Was walking in midtown the other day and doing my normal hustle bustle, dodging and racing around all the tourists and I have a habit of quickly stepping into the street to get around a slow poke. Wasn‘t paying attention to the street and a massive commuter bus came screaming down the road, maybe 3 feet from me in the lane closest to the sidewalk. Thankfully I was still on the sidewalk. But that bus was so big and so fast and so quiet until it wasn’t. I’ve had flashbacks to that the last couple days and I have to suppress the panic. folks, keep your head about you. Pay attention. Nothing is worth saving a few minutes and rushing around.
May 30, 2025
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Just because I see a window to get across the street doesn’t mean you don’t have to look both ways. I’ve been on the other side of that though…
May 11, 2025
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listen carefully when i tell you this.. you have the right of way in just about every situation. it is the car driver's responsibility to not hit people. now i'm not condoning jumping into traffic here. you should still make responsible decisions as a pedestrian.
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you must feel empowered to exercise your right of way.
is a car trying to roll thru a stop sign while you're crossing and attempting to cut you off? keep walking. get in their way and make them slow down. look directly at them thru the windshield. mouth (or shout) the words "thank you" and smile at them without breaking eye contact and without breaking your stride. bonus points for slowing down your pace and making them wait even longer.
this is my daily retaliation against car-centric infrastructure. make them think, at least for one single moment, about their mistake and remind them that roads are for people before they are for cars. always.
Feb 16, 2024
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This is for the good sir who decided not only to not press the crosswalk button but to also stand right in front of it, so close he was touching the pole, with his headphones on, so that I couldn't press it for us. Luckily this is my usual route so I know when all the lights change so I just walked but yknow.
Apr 29, 2025
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a study issued last month found that dancing is the most effective way of treating and mitigating depression. Walking, therapy, and yoga also outpaced SSRIs. and if you're saying 'oh this was probably funded by Big Dance', there's no evidence of that and if you're saying 'that's just what a Big Dance shill would say', well honey you're right
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Reminder that most of what we do is a performance
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