So much of our language reflects
the common “car first” bias around our streets, & we should never forget that much of that language was the result of deliberate campaigns to specifically re-write our perspective of streets as “for cars only.” This is one of the more subtle, but important, examples.
the socialist candidate is running on exactly this idea and it is the worst idea in history, which is why we all need to fight hard to make sure she loses
The problem is this post-Moses trend in treating the "community" as if it's monolithic and knows more about transportation planning than the experts. We as a society can say "more transit good, road expansion bad" and ask locals to weigh in on where staircases go, not "should this even happen?"
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/palantir-w...
Drivers kill a dozen children every day of the year in the U.S.
A real government would do something about this thing that happens way too frequently in just this country alone.
Honestly if any young people thinking about tech want my career advice I'd put electrical engineer at spots # 1, 2, and 3.
After that, be a senior computer engineer with 25 years of experience and you'll be fine.
I still think we'll see them scale in the ~ 2040s but yeah the hype machine is still way out over its skis
first the revolution, right comrade? if they won't build homes our way they shouldn't build them at all
if you don't want your license plate to be read i have a remarkably simple solution for that. 100% effective and foolproof.
sorry, no, you do not have a "right to privacy" while running over small children and old ladies in the crosswalk, i don't know where you got that impression. have you considered not being a violent sociopath
Violent drivers in cities across California are swamping city hall to get speed cameras/plate readers removed and banned.
We literally have violent criminals repealing laws against violent crimes, and our elected officials (and clueless "Big Brother!! My privacy!!" activists) are helping them.
In diverse neighborhoods, speed cameras result in fines for speeders of many races. They also save lives – and the lives saved will belong to people of many different races:
"Between 2018 and 2022, Hegenberger Road saw over 200 crashes — 80% of the collision victims were Black or Hispanic..."
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many people are saying
I'm not going to give up my life to subsidize your lifestyle though.
What if I told you I had a climate technology that was wildly popular, people literally bid against each other for it, and it was the equivalent of removing 5 million cars from the road --
And it removed 5 million cars from the road? cayimby.org/blog/video-w...
End anti-freedom, anti-choice, deadly, costly, big government car ownership and driving mandates.
NOW.
"More than half of Americans are at least willing to consider giving up their cars entirely."
www.jalopnik.com/2144250/half...
“In that [false] story, bike lanes cause congestion. Traffic calming slows emergency response. Walkable neighbourhoods become symbols of control. And perhaps most dangerous, the idea that change is even possible begins to erode, replaced by a quiet, disturbing mantra: that would never work here.”
Urban Truth Collective and the Fight to Fix Misinformation About Bike Lanes, Traffic, and City Living.
momentummag.com/urban-truth-...
Not the overarching message she's trying to get across here, but @aoc.bsky.social, welcome to The War on Cars.
wait a few months.
Sen. @scottwiener.bsky.social has proposed a bill that would ease permitting for clean energy projects in California. It is good & very much needed & a bunch of environmental groups are opposing it. Absolutely fucking infuriating. I'm always trying to defend these groups & then they do this shit.
the primary barrier on housing is also car culture. we're fighting the same fight.
too much thinking, not enough observing IMO
The Confederate traitors who control the White House/Republican party have always hated America. Ever since the "truce" that ended the Civil War, they've been planning how to destroy the United States.
now that they've done it, we shouldn't act surprised
walkable cities strongly encourage a feeling of imagined community that helps make you a good citizen. if you experience the city only in slices it's easier to see large swathes of it as fundamentally alien or hostile.
Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...
A dying civilization.
"You'd think parents with children in the back seat would be the safest people on the road. Instead, data shows parents of minor children report speeding 45% more often than non-parents and using phones nearly twice as much while driving." www.thewhiteline.org/blogs/news/t...
the U.S. car industry can just burn, IMO
Just a little too on the nose:
Having mastered the art of killing and maiming millions of Americans per year with their deadly products, Ford and GM receive the ultimate compliment:
An invitation from the Pentagon to help them kill more people in other countries.