people who can't paint themselves a cyberpunk motif given handheld supercomputers, a global pandemic, pills to grow breasts or muscles, instant language translation machines!!!, multiple refugee crises, and drone strikes both high-altitude and FPV never understood the genre to begin with

I'd be interested in opinion on where Germany falls on the spectrum of system resilience to local failure

what kind of bike were you riding?

the scramble that followed and determined the win

arm throw to cartwheel escape from NCAA 117 women's finals

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Germany subsidizes the fuck out of car commuting and yet has good representation of all classes except the ultra-rich on its transit. Any attempt to mimic their approach that starts with sticks instead of carrots will hit a wall very quickly. NYC is an exception because it has unusually OK transit.

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It's not actually zero-sum (road diets and bike lanes make things nicer for drivers too) but car culture zealotry largely forces us to treat projects as a zero-sum battle for public space.

Lots of transit systems used by people of all classes still subsidize driving. I'm against it but the two things are largely severable.

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My latest piece asks: why do we keep trying to build cities halfway?

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I acknowledge it's often quite manageable. Stairs and clutter can be issues for some, and the gutters/plumbing/heat/AC/drainage/etc stuff all requires know-how and money/effort.

Large dwellings are more work/expense to maintain, especially as people age.

"Once the security landscape has reached a new equilibrium" is strong coffee as phrases go

".On April 7th, 2026, people stopped being born. On the same day, people stopped dying, and people stopped aging."

Just a shot in the dark but countering brain drain / emigration might be a factor

Riding to Easter picnic together, cargo bike full of food.

For once I’m being a good 🇩🇪 and riding in the street because only one caregiver is supposed to ride with the kid on the sidewalk.

they know not
nor do they understand
they walk about in darkness—
the foundations of the earth are shaken!

Could you say more about functionally prohibited? Is it baked into design codes or legal frameworks?

My money is on an April Fool's bit. Get people in with a plausible top-level post (just wrong enough to solicit corrections), then hit em with the nonsense in replies.

Urbanism and parliamentary constitutions would beg to differ

I'm pro-solar, pro-wind and those arguments still convince me. CA is very sunny, renewables covered less than half for less than 24h, and it seems that late March is a fairly easy time of year (minimal AC or heating demand).

Have you read Shalizi’s review of Red Plenty? www.bactra.org/weblog/918.h...

I live for the wonkery which paradoxically means I must acknowledge minimal wonk is the superior strategy

They work *okay* (though I still despise them) in places where drivers respect & stay aware of cyclists. In the USA? Lolololol

Germany recently tightened their rules by limiting both parents from taking Elterngeld concurrently for >1 month.

Because 🇩🇪 bureaucracy is drawn to complexity like a moth to flame they also created ElterngeldPlus that *can* be taken concurrently, but pays out half as much and allows part-time work.

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The last 15 years of German politics have clearly showed that the Deutsche Volk will not allow any Regierung to institute a sensible energy policy. I'm all for electrification but we've bound our own hands.

Yes, and 55% has zoned most of the country so housing for the 44% is illegal

I’ve been interested in Fujinokawa since he entered the top division but I never expected his ceiling would be so high. Incredible work to throw an opponent like Oho!

I think any rikishi would be ecstatic to “fall apart” with an 11-4 basho “as usual”

I thought Takayasu looked great defensively in the first match, he fought really well out of a deep hole and found a strong throw. Then he took a big fall on hard floor from elevation. Not surprised he looked diminished in the rematch. Great work from Oho, though.