James Longhurst
@jameslonghurst.bsky.social
college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
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Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a hi...
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Oh hey, many new followers because of the bike community starter pack. Hello, I'm James Longhurst, a historian of urban and environmental policy. I wrote about the history of bike policy in the United States a few years ago; available from @uwapress.bsky.social
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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#5: "You're the biggest rube on the planet"
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 PM
#5: "You're the biggest rube on the planet"
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Just incredible meme potential
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Just incredible meme potential
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
#2: "You are barely smart enough to breathe"
I went to see if I could find some 23-year-old clips of Colin Powell explaining his "Pottery Barn Rule" and I gotta tell you there is some bizarre, bizarre stuff on Youtube. Just brain-meltingly weird. The future is such on odd place, I don't know how I'd even start to explain it to anyone.
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I went to see if I could find some 23-year-old clips of Colin Powell explaining his "Pottery Barn Rule" and I gotta tell you there is some bizarre, bizarre stuff on Youtube. Just brain-meltingly weird. The future is such on odd place, I don't know how I'd even start to explain it to anyone.
anyway, here's the last couple seconds of a British Pathe newsreel from the end of WWII that I sometimes show to students to explain how hopeful the major powers were that the UN could create a new rules-based international order before the Cold War foreclosed on that.
youtu.be/U3cGnbCEb-w?...
youtu.be/U3cGnbCEb-w?...
Shaping The Future - U.N. Charter Becomes Reality Aka San Francisco Conference (1945)
YouTube video by British Pathé
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January 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
anyway, here's the last couple seconds of a British Pathe newsreel from the end of WWII that I sometimes show to students to explain how hopeful the major powers were that the UN could create a new rules-based international order before the Cold War foreclosed on that.
youtu.be/U3cGnbCEb-w?...
youtu.be/U3cGnbCEb-w?...
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one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
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is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
is there some way I can quickly unlearn all of history so as to feel better about recent events
personally I blame the success of season 1 of "Landman"
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
personally I blame the success of season 1 of "Landman"
gotta say I feel like a sucker now, teaching a module on the postwar international order in my world history survey course all these years
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
gotta say I feel like a sucker now, teaching a module on the postwar international order in my world history survey course all these years
Well good morning everyone, I trust international affairs have been quiet overnight, let me take an exceptionally large sip of this coffee before reading the headlines. . .
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Well good morning everyone, I trust international affairs have been quiet overnight, let me take an exceptionally large sip of this coffee before reading the headlines. . .
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
anyway, Amazon is increasingly a useless repository of AI chumslop. Here's the bibliography of "Claire G. Moats," apparently the author of 15 different biographies published in 2025, and another 10 in 2024.
Incredibly prolific, no? A biography every three weeks?
www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
Incredibly prolific, no? A biography every three weeks?
www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
anyway, Amazon is increasingly a useless repository of AI chumslop. Here's the bibliography of "Claire G. Moats," apparently the author of 15 different biographies published in 2025, and another 10 in 2024.
Incredibly prolific, no? A biography every three weeks?
www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
Incredibly prolific, no? A biography every three weeks?
www.amazon.com/s?i=stripboo...
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While ~ isFixed(Me) {
thisNextBikeWillFixMe();
}
thisNextBikeWillFixMe();
}
January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
While ~ isFixed(Me) {
thisNextBikeWillFixMe();
}
thisNextBikeWillFixMe();
}
@sullivanjames.bsky.social Hey I sent you an email at your gmail address; reaching out here too.
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
@sullivanjames.bsky.social Hey I sent you an email at your gmail address; reaching out here too.
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There will be so many cars that none of them will be able to move
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There will be so many cars that none of them will be able to move
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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We get it, X sucks. Stop sharing screenshots. Every time it’s like seeing the last video log of the EVENT HORIZON.
January 2, 2026 at 3:06 AM
We get it, X sucks. Stop sharing screenshots. Every time it’s like seeing the last video log of the EVENT HORIZON.
Hello I'm 1979 Yamaha XS-650.
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Hello I'm 1979 Yamaha XS-650.
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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Cycling Cities: The African Experience covers 17 cities in 12 countries across the continent. The chapters are amply illustrated narratives. In a concluding chapter, “Cycling in Numbers, 1920-2025,” Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai and Frank Veraart offer a century of quantitative data on cycling in Africa. ...
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Cycling Cities: The African Experience covers 17 cities in 12 countries across the continent. The chapters are amply illustrated narratives. In a concluding chapter, “Cycling in Numbers, 1920-2025,” Dorcas Nthoki Nyamai and Frank Veraart offer a century of quantitative data on cycling in Africa. ...
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"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)
January 1, 2024 at 4:48 PM
"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)
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Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
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Gonna head outside at midnight because I want my face to be the last thing 2025 sees before it dies.
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Gonna head outside at midnight because I want my face to be the last thing 2025 sees before it dies.
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“Zomba, a regional administrative city, is Malawi’s cycling hub.” So reports David Drengk in “‘I Never Queued for Fuel.’” ...
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Zomba, a regional administrative city, is Malawi’s cycling hub.” So reports David Drengk in “‘I Never Queued for Fuel.’” ...
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NORDIC NOIR 🖤 🎞️ Coming to the Criterion Channel on January 1! The dark cloud of disillusionment that spread across international screens in the wake of World War II didn’t spare the land of the midnight sun, as evidenced by this selection of stylishly shadowy, ripe-for-discovery crime dramas
December 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
NORDIC NOIR 🖤 🎞️ Coming to the Criterion Channel on January 1! The dark cloud of disillusionment that spread across international screens in the wake of World War II didn’t spare the land of the midnight sun, as evidenced by this selection of stylishly shadowy, ripe-for-discovery crime dramas