AI search overview says it's rhetorical when Ginsberg asks, "When can I go into the supermarket and buy what I need with my good looks?"

And I disagree.

This is hell.

They are talking like traffic engineers haven't been trying - and failing - to fix traffic congestion for the last 70+ years

It's the wrong question to ask

And a good part of the reason we're in the mess that we're in

Definitely, I just don’t associate those things with justice.

“Unhoused” doesn’t bother me. it reframes the problem as the society that fails to provide housing rather than pointing blame at people who have failed to keep a home.

I’ve seen it in grant CFPs and found it pretty gross, but it felt more like a prison industry euphemism than activist speak. (I have not investigated the actual origin.)

Cars got pushed on us, for sure, but I'm not sure how good the analogy is.

Somebody should make an actual play RPG show about vampires that opens with a bunch of good jokes about tech bros.

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Glad someone posted this immediately.

“Funny” is one word for it…

“Why Do We Do This Bill?”: Preparing Congressional Staff for Surface Transportation Reauthorization — Streetsblog USA A top advocacy organization is preparing Congress to take a critical look at the upcoming transportation reauthorization — and it's not easy.

IMO, we cannot possibly underestimate how little our elected officials and their staff actually know about how transportation works. And when you really look it in the face, it's obvious why we have the transportation system we do, and what we need to do to fix it.

Three parties, if you ask an old Arbeter Ring source: yidn, goyim, and daytchisher yehudim

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Saw him hit a home run on Saturday at a game that was otherwise kind of a dud from the Cardinals.

one of my hot takes is that an (equitable) draft would be good, actually. I’d also prefer that young people get drafted into public service (building trails, making art) rather than imperialism, though.

Extremely unfair to Dr Bronner

I wish Big Bird had the presence of mind to ask whether it was AR, IWO, or otherwise…

look at mister hooper telling big bird about how he went to a yiddish folkshul when he was a little kid, look at him taking a grocery order in yiddish for some guy who wants a couple of red onions (royte tsibeles, רױטע ציבעלעס) for his herring

We gotta get you more subscribers so you can sit closer!

Strategic Tape Reserve, welcome to the war on cars.

Stuff like this makes me miss academia. I've never worked on anything hair related, but I'd definitely sit in on a day of hair studies panels.

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

The best I’ve got is ”Meansies”

I have heard that it’s totally weird. Can you confirm?

“Many people are unaware, or only passingly aware, that Rowling has become a full-time agitator against trans people—particularly trans women and trans kids, who she expressly believes do not exist—and that she has used her personal wealth and platform to further a suite of causes to that end…”

Only historic cars (build during the Period of Significance) should be eligible for on street parking permits in Historic Districts.

A man wearing a captain's hat waves while riding a bicycle. The background is very blurry.

Musician Marvin Gaye curing his Inner City Blues

#BicycleBirthday
April 2 (1939-1984)

Trying to keep up with the more “masculine” looking Kia Carnival (which is fine but doesn’t have enough physical knobs).

“Streets for play, streets for freedom” by @aliceferguson.bsky.social & @timrgill.bsky.social makes the case for a "child lens" on transport policy. Time to prioritise those most impacted yet least considered in planning our streets: Children.

Read more here: playingout.net/take-action/...