#halfheartedfanatic — Public Fediverse posts

A new addition to my Marginalia gallery.

Created while attending a parent orientation meeting at my daughter's school, while a teacher sitting next to me simultaneously translated the proceedings from Malagasy to English.

https://half-heartedfanatic.com/marginalia/

#Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Sketches #Sketching #Marginalia #Doodle #Doodles #HalfHeartedFanatic

A new addition to my Marginalia gallery.

Created while attending a parent orientation meeting at my daughter's school, while a teacher sitting next to me simultaneously translated the proceedings from Malagasy to English.

https://half-heartedfanatic.com/marginalia/

#Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Sketches #Sketching #Marginalia #Doodle #Doodles #HalfHeartedFanatic

A new addition to my Marginalia gallery.

Created while attending a parent orientation meeting at my daughter's school, while a teacher sitting next to me simultaneously translated the proceedings from Malagasy to English.

https://half-heartedfanatic.com/marginalia/

#Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Sketches #Sketching #Marginalia #Doodle #Doodles #HalfHeartedFanatic

My new neighborhood is a mouthful: am-BO-cha-rah-HAB-a. (Rhymes with bamboo-chuck-cassava)

There's a Thai restaurant nearby!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

My new neighborhood is a mouthful: am-BO-cha-rah-HAB-a. (Rhymes with bamboo-chuck-cassava)

There's a Thai restaurant nearby!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

My new neighborhood is a mouthful: am-BO-cha-rah-HAB-a. (Rhymes with bamboo-chuck-cassava)

There's a Thai restaurant nearby!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

My new neighborhood is a mouthful: am-BO-cha-rah-HAB-a. (Rhymes with bamboo-chuck-cassava)

There's a Thai restaurant nearby!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

My new neighborhood is a mouthful: am-BO-cha-rah-HAB-a. (Rhymes with bamboo-chuck-cassava)

There's a Thai restaurant nearby!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

You can take bikes on buses in Antananarivo? Wait. What? I've lived here for 12 years and I never knew that YOU CAN TAKE BIKES ON BUSES IN ANTANANARIVO!!!

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Multimodal #Bus #PublicTransport #Bike #Cycling #NotJustBikes #Carfree #TransportationJustice #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

Andy Biggs (who wants to be governor of Arizona) lets slip that he knew about forced child marriage in Arizona community — while he was squashing legislation that would have helped protect these children.

https://www.rawstory.com/andy-biggs-2677782272/

#Arizona #AndyBiggs #AZ05 #WarrenJeffs #HalfHeartedFanatic

I wondered how this person would carry the mattress by bike. Then I noticed the improvised backpack straps.

#Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #CarryShitOlympics #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

A small "startup" roadside bike shop.

#Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Photography #OriginalPhoto #Parenting #HalfHeartedFanatic

Maybe we expect maximalism because cars have nearly achieved maximalism.

via bsky @tomflood.bsky.social

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #LowCar #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Egg logistics in Madagascar.

Not an uncommon sight.

#Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #CarryShitOlympics #HalfHeartedFanatic

Sometimes the roadside bike shops get their hands on some fancy gear.

This was an Italian brand. The name started with an "S."

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #NotJustBikes #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

In skateboarding we call this a "50-50"

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/atlantas-new-bike-barriers-are-flipping-cars-and-sparking-debate/

#Atlanta #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Skateboard #Skateboarding #HalfHeartedFanatic

Here's a word you've always needed and never realized it: Petro-masculinity

HT Lemmy u/[email protected]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro-masculinity

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Petromasculinity #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Bike lanes are DEI now because someone described their benefits using the E-word: equity

https://newrepublic.com/post/212853/donald-trump-transportation-secretary-bike-lanes-dei

HT Lemmy [email protected]

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Trump #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #kakistocracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

My bike trailer met a colleague at the grocery store.

It's rare to see signs of active, utilitarian, middle-class mobility in Antananarivo.

Note: Photo taken before my Travoy folding hinge hyperextended

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #Burley #Travoy #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #Walkability #WalkableCities #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

It was a complicated day for logistics. Note the motorcycle helmet in the bike bag in the back of the taxi with my folding bike.

Honestly, I don't know how some car-free and low-car people get by without folding bikes.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Brompton #Multimodality #Carfree #LowCar #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

One of several roadside bike shops near my kid's school.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

Fun Fact: Even Africa has high-speed rail (Morocco)

https://youtu.be/sN7e38Q7e1U

#HighSpeedRail #Trains #Africa #Morocco #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #LowCar #WarOnCars #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Sustainable transportation for car seats. Still impossible to pass in the bike/pedestrian path.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #CarryShitOlympics #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

ASU study: Relying on a car is linked to lower life satisfaction. The most surprising aspect of this is the ASU part — my alma mater. Rababe could have just asked me.

HT lemmy /u/[email protected]

https://news.asu.edu/20250124-environment-and-sustainability-depending-car-could-be-impacting-your-life-satisfaction

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

I just realized that all of the seasons of "The Life Sized City" are free on YouTube since 2024. I was previously unable to watch these because of paywalls, subscriptions, etc.

YT @coolvilletv

https://www.colville-andersen.com/lifesizedcity

#Copenhagenize #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #HalfHeartedFanatic

End socialism for cars? Alternatively: If car owners don't like this proposal, maybe let New Yorkers store anything they want on the street for free in the spaces that are currently designated as free car storage.

Picnic tables, hot tub, trampoline, small shipping container...

HT Lemmy @Lanodion

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/opinion/mamdani-free-buses-parking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k8.-KTl.SCiNlALrG4Ye

#NewYork #zohranmamdani #publictransportation #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsRuinCities #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Fun Fact: Star Wars sandcrawlers are technically "family vehicles."

https://xkcd.com/3167/

#Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Non-driving New Yorkers elected Zohran

Car ownership was the strongest statistical factor predicting whether a New Yorker voted for Cuomo or Mamdani. More than race, age, home ownership, anything.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L_1iwwDnIRQ?feature=share

#ZohranMamdani #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Call me conservative, but I say we bring back the “Death-O-Meter” that keeps a running tally of those injured by cars near major intersections

https://grist.org/culture/cars-crashes-books-culture/

#Books #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Jan 6 insurrection conspirator, calls Democrats “political terrorists, just like they are domestic terrorists.”

https://youtu.be/jfeghlu7K80

#Arizona #Politics #Democracy #Justice #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #AndyBiggs #AZ05 #WarrenJeffs #HalfHeartedFanatic

Normal vs. Radical

HT Li Marco Te Brömmelstroet @lab-of-thought
xitter @thebikinglawyer

#Bike #Cycling #pluralisticignorance #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

No sidewalk. Because 5 percent of the population owns a private car.

#TransportationJustice #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Africa #Malagasy #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

The percentage of kids who live one mile or less away from their school hasn’t drastically changed.

What’s changed is that we've built our communities around cars, making walking and biking feel inconvenient... or deadly

by reddit u/newsocks1382 YT @justine-underhill

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/is59gfoyR4k?feature=share

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #HalfHeartedFanatic

Finally! Arizona is figuring out who Andy Biggs is.

HT xitter @joangreeneaz

#EpsteinCoverUp #AndyBiggs #Arizona #AZ05 #WarrenJeffs #NoMandate #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #HalfHeartedFanatic

"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot."

This should be part of every mayoral oath of office.

via xitter/yt @wef

HT LinkedIn Marco Te Brömmelstroet

#Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Sacramento will use AI and cameras to catch people who park in bike lanes. Cue protests that "a driver might get mad"

via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social

https://www.itsinternational.com/news/hayden-ai-now-has-eyes-california-citys-bike-lanes

#Bike #Cycling #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #Politics #Democracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

via bsky @tomflood.bsky.social

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #PeopleOverCars #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Hey Toronto! Make good trouble. I wish I could join you (but I'm in Madagascar).

HT Reddit u/Marslettuce

#Toronto #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #WarOnCars #15MinuteCity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Bicycles Deliver The Freedom That Auto Ads Promise

Via:
Mstdn @StreetsForward
Threads @streetsforward
Bsky @streetsforward.org @tomflood.bsky.social
Xitter @StreetsForward

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #PeopleOverCars #TransportationJustice #SustainableTransport #HalfHeartedFanatic

The Rosa Parks of Jaywalking

On This Day 100 years ago: Electra Lynne was arrested for violating LA's newly enacted traffic ordinance that prioritized cars over people.

HT LinkedIn Peter Norton
Attn @notjustbikes

#LA #LosAngeles #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #Walkability #WalkableCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Weird to realize that I have much more in common with the people who have converted from car-dependency to car-freedom. But more power to the roadies and racers who explore the benefits of slow cycling.

https://buff.ly/3Q9xn37

#Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Fuckcars #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Carfree #LowCar #HalfHeartedFanatic

"I'd like to force everyone to buy a vowel, Pat. A $50,000 electric vowel."

@tomflood

#Bike #Cycling #Fuckcars #Carbrain #Motonomativity #CarsDestroyedOurCities #CarsRuinCities #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Will Facebook censor a story about Facebook censoring a story about Facebook censorship?

https://www.404media.co/email/d8f4c3ab-47c8-4408-b896-8e8daf45c2e1/

#SocialMedia #Enshittification #DeleteFacebook #SocialMediaSucks #oligarcy #plutocracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

There is a lot to mourn in the next 30 days – and beyond.

via Mstdn @cmconseils

#Trump #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #AntiMAGA #Republicans #fascism #oligarcy #plutocracy #HalfHeartedFanatic

Apropos of nothing, here are a couple of lovely "bodaboda" bicycle taxis from Uganda. I found these on Flickr while working today.

by Flickr/Butterfly Works
https://buff.ly/4dmrXLN

#BodaBoda #Uganda #HalfHeartedFanatic #SustainableTransport #SustainableTransportation #Bike #Cycling #CyclingLife #CommuteByBike #NotJustBikes #Urbanism #Fuckcars #Carfree #LowCar #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice

Today on the Streets of Milwaukee

A video van from the Lincoln Project

via @RpsAgainstTrump on Xitter

#GOPConvention #Milwaukee #Wisconsin #TrumpVance2024 #10Commandments #HalfHeartedFanatic #Trump #TrumpLost #TrumpIsAFelon #TrumpForPrison #Republican #PutinsPuppet #NoTrump #NeverTrump #LockHimUp #AntiTrump #AntiGOP #Republicans #JDVance #Antifascism