Lucas Burns
@burnscommalucas.bsky.social
Finally someone on council who isn’t just pressing the “more freeway lanes” button like a rat trying to earn some cheese
"I think the single most impactful thing that we can do [to save money & address climate change]... is to reduce the lane mileage in our city... Every mile of road is a liability of unfunded operations and maintenance." - Councilor Mitch Green comes out w a bold idea!! 👀😲
February 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Finally someone on council who isn’t just pressing the “more freeway lanes” button like a rat trying to earn some cheese
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Rarely have I met someone as full of themselves as a C-suite who just learned a new buzzword
February 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Rarely have I met someone as full of themselves as a C-suite who just learned a new buzzword
Nothing to get your blood pumping first thing in the morning like steeping into an argument between two coworkers to tell them they’re both being idiots
February 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nothing to get your blood pumping first thing in the morning like steeping into an argument between two coworkers to tell them they’re both being idiots
I used to think Metamucil was just for old people but this shits great
February 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I used to think Metamucil was just for old people but this shits great
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*Donald Trump suspends habeas corpus and starts mass arrests* 74 year old Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer who has been in Congress for 27 years: mmmm Mr Trump you better not, sir
February 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
*Donald Trump suspends habeas corpus and starts mass arrests* 74 year old Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer who has been in Congress for 27 years: mmmm Mr Trump you better not, sir
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Seeing stuff like this is a good reminder about how Portland is such a leader in transportation planning. We’ve had innovative signals and green waves for many years.
And the n’hood street equivalent is removing stop signs for bike traffic… which we’ve also done for years!! 💪
And the n’hood street equivalent is removing stop signs for bike traffic… which we’ve also done for years!! 💪
Green Waves should be the biggest thing in #urbanism, #bikenyc. I'm not shutting up about them until they are everywhere.
youtu.be/YaO6QaTmtyU
youtu.be/YaO6QaTmtyU
Green Waves have the potential to create greenway-like conditions anywhere and remake our streets.
YouTube video by Miser
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February 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Seeing stuff like this is a good reminder about how Portland is such a leader in transportation planning. We’ve had innovative signals and green waves for many years.
And the n’hood street equivalent is removing stop signs for bike traffic… which we’ve also done for years!! 💪
And the n’hood street equivalent is removing stop signs for bike traffic… which we’ve also done for years!! 💪
If every company on planet earth gets in on AI, all I can hope is that they are all just as mind-bendingly incoherent and sloppy as Salesforce and whatever 25¢ dreck AI model they had write this shit commercial instead of a human being on a livable wage.
"Given what we've seen here, it is clear what AI is meant to be. AI is meant to be ignored, discarded, rejected in favor of the shelter of community and the warm embrace of a friend."
Salesforce Is Using A Hallucination To Sell AI | Defector
A lot is happening in the world of artificial intelligence, and not a lot of it makes sense. We’re told that AI is the future of business, yet it is wildly unprofitable; investment in AI companies is…
defector.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If every company on planet earth gets in on AI, all I can hope is that they are all just as mind-bendingly incoherent and sloppy as Salesforce and whatever 25¢ dreck AI model they had write this shit commercial instead of a human being on a livable wage.
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Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue.
TWENTY.
As in, they call that getting slammed.
So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.
TWENTY is a lot.
TWENTY.
As in, they call that getting slammed.
So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.
TWENTY is a lot.
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Found out that TWENTY emails is considered a lot to politicians on an issue.
TWENTY.
As in, they call that getting slammed.
So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.
TWENTY is a lot.
TWENTY.
As in, they call that getting slammed.
So next time you see a request to email your rep, or call, keep that in mind.
TWENTY is a lot.
I sincerely hope that some day we can make it back to a place where the wildest thing I read for the day is about a guy who sprays dog medicine on his hands so he can use them as sandpaper
February 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I sincerely hope that some day we can make it back to a place where the wildest thing I read for the day is about a guy who sprays dog medicine on his hands so he can use them as sandpaper
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people will speak about a game they played as a kid with the same reverence that they might a great song or novel, about how it engrossed them totally and completely. They may even tear up talking about it. and then you ask what game it was and it was Spongebob battle for bikini bottom
January 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
people will speak about a game they played as a kid with the same reverence that they might a great song or novel, about how it engrossed them totally and completely. They may even tear up talking about it. and then you ask what game it was and it was Spongebob battle for bikini bottom
Just saw an article about Rowan Atkinsons’ son refer to him as “Bean Jr”
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just saw an article about Rowan Atkinsons’ son refer to him as “Bean Jr”
Gee I hope me colleagues at the work retreat are enjoying …
*checks list of activities for entertaining middle schoolers*
… building a tall structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
*checks list of activities for entertaining middle schoolers*
… building a tall structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Gee I hope me colleagues at the work retreat are enjoying …
*checks list of activities for entertaining middle schoolers*
… building a tall structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
*checks list of activities for entertaining middle schoolers*
… building a tall structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
If your representatives do not actively oppose fascist policies, they are fascists
If you in turn support and help re-elect those representatives even by your inaction, you are also a fascist
If you in turn support and help re-elect those representatives even by your inaction, you are also a fascist
January 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If your representatives do not actively oppose fascist policies, they are fascists
If you in turn support and help re-elect those representatives even by your inaction, you are also a fascist
If you in turn support and help re-elect those representatives even by your inaction, you are also a fascist
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“Didn’t do enough” meaning funded and enabled a genocide at every available opportunity
This framing where a political party (and by extension the literal president of the United States) is some kind of put upon smol bean with little or no power is so fucking brain dead
This framing where a political party (and by extension the literal president of the United States) is some kind of put upon smol bean with little or no power is so fucking brain dead
“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.”
“Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.”
“Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.”
“‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us”
Pause.
“I needed to make a statement.”
“Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.”
“Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.”
“‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us”
Pause.
“I needed to make a statement.”
January 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Didn’t do enough” meaning funded and enabled a genocide at every available opportunity
This framing where a political party (and by extension the literal president of the United States) is some kind of put upon smol bean with little or no power is so fucking brain dead
This framing where a political party (and by extension the literal president of the United States) is some kind of put upon smol bean with little or no power is so fucking brain dead
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you asked for it and here it is: tombloom.itch.io/gwafa
GOBLIN WITH A FAT ASS by Tom Bloom
please don't let this become my most popular project
tombloom.itch.io
January 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
you asked for it and here it is: tombloom.itch.io/gwafa
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I genuinely believe that the salute was a pulse check to see what they’ll be able to get away with, and the media seems to be letting them know it’s everything.
Don’t let your craven non-confrontational nature allow you to ignore the obvious (hand) signs.
Don’t let your craven non-confrontational nature allow you to ignore the obvious (hand) signs.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I genuinely believe that the salute was a pulse check to see what they’ll be able to get away with, and the media seems to be letting them know it’s everything.
Don’t let your craven non-confrontational nature allow you to ignore the obvious (hand) signs.
Don’t let your craven non-confrontational nature allow you to ignore the obvious (hand) signs.
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“Indeed, New York City’s congestion pricing, which began this month, might already be one of the most effective climate policies ever enacted in the United States.” newrepublic.com/article/1903...
New York’s Congestion Pricing Is Working. Now Comes the Real Test.
Commute times are down, and subway numbers are up. But the conservative attacks have not stopped.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Indeed, New York City’s congestion pricing, which began this month, might already be one of the most effective climate policies ever enacted in the United States.” newrepublic.com/article/1903...
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maga people are like chicken little but instead of saying the sky is falling they say they’re likeable and reasonable
January 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
maga people are like chicken little but instead of saying the sky is falling they say they’re likeable and reasonable
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this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
My new dream is to be in a Shrek/Shrek 2 cover band
January 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My new dream is to be in a Shrek/Shrek 2 cover band
Man I’m about to go back to reading so many books on January 19th
January 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Man I’m about to go back to reading so many books on January 19th