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As usual, Bill Burr doesn’t miss 🎯

Unexpected Ballmer peak

Heard from a colleague spending a few months in the Netherlands. "Went on a 35-mile bike ride today, entirely on bike paths, through all kinds of landscapes. Turns out I love biking, I'm just scared of biking with cars." 😢

We're almost out, we just have to hold on for a few more years and we can fix things

We wouldn't even house the homeless for a fraction of this cost. The money is always there.

Ah yes, who could forget the obvious distinction between being an antisemite and "creating the feeling of safe harbor for far-right elements who unabashedly or in coded language express antisemitic sentiments"

We all hate the time change, and this is your semi-annual reminder that permanent standard time is better than permanent daylight time www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

Jesus christ, was I giving him ideas?

Being the only friend that knows how to be on time is a burden. But I will carry it

When we see streets as primarily space to move cars, we miss out on the wonderful places that streets can be. And our cities are much less successful for it. Rotenturmstraße’s before-&-after transformation in #Vienna via @birgithebein.bsky.social HT @liorsteinberg.bsky.social #StreetsForPeople

Day 1 and the news cycle is already mind blowing. Like out of the gateway and its "Insurrectionists pardoned" apnews.com/article/capi...

We live in a society. There are rules. Leash your dog unless you’re at the dog park, and don’t bring it into food service establishments.

Frozen veggies. Dry beans. Basic seasoning and condiments. There is some prep but this can be the base for so much food that is healthy and low cost

I'd love to have this. To just be able to go.

The Gaetz report is released:

Parking lots turn streets into miserable places to walk. New study finds that parking lots "negatively - and substantially - impact walkability; their objective walkability score is half that of other road segments." findingspress.org/article/1271...

The persuasive power of pie charts

Saw someone I respect suggest we should give DOGE a chance because maybe it will actually represent an earnest attempt to improve government efficiency. What is there to say except lol.

This website is amazing. It computes travel times to specified destinations and then provides a heatmap to the furthest of those destinations. If I was looking for a new place to live, this is the first stop I'd make to narrow down which neighborhoods I was interested in.

BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time. The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout. Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...

Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, and health care costs are the number one cause of bankruptcy. Now states and local governments are canceling more and more medical debt. North Carolina is one state leading the way, aiming to cancel $4 billion. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

Priorities.

This is what we need to not do.

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

The most striking aspect of this type of liberal meme is how america-core it is. Like basically maga-hat content but for liberals

Eerste Sweelinckstraat, Amsterdam: 1986 vs. today. All motor traffic has been removed, making space for pedestrians, cycle parking, trees, outdoor dining, and hopscotch!

This type of liberal political meme reaks so much of the same conservative maga-hat feelings. Like who in gods name is referencing mathematics for political rhetoric?

“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange, but the science is clear.” Why e-bikes actually give more exercise than “acoustic”bikes. (but both/either are excellent when it comes to better cities) electrek.co/2024/02/20/w...

Bluesky is truly having an incredible run as Threads' head of product

For those going home to visit family this weekend: • Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus • LG calls it TruMotion • Sony calls it Motionflow • Roku calls it Action Smoothing • Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement • Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.

One thing that ive always hated about iMessage is the limited message emoji react. Like 5 options. I need more non-word based communication options

People are like "there are no right wingers on blue sky" and i don't get it there are plenty of liberals on here

Imagine being able to snap your fingers and turn loud and dangerous traffic sewers into running tracks, bikeways, and playgrounds. That’s a public policy choice many cities can pursue and it should be viewed as public health infrastructure. 📹: Bogotá’s Ciclovía Open Streets, Sundays and Holidays

Man i wake up every morning and I'm just so god damn hungry

This is definitely not the format of this meme, but your know

He’ll forever be guilty.

this is the key insight threads assumes that people are coming to a platform like twitter/bluesky/threads to see the same sort of influencer content as instagram, and what people are actually here for is the content of Very Online sickos you have to make a platform the sickos want to post on

"By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees."

That I leave rooms in real life A WORD. Yeah block folks because why not I don’t even know 99.99999% of you.

The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture.