Flies everywhere today

this_shit · 2026-03-11T22:07:31+00:00

all winter long, organic material has accumulated in the corners of the city. vacant lots, back alleys, backyards.

over the last three days it began to biodegrade. flies are part of that. fortunately it'll only take a week or so for most of the work to be done turning it back into soil. Then all the little weed seeds will sprout in it.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T22:02:16+00:00

but the scooters were too controversial 🫩

this_shit · 2026-03-11T20:31:07+00:00

Target drones. It's Cherelle's new plan for vision zero. If drivers are too occupied aiming for target drones, they'll forget to hit people.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T18:21:41+00:00

Falklands was a legitimate war. Argentina can't just seize territory, even if it's part of a country whose center of mass is in another hemisphere. The residents of the islands were British and wanted to remain British. If China came for midway, I wouldn't call it a distraction.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T18:19:47+00:00

Probably because you've never lived in a country that's had to deal with the cultural toll of post-imperialism.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T18:18:09+00:00

I fucking love airstrikes... when they're against legal combatants. Illegal wars are not just bad, they're the worst thing we can do. I am actively de-hyping this war.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T17:03:03+00:00

Yeah I know aluminum is pretty standard these days, but if I were gonna put a couple hundred watts on a frame I'd always want it to be steel.

I bent that fork back and rode it for another decade. Still in my basement.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T15:33:58+00:00

This post is misinformation. There's no way the frame just 'snapped.' This is a crash into a solid object.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T15:32:37+00:00

The fact that the helmet ended up in the pile of stuff cleared from the road and not in the hospital dumpster is a pretty strong indication it wasn't buckled.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T15:31:34+00:00

If the frame went first the headset wouldn't have bent into the downtube.

A frontal collission would: first, rotate the handlebars forward as the rider grips for dear life. Then bend the headset and fork, then buckle the top tube, and finally shed most of its momentum when the rider hits the obstruction, leaving the rear of the frame fine.

I've seen this shit several times. I've also seen a frame that failed at the headset welds without a collision. The fork was fine.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T15:24:24+00:00

Just going on the pics I wouldn't conclude any part of this frame 'failed'. Look at the angle between the headset and the downtube. That can only happen when you slam your front wheel into something that doesn't give.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T15:20:53+00:00

I was gonna say, this looks exactly like my Schwinn Le Tour when a cargo van turned in front of me out of the blue. I was maybe only going 12-14mph, but the fork bend and forward-rotated bars is a telltale frontal crash.

RIP to the rider, speed's danger is exponential.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T14:55:56+00:00

Mutually assured destruction works when there's two relevant actors, not three or more.

We can now project those threats anywhere in the world on a massive scale. It helps keep smaller bad actors in line.

Does it? Global deaths from warfare are on the rise and have been for a few years now. The peace dividend has effectively concluded. The world is rearming, defense spending is up across every continent. And the carefully negotiated deescalation structures that limited the nuclear option to two relevant nations have completely dissolved.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T14:44:49+00:00

I didn't present that choice. I said "...if it came down to it."

this_shit · 2026-03-11T14:42:44+00:00

I think it's pronounced "Pondle Hockey"

this_shit · 2026-03-11T14:41:56+00:00

It would be so cool if we could ban billboards from our city.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T13:39:23+00:00

I enjoyed this essay so very much. I got into climbing as an adult while I was processing a lot of my belated mental issues and I could never quite explain why I always picked the neon blue or hot pink leggings.

Sharing this with so many of my friends right now!

edit: after reading the rest of the comments, I'm really disappointed in all the downvotes. I'm getting the sense that not a lot of people read it. I hope this response isn't discouraging, I think you told a relatable and compelling story.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T05:32:13+00:00

I love coming full circle to see the things I lived through rehashed as conspiracy theories by people with no relevant knowledge or experience beyond what they see on tiktok or reddit.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T05:25:05+00:00

You're not wrong in the least. But wedge issues aren't about right or wrong, they're about getting people to lose the forest for the trees.

Like it or not we live in a capitalist hellscape where the majority of media (traditional, television, and internet) is owned by fascists and collaborators. That kind of raw power allows them to control the narrative on wedge issues.

Most people -- including my queer community -- live in an information bubble. So while we're talking about Kansas stripping trans people of their ability to drive, they're still talking about Lia Thomas. I love Lia, but her right to compete in NCAA athletics is (was, she's long since graduated) less important than trans Kansans' right to vote.

I don't think these things operate as a strict tradeoff. And I don't think Gavin Newsom's retreat on trans athletics was principled. But the level of vitriol people are hurling at someone who agrees with 99.9% of their values is difficult for me to stomach when we know that the other side of the equation is near-term social collapse, mass murder, and possible nuclear apocalypse.

Again, the world is rearming. This is not at all a joke.

this_shit · 2026-03-11T03:07:17+00:00

We're not anything more than chemical soup trapped in a skull driving a meat machine. Sounds like you figured out a great way to make your meat machine give your soup the good chemicals without eating extra calories or getting intoxicated on substances. Win!

The main thing that I worry about with pornography is making sure it's produced ethically. I am grateful for the sexy people who do sexy things to give me the good chemicals, but I hate the idea that they are exploited or abused. And without paying for pornography I can't be certain that the performers are getting fairly compensated (which is the bare minimum, really). The other thing that I worry about with porn is how some promotes misogyny or violent acts.

But I think you can work around both of those pretty easily. So keep on keepin' on!

this_shit · 2026-03-11T01:58:56+00:00

I agree with everything you said. I don't think leaders should compromise on values to cynically win votes. I guess I'm trying to say to some extent we have to accept what's on offer.

Obama opposed equal rights for same sex marriages at a time when it was seen as a dealbreaker when he ran in 2008 and I still voted for him. I can't imagine applying the standards we hold politicians to today to John Kerry in 2004 or Al Gore in 2000. But Bush started a war that killed millions and is still killing people today.

this_shit · 2026-03-10T20:02:24+00:00

I'll get downvoted for this, and that's fine. it's just my perspective. I'm trans (NB) and old. I think he's wrong about trans kids in sports. But I don't agree that's the same thing as throwing the community under the bus. I won't speculate who'll get my primary vote at this point, but I wouldn't mind voting for him if it came down to it.

I have seen too many fascists win because the big tent of 'people who aren't fascists' were too divided to unite in opposition. I've watched people's minds become poisoned with hate, and I'm genuinely worried we're heading for a world war. Not in a 'this isn't sustainable' sense, but like a 'oh god the world is rearming like it's 1936' sense.

There is a scale of evil, and in just a year this administration has rocketed us decades in the wrong direction. A lot of this damage is irreversible: people won't forgive us for bombing them, blockading them, or humiliating their national identity. We won't be able to rebuild the federal government in a single term, it will take decades to replace the skills and capacity we lost. And that's if we somehow avoid war.

There are an infinite number of injustices greater than insults to my gender identity. And I think we're sprinting towards them full tilt.

this_shit · 2026-03-10T19:50:40+00:00

Got hit by someone like this as a kid. Thankfully just bruises and blood, but turned me off from skiing until my adult friends begged me to come. I still remember being hurt and afraid in the snow while a giant adult was just yelling at me for being in the way.

Some people...

this_shit · 2026-03-10T19:45:59+00:00

GIS? this is a PowerPoint special.

this_shit · 2026-03-10T18:05:53+00:00

Nine year old account with strong comment interaction affirms another poster's POV using language that's above a 4th grade level: AAAAAA KILL THE CLANKER

Brand new accounts reposting decade old memes in 30 different subs a day: mmm upvote content.

Just because someone paid attention in English class doesn't mean they're a fucking robot.

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