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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Bike Battles
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
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#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
Favorite bar scene or cocktail in a #FilmNoir
Nat King Cole in a tiki lounge...
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚊 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟹)
this is public history in practice
The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
this is public history in practice
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Also, Shutterstock still has up the image which I have always mentally captioned "Making Archivists Cry" but which they call "Girl Historian Reads a Rare Book." #Skystorians
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Also, Shutterstock still has up the image which I have always mentally captioned "Making Archivists Cry" but which they call "Girl Historian Reads a Rare Book." #Skystorians
Gotta bring out the big anti-depression drugs this morning:
Coffee shop, bright sunlight, triple chocolate scone, manuscript, Neil young singing “Keep on Rockin in the Free World” at a surprising volume for a coffee shop
Coffee shop, bright sunlight, triple chocolate scone, manuscript, Neil young singing “Keep on Rockin in the Free World” at a surprising volume for a coffee shop
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Gotta bring out the big anti-depression drugs this morning:
Coffee shop, bright sunlight, triple chocolate scone, manuscript, Neil young singing “Keep on Rockin in the Free World” at a surprising volume for a coffee shop
Coffee shop, bright sunlight, triple chocolate scone, manuscript, Neil young singing “Keep on Rockin in the Free World” at a surprising volume for a coffee shop
Joe Trotter has an edited a new special forum of the Journal of Urban History out this month, including his own article. journals.sagepub.com/toc/JUH/curr...
Journal of Urban History - Volume 51, Number 6
Table of contents for Journal of Urban History, 51, 6
journals.sagepub.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Joe Trotter has an edited a new special forum of the Journal of Urban History out this month, including his own article. journals.sagepub.com/toc/JUH/curr...
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."
— Will Rogers
— Will Rogers
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."
— Will Rogers
— Will Rogers
I’d like to welcome all the newcomers to what has been my continuous state of existence for the better part of a decade: absolutely ripping-hot fury, occasionally hidden but never extinguished. Come on in, and I hope your blood pressure can take it, I’m not sure I’m going to make it much longer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’d like to welcome all the newcomers to what has been my continuous state of existence for the better part of a decade: absolutely ripping-hot fury, occasionally hidden but never extinguished. Come on in, and I hope your blood pressure can take it, I’m not sure I’m going to make it much longer.
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my new column lost its home this weekend, so for posterity, here's my first and only Action Canon essay about Eastern Condors
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
my new column lost its home this weekend, so for posterity, here's my first and only Action Canon essay about Eastern Condors
Are you telling me that there are THIRTY SEVEN films in the Criterion Channel “ Hong Kong Action Classics” collection? I do NOT have enough time this month to watch all these.
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Hong Kong Action Classics - The Criterion Channel
At its peak in the 1980s and early ’90s, the Hong Kong film industry was unmatched when it came to action spectacle, offering up dazzlingly choreographed, operatically stylized thrill rides that elect...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Are you telling me that there are THIRTY SEVEN films in the Criterion Channel “ Hong Kong Action Classics” collection? I do NOT have enough time this month to watch all these.
www.criterionchannel.com/hong-kong-ac...
www.criterionchannel.com/hong-kong-ac...
4:15pm, time for the sun to go down!
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
4:15pm, time for the sun to go down!
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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Hedy Lamarr on the cover of the June 1, 1942 issue of Life
She was BOTD in 1914
She was BOTD in 1914
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hedy Lamarr on the cover of the June 1, 1942 issue of Life
She was BOTD in 1914
She was BOTD in 1914
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Car vs house, I think I can get that on pay-per-view
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Car vs house, I think I can get that on pay-per-view
every single year at around this time, without fail, I forget how the christmas lights work.
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
every single year at around this time, without fail, I forget how the christmas lights work.
watching "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007) is a reminder of how much I detest the lead characters of "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007).
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
watching "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007) is a reminder of how much I detest the lead characters of "The Darjeeling Limited" (2007).
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Context needed: “Firserv” is a revolutionary new AI-enabled on-demand Douglas Fir service-as-a-software solution.
Firserv’s shares plunged late last month after the company slashed its full-year earnings outlook and delivered third-quarter results well short of analysts’ estimates.
Democrats Probe Trump Social Security Chief’s Tie to Fiserv Fall
Senate Democrats are pressing Fiserv Inc. for information on the role former chief executive Frank Bisignano played in the company’s plummeting fortunes before he took a role in President Donald Trump’s administration.
bloom.bg
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Context needed: “Firserv” is a revolutionary new AI-enabled on-demand Douglas Fir service-as-a-software solution.
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Worth a listen: "The Fastest Man You Never Knew" -- this week's Monday Monologue (9 minutes) and Thursday Thread (13 minutes) by Michael Washington Brown at echoesinthefirstperson.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Worth a listen: "The Fastest Man You Never Knew" -- this week's Monday Monologue (9 minutes) and Thursday Thread (13 minutes) by Michael Washington Brown at echoesinthefirstperson.com
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.