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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 14h

Why the fuck does he look like a kid who's just run through the kitchen door screaming to his mom about how "Billy told me I look stupid" and expecting some kind of Inquisition to rain fire down upon Billy and his ilk? 😆

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 14h

Wasn't "revival" the word that the KKK used to refer to their large gatherings?

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 16h

As someone who used to be in charge of one of these programs, I tentatively agree but (like most things) it's an interestingly complex problem (with available solutions). Mainly, Complete Streets policies treat the features as "bolt-on accessories" to "real" streets instead of a holistic rethink.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 16h

This is my biggest objection to dockless bike/scootshare. The lack of dedicated "place where thing go" racks specifically for these devices not only means they end up dumped in dangerous, disrespectful, or inconvenient places but also that racks provided for general use get completely taken up too.

Streetcrafting @streetcrafting.bsky.social · 17h

@seattledot.bsky.social please install official micromobilty parking at E Pike & Melrose Ave. This area has long needed it, and without it we constantly see bike lanes and sidewalks obstructed with bike & scooter share vehicles.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 17h

Every time I see some fresh horror visited upon us by this right-wing terrorist government, the silence from those members of my family who voted for it is all the more deafening and enraging. These were people who, in spite of their flaws, I always thought good but now I just see them as cowards.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 17h

Oh it's absolutely needed but there are so many loopholes in the existing ones, like the vestigial pedals that allow what are effectively electric mopeds to "technically" be e-bikes

Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 17h

Throttles shouldn't be allowed on anything less than light mopeds with an exception for "momentary booster" buttons, i.e. if you're starting on an incline it'll help you at full power for 5 seconds or so. And we need a carveout to prevent the "off-road use only" loophole from being used.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 17h

The 3-tier classification system is just dumb. For one thing, there ought to be a tier that matches the euro pedelec category (14.5mph limit, no throttle). Class 3 should be "light moped" and require full lighting, registration, and DOT helmet. Anything above is an e-moped/moto i.e. a motorcycle

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

It's a white Dodge Caravan if you don't have that info already

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

Wear headphones if in public 😆

Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

I have a Light Phone 3 and it's been a great experience, even considering i had the Light Phone 2 (pictured) before, which is cheaper and still made. This new category of devices increasingly have all the tools modern life necessitates without the bloat or distraction of being terminally online.

The Light Phone

Light is a radically different technology company. We design beautiful tools that respect and empower our users and our first product is The Light Phone.

www.thelightphone.com

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

Honestly I suspect the most effective way to address this issue would be to also include a SMARTPHONE ban for under-15s. The market for specialized "dumbphones" that aren't just cheap feature phones is maturing with companies like Light and Punkt having polished products on sale now.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

For some hilarious background on the company that built that equipment, do watch @wtyppod.bsky.social's episode on the Marlboro Unlimited if you haven't already. You WILL die laughing.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

I literally made a post the other day i think about how some people drive around squinting into the sun. No sunglasses. No sun visor use. Just staring forward, burning a dot into the backs of their eyeballs. The responsibility to drive safely includes equipping yourself with necessary tools to do so

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

White dodge caravan

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Ain’t Complicit 🇺🇸 @charlene411.bsky.social · 1d

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

Is there some reason Padilla is letting her talk over him here? I get the sense that she's in violation of the rules of conduct or something and the chairperson is not shutting her down. Why is he not raising his voice even?

Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 1d

@donoteat.bsky.social @wtyppod.bsky.social
Just clocked a lightly photoshopped rendition of the Colorado Railcar DMU demonstrator on the cover of SMART's 2006 EIR

a screencap of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit project's 2006 EIR. It shows a maroon diesel multiple unit trainset with a single-level design and panorama-style windows travelling through a landscape of green, rolling hills and vineyards.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

So your suggested alternative is?

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

🐴

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

With ATC shortages mounting, I'm just waiting for one of the many AI companies the Trump Regime is in bed with to crop up with "Why don't we replace ATC's with our untested but totally awesome AI?" I'm sure that'd go over well.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

Nope! But say it in front of a neoliberal and watch their head spin around.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

I'm in an odd minority of drivers who are actually more visible to other motorists when on a bicycle (low-slung, tiny convertible) and seriously, drivers are worse than ever. Had an errand today where I had to get my car out of storage & had two SUVs in the span of a dozen yards turn across my lane.

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Taylor Scheinuk @taylorscheinuk.com · 2d

Seriously though. Government truly run as a (nonprofit) business is indistinguishable from democratic socialism.

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