Brent Toderian

AXIOS: RUBIO TOLD ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS THAT WASHINGTON'S GOAL IS NOT REGIME CHANGE AND THAT IT WANTS DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO RUN THE COUNTRY

Graphic of busy car-filled road and text stressing that car dependency is the opposite of freedom. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. Graphic by the Urban Truth Collective.

Gas price hikes & shortages “fuel” controversy, especially when they’re “driven” by an illegal war. But let’s not forget one of the most important discussions that should flow from such hikes — how they spotlight the difference between places with mobility choices, and places that are car-dependent.

Cartoon with Trump saying “right now you see a very deep hole, but have you seen my plans for my big, beautiful ballroom? It’s going to have golden drapes! I’ve always liked gold.” The reporter replies “I asked about your plan for the war you started.”

This may seem predictable coming from a city planner, but having an actual plan should be a requirement for starting a war, especially an illegal one.

HT @davewhamond.bsky.social

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

Very interesting to see conservative-coded language used for progressive purposes here. Looking forward to what comes next for this project from some of my favourite urbanism thinkers!

2010 outdoor advertising campaign by the Dutch navigation company TomTom.

Yes!
From the 2010 TomTom campaign

Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.

Convenience w/out a car
Housing w/out homelessness
Neighborhoods full of neighbors

Urban Truth Collective wants to change the conversation to help us make good decisions @ the future of our cities.

@urbantruth.bsky.social
@brenttoderian.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social
@grantennis.bsky.social

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Understanding the Homelessness Crisis (with data, of course) YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

Although I’ve been involved with homelessness policy for decades, I’m NOT an expert at it. Very few city planners are. @nerd4cities.bsky.social admits it’s out of his wheelhouse too, but I appreciate his data-driven approach here. Spoilers: rent rates are key & housing SAVES public money.

Comments?

Excuse the bad language, but this is where we are at right now:

hey quick Q for anyone, does food take a lot of oil to grow, package, and distribute

A must watch if you’re curious WTF people are so scared of with 15-minute cities… good lord 🙄

“Because if we don’t step up, nobody else will.”

Image of a car filled highway in congestion and gridlock, with three cigarette packs in front, one named gas, the second named hybrid, and the third named EV. The main text says “taste the freedom.“ At the bottom is the tagline for the Urban Truth Collective. Car dependency is the opposite of freedom.

Car dependency is a hell of a drug. #UrbanTruth

I made a decision to stay put after considering a move to a wooded suburb. My son currently walks to work and I enjoy having the option to walk downtown or to the grocery store in the opposite direction. I want less dependence on combustion engines and less time spent in traffic.

Note this IMPORTANT paragraph.

“Some urbanists claim [the 15-Minute City] manufactured controversy has ‘died down,’ but the truth is that in many ways, the disinformation achieved its goal.”

That’s NOT ok. With or without the brand, the concept of proximity is critical & common sense. Discuss it.

This is one of the biggest peeves I have with urban sprawl. If developers and homeowners in the neighbourhoods outside the Henday were forced to pay (either in home price or taxes) fair value for what costs the city absorbs downtown living would be much more attractive financially.

Absolutely the best thing doing the rounds just now. And the best critique of late capitalism you will ever see.

She's right. She just didn't finish the thought:

"...because Donald Trump is so co-opted by Russian kompromat that Putin can do whatever he wants anyway".

White House War Montage Irks Ben Stiller, People With Brains Ben Stiller asked the White House X account to leave “Tropic Thunder” out of its deranged propaganda video, saying ‘War is not a movie.’ The montage, which mixes movie scenes with real Iran footage, is offensive to anyone with a brain.

Ben Stiller asked the White House X account to leave “Tropic Thunder” out of its deranged propaganda video, saying ‘War is not a movie.’ The montage, which mixes movie scenes with real Iran footage, is offensive to anyone with a brain.

❗️❌ The organizers of the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games brought out the flag of Ukraine at the opening ceremony, despite the position of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, which demanded that Ukrainian symbols not be used at the event next to the Russian flag…

Putin’s orders.

Urban sprawl is bankrupting us. Applies to NZ (and Auckland gets a mention)

I struggle to understand why there are so many media personalities who are taken seriously in conservative circles while being completely indistinguishable from ham-fisted parodies of themselves.

Culdesac Is the First Car-Free Neighborhood and Conspiracy Theorists Hate It | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

WATCH: Think 15-Minute City conspiracy theorists are just unhinged tin-foil hat nut jobs ranting about global overlords? Well, drop everything and watch this hard-hitting story by the @thedailyshow.com to be proven… um… #UrbanTruth

Congrats @culdesac.bsky.social

(ps, walkable cities can have cars)

Filled up the car last night. Tesla Model 3 LR (369 mi range). Battery takes 70 kWh when down to below 10%

We pay 8.79 cents/kWh from our local public utility

So the cost to fill up my car in the convenience of my garage is (70 x 0.0879) = $6.15

Don't know how we are going to survive.

Some people will say that the comparison isn't fair because cars will actually take you somewhere. Then please explain why people buy stuff like this to drive it to the office

The post isn’t about whether the object is useful. The post is about the consequences of dependency on the object. #CarDependency

Savage but true.

Cartoon with Trump saying “right now you see a very deep hole, but have you seen my plans for my big, beautiful ballroom? It’s going to have golden drapes! I’ve always liked gold.” The reporter replies “I asked about your plan for the war you started.”

This may seem predictable coming from a city planner, but having an actual plan should be a requirement for starting a war, especially an illegal one.

HT @davewhamond.bsky.social