Rudi "Cooler Weather = Better" Riet

Welcome to spring: the season with All the Feels™...

This is what @mayorbowser.dc.gov and her cohort fail to realize and deliver on: if you must have street parking (and really, we don't need as much as we have), make it for the residents of DC first. Out-of-state commuters should be disincentivized to drive and should be incentivized to use transit.

Oh great: another centrist. Hard pass.

I understand that name recognition is helpful in a campaign. But this family has done more to divide and deep-six the Democratic Party than most.

Virginia Dems: you deserve far better!

#VAPOL

There is nothing healthy or strong about feeling a need to slather on so much bronzer. It's clown makeup, at best - which is fitting given the character upon which it's festooned...

#resist

Bill Kurtis to Leave NPR’s ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’ As the irreverent quiz show’s judge and scorekeeper, Kurtis, a former news anchor known for his rich voice, has helped find comedy in current events since 2014.

Bill Kurtis is retiring from the NPR news quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” after serving as its judge and scorekeeper for a dozen years.

Can we pls swap this for a federal e-bike/e-cargo bike rebate

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

“The [Copenhagen] modal split in 1970 was about 10% biking. But then we got the oil crisis…So that was the changing point and now there’s more than a 30% bike modal split.”

We can change our cities. Because of the high price of gas, or just because it’s clearly the smart thing to do. #UrbanTruth

There may still be signage on DC-295 pointing out RFK Stadium as a 1996 Summer Olympics venue. The sign was still there on northbound 295 last fall.

But yes: no database of what signs are where because, dog gonnit', we love ourselves some layered bureaucracy that doesn't take notes...

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Trump says he won’t sign any other bills until the SAVE Act is passed, which requires voters to show proof of citizenship with expensive documents like passports.

Reminder: noncitizen voting is already illegal and incredibly rare. This is about voter suppression, plain and simple.

Graphic with busy car congested road. Text says car dependency is the opposite of freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. Ad is from the Urban Truth Collective.

How about those gas prices? Brutal, huh?

You know what really costs us all a lot?

Car dependency.

#UrbanTruth

hard to overstate how broken it all is if Crude can trade $81 -$119.40 in a day

Co-mingled (like recycling)? 😉

A photo of a white bike helmet in a meeting of international transportation experts and municipal leaders. NORMALIZE THE BICYCLE!

There are choices you can make with active transport: try and hide your reality (e.g. leave the bike helmet or leg strap behind), or embrace and advocate your desired outcome (i.e. “dress for the job you want”).

I choose to normalize the bicycle as a mode of mobility in the U.S. and everywhere.

Or just be like British Columbia and never fall back again...

TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR DANES DC 1. You must not go to work for ICE 2. You shall do a bad job for ICE 3. You shall work slowly for ICE 4. You shall destroy inportant nachines and tools 5. You shall destroy everything which may be of value to ICE 6. You shall delay all transport 7. You shall boycott all ICE supporter films and papers 8. You aust not shop at ICE supporters' stores 9. You shall treat traitors for what they are worth 20. You shall protect anyone chased by ICE IT WORKED FOR DENMARK IN 1940 & IT CAN WORK FOR DC IN 2026.

Petworth, Washington, DC

This sort of thing is always hit with, "LOL he doesn't care he'll never face voters again." In fact, he does care. He has privately said he fears being impeached by a Dem House. And I don't know who I need to tell this to, but presidential approval matters in midterms.

Agreed! It's mighty fishy...

Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

i.e. look at the stuff I never look at, eh? 😜

It's frighteningly clear when a military action is launched by a "leader" with zero military service and/or zero diplomatic acumen. This illegal action by Trump should not stand.

Thanks to @petebuttigieg.bsky.social for being so clear about the real consequences of this horrible situation.

#resist

Ok, I really laughed at this.

Anti-vaxxers are bad parents. Not vaccinating your child is abuse.

We should eliminate all non-medical exemptions for vaccines.

Sorry, not sorry.

How I arrived on Bluesky.

"It ain't so!"

Do I win a prize?

Perhaps a "peace prize" of some kind?

If FIFA had any spine it would revoke the hosting duty of all U.S. cities in the 2026 World Cup and move them to Mexico and Canada - *all* of the games.

But they won't because they're a bunch of crooks and liars...

Would you prefer snow?

Where did you find this elixir?

after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.