John ©

Head writer for Allen Brady Co. Extreprid kayaker. Big #earth fan. I’m here for the absurdity!

[rob delaney @robdelaney]

Just had a brief but very illuminating conversation with President Biden, whom I support fully. He told me as a kid in Scranton he used to… here’s the deal: you take an old tire and fill it with soup - listen. Ten, twenty people in one car. You better believe it. Pepperidge farm

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

Our relationship with reality: it's complicated.

#sapiens

[Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu]

Read it. George Stephanopoulos states plainly the very thing media critics have been asking for. Via @HC_Richardson

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Inhalers cost less than $5 to make.

But drug companies charge Americans up to $600 to increase their profits.

My Administration has been cracking down on Big Pharma – and now, three of the four largest inhaler manufacturers are capping out-of-pocket costs at $35.

[Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife]

In ‘Dark PR’, @EnnisGrant outlines nine devious frames the automotive industry uses to obscure millions of injuries and deaths caused by its products; influencing how we process and discuss the issue and ultimately preventing meaningful political action.

They are as follows… 🧵

[David H @strobist]

Hard to overstate the precipitous nature of this decline. Sports Illustrated was the pinnacle of both sports writing and photography. Now they’re just another low-grade content farm, with writers who (that?) aren’t even real people. Such a shame.

[Katherine B @katicycle]

Thank you @BostonGlobe for showcasing our #bikebus, as well as our official bike bus uniforms by @cleverhoods.
@CoachBalto
@cambbikesafety @cambridge_cpsd @SafeRoutes_MA https://t.co/lzZD92IS5C

[Rep. Justin Jones @brotherjones_]

Just left the House Chamber after Speaker Sexton forced a vote to silence me for the remainder of the legislative day (for speaking “off topic”) and ordered the public cleared out of the gallery.

This is the authoritarianism we are fighting against.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

The US is going to have 30-40 million 80 yr olds driving because the built environment is car dependent.

Baby Boomers are a huge reason for local govs to legalize walk-friendly, bike-friendly, transit-friendly neighborhoods.

(psst, abolish zoning)

https://t.co/pcM2TIHWKH

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened — how fast people on bikes “appeared” — once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t. It took leadership.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

I gave Republicans a suggestion for their unemployment insurance fraud bill: name it the George Anthony Devolder Santos Fraudster Protection Act.

The GOP wants to dole out lectures about fiscal responsibility, but the call is coming from inside the house. Deal with that first.

[John © @ipswichmedia]

Downtown Rockport action

[Sam Balto @CoachBalto]

The #BikeBus is one more example of how induced demand works. You make it easier & safer for children to ride bikes to school & would you believe it?! More children ride bikes to school. This is rocket science.

[Bicycle Colorado @BicycleColo]

If you own an eBike, your story is needed! Researchers at @Portland_State and @UTKnoxville are working with @peopleforbikes to understand how we can further integrate eBikes into our transportation systems across the nation.

Complete the survey by May 5:
https://t.co/XcETRhKauU

[John © @ipswichmedia]

@MiaFarrow @gtconway3d It’s why he’s so popular. Big stiffing numbers. A good jackal king.

[douglas rushkoff @rushkoff]

"Creative destruction resulted in something more like destructive destruction. The new industry didn’t replace the old one with something better; it just destroyed everything in the path of its exit strategy."
https://t.co/PvaeP1xTl9

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

NEW: The 15-Minute City explained well as supporting an “ecosystem” of local things easily accessible for all, created by engaging local people and customizing strategies to local realities. New video by @Streetfilms featuring @CarlosMorenoFr and @CatAG74:
https://t.co/NHFWI2zT9I

[John © @ipswichmedia]

And I thought I wanted to be a dolphin #gregorsamsa