David Lovato
@dlovato7.bsky.social
🌉 SF 🏀 Warriors 🏈 49ers ⚽️ Chelsea 💻 Google || mostly biking and tweeting (blueskying?) about the NBA
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Damn it. I was going to do this one, but I thought it was too dumb.
February 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Damn it. I was going to do this one, but I thought it was too dumb.
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Americans have been told for years that the bigger their car, the safer they'd be in a crash. Now, new research shows that's no longer necessarily true — and it's time to end the SUV arms race and start investing in more meaningful safety strategies.
Study: You're Not That Much Safer In a 4,000+ Pound Car — Streetsblog USA
For decades, American car buyers believed that bigger = safer. A new study finds that rule appears to have hit a ceiling.
usa.streetsblog.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Americans have been told for years that the bigger their car, the safer they'd be in a crash. Now, new research shows that's no longer necessarily true — and it's time to end the SUV arms race and start investing in more meaningful safety strategies.
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Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits.
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits.
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13%
Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends)
Transit Crime: 🔻36%
Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44%
Trip Times: 🔻10-30%
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Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
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FROM SHAMS:
Full trade:
Spurs: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin
Kings: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)
Bulls: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS
Full trade:
Spurs: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin
Kings: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)
Bulls: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS
FROM SHAMS:
BREAKING: Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team trade that moves Chicago Bulls' Zach LaVine to the Kings, sources tell ESPN.
BREAKING: Sacramento is finalizing a trade to send De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team trade that moves Chicago Bulls' Zach LaVine to the Kings, sources tell ESPN.
February 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
FROM SHAMS:
Full trade:
Spurs: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin
Kings: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)
Bulls: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS
Full trade:
Spurs: De'Aaron Fox, Jordan McLaughlin
Kings: Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, three first round picks (2025 CHA, 2027 SAS, 2031 MIN), three second round picks (2025 CHI, 2028 DEN, 2028 own back)
Bulls: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, their own 2025 pick via SAS
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The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick in a blockbuster deal, sources told Shams Charania on Saturday night.
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Sources: Luka to Lakers, AD to Mavs in stunner
The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.
spr.ly
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick in a blockbuster deal, sources told Shams Charania on Saturday night.
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BREAKING: One air traffic controller was working two different tower positions at the time of the midair collision near Washington, DC, an air traffic control source tells CNN
Live updates: American Airlines plane, Black Hawk helicopter collide near Washington, DC; no survivors expected | CNN
A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, accord...
cnn.it
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BREAKING: One air traffic controller was working two different tower positions at the time of the midair collision near Washington, DC, an air traffic control source tells CNN
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Incredible www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Key airport along approach to SFO to lose all air traffic controllers this week
The San Carlos Airport, along the approach to San Francisco International Airport, will have no air traffic controllers following an FAA contract change.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Incredible www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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Horrific news this morning out of the DCA crash. Love to all those affected.
Live updates: No survivors from D.C. plane crash, officials believe, as recovery operations begin
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Horrific news this morning out of the DCA crash. Love to all those affected.
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New report concludes that Right-on Red is deadly:
ROR "is generally unsafe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers."
"Right-turn collisions at signalized intersections were responsible for over 39k collisions and 217 fatalities between 2011–2022 in California."
transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
ROR "is generally unsafe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers."
"Right-turn collisions at signalized intersections were responsible for over 39k collisions and 217 fatalities between 2011–2022 in California."
transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
January 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New report concludes that Right-on Red is deadly:
ROR "is generally unsafe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers."
"Right-turn collisions at signalized intersections were responsible for over 39k collisions and 217 fatalities between 2011–2022 in California."
transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
ROR "is generally unsafe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers."
"Right-turn collisions at signalized intersections were responsible for over 39k collisions and 217 fatalities between 2011–2022 in California."
transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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'Senior Justice Department officials under Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams'
Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams
Senior officials under President Trump have talked with prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of abandoning the corruption case against Mr. Adams, the mayor of New York City.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
'Senior Justice Department officials under Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams'
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really love how advocates for safer cycling and pedestrian infrastructure are radicals but people who want to drive fast & park wherever they want (at the risk of everyone else) are just normal reasonable humans
January 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
really love how advocates for safer cycling and pedestrian infrastructure are radicals but people who want to drive fast & park wherever they want (at the risk of everyone else) are just normal reasonable humans
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Was the hundreds of millions of dollars we've burned through wisely allocated? Perhaps not. But did we learn a valuable lesson? Also no.
January 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Was the hundreds of millions of dollars we've burned through wisely allocated? Perhaps not. But did we learn a valuable lesson? Also no.
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Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
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Paris definitely wasn’t always this way. And the change wasn’t magic, or even hard. This is very recent, and it just took vision and leadership. Your city could choose leadership too if it wanted to.
Great pic via @JBPssx
Great pic via @JBPssx
January 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Paris definitely wasn’t always this way. And the change wasn’t magic, or even hard. This is very recent, and it just took vision and leadership. Your city could choose leadership too if it wanted to.
Great pic via @JBPssx
Great pic via @JBPssx
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Regenerative braking remains an extremely straightforward engineering marvel. Energy efficiency at its finest.
www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...
www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...
Caltrain’s Electric Fleet More Efficient than Expected | Caltrain
Caltrain announced at its monthly Board of Directors meeting that regenerative braking on the new trains is generating and sending back to the electric grid approximately 23% of the energy consumed by...
www.caltrain.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Regenerative braking remains an extremely straightforward engineering marvel. Energy efficiency at its finest.
www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...
www.caltrain.com/news/caltrai...
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
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I have heard it said that while Nikola Jokic is clearly the best player in the NBA, you cannot in good conscience just give him the MVP award every year.
Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.
January 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have heard it said that while Nikola Jokic is clearly the best player in the NBA, you cannot in good conscience just give him the MVP award every year.
Yes, you can.
Yes, you can.
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This is how you do it...
January 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is how you do it...