The flag is kind of dumb. I'd be cool with a refresh.

Got to time your wind doping better.

No no, you guys are reading it wrong. This doesn't say "only covered" by an undergarment. It bans nudity OR undergarments. By the plain text, it means everyone must all go braless and commando.

Despite the assaults, cat calls, patronization, emotional abuse, stalking, insults, etc. I've received from men over the years, I was never really tempted to become a man hater until this recent spate of insufferable whining that pretends to be some sort of intellectual analysis.

I get so many people that ask me how I can go to Costco or similar with my Mini.. can't fathom a smallish vehicle being useful, even when it's a hatchback? About the only thing it can't do is a full 4x8 plywood sheet, and modern vanity trucks/suvs can't do that either.

Not up for practice track stands today, but the rest sounds great.

I'd be a little weirded out that the apartment complex looks.. half the size it should be relative to the houses? But otherwise, cool. Density is good.

... to violate the rules, obviously.

For the uninitiated:
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I would totally play that video game.

Instead, we're freaking out because our hydropower (of all things, here in the desert) is going to stop working because the Colorado is drying up.

It's insane that Arizona doesn't have massive solar plants.

I'm going to go out on a limb, having spent too much time following that conversation today, and say she was arguing for nuance. There will always be people who make mistakes (and worse). She wasn't against systemic change to try to minimize the consequences of mistakes / malfeasance.

They sure all hate us here. A lot of it is thinking we're breaking the rules because they don't know the rules (can use the whole lane, stop signs mean yield, red lights can be treated as stop lights, etc.). Or as my partner says "they hate our freedoms." But it's fine.

Drivers blame peds. Peds blame drivers. Everyone hates cyclists. In reality, we should all hate politicians for not fixing the infrastructure.

Don't forget to also blame the traffic engineers.

I'm about as anti car as they come, but the absolutism is frustrating. The list is long: pay attention, drive better, look both ways, install bollards, smaller vehicles, slower speeds, safety equipment, speed bumps, speed cameras, etc etc etc

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Amazing that in the national divorce the libs are getting the NFL, butter and cooking oil, being attracted to adult women, standup comedy, Bud Light, and now also Catholicism

As someone who rides almost everywhere, I get it. But most? My middle school kid can't get from school to therapy to taekwondo to volleyball etc. across town within the allotted time by bike, even an ebike, most days. (When she graduates, my MINI EV will be gone.)

Lake Mead basin is above average precipitation, but there is *no* snowpack. The Colorado River basin states are in tremendous trouble.

Throwing around "luxury" doesn't seem to be helping. Cars are a burden, and a convenience, and often a necessity. Living in the few spaces where you don't need one (particularly with kids) is great, and also rare and expensive.

We need more spaces where cars aren't necessary.

And ~30% of water from the Colorado, which is so dangerously low they are announcing major cuts as soon as the end of this month, and states are gearing up for fresh lawsuits.

The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.

Going to keep letting the imperial valley fat cats use millions of acre feet from the Colorado to grow alfalfa? (Record low snowpack this year. Releases from lake powell about to be dropped by ~1.5M acre feet as soon as this month.)
projects.propublica.org/california-f...

When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned...

This is why the Colorado River is drying up.

There are a lot of great cycling races between now and October 2027.

I mean.. "love" might not be the right word..

Is it rude for a car to go the speed limit? After all, that slows most people down. How about under the speed limit? School buses rude when they stop for kids and make everyone wait?

If you're regularly running late, you may consider changing your leave time and being more chill.

We are staring down an extreme water shortage in the Colorado River basin this year. And even that does not seem to be waking anyone up.

I am convinced that drivers actually want to be stuck at red lights more often and for longer periods these days just so that they can do more stress-free scrolling. Transit is fabulous for this. It's an ad campaign waiting to happen.

I have more thoughts on this. Sin tax the big heavy vehicles. Exempt businesses so long as valid biz/contractor license with visible company logos. Why? Businesses have incentives for good will and to train their drivers to behave. They also generally carry better insurance if they do hurt someone.

I started bike commuting when I was an elementary school teacher making $32k during the "great" recession. Every bit of saving helped. Commuted to law school to save money, commuted to my clerkship to save money. Commuted to my first firm job because I was addicted.

Now I'm just plain addicted.

I've started noticing the ratio of work trucks/vans to one-person-in-an-suvs. It's not compelling.