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I came to this article thinking it might present some actual data on this very important question. It does not. And there's abundant evidence suggesting the exact opposite of what this author opines, in terms of both formal education and basic factual knowledge.
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I came to this article thinking it might present some actual data on this very important question. It does not. And there's abundant evidence suggesting the exact opposite of what this author opines, in terms of both formal education and basic factual knowledge.
And it looks like the bulk of that owes itself to government-imposed car-centric community design. This is your brain on cars.
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And it looks like the bulk of that owes itself to government-imposed car-centric community design. This is your brain on cars.
Do you seriously think the solution to planetary warming is going to be found in Antarctica? How about the NYT instead spend that investment getting more clarity on what exactly is driving (allusion is intentional) the problem and how to stop it. Hint: it's not the car-centric design of McMurdo.
December 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Do you seriously think the solution to planetary warming is going to be found in Antarctica? How about the NYT instead spend that investment getting more clarity on what exactly is driving (allusion is intentional) the problem and how to stop it. Hint: it's not the car-centric design of McMurdo.
Just looking for the explanation of why pet ownership, as nice as it may be, is something that that should be subsidized by all taxpayers. It seems a fine personal choice, but why worthy of a tax reduction?
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Just looking for the explanation of why pet ownership, as nice as it may be, is something that that should be subsidized by all taxpayers. It seems a fine personal choice, but why worthy of a tax reduction?
So the logic here is that the addition to your household of something non-human should confer upon you tax benefits if it you personally like it a lot and it costs you a lot of money to keep and maintain?
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
So the logic here is that the addition to your household of something non-human should confer upon you tax benefits if it you personally like it a lot and it costs you a lot of money to keep and maintain?
Love that he's standing up for women! Hopefully next he can ditch the plastic water bottle. www.breastcancer.org/risk/risk-fa...
What to Know About Plastic and Breast Cancer
Research shows that chemicals in commonly used containers and cookware are linked to breast cancer. Learn how to lower your exposure.
www.breastcancer.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Love that he's standing up for women! Hopefully next he can ditch the plastic water bottle. www.breastcancer.org/risk/risk-fa...
With love from a fellow Stonehamster, "unseasonably warm" is a term that really should be retired by now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
With love from a fellow Stonehamster, "unseasonably warm" is a term that really should be retired by now.
And he thinks you fight cancer by promoting credit cards rather than asking famous players to stop modeling single-use plastic bottles and pimping for the petroleum industry that makes them.
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
And he thinks you fight cancer by promoting credit cards rather than asking famous players to stop modeling single-use plastic bottles and pimping for the petroleum industry that makes them.
Thanks. It appears you've blocked me and others from responding to most posts. If there's a post where you explain the reasoning for doing that, please share it. I fully understand blocking people who are just trolling, or aren't sincerely conversing, but this seems broader than that. Thanks.
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Thanks. It appears you've blocked me and others from responding to most posts. If there's a post where you explain the reasoning for doing that, please share it. I fully understand blocking people who are just trolling, or aren't sincerely conversing, but this seems broader than that. Thanks.
Yes.And the fact that the US industry adamantly insisted on 20 mph should have been seen as the giveaway -- as their spokesman even admitted at one point -- that they didn't expect to sell many if it just meant, as they publicly claimed, a power assist to ride with the flow of bike lane participants
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yes.And the fact that the US industry adamantly insisted on 20 mph should have been seen as the giveaway -- as their spokesman even admitted at one point -- that they didn't expect to sell many if it just meant, as they publicly claimed, a power assist to ride with the flow of bike lane participants
The question isn't just what poses an immediate physical threat. We need a system that works as best as possible for all of us, and car-centrism absolutely is not that. So how do we solve that? One important step is to help people understand car-centrism and its suffocating subsidization.
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The question isn't just what poses an immediate physical threat. We need a system that works as best as possible for all of us, and car-centrism absolutely is not that. So how do we solve that? One important step is to help people understand car-centrism and its suffocating subsidization.
That sounds fine but maybe also keep an eye on car-centric community design, which motorized bikes can perhaps perpetuate almost as much as cars. The question may not just be "motorized bikes, yes or no," but where they go, and whether we still want to keep some non-motorized travel spaces.
October 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
That sounds fine but maybe also keep an eye on car-centric community design, which motorized bikes can perhaps perpetuate almost as much as cars. The question may not just be "motorized bikes, yes or no," but where they go, and whether we still want to keep some non-motorized travel spaces.
Different people are saying different things, of course, but how about giving motorized bikes their space from the huge space we taxpayers give to cars. If you don't do that, then you're not replacing big cars with smaller motorized vehicles, you're replacing bikes.
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Different people are saying different things, of course, but how about giving motorized bikes their space from the huge space we taxpayers give to cars. If you don't do that, then you're not replacing big cars with smaller motorized vehicles, you're replacing bikes.
Amen. Tried to say that in www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/o... but people cannot hear what they don’t want to hear. Will try again tonight on WBZ radio.
Move motorized vehicles out of bike lanes - The Boston Globe
Speedy e-bikes and scooters are crowding out muscle-powered bikes. There is plenty of room for those motorized vehicles in the car lanes.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Amen. Tried to say that in www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/o... but people cannot hear what they don’t want to hear. Will try again tonight on WBZ radio.
And yes, nothing is totally accessible. But motors blow out communities to less-accessible dimensions. And putting motors into bike lanes, rather than taking space for "e-bikes" from the road space handed over for free to cars, helps sustain motorized community bloat rather than help reverse it.
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
And yes, nothing is totally accessible. But motors blow out communities to less-accessible dimensions. And putting motors into bike lanes, rather than taking space for "e-bikes" from the road space handed over for free to cars, helps sustain motorized community bloat rather than help reverse it.
I did www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/o... calling for motorized bikes to get their space carved from car lanes, and "e-bike" advocates called that an "ableist" argument. They just don't understand that it's car-centric design that is truly ableist. So-called e-bikes are neither free nor accessible.
Move motorized vehicles out of bike lanes - The Boston Globe
Speedy e-bikes and scooters are crowding out muscle-powered bikes. There is plenty of room for those motorized vehicles in the car lanes.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I did www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/o... calling for motorized bikes to get their space carved from car lanes, and "e-bike" advocates called that an "ableist" argument. They just don't understand that it's car-centric design that is truly ableist. So-called e-bikes are neither free nor accessible.
Completely true. Also true: Very sorry to be losing Al. We were lucky to have him in town for so long.
September 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Completely true. Also true: Very sorry to be losing Al. We were lucky to have him in town for so long.
And imagine if we had an entire society taught on a daily basis to regard the world around them that way. Oh wait, we do. Maybe that explains share.google/trLLEOmEWzgZ...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
And imagine if we had an entire society taught on a daily basis to regard the world around them that way. Oh wait, we do. Maybe that explains share.google/trLLEOmEWzgZ...
Then there's the question of whether these "rules" -- jaywalking, stop lights, etc -- are written to benefit only motorists, or are they the product of a process designed to be fair and safe for everyone?
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Then there's the question of whether these "rules" -- jaywalking, stop lights, etc -- are written to benefit only motorists, or are they the product of a process designed to be fair and safe for everyone?
bsky.app/profile/gtco... if only they applied the same logic to cars, which sit around doing nothing most of the time (and are least destructive at those moments)
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
bsky.app/profile/gtco... if only they applied the same logic to cars, which sit around doing nothing most of the time (and are least destructive at those moments)
Having lived w them in DC-MD, they help, but add costs-blight without really addressing the underlying problem, and are easily gamed with Waze etc so that folks slow for a block then keep on racing. Why, for, instance is it legal to sell cars that run at 80-plus? There’s more limits on m-bikes.
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Having lived w them in DC-MD, they help, but add costs-blight without really addressing the underlying problem, and are easily gamed with Waze etc so that folks slow for a block then keep on racing. Why, for, instance is it legal to sell cars that run at 80-plus? There’s more limits on m-bikes.
They also see no disconnect in asking the entire stadium to stand for the emotional SU4C advertising promo for Mastercard during WS Game 4 while the players model for fans the persistent embrace of single-use plastic bottles.
September 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
They also see no disconnect in asking the entire stadium to stand for the emotional SU4C advertising promo for Mastercard during WS Game 4 while the players model for fans the persistent embrace of single-use plastic bottles.