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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · 4d

And a few were able to cash in, thank you.

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · 6d

That and Slow Horses...

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · 12d

Need this in my life.

Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 12d

A boat tour of Rotterdam with all-you-can-eat pancakes.

Don’t believe the haters, dreams can come true

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · 22d

Meanwhile, prices cycled up to ~$2.60 just 15 miles north of that in Edmond yesterday. So crazy.

Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Oct 6

In OKC? I know he’s done some filming in Oklahoma in the past…

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Harri Vaarala @harrivaarala.bsky.social · Oct 2

A classy Dutch bike in a classy Finnish environment.

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Active Transportation Alliance @atalliance.bsky.social · Sep 29

"The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking," as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text."

Read More: www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik

It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.

www.jalopnik.com

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Sep 27

These Ryder Cup outfits are hideous.

Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Sep 18

Now gone… for a parking garage.

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · Sep 18

union bus station sign, walker and sheridan streets, oklahoma city, oklahoma, 1993

Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Sep 13

I’m not here for #SpotLAX2025, but I do have a pretty good view from the Sky Club for a couple hours on this layover…

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Sep 6

I applaud this level of trolling.

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Sep 4

Official alum event is at Fassler tomorrow night (registration is closed now).

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · Sep 4

This one has LAYERS

“I was driving down the road when all of a sudden I looked up from my phone and saw this guy walking in the lane right in front of me, when there was a perfectly good sidewalk right next to him,” said one eyewitness who wished to remain anonymous because his driver’s licence is currently suspended for a DUI. “Right as I was about to lay on my horn and scream at him and threaten to kill him and his entire family, I noticed that the sidewalk was actually full of cyclists riding on it and the bike lane was blocked by a parked car. Well, I say car but does a cybertruck count as a car?”

The pedestrian said that having to walk in the road was an added insult to injury, as they were only walking because their bus never showed up. The pedestrian also did not want to be identified for fear of being accused of vandalizing the parked cybertruck. “I wasn’t trying to, I just had to lean on it for support as I stepped over a garbage bag and then the whole back panel fell off. I would have tried to put it back on but the exposed wires immediately started sparking up.”

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Aug 22

Maybe not eagerly, but not hating it either...

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Aug 20

WHY DOES ANYONE GO TO SONIC ANYMORE?! (Myself included)

Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Aug 15

My wife and daughter just ridiculed me for calling it a drinking fountain!

www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...

From the MapPorn community on Reddit: What do you call that thing you drink water from in a public building? I call it a bubbler!

Explore this post and more from the MapPorn community

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Aug 15

Good look at profit-seeking vs. everyday fandom... "If you have an all-you-can-eat-and-drink spread waiting for you, there is no need to pop into the old bar or the family-owned pizza shop across from the stadium. It separates fans and cuts into the shared experience."
www.espn.com/golf/story/_...

Augusta National ditches the masses in a quest for higher revenues

Augusta's everyman appeal loses out in the quest for luxury, exclusivity and money.

www.espn.com

Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jul 19

I love all these responses and statements. The sociology of people in regions vs made-up states (lines on a map) is fascinating. Other examples: Missouri with two big regions each split across an artificial border, Chicagoland essentially reaching across 4 states…

LAISSEZ LES BON QUESO ROULER @thequeso.bsky.social · Jul 19

Oklahoma and Texas should be considered their own separate geographic area, because nothing around them is similar.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · Jul 19

OK/TX region (which i think should be considered it’s own thing), north florida (which is more like georgia than stereotypical florida), denver/mountain west, pacific northwest

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jul 17

Unbelievably sad.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Jul 17

“.. They are nurses, mechanics, sanitation workers and executives. .. They’ve opened restaurants .. paid taxes and contributed to Social Security, living and working legally in the United States since 1999.”

They have 60 days to leave.

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Jul 13

Yes. Worth watching.

TL;DR Sheriff's office sent out alerts *on Facebook* (for anyone online at 5:30am) but not to cell phones or other real-time alert systems.

Sheriff says he'll look into it.

Lucia Walinchus @walinchus.bsky.social · Jul 11

1/6 Behind the story: excellent investigative work by @parksdigsin.bsky.social and Scott Friedman on the critical moments before the flood. Watch to the end- the part at 4:51 will blow your mind:

www.nbcdfw.com/investigatio...

FEMA records show Kerr County officials didn't send EAS warnings to phones as flooding began July 4

FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the flooding began on July 4.

www.nbcdfw.com

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jul 12

3.74” of rainfall here at our home weather station. Started at 2:10 pm; it’s currently 4:04 pm. And it’s going to keep raining… #okwx

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jul 11

But I did get just get a phone alert about someone who shot one law officer a state away, and it even said there’s no credible threat the guy is in Oklahoma…

Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · Jul 11

"The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing had the technology to turn every cellphone in the river valley into a blaring alarm but local officials did not do so...as river levels rose to record heights...a Washington Post examination found."

Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods

Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jul 8

Tonight’s storms are odd. #okwx (7 July 25)

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Paul Ryckbost, AICP, PE*, PMP, F.SAME @urbanlakeeffect.bsky.social · Jun 26

Pulled up to the youngest’s morning program to get him to a Dr appointment this afternoon and the office called to cancel and move to tomorrow. Took the middle to her annual this AM. Summer musical program for her all afternoon. So much logistics.

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Dustin Ragland @youngweather.bsky.social · Jun 23

every word of this:

Jared Dubin @jadubin5.bsky.social · Jun 23

13 thoughts on the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder — simultaneously all-time good and just getting started.

www.lastnightinbasketball.com/13-thoughts-...

13 Thoughts on the Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are your NBA champions. Let's run through 13 thoughts about the team, the season, and the future. Subscribe Now * This really feels like the beginning of something, rather ...

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