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Y'all, from the behavior I'm seeing out here in the wild gas isn't expensive enough yet.

It was so nice of Indiana to create the new "black out" Indiana license plates to warn us that the owner is indeed a confirmed d-bag!

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In cities everywhere.

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

I am conservative. www.linkedin.com/pulse/i-am-c...

New book day!!! Can't wait to dig in to the new book by the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social 🎉

Sitting at a local coffee shop where weirdly I'm the only one here, it took half an hour to make a latte, most of the lights are off, and the barista playing a playlist of Phoebe Bridgers Christmas songs on repeat. Either she's trippin'or I'm going to get murdered right? Or am I trippin'? 😅

Not to be a dick, but sometimes people should feel imposter syndrome. It's just called being new to something and lacking experience; which will improve as you learn!

Or, rather than relying on the largess of rich individuals, how about the rich pay their share of taxes so we can fund social programs to help each other and publicly fund elections so we can get money out of politics.

"Hot" take: Summer is the worst season. I don't like sweating just because I exist. Related, it's way easier to bike for transport in the colder weather than the heat; I can get to my destination in decent clothes without sweating through 😅

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

This is horrific. 😔

I was riding my bike home tonight and apparently a bug fell into my shirt pocket, got smashed, and now somehow left a bloodstain on the front of my shirt 🤔 Not a hazard I knew to watch out for 😅

Also interesting: "These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving" - a comparison of data on fatal crashes and crime on transit versus roadways www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p... (via @theoverheadwire.com)

Well....... Fuck.

States like Georgia are taking a critical look at their drivers education programs — but some say the whole concept of driver's ed deserves scrutiny.

As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

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"Space used to be a frontier for human exploration, a fount of innovation, and a symbol of a bright, uncertain and expansive future. Now it is a background for the Instagram selfies of the rich and narcissistic." No shade on the individuals going up, but the overall portrait described, yes

Fundamentally the issue is clear: if I leave my home and choose the most polluting and antisocial form of transport my local authority makes this easy; if I try to be responsible, pro-social and healthy, my local authority makes this hard

“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” Via @theguardian.com

"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."

Wearing even just mid-range menswear is such a life-hack! I spent around $30 at thrift stores (dark brown leather brogues, basic tan slacks, houndstooth shirt, unstructured navy corduroy jacket with patch pockets) and I've received TWO compliments from people in the course of my day ❤️ Nice boost :-)

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

They tried to protect us (1868).

This government is not legitimate.

In today's installment of "Gersh Kuntzman Films His Commute for U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy," I encounter a real SHITHOLE: The Ocean Parkway bike lane. Hey, Sean, a little funding would go a long way towards encouraging a safe form of transportation: youtu.be/hnNwoDSP-KE

I want to ride with this crew so bad; this is my complete aesthetic.

"Americans have an idea that cars equal personal freedom,” said Sarah Goodyear, co-host of a podcast called “The War on Cars... "If you reduce speed limits, it really does save lives and it really does reduce catastrophic injuries. But we are not willing to pay that price."

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New pet peeve that I never new I'd have: Co-workers querying chatGPT during a zoom meeting, taking it all as golden truth, and just reading me the replies as if it was their own idea or information they'd just happen to know. If I wanted to get chatGPTs take I could have just asked it!

"So, when we first hear about the Insurrection Act, it may trigger our alarmism. But better to face it now, before it comes, than learn about it on-the-fly."

New episode! Tesla dealerships, many of them located in the worst kind of automotive sprawl, have emerged as crucial nodes in a decentralized network of resistance to the current administration. We talked to organizers and protesters in the #TeslaTakedown movement. thewaroncars.org/2025/04/08/e...

I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵

It's time to wake up Indy! This can't be acceptable as the status quo! If this is the effect of our current policies and infrastructure, something has to change!

I want to know where all my conspiracy people went too. They were all "pizza gate" and "email servers" before, but now that we have an ACTUAL quantifiable conspiracy playing out to destroy the US as we know it and enrich the wealthy they've gone strangely silent 🧐

Today’s New York Times is bleeeeak: -Globalization is collapsing. Here’s the decades-long catastrophe triggered the last time this happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/o... -The US is becoming a police state. Trust me. I’ve lived in one: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

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"Emissions from cycling can be more than 30x lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about 10x lower than driving an electric one."

‼️EMERGENCY Call to Action for Public Education‼️ Tomorrow April 7 @ 10:30 the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee will amend and vote on SB 1, and they will try to combine it with SB 518.

Reminder: Not a single elected official in Indianapolis spoke out after 10 kids were struck by drivers in a 30-day span. Zero. None. Not a *single* one spoke up. Not even 'Thoughts and Prayers' for the victims. Not even a 'Drivers, pay attention — kids are out' PSA. Nothing. Nothing.