Rod Huntress
@rodhuntress.bsky.social
Getting around via bike/foot/transit. Co-ops & cats. Comms & conflict management. In low-skeet mode.
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I think some of the fear people have about saying fascism is here is about there being some point of no return? but this isn't a novel with a climax, and politics unfolds via complex contingent processes: there's always a moment to make different, better choices, even as the pathways get harder
August 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I think some of the fear people have about saying fascism is here is about there being some point of no return? but this isn't a novel with a climax, and politics unfolds via complex contingent processes: there's always a moment to make different, better choices, even as the pathways get harder
“I’m not saying I’ll never fly again. Family emergencies, meaningful work: if I need to, I’ll go. But I won’t fly casually. I no longer see it as something frivolous or limitless.”
I gave up flying nine years ago, and I wrote about it in this new essay on Substack.
Give it a read and a share. I think I've managed to not sound too self-righteous ;)
kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/grounded-w...
#Environment #Scotland #Writing #Books #Climate #Sustainable #Article #Essay
Give it a read and a share. I think I've managed to not sound too self-righteous ;)
kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/grounded-w...
#Environment #Scotland #Writing #Books #Climate #Sustainable #Article #Essay
Grounded: What I Gained By Giving Up Air Travel
I gave up air travel nine years ago. No more ‘do it ’cause it’s cheap’ weekend breaks to European cities. I thought I was simply taking a stand, but what I’ve realised is that flying isn’t just a seri...
kristiedegaris.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“I’m not saying I’ll never fly again. Family emergencies, meaningful work: if I need to, I’ll go. But I won’t fly casually. I no longer see it as something frivolous or limitless.”
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Doing it for the memes.
On November 4, 1909, as a joke to prove that pigs could fly, Englishman John Moore-Brabazon made the first live cargo flight by airplane when he put a small pig in a waste-paper basket tied to a wing-strut of his airplane.
On November 4, 1909, as a joke to prove that pigs could fly, Englishman John Moore-Brabazon made the first live cargo flight by airplane when he put a small pig in a waste-paper basket tied to a wing-strut of his airplane.
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Doing it for the memes.
On November 4, 1909, as a joke to prove that pigs could fly, Englishman John Moore-Brabazon made the first live cargo flight by airplane when he put a small pig in a waste-paper basket tied to a wing-strut of his airplane.
On November 4, 1909, as a joke to prove that pigs could fly, Englishman John Moore-Brabazon made the first live cargo flight by airplane when he put a small pig in a waste-paper basket tied to a wing-strut of his airplane.
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The REAL trick is, not letting the zombies know you’re so eager to die they get icked because it seems desperate. Be very depressing to have a zombie horde go “ooooh, no, you want it TOO much.” Embarrassing.
May 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The REAL trick is, not letting the zombies know you’re so eager to die they get icked because it seems desperate. Be very depressing to have a zombie horde go “ooooh, no, you want it TOO much.” Embarrassing.
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Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
May 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
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May 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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I dreamt this skeet in full, so I thought I’d share it:
“It’s become astronomically harder to make art in the last ten years. I hope artists take that into consideration when evaluating their careers, instead of beating themselves up.”
And then I drove a teenage George Harrison back to Durham
“It’s become astronomically harder to make art in the last ten years. I hope artists take that into consideration when evaluating their careers, instead of beating themselves up.”
And then I drove a teenage George Harrison back to Durham
May 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I dreamt this skeet in full, so I thought I’d share it:
“It’s become astronomically harder to make art in the last ten years. I hope artists take that into consideration when evaluating their careers, instead of beating themselves up.”
And then I drove a teenage George Harrison back to Durham
“It’s become astronomically harder to make art in the last ten years. I hope artists take that into consideration when evaluating their careers, instead of beating themselves up.”
And then I drove a teenage George Harrison back to Durham
One size L, please
“Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise” Irish shirt spotted in Dublin post Critical Mass ride. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🍻
📸 @ibike.ie
📸 @ibike.ie
April 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One size L, please
“Comparing different overseas travel options:
– flying is worst,
– ferry travel with a car is better,
– ferry travel without a car is better again
– and bus, train, hitching and cycling are best!”
– flying is worst,
– ferry travel with a car is better,
– ferry travel without a car is better again
– and bus, train, hitching and cycling are best!”
Today is the launch date of ByLandAndSea.ie ! A guide to travel to and from Ireland without flying. Please share and follow!
April 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Comparing different overseas travel options:
– flying is worst,
– ferry travel with a car is better,
– ferry travel without a car is better again
– and bus, train, hitching and cycling are best!”
– flying is worst,
– ferry travel with a car is better,
– ferry travel without a car is better again
– and bus, train, hitching and cycling are best!”
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Endlessly fascinated by @ewsanderson.bsky.social's now-expanded Welikia Project map.
Plug in your NYC address and learn about the ecological history of the place:
www.welikia.org/map-explorer...
Plug in your NYC address and learn about the ecological history of the place:
www.welikia.org/map-explorer...
The Welikia Project
Explore the landscape before New York.
www.welikia.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Endlessly fascinated by @ewsanderson.bsky.social's now-expanded Welikia Project map.
Plug in your NYC address and learn about the ecological history of the place:
www.welikia.org/map-explorer...
Plug in your NYC address and learn about the ecological history of the place:
www.welikia.org/map-explorer...
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Now more than ever
March 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Now more than ever
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In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.
I have a Mabel.
I have a Mabel.
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Stock photography is better than AI-generated images as evidenced by all these photos of men with their chicken friends I just stumbled into.
www.istockphoto.com/photo/redhea...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/redhea...
Redhead chicken farmer in a small rural Netherlands farmyard
Redhead chicken farmer in a small rural Netherlands farmyard
www.istockphoto.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Stock photography is better than AI-generated images as evidenced by all these photos of men with their chicken friends I just stumbled into.
www.istockphoto.com/photo/redhea...
www.istockphoto.com/photo/redhea...
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I think properly grieving this would help us all open ourselves to the real joys of joint struggle and messy community that were never compatible with more individually oriented lives. And it would make us more effective antifascists.
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think properly grieving this would help us all open ourselves to the real joys of joint struggle and messy community that were never compatible with more individually oriented lives. And it would make us more effective antifascists.
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I would love it if we could accelerate the process of acknowledging that people are not going to be able to live the lives they'd imagined for themselves, lives where they could select where and how to contribute socially and could concentrate on pursuing happiness and "success" for their families.
February 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I would love it if we could accelerate the process of acknowledging that people are not going to be able to live the lives they'd imagined for themselves, lives where they could select where and how to contribute socially and could concentrate on pursuing happiness and "success" for their families.
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It’s like having one of those cop business cards you can show an officer when you get stopped for speeding.
February 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s like having one of those cop business cards you can show an officer when you get stopped for speeding.
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📷 A Souvenir Photo of an Ottoman Officer with a Bicycle, Sent from Bursa to His Family. A Note on the Back. 1905.
"Here I have come to visit you with velocipede. Your son attached to the General Staff of the Bursa Military Division, Captain Ahmed, October 2, 1905." #Bike #Velocipede #Bicycle
"Here I have come to visit you with velocipede. Your son attached to the General Staff of the Bursa Military Division, Captain Ahmed, October 2, 1905." #Bike #Velocipede #Bicycle
February 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
📷 A Souvenir Photo of an Ottoman Officer with a Bicycle, Sent from Bursa to His Family. A Note on the Back. 1905.
"Here I have come to visit you with velocipede. Your son attached to the General Staff of the Bursa Military Division, Captain Ahmed, October 2, 1905." #Bike #Velocipede #Bicycle
"Here I have come to visit you with velocipede. Your son attached to the General Staff of the Bursa Military Division, Captain Ahmed, October 2, 1905." #Bike #Velocipede #Bicycle
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Rather than pausing to linger, American pedestrians are racing through streets – and doing so alone.
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
What Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?
Urban pedestrians are walking faster and doing less socializing, according to a new study of NYC, Boston and Philadelphia. Is technology to blame, or public space itself?
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Rather than pausing to linger, American pedestrians are racing through streets – and doing so alone.
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
A new study from Ed Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, et al. raises troubling questions about the decline of streetlife.
Me, in CityLab 🧵
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Art should be funded like science. To properly fund art, you fund failure. Funding failure will give you occasional excellence. Creating any art with the aim of it being popular enough to make money, will give you consistent mediocrity. Arists need funding to play and fail because that's the process
Let me tell you about the weird business that delivers art into our lives, and the impact it has on the long-term careers of artists. This is a thread prompted by yet another article on authors' incomes, and the inevitable reactions from the 'people-would-pay-if-it-was-worth-it-to-them' brigade. 1/
January 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Art should be funded like science. To properly fund art, you fund failure. Funding failure will give you occasional excellence. Creating any art with the aim of it being popular enough to make money, will give you consistent mediocrity. Arists need funding to play and fail because that's the process
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there should be a website where people can watch the revenues from congestion pricing accruing in real time I would love that
January 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
there should be a website where people can watch the revenues from congestion pricing accruing in real time I would love that
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■ The Register of Olive Oil and Other Products of Athens, Verified and Sealed by the Qadi of Athens, Salih Mehmed (Greece), 1555 #history #greece #ottomanempire #16thcentury #1550s
January 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
■ The Register of Olive Oil and Other Products of Athens, Verified and Sealed by the Qadi of Athens, Salih Mehmed (Greece), 1555 #history #greece #ottomanempire #16thcentury #1550s
Kaleo in Flemish light
December 14, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Kaleo in Flemish light
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Thread of de-escalation, non-violence, and related training in the Seattle area. I’ll be adding as I learn of additional resources. I might occasionally also share my experiences using the non-violent intervention training I got when I was ~18ish.
December 14, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Thread of de-escalation, non-violence, and related training in the Seattle area. I’ll be adding as I learn of additional resources. I might occasionally also share my experiences using the non-violent intervention training I got when I was ~18ish.
