Rob Toftness
@nosquish.bsky.social
Co-Founding member of the Denver Bicycle Lobby. I ride around Denver a lot. Just trying not to get squished 🚫🚴♂️💥🚙 (he/him)
From @katjadiehl.bsky.social:
I find myself thinking about how Ai use is mirroring the "get in or get out of the way" tactic the car industry took during their introduction of vehicles. Katja ties it all together here and covers far more.
medium.com/@backoffice_...
I find myself thinking about how Ai use is mirroring the "get in or get out of the way" tactic the car industry took during their introduction of vehicles. Katja ties it all together here and covers far more.
medium.com/@backoffice_...
From Fossil Patriarchy to Electric Technofascism: Why Automotive Violence Won’t End with EVs.
How the car-centric system perpetuates patriarchal violence — and why the electric transition threatens to make it worse.
medium.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
From @katjadiehl.bsky.social:
I find myself thinking about how Ai use is mirroring the "get in or get out of the way" tactic the car industry took during their introduction of vehicles. Katja ties it all together here and covers far more.
medium.com/@backoffice_...
I find myself thinking about how Ai use is mirroring the "get in or get out of the way" tactic the car industry took during their introduction of vehicles. Katja ties it all together here and covers far more.
medium.com/@backoffice_...
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When it comes to making our streets work better, political leadership is the key ingredient. This is great news.
Mamdani to Resurrect Bus and Bike Lanes Killed by Eric Adams
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
When it comes to making our streets work better, political leadership is the key ingredient. This is great news.
This is the kind of lame shit teenagers scream over microphones in anonymous Call of Duty game lobbies
President Donald Trump's disgraced Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino engaged in a posting spree on X Wednesday evening that rapidly went off the rails, and culminated in him telling a female reporter to "fix us a pie.
Trump's border enforcer tells woman reporter to 'fix us a pie' in evening posting spree
President Donald Trump's disgraced Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino engaged in a posting spree on X Wednesday evening that rapidly went off the rails, and culminated in him telling a female reporter to "fix us a pie."The drama began when Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose state just finally saw a...
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This is the kind of lame shit teenagers scream over microphones in anonymous Call of Duty game lobbies
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Protected bike lanes reduce the frequency of car crashes as well!
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
“Car infrastructure first” has failed—loud, polluted, and dangerous streets are the result. Build people infrastructure (sidewalks, protected lanes, safer crossings, transit priority) and we get calmer traffic and healthier communities. Newton is the latest proof.
Traffic Analysis Shows Newton Bikeway Project Reduced Car Traffic, Speeding, and Crashes - Streetsblog Massachusetts
"Vehicle volumes on the corridor have decreased without evidence of cut throughs on local roads, speeds within the pilot area have reduced, and bicycle activity has increased," according to a City of ...
mass.streetsblog.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Protected bike lanes reduce the frequency of car crashes as well!
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
This isn't a zero-sum question of selfish bicyclists vs beleaguered commuters. These projects are typically a win-win-win for drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
Brownstein is a law firm that has represented clients in Denver opposed to projects that would have done positive things for street safety.
Here they are donating to our premiere street safety organization. Is this penance?
Here they are donating to our premiere street safety organization. Is this penance?
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Brownstein is a law firm that has represented clients in Denver opposed to projects that would have done positive things for street safety.
Here they are donating to our premiere street safety organization. Is this penance?
Here they are donating to our premiere street safety organization. Is this penance?
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What a pathetic excuse for a party.
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
What a pathetic excuse for a party.
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This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars
Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) isn't an ironclad speeding prevention system, but could be just annoying enough to spark a backlash.
www.autoweek.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
I need to know more about this golden snake youtu.be/pgxVmTADJPY?...
ZOHRAN MAMDANI press conference TURNS ADORABLE thanks to GOLDEN SNAKE kid
YouTube video by Diario AS
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I need to know more about this golden snake youtu.be/pgxVmTADJPY?...
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This. For the disabled they are a vital tool, and without mine, I am housebound. The inherent ableism infuriates me, especially since I am a careful rider. In every incident I have been in, and there are very few, I was the victim not the cause. Every time.
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This. For the disabled they are a vital tool, and without mine, I am housebound. The inherent ableism infuriates me, especially since I am a careful rider. In every incident I have been in, and there are very few, I was the victim not the cause. Every time.
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No it wouldn't lol
I feel obligated to point out that if cars worked this way, the same tech would also enable Cops/ICE/etc. to stop any car they wanted remotely, to say nothing of a potentially malicious hacker.
I get the sentiment but this is a terrible idea.
I get the sentiment but this is a terrible idea.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
No it wouldn't lol
"I am the law" as I walk away from the exploded husk of a vehicle parked in a bike lane
I nominate all of BikeSky as a communal Traffic Court Judge Dredd
Probate Judge Dredd
Social Security Judge Dredd
Traffic Court Judge Dredd
Social Security Judge Dredd
Traffic Court Judge Dredd
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"I am the law" as I walk away from the exploded husk of a vehicle parked in a bike lane
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This is Minneapolis:
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is Minneapolis:
They are all unavailable now becuase they are all "temporary festival" parking. Which festival? Make one up.
Mayor Daley blow up an airfield over night, Chicago can figure this out.
Mayor Daley blow up an airfield over night, Chicago can figure this out.
Almost? Feels more like a Mostly...
www.youtube.com/shorts/swCZxbE7UJI
www.youtube.com/shorts/swCZxbE7UJI
In which @wesmars.bsky.social invokes Taylor Swift to fix Chicago's parking meter fiasco—and it almost makes sense.
From the new episode, coming later this week.
From the new episode, coming later this week.
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
They are all unavailable now becuase they are all "temporary festival" parking. Which festival? Make one up.
Mayor Daley blow up an airfield over night, Chicago can figure this out.
Mayor Daley blow up an airfield over night, Chicago can figure this out.
LOL
We tried to invite Ontario Premier Doug Ford to our live show in Toronto on Thursday, February 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social, so we brought two comically large tickets to Queen's Park. Here's how it went.
Get normal sized tickets here:
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Get normal sized tickets here:
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
LOL
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Side note: the Denver mayor recently directed our Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency office (which had worked on things like green infrastructure, e-bike rebates, and car free streets) to focus solely on EVs.
This is climate negligence.
This is climate negligence.
I'm not anti-EV. I'm anti "EVs solve all the problems caused by combustion cars so we don't need to solve the problems caused in general by cars"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Notice that most of the world has these things, and also EVs. I think it suggests the problem might not be the EVs.
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Side note: the Denver mayor recently directed our Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency office (which had worked on things like green infrastructure, e-bike rebates, and car free streets) to focus solely on EVs.
This is climate negligence.
This is climate negligence.
I'm not anti-EV. I'm anti "EVs solve all the problems caused by combustion cars so we don't need to solve the problems caused in general by cars"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Notice that most of the world has these things, and also EVs. I think it suggests the problem might not be the EVs.
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I'm not anti-EV. I'm anti "EVs solve all the problems caused by combustion cars so we don't need to solve the problems caused in general by cars"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Still need to remove parking, increase transit, lower speeds, create car free spaces, support active mobility.
People like to avoid that "because EVs"
Because EVs are often used as the reason to fight against good transit and mobility infrastructure. They still demand parking spaces that could be used for bike lanes, drive lanes that could be bus lanes, and do nothing to break car dependency
I'm definitely not a car guy but it does surprise meI'm definitely not a car guy but it does surprise me given the way we used to talk about climate that people are so negative about good cars that emit no CO2!
February 2, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Because EVs are often used as the reason to fight against good transit and mobility infrastructure. They still demand parking spaces that could be used for bike lanes, drive lanes that could be bus lanes, and do nothing to break car dependency
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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this guy was also an economic advisor to george w. bush, john mccain, and mitt romney, which helps illustrate that the rot is not just within maga but runs deep throughout the republican party
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
this guy was also an economic advisor to george w. bush, john mccain, and mitt romney, which helps illustrate that the rot is not just within maga but runs deep throughout the republican party
