Stranger in a Strange Land
@voteless.bsky.social
Vance urges saying "thank you"
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Vance urges saying "thank you"
Aggrieved Drivers: a meme pic in words
Sitting in traffic for an hour when my time is worth $200/hr: I sleep
Paying $11.25 to shave 30 mins off my commute: Real shit
Sitting in traffic for an hour when my time is worth $200/hr: I sleep
Paying $11.25 to shave 30 mins off my commute: Real shit
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Aggrieved Drivers: a meme pic in words
Sitting in traffic for an hour when my time is worth $200/hr: I sleep
Paying $11.25 to shave 30 mins off my commute: Real shit
Sitting in traffic for an hour when my time is worth $200/hr: I sleep
Paying $11.25 to shave 30 mins off my commute: Real shit
It's poetic and fitting that the built environment of this entire country was created out of whole cloth by ... a car salesman. It's like a vascular system designed for smoking.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It's poetic and fitting that the built environment of this entire country was created out of whole cloth by ... a car salesman. It's like a vascular system designed for smoking.
An underlying issue is that in most places in this godforsaken continent you need to drive in order to be independent. That's a policy failure too, but of a different kind.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An underlying issue is that in most places in this godforsaken continent you need to drive in order to be independent. That's a policy failure too, but of a different kind.
We need to lower taxes on cigarettes. The hard-working smokers of NY state have it tough enough as it is, what with the smoking and all. End this war on tobacco!
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We need to lower taxes on cigarettes. The hard-working smokers of NY state have it tough enough as it is, what with the smoking and all. End this war on tobacco!
Driving makes you focus on occasional seconds of perceived delay while you ignore how the entire trip is batshit inefficient and dangerous because you're surrounded by other maniac drivers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Driving makes you focus on occasional seconds of perceived delay while you ignore how the entire trip is batshit inefficient and dangerous because you're surrounded by other maniac drivers.
The population of CO is 6M so half the state lives in the Denver metro.
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The population of CO is 6M so half the state lives in the Denver metro.
This means Denver, a metro area of 3M people, is building a paltry 3680 homes per year. This is for a metro that grows 1-3%/yr. The article says there's a shortage of over *100K* homes in CO. Definitely remove parking minimums but this state is *cooked*.
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This means Denver, a metro area of 3M people, is building a paltry 3680 homes per year. This is for a metro that grows 1-3%/yr. The article says there's a shortage of over *100K* homes in CO. Definitely remove parking minimums but this state is *cooked*.
Compare that to 1h+ train times to NY's low-density suburbs where you still need to switch to car on arrival. Meanwhile homes with good transit options to central NYC (where the *jobs* are, duh?!) command a premium unaffordable to most.
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Compare that to 1h+ train times to NY's low-density suburbs where you still need to switch to car on arrival. Meanwhile homes with good transit options to central NYC (where the *jobs* are, duh?!) command a premium unaffordable to most.
Tokyo is similar to NYC in that it's a core surrounded by suburbs. The difference is that Tokyo's suburbs are designed around *trains* instead of *cars*. You can get anywhere in the Tokyo metro by train in 30-45m.
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Tokyo is similar to NYC in that it's a core surrounded by suburbs. The difference is that Tokyo's suburbs are designed around *trains* instead of *cars*. You can get anywhere in the Tokyo metro by train in 30-45m.
I'm currently reading this book. The author mentioned this factoid on a podcast interview: in 1960 the Tokyo and NYC metro areas had roughly the same population (17M/14M). Today Tokyo has 37M (+118%) while NYC has 19M (+36%). He attributes this largely to differences in city design/planning.
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I'm currently reading this book. The author mentioned this factoid on a podcast interview: in 1960 the Tokyo and NYC metro areas had roughly the same population (17M/14M). Today Tokyo has 37M (+118%) while NYC has 19M (+36%). He attributes this largely to differences in city design/planning.
ISO 8601 in the UTC timezone is the only acceptable format if you want to avoid an industrial accident.
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ISO 8601 in the UTC timezone is the only acceptable format if you want to avoid an industrial accident.
Moreover, 1200sqft for 4 would be a veritable palace in central Tokyo or Hong Kong and would be used much more effectively.
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Moreover, 1200sqft for 4 would be a veritable palace in central Tokyo or Hong Kong and would be used much more effectively.
95 m^2 is ~1000sqft. We're a family of 4 in a 1200sqft apt that was designed by a complete nitwit. So much unusable and awkwardly laid out space. I'm 25mins by foot/train to lower Manhattan. There's plenty of space to live at this scale within the 52 min healthy radius if we built+designed better.
October 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
95 m^2 is ~1000sqft. We're a family of 4 in a 1200sqft apt that was designed by a complete nitwit. So much unusable and awkwardly laid out space. I'm 25mins by foot/train to lower Manhattan. There's plenty of space to live at this scale within the 52 min healthy radius if we built+designed better.
This is the spiritual and physical polar opposite of a Dodge Charger
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is the spiritual and physical polar opposite of a Dodge Charger
Me noticing there's on-street parking lining both sides of every goddamn street on my walk to the train station. Literally every single street without exception. Some of them get a door-zone bike lane thrown in as a kind of insulting consolation.
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Me noticing there's on-street parking lining both sides of every goddamn street on my walk to the train station. Literally every single street without exception. Some of them get a door-zone bike lane thrown in as a kind of insulting consolation.
Allowing right on red enables drivers to momentarily feel like their trip is smoother while remaining oblivious to the fact that their entire mode of transit is cursed.
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Allowing right on red enables drivers to momentarily feel like their trip is smoother while remaining oblivious to the fact that their entire mode of transit is cursed.
Of course the loser attacker was driving a Dodge Charger. In that regard he has something in common with Andrew Cuomo.
September 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Of course the loser attacker was driving a Dodge Charger. In that regard he has something in common with Andrew Cuomo.
A question for James Solomon (who apparently isn't on here): what does "non-luxury development" look like? Can you show us some real-world examples?
September 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A question for James Solomon (who apparently isn't on here): what does "non-luxury development" look like? Can you show us some real-world examples?
TIL imdb has a general, non-movie-industry-related, news aggregation section
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
TIL imdb has a general, non-movie-industry-related, news aggregation section
I drove to work *once* on the first day of an internship. After that single blood-boiling experience I said "fuck this shit" and took the subway+bus instead. It took around an hour each way and I got so much reading done. This was over twenty years ago and I haven't driven to work since.
September 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I drove to work *once* on the first day of an internship. After that single blood-boiling experience I said "fuck this shit" and took the subway+bus instead. It took around an hour each way and I got so much reading done. This was over twenty years ago and I haven't driven to work since.
What, you can't plan your life around vibes and broken promises from @govmurphy.bsky.social ? 🙃
My conundrum: weekend HBLR service is so bad I'm considering getting a bike to take my kid around. But JC bike routes are so fragmented and unsafe I'm afraid to ride a bike. Thinking of moving to NYC.
My conundrum: weekend HBLR service is so bad I'm considering getting a bike to take my kid around. But JC bike routes are so fragmented and unsafe I'm afraid to ride a bike. Thinking of moving to NYC.
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What, you can't plan your life around vibes and broken promises from @govmurphy.bsky.social ? 🙃
My conundrum: weekend HBLR service is so bad I'm considering getting a bike to take my kid around. But JC bike routes are so fragmented and unsafe I'm afraid to ride a bike. Thinking of moving to NYC.
My conundrum: weekend HBLR service is so bad I'm considering getting a bike to take my kid around. But JC bike routes are so fragmented and unsafe I'm afraid to ride a bike. Thinking of moving to NYC.