@politicsofcars.thismachinekillsfascists.bike
Car culture dominating society is social murder.
Posts are mostly about the US, sometimes focused on parenting.
sometimes writing more at https://politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/
Posts are mostly about the US, sometimes focused on parenting.
sometimes writing more at https://politicsofcars.beehiiv.com/
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New custom domain thismachinekillsfascists.bike
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
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"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Like Obama's Trump jokes at the WHCA dinner, Biden excluding Musk from his EV event is sometimes used to explain Musk's politics.
That's silly, Biden was right to exclude Musk. But Biden was wrong to include Trump aligned car companies instead of ebike manufacturers.
This machine kills fascists.
That's silly, Biden was right to exclude Musk. But Biden was wrong to include Trump aligned car companies instead of ebike manufacturers.
This machine kills fascists.
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Like Obama's Trump jokes at the WHCA dinner, Biden excluding Musk from his EV event is sometimes used to explain Musk's politics.
That's silly, Biden was right to exclude Musk. But Biden was wrong to include Trump aligned car companies instead of ebike manufacturers.
This machine kills fascists.
That's silly, Biden was right to exclude Musk. But Biden was wrong to include Trump aligned car companies instead of ebike manufacturers.
This machine kills fascists.
New custom domain thismachinekillsfascists.bike
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
New custom domain thismachinekillsfascists.bike
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
My respect for #bikesky and all of you who are making joyful biking content to share with the world in these difficult times.
among other things, makes an overwhelming argument against growing corn to feed to cars
Politically, right wing millionaire farm owners are profiting by selling wasteful corn ethanol to drivers, akin to right wing millionaire dealership owners pushing ICE vehicles that need expensive maintenance
Politically, right wing millionaire farm owners are profiting by selling wasteful corn ethanol to drivers, akin to right wing millionaire dealership owners pushing ICE vehicles that need expensive maintenance
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM
among other things, makes an overwhelming argument against growing corn to feed to cars
Politically, right wing millionaire farm owners are profiting by selling wasteful corn ethanol to drivers, akin to right wing millionaire dealership owners pushing ICE vehicles that need expensive maintenance
Politically, right wing millionaire farm owners are profiting by selling wasteful corn ethanol to drivers, akin to right wing millionaire dealership owners pushing ICE vehicles that need expensive maintenance
Thought of a better example, unfortunately after they deleted.
Children 44" or more nominally pay full fare. So a two parent family with two kids in middle school going to lunch together somewhere too far to walk would pay $24 round trip!
Cities should be for kids not cars.
Children 44" or more nominally pay full fare. So a two parent family with two kids in middle school going to lunch together somewhere too far to walk would pay $24 round trip!
Cities should be for kids not cars.
Since this person is cursing and not learning anything about how much transit costs, maybe somebody else will see this
1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
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1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
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January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Thought of a better example, unfortunately after they deleted.
Children 44" or more nominally pay full fare. So a two parent family with two kids in middle school going to lunch together somewhere too far to walk would pay $24 round trip!
Cities should be for kids not cars.
Children 44" or more nominally pay full fare. So a two parent family with two kids in middle school going to lunch together somewhere too far to walk would pay $24 round trip!
Cities should be for kids not cars.
Since this person is cursing and not learning anything about how much transit costs, maybe somebody else will see this
1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
🧵
1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
🧵
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Since this person is cursing and not learning anything about how much transit costs, maybe somebody else will see this
1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
🧵
1-As relevant as their example of a solo trip across NYC, is a car with four occupants driving a few miles in Brooklyn for pennies worth of gas instead of $12 in fares
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framing support for new subways as opposition to Mamdani's fast and free bus plan is the transit version of left-NIMBYism.
Massive public housing construction could be great but it's not on the table and it's a bad reason to endlessly criticize the few politicians who want more urban housing.
Massive public housing construction could be great but it's not on the table and it's a bad reason to endlessly criticize the few politicians who want more urban housing.
January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
framing support for new subways as opposition to Mamdani's fast and free bus plan is the transit version of left-NIMBYism.
Massive public housing construction could be great but it's not on the table and it's a bad reason to endlessly criticize the few politicians who want more urban housing.
Massive public housing construction could be great but it's not on the table and it's a bad reason to endlessly criticize the few politicians who want more urban housing.
Good to see more enforcement against criminals avoiding sales tax on luxury cars, even better when it's a car dealership
www.startribune.com/walser-autom...
www.startribune.com/walser-autom...
Walser Automotive charged with tax evasion in alleged scheme to sell new cars as used
Walser allegedly avoided paying around $350,000 in state sales taxes for vehicles brokered through Montana shell companies.
www.startribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Good to see more enforcement against criminals avoiding sales tax on luxury cars, even better when it's a car dealership
www.startribune.com/walser-autom...
www.startribune.com/walser-autom...
Eight days since posting about a motorist crashing into the In-A-Tub building another motorist crashes into another building.
fox4kc.com/news/driver-...
watch the video, that driver is driving very fast, in wintery condition. Nearly drives all the way though the other side. Insane
fox4kc.com/news/driver-...
watch the video, that driver is driving very fast, in wintery condition. Nearly drives all the way though the other side. Insane
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
becoming the Joker is the compromise position
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
becoming the Joker is the compromise position
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Related to the chat about political views of housing developers, some broader points about wealthy people. They are
1) likely to vote conservative for tax reasons,
2) more likely to run or invest in businesses,
3) government regulation should push investment towards eg housing over betting
so,
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1) likely to vote conservative for tax reasons,
2) more likely to run or invest in businesses,
3) government regulation should push investment towards eg housing over betting
so,
🧵
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Related to the chat about political views of housing developers, some broader points about wealthy people. They are
1) likely to vote conservative for tax reasons,
2) more likely to run or invest in businesses,
3) government regulation should push investment towards eg housing over betting
so,
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1) likely to vote conservative for tax reasons,
2) more likely to run or invest in businesses,
3) government regulation should push investment towards eg housing over betting
so,
🧵
finishing the original Star Wars trilogy, noticing for the first time that there are no wheels
is that how the Empire took over the galaxy?
Are Cars the Great Filter?
is that how the Empire took over the galaxy?
Are Cars the Great Filter?
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 AM
finishing the original Star Wars trilogy, noticing for the first time that there are no wheels
is that how the Empire took over the galaxy?
Are Cars the Great Filter?
is that how the Empire took over the galaxy?
Are Cars the Great Filter?
What is your favorite media about Minneapolis?
For me, it's the "It Could Happen Here" podcast episodes about Minneapolis.
Sharing seems more productive than reacting directly to this news.
For me, it's the "It Could Happen Here" podcast episodes about Minneapolis.
Sharing seems more productive than reacting directly to this news.
Okay so unfortunately I’ve been removed from rapid response networks, at least in my immediate area. I think even alerting you of this would be deemed a violation of principles but given how much I’ve talked about it I do feel the need to say what’s up.
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 AM
What is your favorite media about Minneapolis?
For me, it's the "It Could Happen Here" podcast episodes about Minneapolis.
Sharing seems more productive than reacting directly to this news.
For me, it's the "It Could Happen Here" podcast episodes about Minneapolis.
Sharing seems more productive than reacting directly to this news.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
where were you the night Matt Levine wrote his masterpiece
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 AM
where were you the night Matt Levine wrote his masterpiece
#teslatakedown has been effective. It can't get everyone, but if folks hurt the whole market by putting off new car purchases, go from 2 to 1 car, etc, then Tesla's weakness would be catastrophic.
"For the first time in Tesla’s history, revenues fell year over year."
arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01...
"For the first time in Tesla’s history, revenues fell year over year."
arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01...
Tesla: 2024 was bad, 2025 was worse as profit falls 46 percent
More than half its profit came from emissions credits as sales fell 8.6 percent.
arstechnica.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
#teslatakedown has been effective. It can't get everyone, but if folks hurt the whole market by putting off new car purchases, go from 2 to 1 car, etc, then Tesla's weakness would be catastrophic.
"For the first time in Tesla’s history, revenues fell year over year."
arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01...
"For the first time in Tesla’s history, revenues fell year over year."
arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01...
a myopic focus on polls is counterproductive when an opposition party should be making an affirmative case to voters that they want to help non-voters. Kids are going to die from measles because they don't vote, drivers keep killing pedestrians who disproportionately don't vote, and migrants
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January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
a myopic focus on polls is counterproductive when an opposition party should be making an affirmative case to voters that they want to help non-voters. Kids are going to die from measles because they don't vote, drivers keep killing pedestrians who disproportionately don't vote, and migrants
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because of @techconnectify.bsky.social I have to think about Costco selling a "laundry boost" powder to mix with detergent, that cannot be mixed with liquid detergent
yet they do not sell a powder detergent
yet they do not sell a powder detergent
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
because of @techconnectify.bsky.social I have to think about Costco selling a "laundry boost" powder to mix with detergent, that cannot be mixed with liquid detergent
yet they do not sell a powder detergent
yet they do not sell a powder detergent
this status obsessed rich have always hated transit
francetoday.com/learn/the-fr...
"So many people used it that Paris’s different social classes found themselves riding together. This horrified the elites, who took their case to Parliament, resulting in a statute limiting who could ride"
francetoday.com/learn/the-fr...
"So many people used it that Paris’s different social classes found themselves riding together. This horrified the elites, who took their case to Parliament, resulting in a statute limiting who could ride"
The French Father of Public Transport
Meet the genius and inventor Blaise Pascal, the French father of public transport.
francetoday.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
this status obsessed rich have always hated transit
francetoday.com/learn/the-fr...
"So many people used it that Paris’s different social classes found themselves riding together. This horrified the elites, who took their case to Parliament, resulting in a statute limiting who could ride"
francetoday.com/learn/the-fr...
"So many people used it that Paris’s different social classes found themselves riding together. This horrified the elites, who took their case to Parliament, resulting in a statute limiting who could ride"
The US will become infamous among rich countries for gas cars the same way as we're known for guns now.
It's not just that they're more deadly. It's also because they represent an unhinged far right constituency (car dealership owners, oil companies) riling up the worst voters, as bad as the NRA.
It's not just that they're more deadly. It's also because they represent an unhinged far right constituency (car dealership owners, oil companies) riling up the worst voters, as bad as the NRA.
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The US will become infamous among rich countries for gas cars the same way as we're known for guns now.
It's not just that they're more deadly. It's also because they represent an unhinged far right constituency (car dealership owners, oil companies) riling up the worst voters, as bad as the NRA.
It's not just that they're more deadly. It's also because they represent an unhinged far right constituency (car dealership owners, oil companies) riling up the worst voters, as bad as the NRA.
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He wants to make them folk heroes?
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 AM
He wants to make them folk heroes?
stemming from multiple conversations about people concerned about flu season,
Wearing a mask alone can be uncomfortable in the same way as riding a bike or taking a bus in a car centric society, and that reflects the power you have to change expectations, for the benefit of people who need those.
Wearing a mask alone can be uncomfortable in the same way as riding a bike or taking a bus in a car centric society, and that reflects the power you have to change expectations, for the benefit of people who need those.
January 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
stemming from multiple conversations about people concerned about flu season,
Wearing a mask alone can be uncomfortable in the same way as riding a bike or taking a bus in a car centric society, and that reflects the power you have to change expectations, for the benefit of people who need those.
Wearing a mask alone can be uncomfortable in the same way as riding a bike or taking a bus in a car centric society, and that reflects the power you have to change expectations, for the benefit of people who need those.
He was still out there helping his neighbors. Hero.
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
He was still out there helping his neighbors. Hero.
they can all quit, every morning most keep going www.startribune.com/cghris-madel...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:37 AM
they can all quit, every morning most keep going www.startribune.com/cghris-madel...