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They should call in a napalm strike on USC campus

I grew up in LA and went to UCLA. I knew many kids that went to USC. All were entitled rich f**ks who didn’t put the work in to go elsewhere. And what we saw there a few minutes ago was representative of the USC culture. Who celebrates trying to kill someone and almost succeeding?

My view doing errands by ebike and not car. You don’t get this in a four-wheel road cage.

‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.

I won't claim that riding a bike fixes everything, but moving your body, getting some fresh air, and being face to face with nature on a simple commute can do so much for your physical and mental health. You don't always have to leave the car at home, but give it a try sometime if you can.

Bikes are an economic disaster. The only things I bought for my bike in the past year were brake pads. At this rate, how are corporations going to make money? How are they going to buy politicians? How will I ever go into debt? Who are we going to bomb? The whole foundation of our economy is shot.

Denmark, particularly in Copenhagen, has installed floating platforms/islands planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in its harbors and canals. These create safe urban habitats and sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. Original post

Every time I see advances in humanoid robots, I think, ‘the human race is doomed.’ But after watching this, I think we’ll be ok… youtube.com/shorts/RdgNu...

Same here

A transport company forced drivers to bike their own routes. Feeling a car scrape past at speed changed how they drive forever.

Norway will always be the GOAT of the energy transition. Instead of talking about the future, they proved it could be done & showed how. In 15 years, new car sales went from 0% to 99% electric, while the rest of the world kept arguing about timing and speed. #Bettrification #EV

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/paris-proves...

This is a wonderful article extolling how good it is to walk or cycle and how it makes you much more in touch with your surroundings than in a hermetically sealed car isolated from the world. HT @ppushbike.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Hollywood: please stop making actors pretend to hold and drink out of empty coffee cups like they are full. We viewers are not stupid. We can clearly see they are light and empty, and it drives us nuts.

I read the “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Most of the media apparently *hasn’t* read it because, if they had, they would be sounding the alarm about the provision in Point 1, below, which almost none of them have even mentioned. I hope this summary helps raise awareness. 1/

✅ Fact checked!

Believe your own eyes not lies people tell you to believe

If you can do so, riding a bike daily is a really good middle finger to the oil barons ruining the world.

I’m so sick of all this. New avatar unlocked.

A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Great organization and great program.

I guess it's Fall....

My daughter does not hold back with her #NoKingsSigns

A key difference between people on bikes and those in cars is that people on bikes are usually happy to see others riding bikes, whereas those in cars often rage at other people in cars.

I feel like we should make a documentary on The Clash just so we can have Jeremy Allen White play Joe Strummer.

We visited the British Naval war memorial in Portsmouth while in England last week. It lists and honors 25,000 British sailors that lost their lives in the World Wars. Growing up I thought we’d never see tragedy like this again, but our current regime is making me fearful this could happen again.

Some scenes from the best dog park in the world, Zumwalt Park in Eugene, OR. It’s really just a big hiking area through a forest on a lake where dogs can be off leash. #dogsofbluesky #bluehealer

Dog parks in Oregon are different. This one is basically a forest on a lake. It would take two days to walk all the trails. #Eugene

Rental car center art in San Diego.

My wife’s grandmother was born in Ireland and my wife’s been trying to get an Irish passport. We learned today her parents started the process in ‘91 and she’s been a foreign-born citizen since then. Our kids are citizens too then. It’s our escape strategy. Although I may have to be left behind!

Reading the “big beautiful bill” and halfway in you realize the life you could have had will no longer be affordable ever again.

I ride bicycles in the Eugene area for fitness and transportation. Every trip sees me cross several bridges either made for bicycles or now dedicated to them. I’m so proud of how Oregon and Eugene invest in infrastructure for transportation other than cars. I wish the rest of the country did this.

We can't have nice things... #cats

What we learned yesterday. The Times They Are a-Changin'

They promised to root out waste and abuse and found none, and in the process wasted money and abused innocent people. They promised to deport 20 million people but are not getting anywhere near that, so they are desperately arresting anyone they can get their hands on whilst wearing face masks.

Hidden in the Republican budget bill: a provision to do away with all oversight on AI systems with rent fixing algorithms. If your rent starts to go up, Republicans are to blame.

Just voted. Remember, local elections matter!

Maybe Qatar will put so much gold decor on the plane that it will exceed takeoff weight the first time the Big Mac crew gets on it.