It kind of seems like if a city wants to have good bike infrastructure, there should be a mandated policy to city planners that everything should just be done the way Amsterdam does it, and only diverge from that if there's a documented really really good reason.

Going on more long urban bike rides this year in my own city, which has actually developed pretty decent infra in recent years, I'm just kind of struck by how inconsistent even the good parts are from one area to another. Like they're constantly reinventing the wheel with every new stretch of bike lane or intersection.

Which isn't just confusing for cyclists. I imagine it's pretty confusing for pedestrians and drivers who have to interact with it too.

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@megmac/116670802485584316

Follow-up to this.

The calendar: it's the first day of official summer!
My brain: oh so you're saying it's almost winter?!

I don't know why I'm like this lol

I honestly think I might go back to streaming in some capacity after summer is over and my primary spare-time goal is no longer "spend as much time out of the house as possible" again due to weather.

I don't think I'll be doing it at all the same way I used to, given the changed shape of the world, but I do kind of miss it and I think I feel more able to do things like that again.

Something I realized recently that has made my life better in a small but measurable way is that even if my groceries would fit in a basket, I can use a cart anyways and save myself a lot of the annoyances that come with using a basket, including but not limited to:

- I can bag stuff my own way at my leisure away from the till
- if I'm using a bike panier bag it gives me a place to put it while I'm shopping
- if I'm getting one heavy thing like a case of pop I don't have to carry it around the store
- I don't have to put it down and pick it up any time I need both hands for something

Maybe this is all obvious to everyone else but I only just figured it out recently.