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
darren is Not Going Back
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Is #NewtonMA about to ruin its chances to replace the train station in Auburndale?
After some twenty years of working to secure funding, current officials may drop the ball.
Welcome everybody to hating the trash WaPo Ed Board as much as DC-region folks have for so many years (Brooke Pinto endorsement! Beltway widening boosting!). Pull up a chair and cancel your subscription.
New e-cargobike on Kickstarter designed for women*, for $2K. Is it a mid-drive (as pictured) or hub-drive (as stated)? Dunno.
https://insideevs.com/news/692145/maven-cargo-ebike-for-women-by-women/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/integral-electrics/the-maven-cargo-e-bike
*i have no cred with which to evaluate this claim
Why is the silver line tunnel so goddamn bumpy
It remains funny that x.com still just redirects to twitter.com
bikey black friday sales:
20% off sitewide at Velo Orange
30% accessories at Woom
Any other notable ones?
It is I, the only guy in my office calling their bluff and working the Friday after Thanksgiving.
I also managed to hold coherent conversations with strangers like a big boy, so a fine start to the holidays for me.
Unilateral decision to wypipo up the stuffing with some kale. Stay tuned!
Update: Sausage stuffing has been a substantial part of like three meals the past few days, and it's not even Thanksgiving yet, so yeah diet's fully toggled off.
darren is Not Going Back
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X has taken its stance. Nazis on the platform are allowed. Pro-Hitler posts are allowed. Holocaust denial is allowed.
If you stay on a platform like that, you can't escape this creeping normalization. Even if you think you can.
"Oh, there goes another Holocaust denier. Just part of being online, I guess."
"Oh, another transphobe calling people dehumanizing slurs. Well that's the Internet for you."
Creeping normalization is like advertising. Even if you think it won't influence you, it will.
Hey Cambridge folks, help me out - best coffee house in Central Square-ish area?
Nice story on the Alewife Linear Park redesign, and I particularly love that the city project manager got a chance to do most of the talking.
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Traffic deaths are preventable. Why aren’t we preventing them? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/21/opinion/pedestrian-safety-roads-transportation-accidents/
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I poured root beer in a square glass. Now I just have beer.
Wow. After the May death of owner Charlie McCormick, longtime DC region City Bikes bikeshops are permanently out of business.
I worked at City Bikes doing mostly back-office stuff 2005-2008 (and briefly lived on the floor of the Adams Morgan shop). Started dating my late wife during that stretch. Still call some colleagues from that time friends. A weird wild special place that I will miss (but the spirit lives on at BicycleSpace) https://www.citybikes.com/
Registration for a kid summer camp I’m interested in opens in 10 days. I haven’t even started Xmas shopping, and I need to think about summer camps?
Year-round school (and make teachers rich) asap please and thank you
darren is Not Going Back
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Cargo bike-specific blankets for kids. Made by an EMT who works on them between calls. This is extremely my shit. (via Sunah!) https://www.etsy.com/shop/LarksBikeBlankets #CargoBike #BikeTooter
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
