Thomas Leeper
@thosjleeper.bsky.social
Minnesota, data, transit/urbanism, miscellaneous ramblings
I just got the original because it was on clearance.
Pros: big, covers handlebars well, keeps rain off as advertised. Cons: the front openings for arms are a little awkward (too low, too close to center of body) for me when not riding.
The newer versions might have a somewhat more ergonomic fit.
Pros: big, covers handlebars well, keeps rain off as advertised. Cons: the front openings for arms are a little awkward (too low, too close to center of body) for me when not riding.
The newer versions might have a somewhat more ergonomic fit.
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I just got the original because it was on clearance.
Pros: big, covers handlebars well, keeps rain off as advertised. Cons: the front openings for arms are a little awkward (too low, too close to center of body) for me when not riding.
The newer versions might have a somewhat more ergonomic fit.
Pros: big, covers handlebars well, keeps rain off as advertised. Cons: the front openings for arms are a little awkward (too low, too close to center of body) for me when not riding.
The newer versions might have a somewhat more ergonomic fit.
The police, paid for by public funds, work for you. They work for everyone. Protecting your rights is allegedly their obligation. Yet they smash car windows, beat people up, etc etc. I don't want to pay them to do this.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The police, paid for by public funds, work for you. They work for everyone. Protecting your rights is allegedly their obligation. Yet they smash car windows, beat people up, etc etc. I don't want to pay them to do this.
Like at one level you have a 1st Amendment right to peacefully assemble, but you also have a fundamental right to just stand places without fear of being violently attacked by police. Just because this is a street shouldn't really matter, it's just that we've narrowed that space to be for cars only.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Like at one level you have a 1st Amendment right to peacefully assemble, but you also have a fundamental right to just stand places without fear of being violently attacked by police. Just because this is a street shouldn't really matter, it's just that we've narrowed that space to be for cars only.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Tom Emmer was on Facebook about this earlier today, citing Rufo.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tom Emmer was on Facebook about this earlier today, citing Rufo.
Senior faculty need to very publicly commit to not publishing in journals owned by for-profit publishers. And they can't just do that in words: they have to not publish in those journals or support them in any way. They need to establish and lend their credibility to alternative venues.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Senior faculty need to very publicly commit to not publishing in journals owned by for-profit publishers. And they can't just do that in words: they have to not publish in those journals or support them in any way. They need to establish and lend their credibility to alternative venues.
I'm very favorable to automated traffic enforcement (red light cameras, speed cameras, bus lane cameras). I'd imagine there are downsides to marketization but it would at least stimulate more enforcement, which is positive.
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm very favorable to automated traffic enforcement (red light cameras, speed cameras, bus lane cameras). I'd imagine there are downsides to marketization but it would at least stimulate more enforcement, which is positive.
November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
West is your best direction of travel based on typical light pollution patterns.
You have to go really far north to get to true darkness.
www.lightpollutionmap.info#zoom=9.03&la...
You have to go really far north to get to true darkness.
www.lightpollutionmap.info#zoom=9.03&la...
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
West is your best direction of travel based on typical light pollution patterns.
You have to go really far north to get to true darkness.
www.lightpollutionmap.info#zoom=9.03&la...
You have to go really far north to get to true darkness.
www.lightpollutionmap.info#zoom=9.03&la...
Alt text edit: 40th not 38th.
Recently switched from biking on the road on 38th to the Bikeway on 40th and I think I'm going to switch back because it's actually a less safe route overall despite the paint and flex posts.
Recently switched from biking on the road on 38th to the Bikeway on 40th and I think I'm going to switch back because it's actually a less safe route overall despite the paint and flex posts.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Alt text edit: 40th not 38th.
Recently switched from biking on the road on 38th to the Bikeway on 40th and I think I'm going to switch back because it's actually a less safe route overall despite the paint and flex posts.
Recently switched from biking on the road on 38th to the Bikeway on 40th and I think I'm going to switch back because it's actually a less safe route overall despite the paint and flex posts.
