Blackmountaindad

@blackmountaindad.bsky.social

Living it

This is at the end of her 4 mile bike ride! You can physically see the joy, amazement and confidence exude from her. She got a new bike this week, a belt drive Early Rider in purple and it’s my new favorite bike. She ended up doing another mile before she was done for the day.

The world’s biggest bike parking in Utrecht didn’t happen overnight. And it didn’t fall out of the sky. It’s the product of decades of effective urban and transport planning. Long-term political decisions. Sustained public investment. Great cycling cities aren’t miracles. They are policy outcomes.

The "freedom to drive" actually means having zero choice. You are forced to buy, maintain, insure, fuel, and store a depreciating asset on repeat forever. True mobility freedom is having safe, efficient, accessible alternatives, not surrendering your financial independence to car dependency.

Wes Marshall@wesmars.bsky.social · 4mo ago

They are talking like traffic engineers haven't been trying - and failing - to fix traffic congestion for the last 70+ years It's the wrong question to ask And a good part of the reason we're in the mess that we're in

WATCH: “They preach freedom of speech and non-censorship, but this was my experience.” The Georgia student who asked JD Vance about Epstein describes how hard they tried to screen his question and hand-pick the questioners.

Young planets forming deep in the universe - WISPIT 2, a young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, in which at least two planets are forming. The video combines images taken at various wavelengths and times, as captured by the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy at ESO.

The US government collected over $1 billion in immigration fees then refused to process the applications. No denials. No refunds. Just silence. This is the largest fee fraud in the history of the American immigration system. Here's what's happening. 🧵

Bike lanes not ballrooms. Hundreds of people participated in a a rolling demonstration to save the 15th St bike lane, which the regime threatens to remove

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“Epstein’s accountant testified the Epstein estate settled with Jane Doe #4 for Epstein & Trump — right after bombing Iran we get her files. Lying to the FBI is a crime. She alleged Epstein abused her when she was 13 and Trump abused her when she was 15.”