𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

Announcing a major breakthrough! My son and I have perfected the Bubble Tea Hyperloop. (And it’s 109x safer than Elon’s.)

Where’s the Quebec flag emoji, ‘stie!?

Philly’s a great town but these days I’m all about 🇨🇦

Less is less. (Fewer is more better.)

Remember kids, technically correct is the best kind of correct.

There was only ever one cream cheese for me, by the way…

I missed the metaphor! Is it about shrinkflation?

E5: A Village Burned | Land Back | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen In 1913, the Squamish village of Sen̓áḵw is burned and residents are barged away to make room for the developing city of Vancouver. Eventually, a slice of that land is reclaimed, and now, the Squamish...

Also, listen to Angela Sterritt's ( @sterritt.bsky.social ) amazing Land Back podcast for the deep background to this story:

www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

I take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emeláy (aka #Vancouver), built on stolen land, is about to be changed for the better by the people dispossessed by railways and settlers.

www.highspeed.blog/the-future-o...

The Jericho Lands, where the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people.

Make way for Indigenous Urbanism!

It's just one of several projects that will provide schools, community centers, and transit-connected affordable rentals to Vancouver.

Until now, hyper-NIMBYism has made the city into a time capsule of unaffordable single-family homes.

Next to come will be...

Rising rapidly: 3 towers, at the foot of #Vancouver's Burrard Bridge, that will become heart of Canada's densest urban neighborhood.

The project is called Sen̓áḵw, after the indigenous village that settlers burnt to the ground in 1913.

The builders are Squamish people.

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Interesting story, but why use AI slop to illustrate it? (Almost always a deal-breaker for this human.)

E5: A Village Burned | Land Back | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen In 1913, the Squamish village of Sen̓áḵw is burned and residents are barged away to make room for the developing city of Vancouver. Eventually, a slice of that land is reclaimed, and now, the Squamish...

Also, listen to Angela Sterritt's ( @sterritt.bsky.social ) amazing Land Back podcast for the deep background to this story:

www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it...

The most damning part: The car was programmed to send all the information to Tesla then delete the local copies. Which speaks to a clear conspiracy to hide the fact that "driver assistance" features contributed to an accident #teslatakedown electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...

City Streets Are Shifting From Social Hubs to Throughways Higher urban incomes, technology, and increases in indoor meeting places may play a role in the behavioral changes, a Yale-led study finds.

Monday's Most Read # 1 - City Streets Are Shifting From Social Hubs to Throughways link.theoverheadwire.com/4qweb Yale News

I take a look at how my old hometown, K'emk'emeláy (aka #Vancouver), built on stolen land, is about to be changed for the better by the people dispossessed by railways and settlers.

www.highspeed.blog/the-future-o...

The Jericho Lands, where the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ will turn a former army base into a high-rise community, likely to be connected to the SkyTrain network along the Broadway Subway, for 24,000 people.

Make way for Indigenous Urbanism!

It's just one of several projects that will provide schools, community centers, and transit-connected affordable rentals to Vancouver.

Until now, hyper-NIMBYism has made the city into a time capsule of unaffordable single-family homes.

Next to come will be...

Rising rapidly: 3 towers, at the foot of #Vancouver's Burrard Bridge, that will become heart of Canada's densest urban neighborhood.

The project is called Sen̓áḵw, after the indigenous village that settlers burnt to the ground in 1913.

The builders are Squamish people.

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Re-post = Endorsement

Brazil’s supreme court judge orders house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro accused of breaking ‘preventative measures’ imposed amid concerns of avoiding penalty over alleged coup attempt A Brazilian supreme court judge has ordered the house arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly breaching “preventative measures” which were imposed amid concerns the far-right leader might abscond to avoid punishment over an alleged coup attempt. According to the ruling on Monday by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Bolsonaro breached a ban on using social media which was imposed last month, when he was also ordered to wear an electronic ankle tag. Continue reading...

Brazil’s supreme court judge orders house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro

Whitey on the Moon, 2025.

(The president’s a rapist, but whitey’s on the moon…🎶)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=otwk...

the world is full of wonder, but the billionaires will distract us with our Rectangular Information Distributors, or RIDs.

Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.

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The Death of the Flâneur.

MIT Study: average walking speed of pedestrians in 3 northeastern U.S. cities has increased 15 percent since 1980. The number of people lingering in public spaces declined by 14 percent in that time as well.

news.mit.edu/2025/pedestr...

It takes about half an hour to get used to it. And less than that to ask: “Why the fuck can’t people have this everywhere?”

Take a ride on the IBX!

A proposed 14-mile rail route would connect Brooklyn and Queens, following a tree-lined freight route; a ride on the Interborough Express would cost the same as subway fare.

Interactive @nytimes.com feature allows you to experience it:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...