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.
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
I also managed to hold coherent conversations with strangers like a big boy, so a fine start to the holidays for me.
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.
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.
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.
Traffic deaths are preventable. Why aren’t we preventing them? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/21/opinion/pedestrian-safety-roads-transportation-accidents/
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/
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