BarryJT
@barryjt.bsky.social
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Bicycles. Punk rock didn't save the world, but it should have. I try to stay on topic, but you're going to get random posts about housing, gardening, preserving/canning, dogs, and baseball.
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Look, all I want is for everyone to make 25% of the 50% of trips that are less than 3 miles by something other than car.

I know people don't like word problems, but just take your bike once in awhile.
barryjt.bsky.social
The money is probably good enough for some people to sell their souls.

And since FB hasn't produced anything in years 5 times faster than doing nothing should be easily achievable.
barryjt.bsky.social
And so I drank one
It became four
And when I fell on the floor
I drank more
barryjt.bsky.social
It's amazing that Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, two of the most populous counties in the country, don't have enough passenger rail to qualify for SB 79.
barryjt.bsky.social
Well, unless you live in fourth and fifth largest counties in the state.

I know my Voltaire "the perfect is the enemy of the good" but I kinda wanted transit oriented high rises in my city, too.
barryjt.bsky.social
5000 miles in 33 months is great! Good going!

(I'm at just under 1000 miles on my ebike in 18 months)
barryjt.bsky.social
Just finished season 2 of Peacemaker.

Can't say I'm particularly happy about its ending especially for a show that went nearly four years between seasons.

By the time next season rolls around, they're gonna half to de-age John Cena.
barryjt.bsky.social
Or

"Blue Zones are Fake News. How the McDonald Land Diet Works Instead."
barryjt.bsky.social
Donald should obviously team up with McDonald's to sell diet books.

"Ronald and Donald - A Quarter Pounder with Cheese a Day Keeps the Doctor Away."
barryjt.bsky.social
Rode my ebike to the hardware store for a handful of screws, but I forgot it was rush hour!

No driver did anything crazy, but there are so many of them! Sitting there idling.

The whole thing was very stressful. I came home down side streets and alleyways.

#bikesky
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It's a shame that it only applies in 8 counties.

We need a statewide Builder's Remedy. No city or county should be able to deny any housing project until the median home in their community is affordable by a median income family.
barryjt.bsky.social
Well, many rapid transit stations
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scottwiener.bsky.social
MAJOR NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed SB 79, my bill allowing more housing near public transit — rail, subway, rapid bus.

It’s a huge step for housing in California. It’ll create more homes, strengthen our transit systems & reduce traffic & carbon emissions.

Thank you, Governor!
barryjt.bsky.social
The Founders never intended for it to take 60 votes to pass things in the Senate. Where are the originalists?

Nuke the filibuster.
barryjt.bsky.social
Is it possible to run a marathon to Psychocandy on repeat?
barryjt.bsky.social
One day at school pickup I slapped a car whose driver was blocking a crosswalk. The mom got all irate "don't touch my car! What kind of behavior are you teaching your kid!"

My great nephew (in kindergarten) stuck his tongue out at her.

I was so proud.
barryjt.bsky.social
The Dodgers are the evil empire.

The perfect World Series would have been Cincy/Cleveland, but I'll settle for Brewers/Mariners. Anything that freaks out MLB.
barryjt.bsky.social
Throw the ball to first, FFS.
barryjt.bsky.social
Damn Xmas commercials before Halloween.
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I wouldn't want to go to a concert with an AI generated cat.
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Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
barryjt.bsky.social
What's up with the anime pharmaceutical commercial?
barryjt.bsky.social
Except for all the illegal e-motos out there doing 50 mph and pissing people off about ebikes when they aren't.
barryjt.bsky.social
I'm clearly defining what an ebike is and saying anything that is not that requires a license, not that bikes need licenses. That's exactly the same licensing world we live in now.