cross-posted from: https://sharkey.world/notes/9tefnbb3xn4u006o...
It’s weird how when the Department of Transportation is using the bike lane, they give themselves an entire car lane for protection....
Group of people in high-visibility vests working on a flex post marking the bike lane with tools and equipment. There’s a cone marking the adjacent car lane as closed.
https://mastodon.world/@loadingartist
6 panel Loading Artist comic. 1: "The world just ended. And I couldn't be happier!" Blue shirt guy looks joyfully outside of his underground vault bunker's window at the city being swallowed by a gigantic nuclear mushroom cloud. 2: "Fuel? Plenty." Blue shirt guy looks upon his collection of fuel barrels and power generator puttering away. 3: "Snacks? Stocked." Blue shirt guy opening a can of soda, standing next to aisles full of sodas and chips. 4: "Responsibilities? None." Blue shirt guy is sitting in a beanbag, putting on headphones, soda next to him on little table. 5: He lifts a controller and turns on the TV "Finally! The perfect gaming session begins now!". 6: POV shot of the screen, error message "Failed to authenticate. Check your Internet connection and try again."
alt texttweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.