darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social

Having spent the past year caring for elderly parents, I can say with certainty that anyone who plans to live past retirement age should vote Democratic in November for no other reason than to keep the GOP from converting all of Medicare to Medicare Advantage. Whatever your other political opinions, you do not want that.

Still pissed off about Memorial Drive being a highway instead of a park on Saturdays? Want a state representative who supports the MBTA, instead of $440 million/year in tax cuts for the rich?

Much of #CambridgeMA is having a primary September 3rd, and challenger Evan MacKay is taking on Rep. Marjorie Decker. You can meet them at an open house in Cambridgeport tomorrow (Wed), 7-8:30PM:

Raccoons are trying to break into Cybertrucks, and there's some speculation that this is happening because the raccoons are literally confusing them with dumpsters

NEW EPISODE: "John Forester and Vehicular Cycling, Part 1."

John Forester's influence shaped bicycle safety in the U.S. for decades. We take a deep dive into his 1976 book, Effective Cycling, and the idea that cyclists should "act like drivers of vehicles."

Part 1 available wherever you listen to podcasts. The full episode is available now to Patreon supporters.

https://thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/131-vehicular-cycling-and-john-forester-part-1/

So my local library's makerspace offered a free event where they brought in a bunch of old tower computers, printers, game consoles, etc., - laid out a bunch of iFixit toolkits - and let everyone (kids and adults alike) take everything apart!!!

One kid was hesitant because they didn't want to break anything and the library staff were like, none of it works. We're recycling and throwing everything out afterwards! Go hog wild, you won't get in trouble! You're meant to break it and take it apart!

The kid was absolutely enthusiastic and went to town!

I got to be a kid again and go into detail about all the computer parts and what each of the hardware did. It was awesome watching my children and other kids and adults interact, share tools, show off what they found.

I spoke with the organizer afterwards and asked if this was a regular thing and he said that he didn't have enough old equipment to make it regular. I laughed and said all of my friends have CLOSETS FULL OF THIS STUFF and the idea of giving it to a bunch of kids and adults to play with would bring joy and meaning to their life, lol!

I gave him the time to meet up with @fxbghackers and told him to make a community announcement about needing old electronics for donation to take apart and he'd get truck loads.

Just another way community helps each other out. This is post scarcity education.

#solarPunk #mutualAid #community #library #makerSpace

Via Sherrilyn Ifill:

Listen pundits and Dem influencers. Your willingness to continue beating this horse is becoming…weird. Ask yourself why most prominent Black leaders & ordinary Black ppl are for #Biden staying in. We love Kamala, so what could be the reason? Maybe we see America through a different lens. One that allows us to see things that you don’t. Your apparent dismissal of that possibility is very revealing. And not in a good way.