Lyle

RickiTarr, 8 days ago to random

America: You need to have health insurance!

Me: Cool, that makes sense, but it's going to cover my whole body, right?

America: Depends, do you use your teeth and eyes?

inquiline, 9 days ago to random

Another good moment for Mastodon, been here for this & Kissinger & we are holding our own

jon, 9 days ago to random

They have a handy map of where I’m going tomorrow 🙂

ai6yr, 10 days ago to india

Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day

"Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected...

At the SMS hospital in Rajasthan’s capital, Jaipur, so many bodies of casualties of the heat have arrived at the mortuary that its capacity has been exceeded. Police in the city say many of the victims are poor labourers, who have no choice but to work outside, and homeless people."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/29/delhi-temperature-hits-499c-as-indias-capital-records-hottest-day

#heatwave #india #climateemergency #death

Lyle, 10 days ago to Parenting

https://citysmarttoys.com/ Fun resource for those doing #parenting who like me want to expose children to #urbanism and not just toy cars (which do indeed go “vroom!”) #biketooter

futurebird, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

These AI SEO spam operations have used lists of common searches to ensure that their pages come up first in searches in the “long fat tail” the kind of search where it used to be about 50/50 if you’d find a page addressing your needs. But, it used to be if you found something like “The top 15 smallest ants in the world” it wouldn’t be nonsense. It’d either exist and be the work of another person who cared OR you found nothing. Not so now! I can’t possibly over-stress how bad this is! 1/

RickiTarr, 15 days ago to random

When the Soviet Union was falling apart Gorbachev had one thing on his mind, Who killed Laura Palmer?!

taber, 16 days ago to random

yes, I agree, my Chappell Roan "Pink Pony Club" theme show mug is extremely subtle and also well applied, thank you for saying "that bitch can paint," it's true, it's so true

clive, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago) to random

People of Mastodon!

I'm researching the growth of ebikes ...

... in cities around the US

I've talked to many people who love them!

But also want to include the perspective of folks who have concerns ...

... i.e. about the speed and weight of ebikes in accidents with pedestrians or other cyclists, and the like

If anyone has thoughts they wanna share, ping me! I'm all ears: clive@clivethompson.net

Pass this along if you know anyone else with perspective they want to share

#fedibikes

Lyle, 19 days ago to cycling

1894: How fast should bicycles be allowed to go in Boston parks?https://archive.org/details/minutesofcityofb1894bost/page/14/mode/2up #biketooter

dgar, 19 days ago to random

Oh, hello!

I see the assassins failed again.

jon, 23 days ago to random French

I am in Paris tomorrow and Saturday, and am planning my routes

8.7 of 9.9km on cycle lanes

Ahhhhh 😍

My planning in Paris is no longer “will it be OK to cycle?” which it was a few years ago, to “sure it will, just what's the best route?”

RickiTarr, 27 days ago to random

Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

mekkaokereke, 28 days ago to random

If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

Lyle, 29 days ago to random

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/students-confront-uva-president-jim-ryan-demand-answers-after-police-crackdown-on-protesters/article_7ae0ea66-0e4f-11ef-a08e-5bd6e13efa4e.html #uva “The group’s members said they were disturbed by what they consider state-sanctioned violence against peaceful protesters and began to rethink their meeting with Ryan.”

JoSuus, 29 days ago to random

Eurovision desperately trying and failing to keep the Song Festival free from politics proves what every marginalized person already knows: Everything is political. Life is political.

taber, 30 days ago to random

Estonia is one of the greatest countries in Europe because they discovered they are incapable of being cool at all and leaned the entire way into it

StillIRise1963, 30 days ago to random

It’s so shocking to me how we’re letting extremely wealthy people kill the future.

18+ Lyle, 1 month ago to FreeSpeech

It should be physically impossible for people using their first amendment rights in public to be struck by a deadly vehicle. Safety is a free speech issue and free speech is a safety issue. #safestreets #freespeech #trafficviolence #columbia

mbonsma, 1 month ago to random

You see her looking at you from across the street. wyd

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

Halp!!! I got deodorant in my mouth!

ZachWeinersmith, 1 month ago to random

Hey literature people--

So, I was reading HG Wells and I noticed something I hadn't thought about. He writes in a style that's very weird, and but for the Victorian/Edwardian language might even be considered experimental now? Like, in The War in the Air, it regularly alternates between goofy comedic scenes and scenes of horror and violence. And in between THAT there are digressions about economics and engineering technology. (1/n)

vicgrinberg, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Want to come with me to the museum of East-Asian art in Cologne?

Just look at this wine vessel! Bronze, Chinese, 12-13 century BC - but also, how cute is it? 🦉

1/6

Lyle, 1 month ago to random

Hoping the #uva students are safe. I’m getting alerts about police activity at the Lawn