cherolis.bsky.social
Here's to hope. All we've got left.
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That means if you run a campaign that engaged and turns out voters, you win. Get folks registered. Turn out voters. Then the crazies will lose their power.
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What matters is numbers and constituent contacts to legislators. Focus on turn out. In person or online. Don't get delayed arguing details with a scaredy twerp from WestCOG.
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What's important is to turn out more public testimony.
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The racist classist guy from WestCOG? He loves parking minimums. Of course. He's the stinkiest little turd.
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When feeling really reckless or inspired, I'll underline something.
Mostly annotation free. No marginalia. I am guilty of folding page corners though.
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Specifically remember my friend's mom smacking her son in the back of the head, not softly, for walking into a building wearing a baseball cap.
She was terrifying. That was parenting!
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Meanwhile, Connecticut (where I recently lived) has a public hearing on bill that would eliminate parking minimums statewide.
The Midwest is really 10-20 years behind other US cities and 20-40 years behind international World Class cities.
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The Canal is SO DEAD, partly because of the oceans of surface parking craters that start one building away. That area needs so much more vertical density and housing to be bustling. @parkingreform.org
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Put a garage on the first couple floors (incl one underground) and they'd increase parking capacity while at the same time putting more residents and IHS visitors nearby. Win-Win!
Why do urban organizations sit on surface parking craters like they are important assets?
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Folks really really really don't like when someone with unbelievable access to govt starts popping off Nazi salutes.
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There was a brief moment where I had hope. I was working with a coalition of Northeast states on a cap-and-invest program for gasoline & diesel. BP & Ford were involved & supportive. That could have been a pivot, but it was snuffed by a few wimpy politicians.
www.transportationandclimate.org
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I started writing an article, which I then realized needed to be a series, on how the US compares terribly on health, safety, and quality of life metrics to other countries. Partway through, it was so depressing that I stopped.
The disparities are obvious. Folks don't want to know.
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That is insane
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WTF.
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Ahh. Stop and frisk DUI checkpoints.
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Does IMPD ever do drunk driving checkpoints? I've never seen one.
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As a single datapoint, in addition to that May 2020 MMR vaccination, I've been up to date on all the Covid vaccinations.
I didn't get Covid until November 2024, and my low fever was gone in 2 days.
If you know anti-vaxxers, ask them to talk to their pediatrician or primary care doctor. Please.
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Early in the pandemic, there analysis showing countries with lower fataility rates correlated with having recent adult MMR vaccination campaigns.
Some MMR / Covid studies were started, but largely derailed by the release of a specific Covid vaccination. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Does he have one permanently upraised eyebrow, or has he experienced a stroke? At first it looked like he was listening intently, but then I realized it wasn't on purpose.
It is unbelievable that the establishment Dems seem to pick the least engaging leaders to lift up during this emergency.
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Oh. gross.
We need to talk more about parking reform and land use in Indianapolis, beyond the nerd circles.
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Imagine the vehicles that would be in the market without a 100%+ tariff on Chinese EVs. Protectionism is stifling competition and will sink the US auto industry.
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Make sure that's in your will. Folks will try to weasel out of it.
Also, this is the best idea.
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NINA is problematic. They're funded/owned by their corporate overlords.
I think they are trying to make Asylum Hill wealthy again, but it really isn't a good goal.
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Wish more bike helmets had a built in bug screen on front vents. Bee 🐝 in helmet, never fun.
Sun protection, sizable visor is another big plus for me. I don't want to slop sunscreen on before every commute.
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Yes and... Why haven't you raised up someone with the ideas and the energy we need? What is your legacy right now? A disaster. Irreplaceable gigantic egos and a US, soon to be global, disaster. Your succession plan is what? Do you think you're immortal?
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Oof. Fonfara is a snake. Skeezy as all get out.
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The 25 mph sign on a wide downtown highway is giving us a hint about design issues.
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Teslas are DEADLY. "According to the study, Tesla cars have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven. [...] The national average fatal crash rate for all cars in the U.S. stands at 2.8 per billion miles." economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
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I would love to invest in EV funds that aren't heavy in Tesla. Do those exist?
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This dude is so disturbingly weird. Who said, "Yeah. Let's hand him the keys to us govt?"
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This is the message we need to send at #TeslaTakedown protests today: we know Tesla's trillion dollar valuation is built on fraud and abuse, and we are coming for it. We will make Tesla ownership a taboo, cars and stock, unthinkable to anyone who believes in the basic values of the U.S. constitution
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It is weird that there aren't sidewalks to that get to that park from the nearby neighborhood. Plenty of room for multiuse side path or sidewalks around the park.
Glad to see the unpaved trail development, but it doesn't really address the lack of safe bike / pedestrian / youth access.
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Had a Bald Eagle swoop overhead the Monon Trail recenly on my Winter ride into work.
Nature and humans can co-exist in the City when we try, but I'm a bit worried about the pollution and climate chaos that may be on the way in the next 4 years (and beyond).
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Stoked to see that compact trail/sidewalk sized snow plow and salting vehicle coming back to work from lunch on Thursday.
Now, can we get @indydpw.bsky.social to use the smaller Kubotas most of the time for trail maintenance activities? They send a full size truck to pick up trash bags.
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One issue in Hartford was that the BRT station was seen by the local police as a state issue. And the state police didn't do anything with the stations, since they were focused on the interstates. Local police would respond, but only to emergencies.
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Bus stations, like any public space, need oversight. If there are regular visits by IMPD or IndyGo ambassadors to the station to make sure things are safe and clean, it shouldn't be an issue.
I lived in Hartford with the CTfastrak BRT. Where they didn't have security, it was a mess at stations.
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E-bike incentives should be their good news story. I am curious what is causing Commissioner Dykes to throttle that successful and popular sustainable transportation incentive.