infrastructure_enjoyer

nice

The you have it folks: increasing taxes is fine, as long as you prioritize taxing consumers rather than the wealthy, and for acquiring new toys for soldiers rather than useful stuff for everyone else

#cdnpoli

imagine being a tedious libertarian calmly explaining that it's good that people be displaced from their homes for market efficiency reasons. couldn't be me

i cannot wait for the wokeness blowback so bad. wokeness is going to be so much more widespread and powerful than ever before

When the Cars Around Us Become Weapons Making Sense of the Vancouver Vehicle-Ramming Attack

“attacks like these are a reminder of the potential for violence embodied in the immensely powerful automobiles around us, and the fact that only a thin line separates the law-abiding driver from the mass murderer”
www.highspeed.blog/when-the-car...

“The Revolt of the Pedestrians” is set in the future after humans divide into two species – the pedestrians and automobilists. Automobilists have shrunken legs from always using automobiles or powered chairs called autocars.

(Amazing Stories, 1928)

Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire

"Brunch" – bougie sounding, fancy french food, evokes images of annoying people complaining about their dating life.

"Second breakfast" – hobbitcore, hearty simple food, evokes images of small courageous acts in the face of mounting doom.

[youth pastor voice] you know who else fell and rose dramatically in the span of three business days?

i've been saying

www.theurbanist.org/2020/01/29/h...

It’s flag day! For flags. Fuh-lags! Fuh-lags! Fuh-lags!

🤡Sharp Leads Council Capitulation on Green Line

🤡COUNCILLOR SONYA SHARP LEADS CAPITULATION ON GREEN LINE

www.projectcalgary.org/sharp_leads_...

#GreenLineYYC #yyccc #BillionairesFirstyyc

A SKELATIN SKATE BOARDIN AND IT SAY'S " I WILL NEVER GO TO BED", IM NOT SLEEPY AND WERE LIVING IN THE FINAL YEARS OF A CRUMBLEN EMPIRE, EVERY NIGHT OF PEACE IS STOLEN FROM THE CHAOS OF THE FUTURE , AND ITS FUN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN AND IM RIGHT, ITS COOL TO BE IN A WORLD WHERE EVERY ONE IS ASLEEP AS FAR AS YOU CAN TELL ,AND ITS DARK WHICH IS COOLER , AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DA MORNING IS A PROBLEM FOR FUTURE YOU, TOMORROW'S YOU TO DEAL WITH ,IN A WORLD WHERE YOU ARE DEVALUED AT EVERY TURN IS IT NOT A DELICIOUS PLEASURE TO VALUE YOUR PRESENT SELF, YOU ARE WORTH HOURS AND HOURS OF UN INTERRUPTED TIME, DA WORLD SEEKS TO INTERUPT YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU DONT THINK ABOUT DA REAL SHIT OF LIFE, SUCH AS WHAT ARE ALIENS , OR HOW TO SCAM ORDERS FROM AMAZON SO THEY REFFUND YOU, NEVER PAY FOR THAT SHIT, FUCK ALL BILLIONAIRS BUT ESPECIALY JEFF BENZOS - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

NEVER!!! - dashare.zone ADMIN

ok well how many illegal immigrants are living in Canada as prime minister? I doubt there's even one? seems rather unlikely. not sure why this is an issue.

fluoride is set to return to Calgary's water supply in March of this year. if you have new-age friends, please check in on them. how are their pineal glands doing? do they have enough rainwater storage?

also applies to your anticommunist conspiracy theorist friends

watching S2 of Rings of Power the past few days and I gotta say it is very unfortunate that Cerebrimbor has middle-manager energy

17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of:
• early death
• hospitalisation for any reason
• cardiovascular disease
• cancer mortality
• treatment for mental health problems.

Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.

Public officials need to decide whether they prefer being punished for failing to solve the housing crisis because they've adopted milquetoast policies, or for doing things that upset NIMBYs but actually solve the problem. Electorally, there are no painless options, only solutions and nonsolutions.

Climate diplomacy and the orderly transition: a progress report.

(I say this as a toasted bagel enjoyer)

toasting a bagel is crazy. like we boiled and baked this bread but I’m just gonna grill it real quick to be safe

Why it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canada Ricardo Tranjan: Economic costs of soaring rents are too high to ignore potential benefits of some rent control options. Find out more here.

My latest op-ed: A serious debate on how to make rent control effective while mitigating potential downsides would benefit tenants and the many sectors of the economy for whom high rents are bad for businesses.
financialpost.com/real-estate/...

What's Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse The concept is called induced demand, which is economist-speak for when increasing the supply of something (like roads) makes people want that thing even more. Though some traffic engineers made note ...

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com www.wired.com/2014/06/wuwt...

honestly incredible that a dozen people showed up to talk about the first half of Machinery and Large-Scale Industry on a snowy Monday.

Mozzarella pls

you'll finally get me that subway sandwich?

FOTW #1369, November 18, 2024: E-Bikes Have the Highest Utilization Rate of Shared Micromobility Types in 2023 In North America, e-bikes had the highest utilization rate at 3.9 trips per bike per day.

E-bikes are what's going to revolutionize transportation, not autonomous vehicles.
www.energy.gov/eere/vehicle...

I’m fine.

wouldn’t this involve a long transition in space navigation tech, and provide for a narrative arc in itself? wouldn’t the “discovery” of spice cause a reconfiguration of power? why is the only treatment of tech the dumb kid’s toy?