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Housing and bikes, mostly bay area
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The Complete Land Use Map of Los Angeles
(remember, this is current land use, NOT zoning)
I can't upload the full resolution here, so I'll post some zoomed-in details below:
(remember, this is current land use, NOT zoning)
I can't upload the full resolution here, so I'll post some zoomed-in details below:
March 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Complete Land Use Map of Los Angeles
(remember, this is current land use, NOT zoning)
I can't upload the full resolution here, so I'll post some zoomed-in details below:
(remember, this is current land use, NOT zoning)
I can't upload the full resolution here, so I'll post some zoomed-in details below:
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the opportunity costs of car ownership are *massive*
if you invested the ~$1k/mo average cost of car ownership - over 20 years, you'll have $460k at 6% interest, v. wasting $240k on car ownership.
that's a swing of $700k folks.
e-bikes are an *incredible* investment.
if you invested the ~$1k/mo average cost of car ownership - over 20 years, you'll have $460k at 6% interest, v. wasting $240k on car ownership.
that's a swing of $700k folks.
e-bikes are an *incredible* investment.
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
the opportunity costs of car ownership are *massive*
if you invested the ~$1k/mo average cost of car ownership - over 20 years, you'll have $460k at 6% interest, v. wasting $240k on car ownership.
that's a swing of $700k folks.
e-bikes are an *incredible* investment.
if you invested the ~$1k/mo average cost of car ownership - over 20 years, you'll have $460k at 6% interest, v. wasting $240k on car ownership.
that's a swing of $700k folks.
e-bikes are an *incredible* investment.
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San Diego, the US city with the best year-round walkability weather
March 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
San Diego, the US city with the best year-round walkability weather
Ok this is kinda cool
The Brutalist architecture of the Grand Central Water Tower
Johannesburg, South Africa (1996)
Johannesburg, South Africa (1996)
March 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ok this is kinda cool
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UC Berkeley paper on the effects of the new fast food worker sectoral bargaining board in California.
8-9% wage increase
1.5% price increase
No impacts on sector employment
Growth in sector restaurants
irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
8-9% wage increase
1.5% price increase
No impacts on sector employment
Growth in sector restaurants
irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
March 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
UC Berkeley paper on the effects of the new fast food worker sectoral bargaining board in California.
8-9% wage increase
1.5% price increase
No impacts on sector employment
Growth in sector restaurants
irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
8-9% wage increase
1.5% price increase
No impacts on sector employment
Growth in sector restaurants
irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
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Urbanism of Thessaloniki ✨
Somewhat fascinating to see people here are not just completely giving up on walkability and accessibility, they're also pretty much giving up on parks by dedicating large squares in dense residential neighborhoods (with good transit!) entirely to parking
Somewhat fascinating to see people here are not just completely giving up on walkability and accessibility, they're also pretty much giving up on parks by dedicating large squares in dense residential neighborhoods (with good transit!) entirely to parking
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Urbanism of Thessaloniki ✨
Somewhat fascinating to see people here are not just completely giving up on walkability and accessibility, they're also pretty much giving up on parks by dedicating large squares in dense residential neighborhoods (with good transit!) entirely to parking
Somewhat fascinating to see people here are not just completely giving up on walkability and accessibility, they're also pretty much giving up on parks by dedicating large squares in dense residential neighborhoods (with good transit!) entirely to parking
Insane
The White House Military Office Marine Corps aide was on “Football” duty tonight for Trump’s latest trip to Mar-a-Lago—his private home/club. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.
March 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Insane
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If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?
March 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If driving is so freeing and convenient, why is every driver one nanosecond away from total rage meltdown?
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Exiting a time machine and explaining to the Seattle comrades that the real estate guy killed the WTO, NATO and USAID
March 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Exiting a time machine and explaining to the Seattle comrades that the real estate guy killed the WTO, NATO and USAID
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I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but roughly 100% of drivers are on their phone at every stoplight.
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but roughly 100% of drivers are on their phone at every stoplight.
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Just a request to all the Light Duty Truck owners,
I know you dropped serious cash on that rig, but maybe leave it home more often
We need a streetscape that isn’t jammed up by your ego
Let’s be real, you’re not using that truck for what you bought it for
Going shopping in that is embarrassing
I know you dropped serious cash on that rig, but maybe leave it home more often
We need a streetscape that isn’t jammed up by your ego
Let’s be real, you’re not using that truck for what you bought it for
Going shopping in that is embarrassing
March 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just a request to all the Light Duty Truck owners,
I know you dropped serious cash on that rig, but maybe leave it home more often
We need a streetscape that isn’t jammed up by your ego
Let’s be real, you’re not using that truck for what you bought it for
Going shopping in that is embarrassing
I know you dropped serious cash on that rig, but maybe leave it home more often
We need a streetscape that isn’t jammed up by your ego
Let’s be real, you’re not using that truck for what you bought it for
Going shopping in that is embarrassing
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It’s hard to explain to people that republicans think that disabled children subsisting on sub-poverty level benefits need to have a lower standard of living so a billionaire can get another yacht because it sounds too cartoonishly evil.
Amidst the tumult, Congressional Rs are working on a budget bill to deliver huge tax cuts to the wealthy & corporations, cut benefits from people who need them, & massively increase deficits & debt.
One of the proposed cuts is to low-income disabled kids:
www.cbpp.org/blog/propose...
One of the proposed cuts is to low-income disabled kids:
www.cbpp.org/blog/propose...
Proposed Cuts to SSI Would Hurt Disabled Children and Their Families | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
House and Senate Republicans’ proposed budget plans would force cuts to critical programs, worsening hardship for extremely vulnerable families and pushing many into, or deeper into, poverty. One...
www.cbpp.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s hard to explain to people that republicans think that disabled children subsisting on sub-poverty level benefits need to have a lower standard of living so a billionaire can get another yacht because it sounds too cartoonishly evil.
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A balanced transportation diet is part of a healthy lifestyle for you and your community
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A balanced transportation diet is part of a healthy lifestyle for you and your community
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Elon Musk just called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, so it’s worth reiterating: All functional retirement schemes, public or private, pre funded or pay as you go, are claims on future production - there's just no way, at scale, of storing current production for use during retirement
March 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Elon Musk just called Social Security a Ponzi scheme, so it’s worth reiterating: All functional retirement schemes, public or private, pre funded or pay as you go, are claims on future production - there's just no way, at scale, of storing current production for use during retirement
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Evening rush hour in Utrecht.
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
January 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Evening rush hour in Utrecht.
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
Much more efficient than if everyone were in a car, without the constant noise and air pollution and without grinding the complete city center to a halt.
Now who wouldn't wanna commute like this?!
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People hit by larger cars when walking or cycling are far less likely to survive.
cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/
cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/
Carspreading: When big cars make our cities smaller.
Cars are getting bigger – about 1cm wider every two years. The only thing is, our streets aren’t.
cleancitiescampaign.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
People hit by larger cars when walking or cycling are far less likely to survive.
cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/
cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/
Kind of crazy that a shared Uber is cheaper than Amtrak capital corridor, and capital corridor doesn’t break even on fair revenue. What’s that about? Is it just that there’s a bunch of empty trains at low demand times?
February 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Kind of crazy that a shared Uber is cheaper than Amtrak capital corridor, and capital corridor doesn’t break even on fair revenue. What’s that about? Is it just that there’s a bunch of empty trains at low demand times?
Anyone know why there’s no sound wall at these stations?
February 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Anyone know why there’s no sound wall at these stations?
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Which image do you think sees more trains per day?
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Which image do you think sees more trains per day?
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The phenomenon of “leftist language policing” is 99% a product of centrists whining about it constantly. I almost never encounter it in real life and requests for vocabulary updates are typically non-binding guidelines for formal written documents.
This take is worth what you paid for it, but I think the language policing stuff has outsized political significance.
February 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The phenomenon of “leftist language policing” is 99% a product of centrists whining about it constantly. I almost never encounter it in real life and requests for vocabulary updates are typically non-binding guidelines for formal written documents.
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How you gonna bike in the winter?
February 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
How you gonna bike in the winter?
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Regular reminder that this entirely comes down to retirements. I think it's good that old people are able to stop working, and that we have payroll-tax-paying-aged people coming here from around the world to keep things going
February 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Regular reminder that this entirely comes down to retirements. I think it's good that old people are able to stop working, and that we have payroll-tax-paying-aged people coming here from around the world to keep things going