Scott Hand
@artifactscott.bsky.social
Cincinnati<Ohio<Midwest
Branding @ artifactbeer.com
Station Manager @ radioartifact.com
Arts and sustainability Architect http://trilobitedesign.com
Painting/design/construction/acoustics/bicycles/urbanism
(he/him)
Branding @ artifactbeer.com
Station Manager @ radioartifact.com
Arts and sustainability Architect http://trilobitedesign.com
Painting/design/construction/acoustics/bicycles/urbanism
(he/him)
Speed cameras and protected infrastructure, please.
Today in "look, a study that shows what I pretty much knew from experience." You can pass all the laws you want: speed limits don't stop people speeding and distance laws don't stop people from grazing past my handlebars
New research finds negligible benefit from "minimum passing distance" laws requiring drivers to give cyclists space when overtaking them.
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Protected bike lanes are far more effective.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Speed cameras and protected infrastructure, please.
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What's actually unfair:
🔹 Drivers gambling with other people's lives when they floor it and hope they don't get caught
🔹 Police deciding whether to issue a ticket to speeders they pull over
Speed cameras are a solution — not a problem.
🔹 Drivers gambling with other people's lives when they floor it and hope they don't get caught
🔹 Police deciding whether to issue a ticket to speeders they pull over
Speed cameras are a solution — not a problem.
Trump administration limiting use of federal funds for speed cameras, calling them "unfair revenue schemes.” www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
Trump administration says it will limit funds for speed cameras
Cities are being told they can’t use some federal funds for automated traffic enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What's actually unfair:
🔹 Drivers gambling with other people's lives when they floor it and hope they don't get caught
🔹 Police deciding whether to issue a ticket to speeders they pull over
Speed cameras are a solution — not a problem.
🔹 Drivers gambling with other people's lives when they floor it and hope they don't get caught
🔹 Police deciding whether to issue a ticket to speeders they pull over
Speed cameras are a solution — not a problem.
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Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
How a Small Canadian City Tripled Cycling Rates in Just 11 Years
Video: Victoria, Britiish Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."
nextcity.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Protected bike lanes = One Weird Trick to Massively Increase Cycling
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we live in a 900 square foot ADU that suffices for a family of four. quality matters. could we use more space? sure. but we'd just fill it with more stuff. being able to walk, bike or bus to schools, work, groceries, restaurants is invaluable.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Why smaller houses can lead to happier lives
It turns out asking “Are you happy with your home?” yields a very different answer than “Are you happy with your life?”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
we live in a 900 square foot ADU that suffices for a family of four. quality matters. could we use more space? sure. but we'd just fill it with more stuff. being able to walk, bike or bus to schools, work, groceries, restaurants is invaluable.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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This is why we can start building “car light” homes and n’hoods.
“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org
Survey: Most Americans Are Open To Ditching Their Cars — Streetsblog USA
Automakers have spent a century and countless trillions of dollars making car-dependent living the American norm. But U.S. resident still aren't sold, a new survey suggests.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is why we can start building “car light” homes and n’hoods.
Fuck yeah.
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Fuck yeah.
One of my favorite days of the year is HCD and reading the hourly comics from cool artists online. Lucy has been drawing awesome stories and funny cats for as long as I can remember.
In case you want to read the annual Hourly Comics I’ve been doing since TVs were big boxes, you can do so here: www.lucyknisley.com/hourly-comic...
Hourly Comic Day — Lucy Knisley
www.lucyknisley.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One of my favorite days of the year is HCD and reading the hourly comics from cool artists online. Lucy has been drawing awesome stories and funny cats for as long as I can remember.
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Really worth the 10 minutes to watch this to learn about how car-centric suburbs are financially subsidized by the more sustainable city, and some hints about how cities can improve their own metrics (hint: it's density).
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Really worth the 10 minutes to watch this to learn about how car-centric suburbs are financially subsidized by the more sustainable city, and some hints about how cities can improve their own metrics (hint: it's density).
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Washington, DC's City Council is hearing its single-stair building now. You can find written testimony and a link to the Zoom feed here. The Department of Buildings' testimony is *very* positive. I'll be testifying at some point as well lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
DC Council Hearings Management System
View Hearings, Register to Witness, Submit Testimony
lims.dccouncil.gov
January 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Washington, DC's City Council is hearing its single-stair building now. You can find written testimony and a link to the Zoom feed here. The Department of Buildings' testimony is *very* positive. I'll be testifying at some point as well lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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I was chasing sadness yesterday. Now I’m chasing rage. I am watching an opera singer react to and explain how awesome this song is. I recommend:
youtu.be/LWUEL6ecqlM?...
youtu.be/LWUEL6ecqlM?...
My First Time Hearing Rage Against The Machine!
YouTube video by The Charismatic Voice
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I was chasing sadness yesterday. Now I’m chasing rage. I am watching an opera singer react to and explain how awesome this song is. I recommend:
youtu.be/LWUEL6ecqlM?...
youtu.be/LWUEL6ecqlM?...
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“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
theprogressplaybook.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 AM
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
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Gonna start talking about speeding that came way internet commenters talk about any possible immigration infraction. Go one mph over??? Get ready for life in prison, you should’ve followed the law :/
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Gonna start talking about speeding that came way internet commenters talk about any possible immigration infraction. Go one mph over??? Get ready for life in prison, you should’ve followed the law :/
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Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
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Struggling to recall a time when public life wasn’t dominated by belligerent gobshites
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Struggling to recall a time when public life wasn’t dominated by belligerent gobshites
"The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just."
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just."
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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This year I have come to appreciate that
this is a tool
for childhood independence
and parental freedom
this is a tool
for childhood independence
and parental freedom
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This year I have come to appreciate that
this is a tool
for childhood independence
and parental freedom
this is a tool
for childhood independence
and parental freedom
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Biodegradability is not a bug, it's a feature.
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Biodegradability is not a bug, it's a feature.
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
The trick is to make it possible only when you want it to happen.
#strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #timber #hemp #biobased #architecture
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This is so good.
We Ran Katie Wilson’s Campaign. Here’s What We Learned.
Seattle’s new socialist mayor, Katie Wilson, won with an authentic image, a strong social media presence, a dedicated and energetic volunteer base, a relentless focus on material issues over political...
jacobin.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
This is so good.
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“If Americans increased their protein intake by just 25%…it would require about 100 million acres of additional ag land each year — an area larger than Michigan, Ohio & Pennsylvania combined — & increase annual emissions by 100s of millions of tons of CO2e, according to @worldresources.bsky.social.”
Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“If Americans increased their protein intake by just 25%…it would require about 100 million acres of additional ag land each year — an area larger than Michigan, Ohio & Pennsylvania combined — & increase annual emissions by 100s of millions of tons of CO2e, according to @worldresources.bsky.social.”
Watched the newest Superman and loved catching all the Cincinnati scenery in Metropolis.
January 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Watched the newest Superman and loved catching all the Cincinnati scenery in Metropolis.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become