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putting the nap in ganap

The Philippines Katılım Nisan 2009
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mignac@mignac_·
I hate the over– and misuse of “unpopular opinion” but I might have one: social media can be used for just broadcasting, and is probably best used that way. “Conversation” and “engagement” was pushed by the owners so we stay on their apps for their profit. Byeee!
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Saad
Saad@lolnvmtho·
Me tryna keep the convo going after she said "lol"
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naiive@naiivememe·
Me in WW3 fighting on China’s side because I accepted Temu’s terms of use without reading them
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Legion Hoops
Legion Hoops@LegionHoops·
A banner celebrating Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game was spotted in the Philippines. Except Bam wasn’t on it, Dwight Howard was… 😭💀 (h/t @LeagueAlerts)
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miia
miia@miiagarro·
locked in? no. i’m tucked in. goodnight
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palmer
palmer@decentbirthday·
overheard in a starbucks just now: “i just saw that movie about the sun dying” “project hail mary?” “hamnet”
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mignac@mignac_·
Great realization that cars are the ultimate cause of traffic. Great argument for congestion pricing, oil crisis or none.
James Deakin@TransportGuy

Even the darkest clouds can have a silver lining. Because it turns out the most effective way to reduce traffic wasn’t a policy or a new flyover, but an oil crisis. Prices went up, optional trips went down, and the road breathed. And it also raises a question nobody wants to answer: were we ever honest about who was clogging the roads in the first place? When fuel was cheap, the threshold for “I’ll just drive” dropped to almost nothing. Optional trips. Convenience runs. Vehicles that had no business being on the road except that the cost of being there was affordable. When the price corrected, that optional travel quietly disappeared. Not all of it. But enough to move the number 8 points. Now I know how this sounds. I’m not celebrating the price hikes. People are hurting. The tricycle driver. The jeepney operator. The TNVS guy moving forty passengers a day. The family in Cavite driving two hours each way to keep a job they can’t afford to lose. I’m not dismissing any of that. That’s the dark cloud. The silver lining is there’s also math nobody wants to do. If fuel costs more but you arrive in less time, the total cost of that trip hasn’t shifted as dramatically as your receipt suggests. Because not only does traffic burn more fuel unnecessarily, there’s also your time, if you value it at all. The pump price is real, and yes, we need to cut the excise tax and VAT during this crisis because it affects the price of everything. It just isn’t the whole equation. It’s not unlike a toll road argument. We choose that over the service road for the same reason. Because let’s face it, eight percent doesn’t sound like much. Until you’ve sat on EDSA.

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Zohran Legaspi
Zohran Legaspi@goodkidbikecity·
I don't post as much about cycling because I had been feeling exhausted from running into walls for so long. But I still think we can make so much change, so fast in the Philippines. As we face another global crisis, bikes will save us again
Brent Toderian@BrentToderian

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened —how fast people on bikes “appeared” —once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t. It took leadership.

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Zohran Legaspi
Zohran Legaspi@goodkidbikecity·
I don't know if I can say for sure that the oil deregulation law is a good thing. But one thing you see is that transport and environmental outcomes are generally much better in countries that tax fuel instead of subsidizing it to cap or depress the price.
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mignac@mignac_·
this world is so fcked up i might just take up running
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Alien Perspective
Alien Perspective@WigglyAir·
every morning in 2026 for me
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