@skinnylatte wow, TIL about this guy, "the city's first genuine tourist attraction"

https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Emperor_Norton

@inthehands transcript "we've abandoned more agricultural land than we're actually using. So we're using about 1.5B hectares for agriculture. We've already abandoned about 2B because it's no longer productive."

https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/TGS-222-Brett-KenCairn-Transcript.docx-1.pdf

@inthehands Water is a greenhouse gas, holistic environmental problem = not just burning fossil fuels but also plowing fields for monoculture. Multi-tiered ecosystems of trees, shrubs, forbs, etc capture far more carbon and hold water better.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/116661638131298887

If your voting method can't allow a 3rd party to easily replace a bad party, you don't have a democracy. Get a better voting method that counts all of your votes but still gives everyone an equal say in the final round, like St Louis did Approval + top-2 runoff. STAR does it with slightly-more-complicated addition of a 5pt scale, auto top-2 runoff, in one ballot! No Ranked Choice follow-your-vote-through-this-plinko shell game needed. Proportional is a big word, but we can all do fractions.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116466045513473344

The segway was a slow clumsy expensive e-bike with nowhere to sit, and no pedals the make it go farther or up hills. It also makes the rider stand out as someone who clearly can't afford a car, if they were to attempt any actual trip without a car. Its only practical application is writing parking tickets and collecting litter downtown, which would be more efficient without the rider.

oops the decentralized bluski network is down? again?

@inthehands building trust was how the xz supply chain attack went.

Using a car because there's plenty of street parking but nowhere to store a cargo bike? We need better folding and compact cargo bike options, but bike trailers can lean against a wall, or fold flat with the wheels off. Brompton and travoy, r&m carrie, quite a few ways to store in apartments. Also curbside hangar sheds need to become a common thing, securely storing several cargo bikes and ebikes in the space of one car.

R&M Carrie, compact #cargoBikes with folding/locking box, only 18in wide when shut, handlebar stem folds so you won't get snagged on it in a hallway, roughly the length of a typical bike but you've got room for a child passenger and/or dog. Suspension fork, 80lb empty, $10k.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WQ2rOeFvg

Folding (brompton) bike and folding (travoy) trailer. A nice ride to the store on a rainy day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3vK9tcmWI

A DIY bamboo version of the handcart/bike trailer (using Burley travoy seatpost hitch.) Carbon fiber with expoxy resin, but I've seen this done with jute twine too and not so much effort on making flush joints.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXw2ocuuBRg

(ab)using a cheap tubing bender for aluminum round bar. (I didn't know you could cold bend aluminum without cracking, maybe that depends on the type (alloy?) of aluminum.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjidZtS0tc

Cargo bikes don't have to be very wide. This build also reminds me of the argo kit, which allows your regular bike to convert to and from cargo mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQk2WSO6eY

@skinnylatte have you tried the sriracha from their former supplier? https://www.costco.com/p/-/underwood-ranches-sriracha-premium-chili-hot-sauce-17-oz-2-count/4000212650

Saturday 10am #Portland Monthly #MutualAid #pdxBikes inner SE #BikeFun Community Care ride to fill #freeFridges leaves at 10:30 from Abernethy elementary covered area
~2298 SE Elliott (Ladd's lower left) #cargoBikes, trailers,
> packaged nonperishable staples, as well as prepared meals (with ingredients & dates labeled,) or even fresh veggies! Grab-n-go items are helpful for folks without kitchen access! Personal hygiene products/socks/handwarmers/etc. also appreciated.🚲

https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-23269

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/115964484421440911

not only did they steal your forum posts from the past, they also stole all of the forum posts from the future from all of us

@ai6yr people who believe in vaccines are going to have to start changing the schedule to make up for the problem caused by people who don't 😞

> In places where measles is eliminated, it is generally recommended that children be immunized against measles at 12-18 months of age
> where measles is endemic, the WHO recommends immunization at 9 months of age and again at 18 months
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles

Like I've said, #InducedDemand works in both directions on all modes. If you make biking, walking, and transit as normal, easy, and convenient as driving, more people will do it. If every bike lane is a door zone and completely vanishes before the end of the block, they won't.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/confirmed-non-driving-infrastructure-creates-induced-demand-too

Montreal has been busy #BikeTooter @OhTheUrbanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDqC87zpXU

RE: https://mastodon.social/@stevelieber/115600596642853677

what you reap is what you sow #AIslop