Larry Walker

@walker-larry.bsky.social

Recovering IT guy, neo-Luddite retired to the Northwoods to hide out from it all…

Economics always bats last: just as renewables have made it financially foolish to build any new fossil fuel power plants, bikes are about to do the same thing to cars: cities just can’t afford to keep building infinite car spaces!

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.

Michigan DOT gives motorists blocks of notice about a lane closure. Pedestrians, wheelchair users, mobility device occupants, bicyclists, mothers with baby carriages just get cut off with no warning or signs. All done on a narrow causeway between two old mine pits, no viable detour…

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Fascinating: warming climate has meant fewer and fewer snowstorms in Holland, so public infrastructure and people’s habits are losing the ability to cope with even 3 cm of snow! And amazingly, there is widespread anger that the streets are cleared, and the bike paths are not. Yes, even in Holland!

Suddenly, out of the blue, last night it hit me: why is anybody even talking about Peter Thiel‘s obsession with the Antichrist? Why aren’t we not all rolling on the floor laughing hysterically whenever someone says the word Antichrist. I mean, jeez, there are way better fairytales to obsess over…

Is it time for Democrats to introduce impeachment proceedings against all Republican members of the House for failing to meet their constitutional responsibility to have a federal budget in place by September 30? Dereliction of Duty: seems more high crime than misdemeanor; plenty good enough!