darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
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Is there a less parsimonious word in the English language than ‘parsimonious?’
Kelly Clarkson says walking around her new walkable urban neighborhood helped her lose weight
“Walking in the city is quite the workout,” [Clarkson] said
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This show goes WAY beyond the big dig itself.
Literally everyone should watch it. It's a hell of a civics and politics lesson, but no really, for reals.
Lefties who think presidents can wave magic wands, in particular, should listen to this.
Hasn’t even snowed yet, and I’m nuggets-deep in summer camp planning.
I’ve taught the meta algorithms to make Facebook & Instagram basically a nonstop torrent of videos of engine sounds from Formula 1’s V10 era, which is a) a thing, and b) awesome https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1dSNRytvAK/?igsh=MWJiNmJ0eGF3am95ZA==
i am bored and getting perversely nostalgic for NoVa, so here's my MSPaint of the gondola from the HQ2 crystal poo to the Potomac Yards stadium that will definitely get floated at some point.
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“America has focused on using EVs as a one-to-one replacement for gas guzzlers […] meaning emissions targets are likely to be missed and other transportation problems will continue to go unaddressed.” https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-ev-sales-prices-problem-transportation-2024-1
Remember like ten years ago when protected bike lanes were only smattered about in a few big cities and ultra-progressive university cities, and now low-key cities of 29k people like Northampton are doing premium-quality reconstructions like this?
Great: Local news mag show Chronicle just aired a piece on Northampton MA, and featured the city’s planned redesign of Main Street for ped and bike safety!
Greater: That proposed redesign includes the sweet double-tree-row portico for bicyclists!
Covid day 5… the bunker in ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ was apparently in Grundel County, IN. Such a wonderful underrated show with fun little touches like that strewn throughout.
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Covid day… 4? This fucker is against me somehow.
Good problem: I need new ski pants because the old ones are too big for me now. Cold and now Covid knocking me off my running routine should solve that problem though.
I wish kirk cousins wasn’t GOP trash so I could love that dork
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Axios - Fidelity has again marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings, which the mutual fund giant helped Elon Musk buy for $44 billion when the company was known as Twitter. The company, according to Fidelity is now worth 71.5% less than at the time of purchase. https://www.axios.com/2023/12/31/elon-musks-x-fidelity-valuation-cut
Still swabbin’ positive, so spending my first NYE alone super-alone.
Just as I did to the T, looks like my DC regional jinx stank has settled upon the New England Patriots
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
