An all-ways pedestrian crossing in Hangzhou, China

No, it was just fine, and I am prone to feeling vertigo

The nice thing is you don’t have to spend any money here if you don’t want to, you can just stroll around and enjoy the atmosphere

These trippy hallways leading to washrooms are fun, comfortable spaces to hang out

More bathroom entryways in Nanjing (Deji Plaza)

Behold some of the amazing corridors leading to toilets in a shopping mall in Nanjing, China, people just hang out here🧵

Confucius Temple night market in Nanjing, China, very lively, colorful and of course car-free

How it’s going at 217 MPH on the Shanghai-Beijing bullet train

How it started in Shanghai at 0 MPH and

Riding a bike along a canal in the historic section of Suzhou, China

There are way more motorcycles than bicycles in Shanghai, but at least they’re electric and therefore the streets are incredibly quiet

I’m loving the spaceship vibe architecture in Shanghai

It has wider spots and feels nice and open

Nanjing Road pedestrian-only shopping street in Shanghai

When you have 25 million people who need homes and you also want a forest, you get the most eye-catching building in Shanghai

“As you can see, it’s been brought to an entire standstill”.

Except for the bike lane… that lady riding past couldn’t have been any better timed. 🤣

Sorry this happened to you, glad you’re ok. His actions are yet more evidence that drivers feel their car is a physical extension of themselves, so bizarre

Or hear me out now you could take a train or bus and not feel the need to decompress from driving at all

Air temp is 68 degrees, and it feels like … 68 degrees, amazing!

First day in a loooong time where there’s almost no wind, so nice

This in particular doesn’t bode well:
“Cheaks said he saw CDOT as having a broader role in the city than the CTA. ‘CTA is about moving people. CDOT’s goal is to move everybody. That’s pedestrians, cars, scooters, Divvy. It’s mobility for everyone, so my agenda is a little wider than theirs.’”

About time the mayor nominated an actual head of CDOT. But I don’t know, he sounds very mid at best to me

Housing near public transit encourages car-free living A Bucktown resident is perplexed by neighbors who think housing near a Blue Line stop will bring more cars. Also, the Illini men's basketball team, Trump and what spring break was like for teens back ...

"When we build housing near a train, with less parking, we encourage a different kind of resident to move in: someone who doesn’t own a car, or someone who’s ready to finally get rid of the car he or she doesn’t want anymore." chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-t...

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

Astronaut Victor Glover on Our Shared Spaceship: Earth YouTube video by NASA

This was the #Artemis video that made me go verklempt:
“You’re on this spaceship called Earth … this beautiful place we get to exist in together”
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#Artemis II - Mission Control flip their mission patches to the return side as instructed by Orion crew

“Integrity we are earth bound and ready to bring you home”

We now see the crescent of the earth as Orion’s signal beams back, which marks the beginning of their journey back to Earth

🚀🌕🌍

Right? I would have guessed 2 as well

There are 5 trains from Chicago to Springfield, and 361 trains per day from Shanghai to Nanjing, leaving every few minutes for most of the day

In 1991 it took an Amtrak train three hours to go from Chicago to Springfield, about 200 miles away, and in 2026, it takes . . . yep it’s still three hours

The cover of a 1988 edition of the Lonely Planet travel guide for China, with a smiling boy carrying a basket and walking in a field

Part of a page in the book showing train time durations from Shanghai to other cities, as well as prices (in renminbi) for various classes of travel

In 1991, it took four hours to go by train from Shanghai to Nanjing, a city about 200 miles away

Today in 2026 I booked the same trip and it will only take 59 minutes

Meanwhile in the US —>