Sean, Pear Enthusiast ⚓

you draw up that ad for amtrak?
sure did boss, diarrhea money shot just like you asked

Wario will be at the end credits of the super mario galaxy movie, it will happen.

Judge strikes down approval for 75-unit apartment building in Providence A judge struck down plans for a 75-unit mixed-use building on Wickenden Street that seems to limit municipal zoning authority

Stairs don't matter if we've got a judiciary that has decided the city zoning board making zoning decisions is bad for parking actually and therefore illegal

www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

Ebikes are for lazy underachievers, I mutter, as I load my bike into my pickup truck after my wattage-optimized ride to head home

I was originally going to dunk on this suburban Chicago letter to the editor opposing Illinois' state-level zoning reforms, but this must surely be parody, right? www.dailyherald.com/20260309/let...

McKee will be interesting test case. Can a governor whine his way to single-digit approval?

sharon take: gender is part of the reason decarbonization is so hard

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

This is also a safe streets post.

He's just been spending 1/4 of his time trying over and over again to read it but can't get past how boring the forward is

Since 195 exists as a bypass though I feel like new bedford could rid themselves of a lot of the urban renewal highway spaghetti downtown that leads to this bridge and just encourage through traffic to the highway instead. Keep this bridge more or less for local traffic to the islands

I don't think the approach on either side of the shore makes it possible. Tall bridges need a lot of ramp space

I'm fascinated with inexplicable but on-topic comments. In response to an article about a currently operating public trade school, for mechanics and carpenters, someone has left a comment "they used to teach shop and automotive, not anymore" which is just an incredible thing to take away

Leslie and Brianne are at a gas station. Leslie, in rabid-poster mode, exclaims "I'm so angry!! I have so many opinions on other people's opinions of the new Pixar movie!!" Leslie, going to town on some Fresh Gasoline, replies "You need to drink more gasoline. It makes all my thoughts and opinions melt away!" But then she sees the price of gas and freaks out- it's "A Lot!"

this @keithstack.com comic is both 4 years old and topical again which is giving me low-grade anxiety

Bridge stuck

This is an attack on working people Daria. This takes the war on cars too far! Why do I have to go to bed, my friends stay up late! You're not my real mom!!

From SF Examiner Sunday 12/27/1925 Baby new year 1926 holding a sign I RESOLVE To remember that there are others in the world beside myself, both motorists and pedestrians, and that the essence of being a good motorist is to realize that these others have rights that I should respect and I will remember to respect these rights at all times, leaning a little toward unnecessary courtesy and consideration to others, if l lean at all.

I guess a piece like this is probably too “woke” to see and honor today.

Every day we celebrate twine

The Van Leesten Bridge looking west on a nice day

Downtown Providence skyline from the Van Leesten Bridge

It is a gorgeous day.

(Don’t worry, most city-owned bike infrastructure still has piles of snow on it)

"8uez Ganal" yes I see

I do this quite often but the treat is usually a beer.

Just because the media cycle has forgotten about climate change doesn’t mean it’s not happening. We need to take urgent action to save the future of humanity.

Welcome comrade

If this were Biden, that pump would be plastered in “I did that” stickers. But Trump really is the reason for gas prices spiking!

Illustration depicting a giant riding a giant bicycle through a bunch of people on a city street.

"The Unrestrained Demon of the Wheel"

Judge magazine, 1893
🎨Grant E. Hamilton

Not so much on the left. Tbh aside from him I can't really think of anyone who made their campaign on blue collar aesthetics recently (on the left).

For my adult life at least this has largely been Republican territory

No no I think he's firmly what the general interpretation of working class is, certainly, but I also think this is why we seem to end up with "why do these champions of the working class we keep electing immediately fuck over actual working people" basically as a rule. In a broader context

The image and mythology is often weaponized by capital though. Think of how many landscapers (owners of large and exploitive landscaping companies) and carpenters (owners of large and exploitive construction firms) throw their capital around in stained jeans and dirty T-shirts to incredible effect

I know this is not maybe the strictest interpretation but I agree that there's a line somewhere and I feel as far as loyalties and relationship to capital goes there are folks on the small end of those types of trades which I think are among the working class.