Sitting at a local coffee shop where weirdly I'm the only one here, it took half an hour to make a latte, most of the lights are off, and the barista playing a playlist of Phoebe Bridgers Christmas songs on repeat. Either she's trippin'or I'm going to get murdered right? Or am I trippin'? 😅

Not to be a dick, but sometimes people should feel imposter syndrome. It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!

Or, rather than relying on the largess of rich individuals, how about the rich pay their share of taxes so we can fund social programs to help each other and publicly fund elections so we can get money out of politics.

"Hot" take: Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist. Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅

EVs are here to save the car companies, not our liveable planet. A freeway packed full with single occupancy electric cars is still a freeway packed full of cars. Fund the bus. Build more trains. Ride your bike. Cars are the least efficient way to move people in a city.

Maybe 🔥 take: On the web CSS is how a design system is created; not sketches in figma. If your're a web designer, you need to design in the language of the web.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

This is horrific. 😔

Stop child murder! Ban cars.

terrible, and also entirely predictable. this has been an issue for years now and no one with power has done a single thing about it

I was riding my bike home tonight and apparently a bug fell into my shirt pocket, got smashed, and now somehow left a bloodstain on the front of my shirt 🤔 Not a hazard I knew to watch out for 😅

Also interesting: "These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving" - a comparison of data on fatal crashes and crime on transit versus roadways www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p... (via @theoverheadwire.com)

Well....... Fuck.

States like Georgia are taking a critical look at their drivers education programs — but some say the whole concept of driver's ed deserves scrutiny.

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

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"Space used to be a frontier for human exploration, a fount of innovation, and a symbol of a bright, uncertain and expansive future. Now it is a background for the Instagram selfies of the rich and narcissistic." No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes

Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard

“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com

"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."

Wearing even just mid-range menswear is such a life-hack! I spent around $30 at thrift stores (dark brown leather brogues, basic tan slacks, houndstooth shirt, unstructured navy corduroy jacket with patch pockets) and I've received TWO compliments from people in the course of my day ❤️ Nice boost :-)

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

They tried to protect us (1868).

“I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...

This government is not legitimate.

In today's installment of "Gersh Kuntzman Films His Commute for U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy," I encounter a real SHITHOLE: The Ocean Parkway bike lane. Hey, Sean, a little funding would go a long way towards encouraging a safe form of transportation: youtu.be/hnNwoDSP-KE

I want to ride with this crew so bad; this is my complete aesthetic.

"Americans have an idea that cars equal personal freedom,” said Sarah Goodyear, co-host of a podcast called “The War on Cars... "If you reduce speed limits, it really does save lives and it really does reduce catastrophic injuries. But we are not willing to pay that price."

Join and help this grassroots movement! Go to JacksonFranklinForCongress.com to see our full policy platform, donate, volunteer, and keep track of campaign events! Together we will take back the House in 2026! This is the direct continuation of Bernie Sanders’s political revolution!

New pet peeve that I never new I'd have: Co-workers querying chatGPT during a zoom meeting, taking it all as golden truth, and just reading me the replies as if it was their own idea or information they'd just happen to know. If I wanted to get chatGPTs take I could have just asked it!

"So, when we first hear about the Insurrection Act, it may trigger our alarmism. But better to face it now, before it comes, than learn about it on-the-fly."

New episode! Tesla dealerships, many of them located in the worst kind of automotive sprawl, have emerged as crucial nodes in a decentralized network of resistance to the current administration. We talked to organizers and protesters in the #TeslaTakedown movement. thewaroncars.org/2025/04/08/e...

I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵

It's time to wake up Indy! This can't be acceptable as the status quo! If this is the effect of our current policies and infrastructure, something has to change!

I want to know where all my conspiracy people went too. They were all "pizza gate" and "email servers" before, but now that we have an ACTUAL quantifiable conspiracy playing out to destroy the US as we know it and enrich the wealthy they've gone strangely silent 🧐

Today’s New York Times is bleeeeak: -Globalization is collapsing. Here’s the decades-long catastrophe triggered the last time this happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o... -The US is becoming a police state. Trust me. I’ve lived in one: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Welcome to Indiana, "A State That Works!"

"Emissions from cycling can be more than 30x lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10x lower than driving an electric one."

‼️EMERGENCY Call to Action for Public Education‼️ Tomorrow April 7 @ 10:30 the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee will amend and vote on SB 1, and they will try to combine it with SB 518.

Reminder: Not a single elected official in Indianapolis spoke out after 10 kids were struck by drivers in a 30-day span. Zero. None. Not a *single* one spoke up. Not even 'Thoughts and Prayers' for the victims. Not even a 'Drivers, pay attention — kids are out' PSA. Nothing. Nothing.

Ride by of just about half the crowd (wrapped around entire capital) in Indianapolis today at the #Indivisible #HandsOff #indiana50501 protest.

Rain or Shine, we will be at the Indiana State House. Will you join us? #indiana50501 #50501movement #getlouder

"Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity ... while we are still capable of looking, we have to say what we see: The United States has become a secret-police state." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Riding on an errand this AM I went to turn left at a stop sign. Signaled that I was turning left, even positioned in the left part of the lane in preparation. Impatient driver behind me STILL tried to pass me at the stop sign, and then honked at me when a car coming the other way prevented it. WTF?

Had an occasion to share this 2012 piece by @sgoodyear.bsky.social on how driving kids everywhere diminishes their ability to know where they are and where they're going www.bloomberg.com/news/article.... #SafeRoutesNow #KidsDeserveIt #transportation #BikeSky #walking #BikeWalkRoll

In the midst of everything else, don’t miss this story. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

Hearing the current administration talk about "trade deficits" and "tariffs" in a way that shows they know nothing about global trade is driving me up the bloody wall! And I'm not even anything like an economist! Gah!!! Can we get some adults over here to supervise please?