The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
As many of you know (because I won't shut up about it) I've gotten back into enjoying bikes after a brief two-decade hiatus
During that time, youtube was invented, and bike mechanics are on it, and oof mate I watched a video the other day
Dude was complaining about bikes being a durable good and there being so many bikes around and the manufacturers have to come up with new things or they won't sell any bikes anymore and that'll be bad for the industry and this was just such an illuminating look into the other end of how people approach these machines
Like, bikes are free. They cost nothing. There are so many of them. People put them out on the kerb on bin night. People chuck them in skips. The river's full of them. Once you've scrubbed the rust off and spent a few quid on new tubes etc a bike that you found waiting for the bin van still goes as fast as a brand new bike from today because they're powered by sandwiches that you were gonna eat anyway. Zooming around on trash night laughing your arse off on a bike that still has the "FREE BIKE" sign flapping in the wind feels like sticking your middle finger up at capitalism
I’d say I was surprised at the amount of fraud and grift in the whole AI thing, but frankly I’m mostly just disappointed at how pedestrian and unimaginative it all is. https://geeknews.chat/@theregister/112571909664838988
Republicans' voter suppression is a host of schemes designed to deter, or prevent, people who tend to vote for Democrats from being able to vote. In Florida, as the @newrepublic shows, it's working as intended.
What if making progress on climate change doesn't mean doing everything the same way, except with less CO₂ emissions, but fundamentally changing the way we interact with nature and with other people?
"A fourth person familiar with the matter said Hochul is responding to worries raised by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader who is fiercely trying to win back a Democratic majority this year."
We've known for years that Jeffries is a car-brained idiot. The success of #CongestionPricing will help Democrats win back the house, not the other way around.
"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution..."
I was digging potatoes at my parents’ place and one of the plants had fruits and I lived more than 50 years on this planet without having known that potatoes grow fruits
“I’m making a whole city! There are roads and tracks and roads crossing over the tracks! And buildings!” There are also many bus stops and a museum. (Grateful for washable markers) #urbanism#transit#PublicTransport#trains#bike#BikeTooter
It’s funny how, as you progress through college, they require you to write longer and longer papers. Then you get to the professional world and no one will read an email that’s more than 5 sentences.
Serious question: Why is it that bicycle commuters in Paris are in super stylish street clothes, whereas the ones in London dress like they're in the Tour de France?
@peter@brett@davidho yes, and notably Paris has carved the space for low-stress connected network of bikeways out of what was extra lanes of cars and parking, so normies who would previously sit in traffic for lack of better options have left the car for bikes, for trips of 1-3 miles to work, school, shopping, or errands. If everyone on a bike looks like they're dressed for sport, you're seeing only those people who do it in spite of the lack of comfortable and dignified bike infrastructure.
