Cedar
@cedar500.bsky.social
My city (Lansing) could beat up YOUR city
I talk about urban things and also make graphics
I talk about urban things and also make graphics
May 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I forgot to post this GIF I made, but part of me feels like I'm slipping in effectiveness. Like I used to be so much more driven to esoterically talk about "urbanism is good because math" but now I want to say "you are psychotic if you don't tear up the asphalt and free the dirt"\
April 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I forgot to post this GIF I made, but part of me feels like I'm slipping in effectiveness. Like I used to be so much more driven to esoterically talk about "urbanism is good because math" but now I want to say "you are psychotic if you don't tear up the asphalt and free the dirt"\
I have no idea who Graham Couch is other than something to do with sports, and I'm afraid to look it up at this point.
March 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have no idea who Graham Couch is other than something to do with sports, and I'm afraid to look it up at this point.
Trying to figure out how to best articulate my feeling on Michigan transit, in a way that both gets my emotions out and actually helps progress. All I feel is hate. A "If you are a dem who isn't actively working for transit, I want you to be as miserable as you make me every day" kind of hate.
March 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trying to figure out how to best articulate my feeling on Michigan transit, in a way that both gets my emotions out and actually helps progress. All I feel is hate. A "If you are a dem who isn't actively working for transit, I want you to be as miserable as you make me every day" kind of hate.
Someone Gilchrist-pill me I don't know a single policy of any Dem governor candidates but I already know since he doesn't seem to be the designated party pick he's got something I'd support
March 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Someone Gilchrist-pill me I don't know a single policy of any Dem governor candidates but I already know since he doesn't seem to be the designated party pick he's got something I'd support
I've always wanted to make a graph that visualizes taxable value across the city, but only recently thought to do so with a "slice".
TV/A is a city's version of a job's dollars per hour. Parks and days off don't pay, and that's fine! But we need to balance it with income.
TV/A is a city's version of a job's dollars per hour. Parks and days off don't pay, and that's fine! But we need to balance it with income.
March 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've always wanted to make a graph that visualizes taxable value across the city, but only recently thought to do so with a "slice".
TV/A is a city's version of a job's dollars per hour. Parks and days off don't pay, and that's fine! But we need to balance it with income.
TV/A is a city's version of a job's dollars per hour. Parks and days off don't pay, and that's fine! But we need to balance it with income.
Got my first wider aperture lens I promise I won't abuse it but not do I already want to
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Got my first wider aperture lens I promise I won't abuse it but not do I already want to
If Amtrak is privatized and my train ceases to exist who do I get a refund from
March 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If Amtrak is privatized and my train ceases to exist who do I get a refund from
I had my patio door open for an hour earlier today to let in some fresh air and now it's snowing
March 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I had my patio door open for an hour earlier today to let in some fresh air and now it's snowing
Obviously the "plant fruit trees along the road so no one ever is hungry" people haven't thought everything through entirely, but I'd like to take that idea and spin it into a"new city beautiful" movement that's mostly there to take lanes off roads
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Obviously the "plant fruit trees along the road so no one ever is hungry" people haven't thought everything through entirely, but I'd like to take that idea and spin it into a"new city beautiful" movement that's mostly there to take lanes off roads
In regards to Lansing I now I ramble to people all the time about things like financial solvency, but seriously it's insane seeing a cash strapped city with the highest taxes in the region balance it's entire economy on an industry that HATES us, which is about to tank-
March 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In regards to Lansing I now I ramble to people all the time about things like financial solvency, but seriously it's insane seeing a cash strapped city with the highest taxes in the region balance it's entire economy on an industry that HATES us, which is about to tank-
I have taken like 30 pictures of this church over the past 2 years to post to Twitter for a fun fact and AWLAYS forget to post them.
Fun fact, the weirdly different lighter brick part of the church nearest to us is older than the church; it was a house eaten up by it.
Fun fact, the weirdly different lighter brick part of the church nearest to us is older than the church; it was a house eaten up by it.
March 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I have taken like 30 pictures of this church over the past 2 years to post to Twitter for a fun fact and AWLAYS forget to post them.
Fun fact, the weirdly different lighter brick part of the church nearest to us is older than the church; it was a house eaten up by it.
Fun fact, the weirdly different lighter brick part of the church nearest to us is older than the church; it was a house eaten up by it.
A screenshot of a project I just started. It's still in the ugly "collect data and convert it to pixels" phase but hopefully this should be one of my most useful graphics to date for talking about Lansing: a city wide cross section of taxable values per acre
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A screenshot of a project I just started. It's still in the ugly "collect data and convert it to pixels" phase but hopefully this should be one of my most useful graphics to date for talking about Lansing: a city wide cross section of taxable values per acre
Wow this place fucking sucks like way more than I remember
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Wow this place fucking sucks like way more than I remember
Going to start a series where I go over my picks for potential rail lines in detail.
First up is Detroit to Bay City, with Flint and Saginaw as the major new stops.
First up is Detroit to Bay City, with Flint and Saginaw as the major new stops.
February 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Going to start a series where I go over my picks for potential rail lines in detail.
First up is Detroit to Bay City, with Flint and Saginaw as the major new stops.
First up is Detroit to Bay City, with Flint and Saginaw as the major new stops.
It's funny how last year I took a day off work for the State of the State address, and this year I've lost so much care for anything Whitmer says that I didn't know about when the address was until like a few days ago
February 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's funny how last year I took a day off work for the State of the State address, and this year I've lost so much care for anything Whitmer says that I didn't know about when the address was until like a few days ago
I chose the worst city council meeting to attend man it's ten thousand demo order hearings
February 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I chose the worst city council meeting to attend man it's ten thousand demo order hearings
In a few months you're gonna miss this, and the cycle will continue
February 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In a few months you're gonna miss this, and the cycle will continue
I know I'm weird for it but I'm so excited to file taxes I love filling numbers into boxes and then getting like a grand or so back because I make so little also TurnoTax rot in hell
January 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I know I'm weird for it but I'm so excited to file taxes I love filling numbers into boxes and then getting like a grand or so back because I make so little also TurnoTax rot in hell
Taken a little before 6pm. The days are not only getting longer but getting longer faster. There's still a lot of winter ahead of us but we've got a warmer week to enjoy.
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Taken a little before 6pm. The days are not only getting longer but getting longer faster. There's still a lot of winter ahead of us but we've got a warmer week to enjoy.
Wrap free bus so I can look outside at
January 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Wrap free bus so I can look outside at
Not to be too cheesy about it but 6 degree weather with heavy snow is wonderful when you're taking a bus. Waiting at the bus stop stinks sure but no scraping windshields, shoveling, waiting for the car to heat up- seriously nice
January 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Not to be too cheesy about it but 6 degree weather with heavy snow is wonderful when you're taking a bus. Waiting at the bus stop stinks sure but no scraping windshields, shoveling, waiting for the car to heat up- seriously nice
Imagine living in a way where your first feelings of seeing some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable is "oh GOD the roads are going to be TERRIBLE and I need to shovel my DRIVEWAY where are the PLOWS"
January 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Imagine living in a way where your first feelings of seeing some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable is "oh GOD the roads are going to be TERRIBLE and I need to shovel my DRIVEWAY where are the PLOWS"