JR Mayer

@jrmayer.bsky.social

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Starry-eyed realist, anti-racist, transportation policy wonk, Mom to 2 boys, wife to an amazing woman.

Seward Park sunrise looking at swimming dock off of loop path.
I happen to believe, as Dr. Elizabeth Sawin has written that: "Because life if self-organizign and regenerating, even the very tiny shifts we make away from harm and towards sustenance of life open up possibilities that compound upon themselves. It's not *just* a park, a food forest, a fair trade organic banana, a pre-school with free breakfast- it's also all the descendants of that one tired butterfly that needed the shrub in the park to lay her eggs. Don't minimize the ripples of the healing work you do just because it starts small and humble." Keep doing your small and humble work and importantly link up with others who are also doing small and humble work. The ripples of that work are what constitutes our movements.
Picture of exhibit text: Notes from a visit to Long Island's Beaches, 9/3/1966, Robert Caro: "But his vision never included poor people or [non-car] commuters...his private dream was a public nightmare." Analyzing Shapiro's account of the Long Island Bridges, Caro focused on the permanence of Moses's decision making and how his prioritization of "pleasure driving" over mass transit would impact New Yorkers for years fo come. Here Caro plays with words like "foresight,""vision,"and "dream," --terms he previously used to describe Moses's strengths as a reformer -- to show the insidious effects of a policy manifested in steel and concrete. In 1967, Caro surveyed Long Island's beaches, tracing how transportation infrastructure shaped who did and did not use these parks, decades after Moses constructed them.
Blue baseball cap with "Transit for Trans Rights" and a bus, light rail train, and water taxi.
Hand lettered yellow sign with "They're robbing OUR futures for THEIR fortunes. Hands off Social Security!"
Yellow sign poster with red and blue lettering: "They're robbing our future for their fortunes. Hands off Social Security!"
Possible bullet pointe: This week I accomplished: 100% of the tasks and duties required of me by my position description. 100% of the work product my manager and I agreed to 100% of the duties and performance elements that are used to evaluate my performance. 100% of the deliverables requested of me by my direct supervisor I exceeded expectations in the delivery of the above. Details available upon a formal request from my direct supervisor.
I happen to believe as Dr. Elizabeth Sawin has written that: "Because life itself is self-organizing and regenerating, even the very tiny shifts we make away from harm and towards sustenance of life open up possibilities that compound upon themselves. It's not *just* a park, a food forest, a fair trade organic banana, a pre-school with free breakfast - it's also all the descendants of that one tired butterfly that needed that shrub in the park to lay her eggs. Etc. Don't minimize the ripples of the healing work you do just because it starts small and humble. Keep doing your small and humble work and, importantly, link up with others who are also doing small and humble work. The ripples of that work are what constitutes our movements.
Wildly colored sky sunrise - yellow, red, at East Lake Oregon.
Red skyvsunrise over east lake, or
Sunrise over a lake with boat in foreground.
Picture of sunrise over a lake, with red and yellow colors and cirrus clouds. Light reflecting on water with small boat in foreground on shore of lake.