Today is the only day you can experience Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” on the day it is set. Audio: archive.org/details/brad... PDF: thephilosopher.net/bredberi/wp-...

remember to always say OH BIG STRETCH

What if, instead of mincing around with the Polestar stuff, Volvo just redid this, maybe out of aluminum or something, as an EV?

Yup. Like I said, Estrogen is a performance enhancing drug (PED). No, I am not remotely kidding or being facetious. Yes I am being completely serious. Transphobes and misogynists get really upset at even the suggestion that women's hormones could give them a performance advantage over men.🤷🏿‍♂️

FOHF@fohf.bsky.social · 3d ago

Women out here quietly crushing men and women’s endurance race records www.bbc.com/news/videos/... by *days*

Tell your Congress members to oppose the Sunshine Protection Act’s permanent Daylight Saving Time—and to support the Sunshine for Our Kids Act’s permanent Standard Time. www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2...

Hate daylight saving time? New bipartisan House bill would repeal it

A bipartisan House bill introduced July 9, 2026, would end the twice-yearly daylight saving time clock change. About the Sunshine for Our Kids Act

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Fantastic article written by Maggie Knight whom I've met at a fantastic bike advocacy group of mostly parents who cargo bike in Victoria BC. This perspective of the #climateCrisis we are facing is front and centre for all of us, but especially for those whose young children will be experiencing […]

You should be able to check these out at the library.

Sundance@sundance.bikesky.social · 2w ago

Palo Alto is serious about protecting this temporary pedestrian street. I like it

I’m thinking we could make our cities much better if we required a special drivers license (like a CDL) for vehicles over about 4300lbs. (Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius are about 4200lbs.) We can demand safer testing standards for operators, and easily revoke it if people drive dangerously.

Our July potluck picnic is coming up, and we're still celebrating Pride :-) Hope you can stop by! We'll be over by the running wolf sculptures in the shade.

This is VERY interesting — one of many streets that Montreal has been successfully pedestrianizing for years now, had CARS RETURN this summer. People-levels and sales are way down. Interestingly the story uses “closed to pedestrians” to describe the returning cars. People-streets mean business.

Businesses feeling the impact after Montreal street opens up to cars this summer

YouTube video by CBC News Quebec

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This series by @johnmunro.bsky.social is officially a must read: "Snake Pass might be located in the countryside, but the mobility politics of commons and enclosure playing out there also speak to municipal, national, and transnational scales in an urbanizing world."

John Munro@johnmunro.bsky.social · 4w ago

Why are car-centric transport systems so difficult to undo? Because automobiles represent the dominance of private property over public space. In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org essay, I look to history to uncover how we got here. #StealingCars

If the Vancouver police can’t explain why they need an extra $200,000 a week on top of their $497 million budget to police five blocks of car free activities, then I can make videos pointing out how much that works out to every hour for every block. We’ll update if they provide more information.

Asking people to understand that American dominance in women's soccer is a byproduct of Title IX, which helped foster high-level women's sports in this coontry, in stark contrast to most of the reat of the world. It's a systemic, structural thing we should be proud of.

Today I learned that volunteers on an island near Vancouver decide to just buy tons of efficient heat pumps, unlocking big bulk discounts, and help their neighbors install them. They've done 1,100 of the 3,000 homes on Gabriola Island, BC! How cool is that?! 🤯🔥👠

Patrick Canning 🇨🇦@patrickcanning.bsky.social · last mo.

Here on Gabriola Island, BC, someone started a society to do this years ago. They just buy one make & model, the most efficient, and therefore get a huge bulk discount which they pass on directly to the consumer. islandfutures.ca/heat-pumps/

Tangletown is such a great neighborhood. Love this story.

kottke.org@kottke.org · last mo.

A story about what being neighborly is all about. “I reported back to the neighborhood text thread, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. What came back, from one neighbor after another, was the same question: what can we do to help?” [wallyhood.org]

Carry Shit Olympics Gold Medal winner here!

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 5mo ago

Minnesota lawmaker Katie Jones rode in a cargo e-bike to the hospital for her baby's birth. Her husband, Peter Schmitt, pedaled the two miles there. On the return journey, their son Hans – all 8 pounds and 1 ounce of him – was bundled up and handled it just fine, Jones said.

holy shit

This is incredible

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗@madisonkittay.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

This joke tickles my nerd brain along at least 3 different axes…

Davedette@davedette.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Is a Honda Fit with a phone camera pointed out the window a technical" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

Seconding. Random Acts is a very good and very spooky read.

Atlas Shvitzed@therafischwartz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Truly truly truly cannot recommend this, and the entire Dryco series enough. Random Acts, in particular, is one of the most profoundly unnerving things I’ve ever ready (complementary)

I’m really enjoying reading this book (even if it often makes me sad or angry!) but I’m also watching Pluribus and keep wondering if Carol would be a lot happier if she didn’t live in such a car dependent, poorly designed cul-de-sac?

Sigh. If we have to spend money on car infrastructur, let’s spend it on engineering controls to prevent accidents. That will help us manage health care costs and extend lifespans.

Eric Doherty@ericdoherty.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Why is @davidebybc.bsky.social continuing to shovel money at highway expansion boondoggles, which make traffic worse, make life more expensive, and increase carbon pollution? Why not focus on public transit? langleyadvancetimes.com/2026/01/05/2... #bcpoli #LangleyBC #FraserValley

This is a nice thread.

Rick Steves@ricksteves.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

Lives in my head too…

Dan Hon@danhon.com · 8mo ago

This place is a message and part of a system of messages pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture This place is not a place of honor no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here nothing valued is here.

Deploy one of these in one car parking space on every street.

Bike Barns

Secure Multi-space Bike Parking

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