My Urban Arrow now has over 8,000 miles on it. Almost every single mile replaced a driving mile, many of them also with passengers. E-bikes, especially cargo e-bikes, can change cities if we let them.
It's remarkable the degree to which BikePortland has been the best, first, or only outlet reporting on transportation-related issues of great import. I wish Jonathan the best! But it's alarming how much of a loss one person stepping back might be.
aw fuck, we’ve got fraggles. they’re bigger than I thought. woke up last night to see one standing in the corner of my room, vaping
Acronyms are pronounced as words.
-scuba
-laser
-NASA
Initialisms are pronounced as individual letters.
-NFL
-TSA
-TGIF
'Acronym' is frequently used for both kinds of abbreviations, so it's ok to call an initialism an acronym.
The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back
Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
While I don't think an 100-mile range is practical for most people's EV usage–almost everyone wants to do a road trip sometimes–I also think lighter and cheaper 250-mile range EVs with reasonably fast DCFC would be a far better application of new battery tech
"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working."
The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916–2000)
"Big Sur, California", 1989.
Serigraph on Paper, 91.4 × 110.5 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
What’s your favorite old-timey disease that sounds like a startup blowing up at SXSW in 2009? I’ve gotta go with “dropsy”
For someone making federal minimum wage of $7.25 hour, making their transit commute 10 minutes faster each way is more valuable than not having to pay a $2.50 fare
Teis Albers 1982
Found this completely unhinged children's book in a used bookstore on the Oregon Coast
One of those gulf shore mega clouds…
8”x8” oil
Egon Schiele (1907)
The $100B went mostly to bay area single-family housing prices
This new rural Knives Out movie looks like fun!
Make the Soviet nuclear-powered zeppelin real
my kid came home from kindergarten today and announced she was setting a trap to catch a leprechaun. apparently other kids at school always end up with candy and treats in their annual leprechaun traps, so she’s pretty stoked to see what she gets. I am begging other parents to fucking cool it
Cherry blossoms are arriving
Photo of a woman and a man riding bikes on a forest road.
Rona (Ally Sheedy) and Nick (Rob Lowe) take a spin in Oxford Blues (1984)
#BicycleBirthday Rob Lowe
March 17, 1964
An ad for Dill Pickle Chicken Nuggets, with images of chicken nuggets surrounded by pickle slices and dill leaves. An 8 piece of nuggets is selling for $2.99 in Canadian dollars
Burger King Dill Pickle Chicken Nuggets (2021-2022, 2023): Burger King nuggets, but made to taste like pickles, using a briny batter and dill-infused breading. Sold exclusively at Canadian locations
Yet again I am begging people to learn a Standard Day of Medicare Unit cost.
Guy on bike taking a picture of his reflection. The fit is good
Ask me how much is a gallon of gas
Owner occupied houses good. Owner occupied apartments bad. Corporate owned rental houses THE WORST. Corporate owned apartments meh.
The folk morality around housing type and tenure in American cities:
Ikarus 692 Airport Bus -- basically a bus with a front end that elevates to become an enclosed staircase to the plane
Ikarus 695, i think
unsure what the model number is, but the entire front of the bus opens up and a staircase extends out of it.
just learned about these (prototype?) airport buses from the 80s, i believe all from the Serbian (then Yugoslavian) company Ikarus
Advertising poster or magazine ad featuring a village scene with people talking, a dog, and a person riding a bicycle. Text: "Get there on a Hopper cycle"
"Get there on a Hopper cycle"
Elswick Hopper Cycle and Motor Company, based in Barton-upon-Humber, UK
Reading the wikipedia article about this disease almost brought me to tears. And at a population level, it's 100% preventable.
The Custom Oregon Plate HOW was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #HOW
don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free