Fuck Cars

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/6978371

Non-Paywall Article

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5701064

Sudip Bhattacharya talks about his article at HardCrackers.com, "Socialism or Suburbia." Sudip is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at Rutgers University. He is also a writer, organizer, and you can find his other work at outlets like Protean Magazine, CounterPunch and Reappropriate, and the Aerogram.

I'm in Toronto Canada and it's a very car dependent landscape unfortunately and honestly I'm a little jealous seeing European places and how nice they are with their rich history. Meanwhile here in Ontario we have quadruple-carriageways and stroads lined with strip malls and big-box stores with their expansive parking lots. Unless you're with friends, going outside can be pretty bleak to the eye.

My ideal town would be as such

1. a car-free and dense downtown area with rowhouses and condo units above cafes and shops

2. lots of trees and greenery

3. traditional architectural design

What would you think for yours?

Unfortunately, the prime minister won't endorse his minister.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/1016375

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/1016365

the ccc (civilian conservation corps) man... they were huge

They even have the main kid rebel against his dad working with trains 🫠

I have tried: taping them together, hot glueing them together and ziptying it right to the frame to prevent jiggle.

All have failed.

Right now, when I reconnect them and apply pressure, I can't even get the engine to turn on anymore. But the speedometer still works and that signal is sent through the engine cable too.

Recently, sometimes the engine rear wheel barely rolls when I roll the bike backwards.

There are no ebike repair stores in my city.

Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas cette chaîne, je vous conseille d'aller y jetter un coup d'œil

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/623474

"On lively main streets that predate parking regulations, shops and restaurants abut one another, but today’s rules produce little islands of commerce surrounded by seas of blacktop."