Reposted by Matthew RothNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t think the U.S. attacked Iran so that the U.S. Navy could provide constant, costly escort to tankers to get some oil out of the Gulf but much less than before the war. That does not strike me as an achievement, nor sustainable, and I don’t know why it warrants praise. 1029443
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social I miss you on Twitter Nobody else in Chicago is behaving today They all hate protected bike lanes and holding drivers accountable for turning right on cyclists They also think that the American experience isn’t harmed by sport cyclists speaking for commuters 120
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 24/08/2026now that she’s exiting the administration can I say that Karoline Leavitt is a problematic fave Hope Hicks was too in Trump 1 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I understand that fb is a cesspool but the angry people under this post really do seem to want to just kill someone legally 020
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Korean bike infrastructure from redditor u/LatterFriendship 373 110
Reposted by Matthew RothCentral NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸 @princetonyimby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I do not know how seruously to take this permanent daylight savings time bill, but sunrises at 8.35 am in the winter do not seem great for street safety for kids on their way to school. 19697
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The crazy thing is that beacons should be banned and we should follow INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE 010
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The documentary Ballon sur bitume (Concrete football) is essential viewing I think of their tricks with their feet when I see Mbappé roll the ball back away from a defender 010
Reposted by Matthew Roth𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026No one's arguing the FIFA's not a shit org, but them actually correcting one of their bad organizational decisions is a step in the right direction, actually. 1111
Reposted by Matthew Roth𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026It's the reversal of a bad rule (no appeal process), about a bad call (not a red-cardable offince by Balogun), that shouldn't have delayed the game as much as it did (how do you get to a VAR-reviewed carding on a play that wan't called as a foul in the first place?) 1111
Reposted by Matthew RothMatt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 05/07/2026How can anybody possibly root for the USMNT NOW?!? Not only are they agents of the imperialist pig dogs, but they're also now clearly trying to bribe their way to a championship. Anybody who enjoys them is morally and politically bankrupt. My column, for bluesky dot app, the official app for sports 2344926
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026YOU CANNOT ASSESS DANGER FROM STILL IMAGES YOU FUCKING MORON 000
Reposted by Matthew RothMatthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026You can’t assess from still images Hope this helps But if not stay mad 101
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Horseshit European fans want this all the time for their club players There’s always a post about it in their history lmfao 010
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026So @thebelovedaunt.bsky.social is a little whiny loser who deactivated replies and quotes Fuck off and touch grass mate Wishing for injury is just crazy and it doesn’t belong in sports 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The people replying to this miss the point that we’d be okay with a yellow but no other rough/serious fouls were carded And intent does matter: doing something dangerous and doing it anyway despite the ball’s absence=intent It’s really not that hard 110
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The only disadvantage not fully solved by electric buses is noise and discomfort N American roads are awful and our buses do have to be made for it no matter what powers them 010
Reposted by Matthew RothNolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The strait is not open, every country dependent on oil (basically everyone not named France) is gobbling through their reserves and the only thing bailing us out of an economic catastrophe at the moment is that China's reserves appear to have been far larger than thought. This is not tenable. 6579
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Tower crane somewhere in Austria or Switzerland as seen by a friend Why can’t America have nice things 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Another pedestrian incident at 7th and Monroe in Nashville A pedestrian walking a dog crossed. The driver of an SUV stopped but then sped through the ped & his dog before they finished crossing The man is injured but OK. The dog might lose a leg. I hate it! 120
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026People should vote on the question asked This never happens and so unfortunately the reform was doomed But the right of defendants to have a separation present in virtually all other countries? Nah that’s authoritarian Goofy ass country 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 22/03/202660k social housing is not enough And it should be just “housing” 100
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I’m curious to see what the infrastructure will look like 000
Reposted by Matthew RothDiego @ryukyu-hsr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026It's depressing that in the French local elections, LFI seems to have thrived despite (or perhaps because of) their antisemitic campaign. 382
Reposted by Matthew Rothceej @ceej.online · 07/02/2026production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA 250176903853
Reposted by Matthew RothStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 29/01/2026NYC waste collection is inefficient on a beautiful spring day, but after heavy snow, it becomes insanely laborious – I’ve seen them spend an hour on one block. DSNY could collect 10x as quickly if we had common containers that they had to dig out once and could then collect from twice a day. 51009
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 29/01/2026the nerds left Twitter I’m almost single-handedly explaining even to engineers why we should consider burying power lines and getting our costs down instead of making excuses that much of Europe and Japan don’t accept 020
Reposted by Matthew RothEast Nashville Urban Design @urbaneastnash.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Raised crosswalk on Peabody Street outside the Olive Apartment tower. Near Pinewood Social. liveolivepeabody.com/gallery/ 1111
Reposted by Matthew RothCath @cathinator.bsky.social · 06/12/2025I call it the Nicole Cliffe rule of friendship: anyone I follow is "my friend" and a mutual is "my close, personal friend." 2112
Reposted by Matthew RothKatherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Ban right on red. 0186
Reposted by Matthew RothJohn Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 05/12/2025American public restrooms are so unpleasant and we really should adopt typical design approaches used elsewhere. 4839
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Another area where Anglos assume high construction costs are axiomatic: stadiums Stadiums of similar capacity* and age are always more expensive in the U.S. 110
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I am not exactly her target audience and have reasons to not like her but I’m negatively polarized to support her and she’s (bonk) 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Raccoon at Mass for @annetheriault.bsky.social 130
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2025ICYMI t.co/mJMenjDUzot.cohttps://www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheaply-could-we-build-high-speed 010
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Thanks to Santi Ruiz for hosting @alonlevy.bsky.social on Statecraft. No thanks to most of the critics. I would add that if Alon is wrong, it’s because Americans refuse to change the thing being criticized *at all* not just because the costs are ordained to be $$$ from on high 100
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Idiots. I like new metro lines in « région parisienne » but damn this is not it. Massive stations meant to win prizes and get attention of architects like Saint-Denis Pleyel are Not. It. 010
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025They also fired people doing what they are going to do with digital services. Idiots. 010
Reposted by Matthew RothDiego @ryukyu-hsr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Some national railways in Europe get higher ridership than others, but ALL of them have something to learn from others. Spain has lower ridership than France or Germany but builds infrastructure for cheap, to the point they have the biggest HSR network in Europe. 2111
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I am not convinced that elites hate him because he was poor and despised the consensus It’s because he’s truly terrible in a fundamental way 010
Reposted by Matthew RothEffective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 13/03/2025Electric multiple units (EMUs)—trains that distribute their motors rather than use a locomotive—accelerate faster and are cheaper to operate. The MTA should be working to minimize locomotive operations—especially on already electrified tracks. www.etany.org/baffling-bat...etany.orgBaffling Battery Blunder — Effective Transit Alliance New YorkExpensive, experimental, slow battery locomotives have no place on already electrified rails 2306
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Alon Levy for special advisor to POTUS for infrastructure costs in a future administration 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Les Etats-Unis lui ont finalement donné raison. 010
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Elmo’s site is a cesspool but this floated onto my timeline I don’t follow the person 2/3 of responses blamed the unions, called out the cost creep for builders/developers, want to adopt global (Euro) standards instead 000
Matthew Roth @matthewjroth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025there are a lot of people who are guilty of contemptuous words towards members of the previous administration and who will go unpunished. 000