darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
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this is an EV deployment that I’m excited without reservation about
More frequent, cleaner, and quieter trains coming in 2028, this is legitimately exciting (and I selfishly can’t wait to see this on the North Station lines!) https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-approves-plan-electrify-trains-on-fairmount-commuter-rail-line/61701725?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2AwXty_oDmsiTiTEEo4RF3K61qxPQ02eb5Wk_YE0dh0e69Nu71c1_YI0k_aem_rwIutZGVs1CdtVAvla3mcg
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Did a quick rebrand of the Important Meeting Couch at San Diego Comic Con yesterday.
See you all weekend at booth 2049!
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Trump Says He Has “Nothing to Do” With Project 2025. Here Are His Connections to It.
Former President Donald Trump has spent much of this week freaking out about Project 2025, the initiative that produced the 900-page extremist right-wing guidebook for the next conservative administration. This weekend, at a rally in Michigan, Trump derided Project... #press
A downside of working in transpo is many my LinkedIn contacts are male engineers, and there is just too much reply-guy energy for me sometimes
I miss having access to official accounts to monitor and gripe at, and I miss the the conversations among real people. The latter is just seemingly gone from there, for me at least. Which makes it super easy to be active elsewhere.
Been checking back into twitter lately, just to see what’s up. My Anecdata:
*most of my network has gone silent
*those who remain don’t really seem to get much interaction
*a few are still heavily posting
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I just donated to #MastodonForHarris! Please boost and join me if you're able. #KamalaHarris #YesWeKam
Kudos to @heidilifeldman for making this possible! 😊
Every time someone prominent describes something about the GOP as “weird,” my heart swells just a little https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-says-harris-shouldnt-allowed-run-recycling-weird-claim-rcna163593
Feeling very down rn, but sometime soon, I’ll get to build up this bike trailer
I don’t engage in shorting, and don’t invest in jndividual equities, but gosh there’s so much more market cap that needs to be sliced off this company
Just pure hubris to pick this creepy evil guy. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/24/jd-vance-gender-views-00170673
Misspelled “bike lane ends.” This sign should warn, not invite.
As usual, “sustainability” has a blind spot on local transportation, an area where Paris has done bold and remarkable things that will leave a legacy of reduced carbon emissions for years to come, by reducing driving. But go on about a concrete skatepark, guys. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-paris-olympics-are-a-lesson-in-greenwashing/
Is there a single remaining GOP lawmaker who would ever say “Racism is bad, full stop” no of course there isn’t.
I love how none of the GOP lawmakers, even those speaking anonymously, said anything even remotely resembling “using someone’s identity as the basis for attacking them is wrong and bad.” They’re only backing slowly away from it because it makes them *look* wrong and bad.
My dad spent 14 unsuccessful years trying to get his corgi to stop herding him. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/23/gop-race-comments-harris-00170735
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Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish the job for the American people.
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
