Sarah Goodyear
@sgoodyear.bsky.social
Writer. New Yorker. Co-host, The War on Cars podcast. Our book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, is out now. lifeaftercars.com
ordering Domino’s and then blaming ChatGPT when nobody wants it
The recent hysteria over bike and ebike regulation is infuriating, dumb, and counter-productive.
Oregon has set a record for the worst fire season in history, with 2m acres burned, and 2 months before the return of fall rains. Climate change is here. It looks like scorched forests, fires that encroach on major cities, & lost commerce and recreation. My video report from smoke fouled Portland
Last night I saw a group bike ride going over the Gowanus at Union Street and it seemed like a super chill ride that I would have liked to be on. Anyone know what that ride was? I was in a place where I couldn't get to them to ask about it before they passed by!
deleted a post because honestly i do not need reply guys today
The Trump administration has now canceled the contract that provided legal services for unaccompanied immigrant kids. That means thousands of children across the country, including hundreds being held in detention, are losing access to government-provided legal representation. (1/5)
This is team player shit, beat the bad guys shit. I love it. No fucking around with it, just let's go.
Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · 10h agoI encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
"In another video (screenshot below), at least two migrants are seen wearing a black-and-yellow backstrap resembling a piece of the WRAP device, a full body straitjacket used to restrain migrant passengers deemed 'unruly.'"
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 11h agoNEW: An ICE flight headed for Moldova turned around over the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and flew back to an ICE hub, returning 15 hours after it left. We don’t know why. Video I obtained from the scene shows 11 exhausted and shackled people disembark. gillianbrockell.com/why-did-this...
Unable to articulate the depth of my rage that he vandalized the moon. cbs12.com/news/local/a...
Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.
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Rookie suggestion. Just ban pedestrians altogether.
Sean Marshall@seanyyz.bsky.social · 12h agoIf you guessed forcing pedestrians to climb up on to overpasses or descend into tunnels, you’d be right.
Details on how to support the Young Center in the followup post in AJ's thread, because God knows they're gonna need it
When people hear the word “car”, what they think is “privacy” and “not having to interact with strangers”. But the definition of living in a city is “interacting with strangers”. 🤔 Another great @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast interview with @humantransit.bsky.social 👇
Human Transit with Jarrett Walker
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · August 4 · 57m
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Air quality. I grew up in the Los Angeles basin in the 70s and 80s and remember having to stay inside because the smog was so bad - Stage 2 smog alerts, they were called. Apparently they haven't had one of those since 1988. Haven't had a stage one smog alert since 2003.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 23h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Stunning display of motornormativity here from the BBC. No, they are not "closing down streets" - if they were doing that they would be shut off from everyone. Rather, they are changing who is using the space. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds: The city closing down streets so children can play
In Leeds, streets are being temporarily closed to traffic so kids have more space to safely play - an initiative proving beneficial to both children and adults.
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"Rena" sent this from Moses Lake WA where she is weeding carrots for a non-union company. She shared: The air is bad. See my cell phone. The AQI is 166, which is unhealthy. We start at 4am. We'll work 7-8 hrs & earn minimum wage. #WeFeedYou
Nurses in Portland, Maine are protesting tomorrow after one of their colleagues was taken by ICE despite her pending asylum case
A third detainee died after being held at Delaney Hall, according to Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ), who said the death wasn’t disclosed to the public by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because the agency recently changed how it reports deaths of detainees. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/04/t...
A Third Delaney Hall Detainee Has Died, New Jersey Congressman Says
Rep. Rob Menendez said ICE confirmed details of the death, which took place weeks ago, to him during an oversight visit to the facility on Monday.
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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Bring by your whistles and a How to Report ICE zine: drive.google.com/file/d/10TLV...
NYC-SALUTE-7-14-26.pdf
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Sarah Goodyear@sgoodyear.bsky.social · yesterdayHeads up, NYC, there has been an increase in ICE activity. Keep your eyes open. Let's protect each other. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-sees-an-...
Heads up, NYC, there has been an increase in ICE activity. Keep your eyes open. Let's protect each other. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-sees-an-...
NYC Sees an 'Uptick' in ICE Activity
And a judge just blocked the mask ban for agents, plus more news for your Tuesday.
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New episode up! We talk with transit planner Jarrett Walker, author of the recently reissued classic Human Transit, about why buses are so great, how we can make them better, & how advocates should fight for public transit in a hostile federal funding environment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy benefited from millions in corporate donations to make a show about road trips. But two months after Duffy said the show would premiere, it doesn't appear to exist at all. My latest False Flag @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-the-h...
What the Hell Happened to Sean Duffy’s Road-Trip TV Show?
Three months after it was announced, the secretary of transportation’s summer show—funded by companies he regulates—hasn’t aired a single episode.
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Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from the War on Cars podcast explain the myriad of benefits provided by congestion pricing. @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social #toronto #topoli #urbansim #nycsubway
Hello, my name is [...] I am 9 years old. Can you help me get out of this jail? We are children, not criminals. We are 3 siblings, my mom and my dad. Please, a federal judge see this letter and help us. We have been here for 47 days [...] Leave us in your country, don’t deport us. ⛓️👧👦👧👩👨⛓️ FREEDOM
JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social · 2d ago🧊😲 KIDS IN CAMPS ⛓️👧🏻 What could drawings from children possible be evidence of?
“An urban firestorm occurs when a massive, high-intensity fire moves into a built environment, causing structures — rather than just vegetation — to become the primary fuel source. The Spokane firestorm is just the latest example of one of these most dangerous and destructive wildfires.”
Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2d agoUrban firestorms like the one that devastated Spokane Saturday have been growing more common because of increased development in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) and climate change. In this post, I document 9 such fires since 2016 in the U.S. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/urba...