Reposted by BABGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13hJust watched a high school kid driving an older Ford Expedition absolutely floor it on a street with a 25 mph speed limit. He had to be going 40+ mph. But he wasn't on an e-bike or e-moto so it's fine and normal. 319718
Reposted by BABParsingphase @parsingphase.dev · 04/10/2026When you shape roads for people, not machines: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/04/m...bostonglobe.comSomerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston GlobeTo make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way. 29919
Reposted by BABHeather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The woman out here outright admitting she thinks her car is more important than human lives. 27859
Reposted by BABFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/10/2026All painted bike lanes are car infrastructure. The engineers have checked a box, while still allowing at-will, unimpeded movement by motorists in the heart of a major city. This design only serves those who are comfortable being uncomfortable. 916728
Reposted by BABCodfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm with Carl Sagan on this: 24778842722
Reposted by BABDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 191762878
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And remember: if you build a protected bike lane that doesn't connect to other bike lanes, no you didn't. 000
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Read the research @cityofrochester.bsky.social and invest accordingly. 100
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was disappointed when I went to shop at Costco today and discovered they had removed the bike rack entirely. Had to lock to a signpost across the street next to another bike. 010
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They don't want to talk to you anyway, they are dredging for suckers en masse. 000
Reposted by BABNew York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Trump administration is pushing for catastrophic rollbacks of federal limits on greenhouse gas pollution. I’m suing to stop this administration from giving the nation’s biggest polluters a free pass to set our country back decades in the fight against climate change. 512238
Reposted by BABZak Bond @zakbond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On the same day diesel hit £2 a litre for the first time, we took 50+ cargo bikes onto the streets of London for the seventh Cargo Bike Cruise. While diesel vans are getting more expensive to run, cargo bikes are becoming a practical and cheaper option for more and more businesses. 316751
Reposted by BABGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely horrificcbsnews.comWoman sitting on bench outside Faulkner Hospital killed when car slams into buildingA driver crashed a car into a building near Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring two others. 37613
Reposted by BABPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For the most part, driving is super inefficient but at least it's really expensive and also quite dangerous. 2242957
Reposted by BABCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt might actually be dumber than Tommy Tuberville. 72574391127
Reposted by BABJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope this headline haunts Eric Schmitt for the rest of his pathetic political career. 1160159684518
Reposted by BABAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.metrotimes.comMike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro TimesMike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families. 14585502840
Reposted by BABCommercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 30/09/2026German solar+storage at wholesale prices of just barely over a nickle per kilowatt hour. Folks? Isn't this like it? Have we not hit some nirvana price with solar plus storage if freakin Germany's cost is a nickel? What is the price/kWh for gas/coal/French nuclear at wholesale rates in the EU?pv-magazine.comGermany wraps up solar-plus-storage tender with average price of €0.0514/kWh - pv magazine GlobalGermany’s latest innovation tender attracted 678 MW of bids, with 32 projects totaling 480 MW securing contracts. 62711
Reposted by BABChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 836196316184
Reposted by BABRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164675552
Reposted by BABBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”theguardian.comHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streetsUnder Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance 15654216
Reposted by BABPeter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tens of millions of American motorists believe there's nothing wrong with texting at a stoplight. Or driving 73 in a 60mph zone. Or changing lanes without signaling. Or rolling right on red without coming to a full stop. But somebody has to do something about cyclists who don't follow the rules. 38764126
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Perhaps it's rational jealousy and irrational responses. Obama and JFK are way outta Trump's league after all. 000
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just as telling that he didn't recognize either of them by credentials. 000
Reposted by BABMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 25667084501
Reposted by BABborn2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The New Yorker posted exactly how I interpreted the whole visit. 250107653455
Reposted by BABDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Abolish ICEelectrek.coVolkswagen's new EVs are so popular that the company is now cutting ICE shiftsVolkswagen’s new family of entry-level electric cars is proving to be more popular than its internal combustion engine vehicles. Volkswagen’s... 161101183
Reposted by BABTiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Petro-masculinity: a violent, misogynistic, climate-denying version of manhood, expressed through an antisocial driving culture. It’s the MAGAfication of transport. 👇 #petromasculinitytheguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or conscience. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 163
Reposted by BABTiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When cities build safe places for people to ride, families will buy cargo bikes and Moms will use them to drop off their kids before going to work. That’s less cars in traffic.👍 Calgary is a bicycling city. 🚲😀 #yycBike #Calgary #yyccc 49412
Reposted by BABAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped” 513217885452
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So they'll use that savings to pay for a few more days of war in Iran. 010
Reposted by BABMomentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When a bicycle is part of everyday life, it can provide regular physical activity while helping people stay mobile, independent and connected to their communities. momentummag.com/a-decade-lon... 315232
Reposted by BABIan Moody @ianmoody.bsky.social · 22/09/2026High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds. EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHigh-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study findsEVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age 2325876
BAB @8a8s.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Forgot to include the vw microbus next to the id.buzz. Anyone have a side-by-side?id.buzzStartseite | Volkswagen DeutschlandWillkommen bei Volkswagen. Erfahren Sie alles über die Marke, Modelle, Angebote, allgemeine Infos, bis zum Trendthema Elektromobilität. 010
