delightful hater

I walk a lot and the times I've almost been hit by careless drivers has skyrocketed since Covid. Twice I've almost been hit by cabs turning right without stopping on a red. Once I had to use my "Dad Voice" to stop my son from crossing on a green because a driver just blasted through the red. 😡

I’ve used the intersection by Spanish Landing park. Crossed at the crosswalk and had to finagle my way through parking lots to actually get there, but that was the easiest way I found!

Good afternoon to everyone who drives who doesn't do the slow roll toward you while you're crossing.

My fave burger and fries are in OB at Raglan Public House! Def check it out!

All of this is downstream from police departments completely giving up on traffic enforcement. Last I saw, traffic citations in California are down about 90% over that past decade. Drivers no longer see anyone getting punished for anything so they assume they can get away with almost anything.

It’s almost like they want to see piled up car type traffic in the bike lanes to prove their use…. I’m using the bike lanes to bypass that type of traffic. That’s the point. lol.

I really liked A Psalm for the Wildbuilt by Becky Chambers! Its sequel was equally enjoyable.

A picture of a white Madsen cargo bucket bicycle outside in front of a coffee shop.

My husband can carry me and a very heavy LFL book load w/ no issue on our Madsen cargo bike.
Was highly influenced by #bikesky to add the e-bike capabilities last month ❤️

It’s so fun!!!!

Think much of the over-parenting we despise stems from the early on fear of the driver.
If parents weren't terrified of our streets kids would have so much more freedom and independence which might get them comfortable with their children's ability to navigate the world without them.

Also have the Kobo Clara Color. I use Calibre to manage all of my books! Have been super satisfied.

Sadly we know those stop signs will probably be treated like yields or just completely ignored by most San Diego drivers.

What makes it so striking is that these are people with whom you have an obvious, built-in social tie. You see each other regularly. These aren’t total strangers, and it’s still too much to ask to even consider the possibility they’re actual people.

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

My daughter and I joke about training a murder of crows to poop on cars that are driving dangerously…. It’s not a joke to me, it’s a dream.

What I think about every time I hear someone whining about the new daylighting law.

Cartoon illustrating, how traffic induces more traffic. “There is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.”

As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood.

Spread the word.

I have been so impressed with the upgrades on this street! There have been improvements to sidewalks & a couple of nice walking paths have been added behind those apt buildings. I’m hoping they continue to increase accessibility towards Old Town transit station! Ped/bike traffic is way UP!!

An image with four panels of a man on a bus who says to Zohran, “How do you navigate making it free and also not being seen as a socialist?” “Well, I’m not really worried about that part.”

3d printed purple mini garden house next to a 3d printed lavender worm, he seems proud of his home and the tree in his backyard.

wanted a cute neighbor.
helped a new guy move in.
meet Will the worm.
brightening up the neighborhood from his porch.

#sandiego #worm #proudhomeowner

One of the most disappointing things about being an advocate for non-car transportation is that you end up discovering how many left-wing spaces are full of people who hold casual beliefs that non-drivers' lives don't matter.

Medical Examiner's Office IDs bicyclist fatally hit by driver in San Diego A driver hit and killed a bicyclist in the Black Mountain Ranch area of San Diego on Friday evening, according to San Diego police.

How many cyclists will be killed by drivers swerving into bike lanes before we get concrete protection?

#sandiego #safestreets #bikesky

It wasn't that having my own kids radicalized me. It was spending time with kids that did.

Those blissful little idiots can not comprehend the dangers that adults force on them. It is unfair and needs stop.

"We ask kids to be safe so adults can be dangerous" @tomflood.bsky.social

Shocker. They want to privatize everything. Schools. NASA. Police. Health care. Social security. The VA. Everything.

Picture of a jitterbug flip cell phone that is red and very dated. Originally made for seniors who had difficulties operating a cell phone.

I’m going to need the govt to stand down on the wearables and tracking citizens

or I’m going to need @theonion.com to revive the jitterbug like they’ve revived print journalism

All roads lead back to Project 2025. All anybody had to do before the election was to read the damn thing.

This is exactly what will happen. His base has already been negatively polarized against the basic concept of healthcare. This bill is a gigantic boon to the coffee enema and "alternative" cancer treatment scam industry.

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

🚨🚨“Veterans should never have to say those words in this country.”

A Veteran on dialysis told Sen. Mark Kelly: “SNAP and food banks are the only way I eat.”

Trump and the GOP call it a “Big Beautiful Bill.” No—It’s a brutal assault on Veterans just trying to survive.

Reading alone won't save democracy but you can't have a democracy if people don't read