NYC study shows men are 2.6x more likely than women to bike to work. When protected bike lane coverage is high, women’s cycling rates rise significantly faster than men’s.

When protected lanes are limited or fragmented, women’s participation drops sharply.

Good bike investments give women choices.

Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

Get on this @cityofrochester.bsky.social

Total cost of ownership is less for BEVs than fossil fuel cars. Purchase price for most BEVs is now less than fossil fuel cars. Despite the efforts of the US federal government, a global transition to BEVs is underway. Rather than embrace that, they are doubling down on buggy whips. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋

There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

As e-bike crashes send an increasing number of people to the hospital, cities search for solutions Cities look to registration, regulation and infrastructure improvement to cut number of e-bike injuries and deaths

“When we think about e-bike crashes and deaths related to e-bikes, the vast majority are cars and trucks killing people on e-bikes as opposed to people on e-bikes injuring somebody else”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Nuclear power is so washed at this point lol. It's only marginal if you could turn new reactors on tomorrow, but absolutely washed when considering realistic timelines. Solar and storage has totally undermined its niche

"This meeting could have been an email" but it's "This freeway could have been a high-speed rail line" AND I'M RIGHT

Six inch tall solar panels from the side with a lichen moss like product growing under on top of a commercial rooftop

Six inch tall solar panels from the side with a lichen moss like product growing under on top of a commercial rooftop from afar showing the town behind

Six inch tall solar panels from the side with a lichen moss like product growing under on top of a commercial rooftop

Working walking among Six inch tall solar panels from the side with a lichen moss like product growing under on top of a commercial rooftop with fall colored trees in the background

I wonder how massive volumes of solar plus plant life might affect the weather in a large industrial or downtown area...or maybe - how much area would need be deployed to generate a change worthy of something?

Soraya Martinez Ferrada continues to wage ideological war on bikes in Montreal Montreal's bike-counter program has been disabled.

“A reminder to our mayor: Bike lanes are a viable, sustainable, cheap and efficient means to curb carbon dioxide emissions and pollution. Studies consistently show that streets with bike lanes are safer for everyone than those without.”

#polmtl

Former ICE Detainees Find Healing, Companionship in New Support Group - Documented Dozens of New York area immigrants come together monthly to relive — and heal from — their experiences in detention centers.

The emotional trauma inflicted by ICE on our immigrant neighbors is devastating — and often neglected.

So it’s really beautiful to see @envfreefund.bsky.social create this support group. (1/2)

Fuck John Roberts

'There Is Only One Majority in This Country, That's the Working Class,' Says Mamdani | Common Dreams "It's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

“[A] democratic socialist politics is one that should be judged on its delivery, like any ideology. And what we’re showing in this city is we can we can pursue the big things like universal childcare and do the pothole politics at the same time.”

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

purple billboard These Machines Fight Traffic in white with two bikes.

These Machines Fight Traffic.

Walked by this beauty last night - pretty awesome to see these messages out in the world.

He also referred to his own war of choice as a "special military operation" recently. He wants to be Putin.

“This country is too big for trains.”

Have we tried making them fast?

Until May 2, we want as many cyclists as possible to ride this recently worked-on stretch of East Ave once in each direction & submit their grade. For bonus points, spend money at a local business nearby, telling them you appreciate bike infrastructure. reconnectrochester.org/2026/04/new-...

Seems like the images are too big or something.

Pictures of examples aren't loading on the linked page.

Republicans deployed a little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U.S. public lands protections.

there is such a magic to sitting on a tiny island in the boundary waters, seeing more stars than you could have imagined were up there, hearing the loons

i hope we do not rob future generations of experiencing it

The Financial Product That Blew Up the Global Economy Is Back As if the economy isn’t already in enough chaos, the banks are reviving credit default swaps. Hold on to your butts!

New Republican with more context.

newrepublic.com/article/2091...

@schumer.senate.gov

He's so good at this.

With soaring gas prices, it’s a wonderful time to explore if biking for some of your trips is feasible. We offer custom bike route assistance! Between 2023-25, 140 individuals were sent custom low-stress bike routes to their workplace. form.jotform.com/ReconnectROC... #ROC #RochesterNY

Assorted Haiku Haiku #2511   Tourists wait in line to enter Machu Picchu. Oh, look! A high queue. Haiku #564127   how dare you suggest I have a short attention spanish omelette   Limeraiku   There once was a young limerick from Kew who turned into a haiku. The Constraints of Haiku   Tied up all night with a haiku dominatrix and her three-line whip.   Shakespearean Haiku   Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art pretty hot.   How to Write a Haiku   The last line should flow seamlessly from the first two – hippopotamus.    Brian Bilston  

It’s International Haiku Day apparently and so for today’s poetry offering, here are a few assorted haiku.

Life comes at you fast

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Hey @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @latimes.com, @sfchronicle.com
why is this not front page news? This is a really big deal, with devastating impacts. If you all would report on the science, it would be harder for electeds to dismiss it so recklessly.
Please step it up!

I have done a lot of work to fast-track much-needed housing, and through that work I have seen another area in desperate need of streamlining: transportation projects to increase bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Here’s the thing—especially on April 15: cutting the IRS isn't some abstract budget trim. It's a tax cut delivered through weaker enforcement. And it mostly goes to people with the most scope to hide income.

How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform the solar industry in particular

This village uses its solar income on free communal lunches, buses and other communal efforts.“If you divide money as individual income, people feel disconnected. People who didn’t know each other for years now get to know each other within days”

I love everything about this.