“what I hate the most about right on red is the explicit sanction it gives drivers, myself among them, to use their own judgment. It is a zone of permitted lawlessness relying on the ability and morality of the average driver.”
Every Right on Red Frays the Social Contract a Little Further by 00 AM EDT
“Public transit, on the other hand, is a proven technology that, among other things, strengthens the social contract while giving everyone the ability to move around a city.”
‘Every Right on Red Frays the Social Contract a Little Further’ ⇥ defector.com by Nick Heer
That was a wild game! From depressed, defeat, to a one point lead in the last few minutes.
Currently reading: Resisting Therapy Culture: The Dangers of Pop Psychology and How the Church Can Respond by Matthew Loftus 📚
“virtue is the habit of doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons.”
The Catholic Gentleman by Sam Guzman, Dale Ahlquist
“holiness isn’t for a select few; it is for everyone.”
The Catholic Gentleman by Sam Guzman, Dale Ahlquist
It’s interesting watching the traffic on Demonbreun during lunch. At any given time there are more people on the narrow sidewalks and bike lanes than in the cars. And yet, the cars take up 90% of the space and require everyone else to wait on them to cross the street and move about.
Finished reading: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 📚
“He assumes that we know what people want because they buy it, and we know that they buy it because they want it.”
No-One Makes You Shop at Amazon by Henry Farrell
“Concrete protection makes bike lanes viable for riders of all ages and abilities and also adds meaningful protection for people both walking and biking.”
State of Our Streets by Walk Bike Nashville
“When you have convinced yourself incorrectly that you know what a book says, it takes a lot of hard work and serious thinking to unravel your misconceptions.”
No-One Makes You Shop at Amazon by Henry Farrell
Major props to my employer, Craft Education. They have given us cyclists (three of us so far) a parking room. I get to “park” my bike just around the corner from my desk, right by the elevator. Not dealing with the bike rack has been great!
Cycling to work has been great, but I do often wonder if any of our city leaders have ever tried to cycle in our city.
Case in point: After decades, our only cycle and pedestrian bridge dumps you off directly onto the street where you are left to hope that a tourist actually lets you cross. (They almost never do.)
Then, you sneak across the symphony where you are left to cross another street where no one yields.
Then you sneak across a park. The park is sometimes closed, so you have to cross through the front drive of a hotel.
Then and only then are you back on an unprotected bike lane.
Happy Lord’s Day! — Go to Mass! ❤️ ⛪️
““Sabbath rest is not just a nothing, a not-doing, but a something that requires creating.” And what he creates is rest itself. The Sabbath is thus for ceasing and feasting.”
How Shall We Then Rest? by Karl E. Johnson
When did all this “feels like” stuff start? It does not “feel like” 101. It feels like 86, in Tennessee, in August. I’m sure 86 might “feel” different on a beach or in the desert, but how is that relevant to the forecast?
“The whole effort of “learning a language” is training one’s adaptive unconscious: helping it acquire the knowledge it needs and ensuring it gets enough practice to take over basic tasks.”
Learning to Learn a Language by Michael Ham
One whole year. A year ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. Never lifted a day in my life. – It turns out I enjoy it, it makes me feel better, and makes it where I am more helpful to others. So glad I took the leap and gave it a try!
“The fact that lettuce from one farm or one shredding facility could possibly have sickened thousands demonstrates the dangers of concentrating food production among a few large corporations.”
The Cyclospora Outbreak: An Everyone-Is-at-Fault System Failure: “LettuceGate” by Marion Nestle
“Lettuce producers have known about the Cyclospora hazard for more than a decade. They have not acted, and neither has the government.”
The Cyclospora Outbreak: An Everyone-Is-at-Fault System Failure: “LettuceGate” by Marion Nestle
“If you find some cool, relatively unspoiled or undiscovered place, please keep it to yourself. We locals have places that we know that are still relatively secret and we’d like to keep at least a few that way. So don’t post about it, and don’t tell anyone. Just enjoy the peace and quiet.”
How to Not Be an Entitled, Snobbish Vacationer: The Boiling Pot of Tourist Towns Part 2 by Luke Allen
“Like maybe this tourist industry we all thought was benefitting us for so long isn’t actually such a good deal anymore.”
The Boiling Pot of Tourist Towns: Pt. 1, the Frog’s Perspective by Luke Allen
“There is actually no reason that we can’t have a community that continues to function as a tourist destination but ensures a good quality of life to its year-round residents, and a sense of community and belonging as well. This is what we want. We want to be welcoming to tourists. We love showing off our towns and region, I know I do. We’re proud of all the beauty and joy our area offers, we want to share it. We just don’t want to lose it.”
The Boiling Pot of Tourist Towns: Pt. 1, the Frog’s Perspective by Luke Allen
If you live in Nashville and cycle at all, please complete this survey. The new dividers are a game-changer. We need them everywhere! www.surveymonkey.com/r/Downtow…