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
So instead of printing and sending holiday cards, i've downscoped to texting a funny happy holidays gif to some friends.
Also I'm to tired to find a good funny happy holidays gif. Please submit suggestions here. TIA.
why is Adobe Connect
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RIP 21-yr old Samuel Alvarado, killed while biking yesterday by a garbage truck in Allston.
Bird scoots away from multizillions in debt via Chapter 11 bankruptcy https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/20/bird-bankruptcy/
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The 2023 #homelessness count came out on Friday - highest count on record and largest increase in a single year ever.
Full report here:
https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf
It’s a perfect Monday morning to demand more raised crosswalks
The new developer-furnished block of raised protected bike lane on westbound Cambridgepark Dr is just beautiful.
Having developers put back better public spaces when they tear them up for redevelopment is such a shared win.
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Opening alert -- Mothership has opened in Cambridge's Alewife area after being in the works for at least six years. https://bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2023/12/mothership-opens-in-cambridges-alewife.html
I upped the degree of difficulty on this holiday season by breaking up with someone, so going extra hard on the simple pleasures. Like decorating the bike.
No one’s saying that you have to haul your weekly grocery run in your cargobike, nor that you have to festoon it with holiday decorations. Just that you can.
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We had more than 20 children on our first Lyneham preschool and primary school #BikeBus on Wed 13 Dec. It was so uplifting to turn a corner and see kids waiting on bikes for our bus. We’ll resume it in Feb when school goes back. Thanks Walk Cycle Lyneham, the school P&C, Pedal Power and many adults who showed up to help us keep children safe and happy. Join us! Or we’ll help start one where you live.
Shared micromobility company Superpedestrian (dba Link, because only four-letter brands can operate scooters in this country) shutting down US operations. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/15/scooter-startup-superpedestrian-shutting-down-us-operations-explores-sale-of-europe-business/
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Annapolis drops the tweet bomb: X exit sparks online debate https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/local-news/annapolis-twitter-x-elon-musk-5WO4DB4RNFDSDC7J74KLGEGQYM/
The purchase of one of these EVs departing our school dropoff was incentivized with stacks of public money.
The other is cleaner, healthier, more efficient, funner, and far less likely to kill anyone.
Here in Cambridge, dominant advocacy seems to be leaning to the latter: Broad pro-development support for curtailing lab development that is crowding out housing starts.
Interesting moment in "what's a YIMBY" history:
The ALX arena will likely replace some planned housing with regional-appeal amenities, and as an amenity will definitely raise nearby housing prices.
Is YIMBY about just building more anything, or building more housing to make it affordable?
I distrust meta so so deeply... yet being able to interact with the two or three friends i know who use Threads from here is undeniably exciting. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/meta-starts-testing-threads-integration-with-activitypub/
people riding bikes no-hands around others on mixed-use trails are the off-leash dog-walkers of bicycling <send>
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
