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A stop sign. Under the stop sign, another, red rectangular, sign is affixed. It says "Actually stop. Like, for real."

Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.

1975 Daily News front page with headline reading "Ford to City: Drop Dead"

BREAKING: President Gerald Ford endorses Andrew Cuomo

The dementia-addled reality television host will kill us all.

Arm in biking jacket putting ballots in drop box. Half of a bike in photo.

Drop box FTW. I don’t even trust USPS anymore.

This is key: Trump is saying a private donor's $130 will pay the troops. It's literally $100 per active duty military. Why are people too stupid to do simple math?

I am aware, thank you.

A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.

this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

I used to buy these paperbacks from the discount rack of a bookstore outside of Beachwood Place. Having the year on the cover makes the price drop quickly but the stories continue to be special. It's been a while since I've read these collections. I'll buy this one new!

I look forward to Mr. Douthat's article about how blowing up fishing boats is bold, decisive action. Then there needs to be an opinion piece on how destroying the economy while looting federal coffers demands respect. Oh, oh, and then something about funding Argentina while soybean farmers go broke.

Damn. It. It was right there.

Yes, and, this headline is on point. For a rag that sanewashes so many stories with weak headlines they are clearly calling this truth out: West Coasters know the power of zoning better than any other laws.

There's a place on Cleveland's east side called "Bialy's Bagels". They used to have a proper name, but that sign disappeared decades ago. People started referring to them by the name on the remaining sign: "Bialys & Bagels" maybe because they forgot what bialys were? Now it's the official name.

Flyer from WA Bikes Pac endorsing Claudia Balducci, Bruce Harrell, Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Dionne Foster, and Adonis Ducksworth

Bruce Harrell as a “pro-bike champion” has to be some kind of sick joke

@seattlebikeblog.com @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social

From the seattlebike community on Reddit: Why is WA Bike PAC/Cascade Bike Club endorsing Harrell? Explore this post and more from the seattlebike community

I think this record needs to be set straight clearly and often leading up the election. Even r/SeattleBike is still a bit unclear if he should get credit for it or not.

Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...

They call these "downdraft" vent hoods in the US. I don't find them particularly effective, but with induction, you don't really need to vent as effectively because there are no unburned hydrocarbons to worry about (just the burnt hydrocarbons from your food....)

WA Bikes, again with the weird endorsements. I stopped listening to them a couple election cycles ago.

More than a decade ago Rob Ford, then the crack-cocaine-smoking mayor of Toronto, popularised the phrase "the war on cars", promising to cut funding for light rail and to move bike lanes.

Great journalism. What a quote!

www.economist.com/internationa...

Ah yes, those killer boomers.

CPSC and Morpher Warn Consumers to Stop Using and Dispose of Bicycle Helmets Due to Risk of Head Injury; Recalling Firm is Unable to Conduct Recall (Recall Alert) Morpher is no longer in business and is unable to conduct the recall.  Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled helmets and dispose of them to prevent further usage.  Amazon and Morpher ar...

On a side note, I carry a folding helmet when I go to NYC. (I don't know the streets & local traffic patterns so I'm inclined to want more protection than if I lived there.) This brand was banned by the CPSC but does meet European CE standards. I'll trust Europe here :)

www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020...

The more bikes that are on the streets the safer I am, with or without a helmet. "Encouraging people to bike" full stop makes us all safer.

Side note: I don't think anyone is anti-helmet. I am opposed to the "helmet absolutists" who act as if helmets are the only safety measure that matter.

Street running was good enough for the south end and Bellevue but in Real Seattle we need grade separation.

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

It depends on what leverage Trump has against committee members. No one does anything because they respect him. It’s only because they are forced.

Just burn it all to the ground again. It's fine. It needs a definitive cleaning.

Killing a bus lane in front of a Maserati dealership? While making traffic worse for everyone, because left turning buses here can’t use the G Line signal?

Really???

You’re screwing Capitol Hill, Bruce.

Everyone is sick of your bullshit.

How'd this "bow wave" thing turn out?

Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy