Nick Sementelli

The story of the 2010s is that the Nazis took over the GOP but your boomer parents still thought of their friends and neighbors when they think of Republicans so they didn't believe it.

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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The M Street NE protected bike lanes in NoMa *finally* continue through the underpass under the Metro and Amtrak.

This has only been talked about — checks notes — since at least 2015 (ggwash.org/view/38048/n...). #bikedc

Quick question: If the Republicans are right, and someone is paying millions and millions of us to protest, and has done it hundreds of other times, and they STILL can't figure out who's funding us, aren't they way too stupid to hold office?

Interesting-looking study into the drivers of global transport CO2 emissions from 1850 to 2020 finding that efficiency gains were insufficient to counter rising demand driven by GDP per capita, service intensity, and population doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

The essence of why populism doesn't work out: childish answers are usually wrong

It's remarkable how the people most insistent on preserving "naturally occurring affordable housing" (older housing with low market rents) are also most insistent on the non-existence of filtering (the market rent of housing declines as it ages).

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success". When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be. ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich. "Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I am serving on the Workgroup on the Reorganization of the Maryland Transit Administration. Why do I seek reform? This is why. Maryland’s commuter rail is not living up to its potential and we can do better. Just check out our neighbor.

Puerto Rico and DC—both part of the US, of course—collectively have more than 4 times the population of South Dakota, which Thune represents.

Car brain: Delivery trucks endangering the lives of the most vulnerable users (cyclists and pedestrians) by parking in bike lanes and crosswalks is perfectly fine.

But the minute it inconveniences drivers, that's when suddenly it becomes a problem.

Events DC should have paid to the District government an additional $68.7 million in “excess cash” according to DC law

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

"Though robotaxis have notched up impressive growth, they look ploddingly pedestrian compared with far zippier pedal-powered rivals. [Waymo] proudly proclaims that its cars do around 250k trips a week. Yet in NYC alone that number of trips is made every three days using the city’s bikeshare scheme."

24-Year-Old Aspiring Opera Singer, Restaurant Worker Killed By Driver In Adams Morgan Nina Larson was an aspiring opera singer, American University graduate, and employee at Mintwood Place in Adams Morgan.

It was almost four years ago that Nina Larson was killed by a driver as she crossed Columbia Road NW in Adams Morgan. (Story: dcist.com/story/21/11/...) It took until this week for the driver to be found guilty of two misdemeanor offenses.

He looks like a college student dressed up as Angus King for Halloween

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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This is indistinguishable from Newsmax.

WaPo has fallen further than any other once reputable paper

The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:

Provide frequent service

Clean Cities Campaign graph with the title: Dutch municipalities with zero-emission zones for freight have a higher share of electric vans.

🚛 The Netherlands is seeing a major shift in urban freight thanks to zero-emission zones for freight in 18 of its cities.

By early 2025, 78% of new vans were electric -- compared to just 9% across the EU.

📑 New @cleancitiescampaign.org briefing: bit.ly/431I7al

there are so many things a New York City mayor doesn't really have power to do (funding service expansions of any pretty much any sort) but Zohran keeps finding spaces where a mayor really can make a big difference by determining policies and priorities for City Hall

it's exciting

This is what's in store for opening day of the new Commanders stadium unless we start building a second station right away

Humans evolved a cognitive 'social proof' system for establishing what's true (if enough of the people around me believe something, I'll go along) and media fragmentation + social media has completely and totally hijacked it

Feels like AI will only make this worse

I’d love if it people who are not actual residents of DC don’t speak for those of us who are.

Idea: keep the inhalers, get rid of half a million cars per year.

Chiefs owner still mulling all stadium options, seeking to increase $750m public price tag Kansas City Chiefs executives have been pretty quiet about their stadium plans since June, when they asked for and got a one-year extension on Kansas's offer of sales tax subsidies that could be worth...

Clark Hunt has offers of $750m in hand from KS and MO, but continues to say he needs county subsidies as well, which does make one wonder whether the Chiefs really need a new stadium if it'd only be profitable if taxpayers cover more than $1B of the cost.

When Wales lowered its default speed limit from 30 mph to 20, it created a perfect natural experiment. England, a nearby jurisdiction did not.

👀 You can see road deaths declined by 25% in Wales after the policy was implemented. Via @20splenty.bsky.social www.20splenty.org/gb2024stats

One-third of Angelenos do not drive Walking back the "car-free" games promise is unconscionable in a city where the people who don't drive are also the most vulnerable users of our streets

Reflections on last week's #WeekWithoutDriving in a city that still refuses to acknowledge the existence of its nondrivers — which a comprehensive new report claims make up one-third of LA's population

Urban cul-de-sacs are a cheap, immediate way to calm down side streets. Cars can reach any address, but not cut through. Foot traffic instead good for business.

Trump launches new bid to save coal Leaders at DOE, EPA and Interior tossed another lifeline of policy changes and funding to the coal industry.

"Government shouldn't pick winners and losers" goes out the window when they become one of the losers.