Don’t forget about their emotional support vehicles, for which they need cheap oil.

Cars.

(And by “logical” I mean the thing that overwhelmingly poses the greatest danger to my well-being.)

Not wolves in Pennsylvania. Coyotes, almost certainly.

Yep, agreed, it has a lot to do with the geometry of the bike, too. The old, short-tail, drop-bar, racing-style “10 speeds” of my youth felt very precarious, and going over the handlebars was a common occurrence because of the rider’s position. The longer tails, and more-upright posture of the rider, on a city/commuter/hybrid bike puts the bike’s center of gravity much further aft. Going over the handlebars is quite unlikely, and good bike infrastructure that doesn’t put riders in the door zone (or gutter) is much more important than a helmet.

This seems to spark inchoate rage or cognitive dissonance when I point it out, but for exactly the same reason, everyone should wear a helmet when driving a car, too. Head injuries are common outcomes of car wrecks, and a debilitating injury. It may feel unnecessary, because the majority of people can go an entire, normal lifetime without a head-injury crash. But, then, exactly the same is true of cyclists.

Certainly, everybody knows somebody who crashed on their bike and was saved by their helmet. In contrast, I knew people who crashed in their car who may have been saved by a helmet. I say “knew,” because they’re dead.

More:

• Traffic stops provide an easy ‘probable cause’ to start an interaction to harass and target minorities and the poor.
• Vehicles enable ICE terror tactics.

A timely question! I’ve been listening to Neutral Milk Hotel a lot recently, and for the first time. I’d heard of the band back in the day, but somehow never listened. The Wikipedia entry lists a number of my favorite bands as influenced by them, so I guess it’s no surprise that I enjoy it so much.

Unless I missed something, how is it alleged that the wife had anything to do with causing his pneumomia? And where was it proven that it was not caused by SARS-CoV-2? Or even an opportunistic bacterial infection that piggybacked on COVID-19?

I would choose small, but then I’m weird. A big house just means that you’ve gotta fill it with excess shit, and clean it all the time.

It’s well-known that how you ask the question in a survey can drastically skew the response, and so we have to interpret these results based on the specific questions they asked.

We know from sale prices that people actually covet walkable areas, so much so that the accusation of “rich elitist” gets tossed at proponents of walkable cities. Those places are so much more expensive. So maybe people are thinking of “houses that I can afford” when they answer this survey? Or, they’re answering it from the perspective of already needing a car, so a little extra driving is no big thing.

What would the results be if they asked things like, “Do you prefer neighborhoods where kids can safely play outdoors, or neighborhoods where there is too much traffic danger?” Or, if that’s too biased, “where children can walk to school versus taking a bus or being driven?” Maybe break up the question, “Do you prefer to have stores located near where you live, or do you want them farther away?”

There are lots of different ways to ask, and the different results would be informative.

(Also, this survey relies on self-reported urban/rural distinctions, and those answers are wildly inaccurate, to say the least.)

If the highway is crowded enough that the non-HOV lanes are gridlocked, that’s a peak hour. This would be funny to watch, if it didn’t mean that Ford and Sarkaria will plan for yet another highway expansion when this inevitably leads to worse gridlock.

Joshua Slocum put in to port for several extensive refits on his boat over the course of his circumnavigation. (He famously did it solo for the first time around 1895.) Materials engineering had improved enough by 1968 to run the first solo, nonstop circumnavigation race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.

Nowadays, the sea is still harsh. If one stayed in the less stormy locations, in more-northerly latitudes to avoid the full-bore tropical sun, one could reasonably expect to stay at sea without putting in to port for over a year. The biggest challange would be mental, as loneliness takes a huge toll, as does the bland diet required.

Yes, and I’ve locked eyes with people at intersections, who proceed to nearly run me over because they didn’t “see” me while talking to their dash-mounted phone. It’s due to the cognitive effect known as inattention blindness.

And text-to-speech while driving is way safer.

It is saf-er, but still far from safe.

Sincerely,

The Bicyclist You Almost Ran Over Because You Were Distracted By Your Phone

If it’s not satire, then calling it “malice” is too on-the-nose.

Nebula. There are only a handful of creators on there that I watch regularly, but even then, it’s worth it for the price.

Isn’t it gone now? I recall that God was not amused, and it burned down after a lightning bolt hit it.

Just last night I learned what a stave church was, and that many of them were burned down in arson attacks by people in the black metal scene in the '90s. Now I learn that what I’ve always known as a cheese slicer is from Norway. (Funny coincidence about who settled here…)

Our university mascot is Bucky Badger, sometimes expanded to Buckingham U. Badger. It’s gone now, but that explains why we called this sculpture Buckingham Phallus:

Yes, I agree, since the actual point is to generate lots of heated discussion without any resolution. Without any specifics, all that’s left is vibes, and vibes are the best way to rile people up.