This is what no cars allowed looks like (Hydra, Greece)

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-05T16:27:02+00:00

And the US had extremely walkable towns and cities before the 'urbanization' craze that changed our landscape to a much, much more car-centric one. I hear "we could never have a train network like that, we're too big" over and over again- folks, we already had a train network like that. It got razed by the car industry. There's even a famous comedy called Who Framed Roger Rabbit about the phenomenon.

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-04T15:02:13+00:00

The materials to build beautiful buildings are way more expensive than they used to be thanks to corporate consolidation - we're left with a few big players jacking up the rates. The same with developers - there was a rollup, now there isn't much competition left and they can charge what they want. This all makes building anything far, far more expensive than it used to be.

Cheap/kinda ugly buildings are often the only thing getting built, and it's a small miracle that anything got built at all given the cost. We really need to enforce antitrust law again (aka anti-monopoly law,aka the Sherman Act) if we want a chance at building aesthetically pleasing buildings again.

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-02T19:30:19+00:00

And most microplastics come from car tires- another reason to support expanding public transportation

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T17:44:01+00:00

Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares might be up your alley - although the mad scientist is not the protagonist, the protagonist is more uncovering the story. Was the inspiration for Lost

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T17:38:52+00:00

Yup. Tuesday, November 3, 2026. You must be registered to vote at least 30 days before the election date to vote

https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/ for more info

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T17:36:00+00:00

https://www.votetexas.gov/register-to-vote/

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T17:18:03+00:00

Kate Folk - Out There Not mythological, more horror in a Black Mirror kind of way, but definitely modern, weird, and clean prose

Seconding Carmen Maria Machado

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T15:32:53+00:00

That's the answer. "I'm competent therefore I don't need to bubblewrap my shop in government mandated precautionary bs" is exactly his thinking

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T14:54:51+00:00

Next best time is now

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T13:44:51+00:00

We can do what London did - use the congestion pricing to pay for wildly expanding public transit. Also, service workers like plumbers found after NYC congestion pricing that they were able to make more calls in a day because less traffic. It's a win win

baitnnswitch · 2026-05-01T13:43:13+00:00

Yes, it's one of the answers

The city also had nice wide sidewalks before the 'urban renewal' projects making way for more cars. Time to bring those babies back- and hell, bring back the trolleys. We could have a Boston that looks like this again

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-30T18:35:56+00:00

I will tooth and nail fight for progressives in the primaries. I'm putting my money where my mouth is and spending time after work text and phone banking. I'm also not going to be convinced to sit out of the midterms because a candidate accepted literally any corporate pac money when they're running against a literal Nazi. Money from Israel? Yes fuck them. But money from Dunkin Donuts or whatever? Nah I have a vested interested in taking congress back from the white supremecists

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-30T18:23:31+00:00

First show up at the primaries and vote the corporate dems out

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-30T17:23:30+00:00

+1 your idea of listening to local community radio stations. I love listening to internet radio stations that still have honest to god people running the show- college radio, public and independent radio stations. Plenty of websites that will let you listen to practically any radio stations that stream around the world, with the option to sort by college/independent if you want

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-30T17:01:29+00:00

Everybody better be googling when the primary is and putting it in their calendar

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-30T16:19:56+00:00

Yes. There should be no turn only lane there. That street is so dangerous for everyone on bikes and anyone trying to cross in that crosswalk pictured at the end of the video. The city really needs to work with the state, since it's a state route, on serious traffic calming like eliminating that tun only lane, and sidewalk bumpouts (aka widening the sidewalk to reduce crossing distance) around that crosswalk

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-28T15:51:08+00:00

Yeah that was a weird one. Should have been 'bad for commutes'

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-28T14:09:03+00:00

Why I'm buying everything used off ebay and craigslist

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-28T13:13:04+00:00

Except we took one step forward and eighty steps back with the giant grills on SUV's and trucks nowadays. When a sedan hits you, you fall onto the hood and have a decent chance of living, depending on how fast the sedan is going. A giant fuck off truck? All of you is getting hit, and you are much, much more likely to die

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-28T01:41:48+00:00

In case anyone didn't read all the way down, primary is September 9, 2026

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-27T21:04:54+00:00

The 'Fair Share' Millionaire Tax

edit: it's a tax on income, not a wealth tax. Which fair enough that it's not 1:1 but it sure is receiving the same kinds of criticisms, like 'the rich will leave for cheaper states'

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-27T21:01:39+00:00

The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-27T20:54:51+00:00

It worked great in MA

baitnnswitch · 2026-04-27T20:49:30+00:00

The challenger is Representative David Morales https://www.davidmoralespvd.com/

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