It seems most US communities get equally mad at both.

Fietser@americanfietser.bsky.social · 4d ago

It takes years of studies and community debate to approve a single bike lane, but data centers are going in left and right with the footprint of a small natural disaster and almost no bureaucracy gets in the way.

Does anyone else get irrationally angry at American health provider emails, check in procedures, insurance estimates, etc? One of my biggest motivators for staying healthy is to stay the fuck out of regular contact with the American healthcare system.

6000 miles commuting by bike instead of driving a car.

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

theguardian.com

"The person who does it the long way; strolls, lingers, walks the kid to school; is labelled either privileged or eccentric, because the doctrine has no category for someone who chose time and effort."

bikebike@bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · last mo.

Cody, drops a truth bomb - "The cyclist’s sin is not that they slowed you down. Their sin is that they demonstrated the trip could be made without the two-ton machine, in front of witnesses." #yycbike medium.com/@cody.little...

Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job

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Some people just see the road differently

when it zoomed out I gasped

Philip N Cohen@philipncohen.com · 2mo ago

Checking in on MAHA day at the American State Fair. Managed to get pretty close to the stage

It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.

I have seen this all over and the comments are always oddly supportive! Maybe we can change after all. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

nytimes.com

George Miller is looking to develop a final ‘MAD MAX’ movie and a TV series. Amazon, Universal and Sony are interested in acquiring the rights. (Source: puck.news/newsletter_c...)

Spotted this ad for an F150 trim package. The goal is to be intimidating. They're not even pretending anymore.

Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Spotted while waiting at a crosswalk. I wonder why I often feel unsafe as a pedestrian? It can't be said enough that these types of vehicles have no place on our streets, *especially* in dense areas. This kind of truck is incompatible with safety for people trying to walk, bike, or roll.

Here it is:

The modern world in America is built for the “convenience” of motor vehicles. But the truth that people don’t want to hear is this: Cars ruin cities. Riley is dead, because drivers have the world catered to their every need while pedestrians, bikers, and public transit riders get the crumbs.

This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...

forbes.com

This is one of the most relatable articles I've ever read. Especially the part about slipping back into seeing the world through a driver's eyes when I get behind the wheel of a car.

Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike@gazza-d.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is a wonderful article extolling how good it is to walk or cycle and how it makes you much more in touch with your surroundings than in a hermetically sealed car isolated from the world. HT @ppushbike.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

This is a wonderful article extolling how good it is to walk or cycle and how it makes you much more in touch with your surroundings than in a hermetically sealed car isolated from the world. HT @ppushbike.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more

Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature

irishtimes.com

OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child

#govegan problem solved. #climatechange #animalcruelty

FYI you’re not being polite by waving someone through a stop sign when it’s your right of way. Being polite is moving your ass according to the rules and not confusing people.

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

theconversation.com

2 years ago my company installed a wave-style rack for us to lock our bikes to. There used to only be 2 of us riding to work on a daily basis, but today I'm asking management to install additional racks (but of the inverted-U style). Fingers crossed!

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 4mo ago

Trying out a new metaphor: "A.i." = cocaine. Cocaine is inevitable! Cocaine can enhance your creativity! Cocaine can make us all faster and more efficient! If your kid doesn't learn how to use cocaine, they'll get left behind!

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.

“Driving is so hard-wired into American culture, life and institutions, that it’s hard to account for all the ways it is subsidized, preferenced or otherwise favored. But a law professor at the University of Iowa, attempted it anyway.” #UtbanTruth Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized — By Law — Streetsblog USA

Greg Shill, a law professor, attempted to itemize all the ways driving is legally favored in the U.S. Let's just say it's a long list.

usa.streetsblog.org

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

This is a huge win for physical media: the complete STRANGER THINGS in 4K, Dolby Vision, and a tonne of extras, coming from @arrowvideo.bsky.social in July! Shame it doesn't come with a couple of novels, eh? www.arrowfilms.com/p/4k/strange...

Stranger Things: The Complete Series 4K UHD | Arrow Films

Shop Stranger Things: The Complete Series 4K UHD at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery

arrowfilms.com

We need to call out Dodge for what they are. They glorify hostility with models like the "Demon" and "Hellcat", selling an aggressive identity. The result is statistically deadly with Ram drivers leading the country in DUIs. They breed this toxicity, and it has no place on our roads and streets.

Ram 2500 Drivers Have the Most DUIs, More Than Twice the National Average: Report

Roughly 1 in 22 Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, a study claims.

thedrive.com