and honor the lives lost and forever changed by traffic violence and then rally at the Lincoln Memorial with the Ride for Your Life. RSVP: dcfamiliesforsafestreets.org/2025/10/12/w...

34 years ago today Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991. Photos: Brad Sigal #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Government sanctioned censorship of public art continues to follow the well-worn Florida to Texas path. Where is next?

Mt Pleasant sidewalk astronomer facing deportation!!! 51st.news/mount-pleasa... He is only 19 and has his whole life ahead of him, and a beloved community member. Let's support him with all we got.

"What e-bikes are replacing is generally not the family car but the second runaround. Few parents are giving up driving completely, but a lot of shuttling children around comprises journeys of one to three miles —too far for a toddler to walk, fiddly by public transport, but efficient on a bike."

Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action. “It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”

Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers. It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.

I want to see repro access and climate as policy platforms for W1 council member candidates and it seems no one is prioritizing that yet, it’s just assumed or seemingly wrapped up with other topics. We have about three years until carbon oblivion worldwide and it needs to be top of mind and ticket

lfg

This Veterans Day, I’m thinking of the millions of Americans who have served in uniform — and how our government is failing them right now. Words aren’t enough, we need actions. Fund the VA. Fund mental healthcare. And end endless wars.

Genuine question: at what point do we all stop flying to climate conferences?

yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10... No one seems to be talking about the fall of El Fasher to the RSF, and I know we have so much to be aware of and address as Americans right now. But with a president in bed with the UAE which funds both sides of this war, Americans need to at least be AWARE of this

“Chicago is where I was born and raised. And honestly, biking just makes me feel at peace. I'm usually not the most calm person - when I'm biking though, my mind is centered. I can pay attention to my surroundings. It's kind of like a meditation for me.” 🧵

Sam and I are home from the Global Artivism conference in Brazil! We had the honor of discussing roads as canvas with folks from around the world, and facilitated a workshop: small groups were assigned a fictional neighborhood, project partners and tasks to design traffic-calming murals!

“There are solutions out there,” Cohen insists. “We don't need to wait for something to be invented. We just need our leaders to have the political will to put them in place so we can start saving lives.” Via @people.com.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

The DIY Zohran font memes are a master class in how font alone doth not a good design make AND it’s so amazing to see folks stoked on it haha

Tire planters as tactical urbanism in Salvador, Brazil

Editorial: Bike Lane Hating Politicians Keep On Losing - As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation. #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.