Sam G

Be nice to people.

And how’d that go for your dad?

K67 in Brooklyn?

one of the really useful takeaways from fukuyama's political order books is a clear conceptual understanding of what corruption *is* in its fundamental nature. and the answer... is patronage networks organized on personal connections! corruption is *inherent* in these discretionary systems!

I’m curious — do automated light metros not really need flying junctions because the separation can be guaranteed by ATO?

Question 3 is basically a litmus test on “why do they build bike lanes if nobody uses them?” If the city can’t put together a network then people won’t ride and they’ll stick with cars. It’s that simple.

We’re currently in a period where your political alignment matters less than whether you want people to have the right to petition their government or not.

No fatalism please. A victory agaibst the odds over an authoritarian.

Did you ever think the Clio V6 was too big and had too few cylinders? They did too. Hot damn 🔥 Meet the Twingo V8 Trophy. 3.5-litre Rover V8 behind the front seats. No back seats. Rear-wheel drive. Five-speed manual. Huge arches and 320mm-wide rear tyres. www.instagram.com/p/DemmElaCFGG

Every new word in this sentence is a whole journey.

The fact that the highway only existed for ~50 out of Utrecht’s 900 years shows that car-centric design is going to be a blip in history.

i wish we lived in a world where people understood, or at least somewhat appreciated, all the infrastructure they depend on

Is the Fort Green Park Pup Parade one of the best days of the year? Yep! (sorry, there’s no alt text. The app and web crashed four times when I tried that)

This year’s rectangle unfolds into a larger rectangle and that’s exciting

Ultimately this is my problem with car people. They only see scenarios in which they suffer zero inconvenience as worthy compromises. They will never give up anything of value to anyone else. And they think this makes them the heroes.

Taps the federal tax code. (Parking and transit are tax deductible, cycling to work is not)

Again, the point is that the fact that this stuff is entirely arbitrary and capricious. The folks who got arrested checked to make sure they weren’t violating any laws — but because of who they were, their acts were made to be illegal by fiat.

ActBlue isn’t as altruistic as you thought part 82638

TIL anyone outside of Russia and Cuba operated the Tu-204

So, this story is about Pursuit.org, the nonprofit I work for. This opportunity is the main reason I decided to pause being a full-time indie and gave up teaching my AI workshops a few months ago.

I’m convinced the city is waiting to act on Bedford until Question 3 passes in November.

I mean, fuck, if you think @bradlander.bsky.social is acting as a provocateur by going and legally standing next to a bunch of Palestinian farmers legally picking olives on their own land to protect them from assault by Jewish terrorists (and yes, that's what people who attack civilians are), the

“What if we opened the Overton window a little more on anti-semitism”

If you pretend to die they will show up with 100 police officers, but if you actually die they will show up with 1 to fill out the paperwork.

the Dakar Rally leaving Africa 20 years ago because of the threat of terrorism and potentially returning next year because of an actual war

Sorry I was late I caught the wrong trolley on the way here

What a fantastic little video on automotive esoterica. Extremely well researched too. youtu.be/GKpCVgKPdzE

In the legal profession, I believe this is known as “a stretch.”

The ultimate problem here is that it is automatically presumed that his colliding with the cyclists was an accident. We don't presume that when someone gets shot the person with the gun "accidentally" pulled the trigger!

An old friend/coworker made a geo game for NYC — definitely worth checking out. Tap NYC #204 🌃 759 / 1,000 🟢🟢🟢🔴🟢 www.tapnyc.app

מציק לי שהקהילה פה יותר מוטרדת מזה שבראד לנדר חושף את מה שקורה בשטחים כל שנה בעונת הקטיף מאשר מה שהוא חושף אז אתם מתביישים. סך הכל הגיוני, ההתנהלות הזאת מביישת ברמות. אבל תהיו כנים עם עצמכם — משמבייש זו ההתנהלות עצמה, לא זה שחלק גדול ומגדל של יהודים בתפוצות שמתנגדים לה, גם עם זה מזיק לתדמית המדינה

Verifying myself on Keybase! 4

Why does Russia always get "look what you made me do" excuses? Did former Soviet states seek to join an anti-Russian alliance for no reason? Even worse, NATO turned down Ukraine's request, and a main reason was concern for Ukraine's ongoing issues with Russia, even if they weren't Ukraine's fault.

This is *one section* of Borden Ave. But even in residential areas there are cars on sidewalks and it is nearly impossible to get the city to remove them. Right now there’s at least two cars on the sidewalks at Bergen & Underhill and I haven’t been to that corner in a week. I just know that.