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Bikes are transportation and recreation. Working in renewable energy. We have to imagine a better world before we can build it. she/her
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Milwaukee. Especially from North to Division. Bikes, buses, and peds are fine but no cars. MAYBE allow delivery vehicles, idk.

Which one do you like better?

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now. Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/

When the power goes out, and it will if we continue as we are (deregulation, hugely increased demand from AI, neglected & aging transmission infrastructure, etc.) I’d like to still know how to tie my shoes, y’know?

Pro tip: if you ever need to buy supacaz bar tape (which is the best) buy it on their eBay store, which has free shipping rather than their website which charges $15(!). #bikechi

You might not realize this, since reactionaries have totally dominated public discourse on the subject, but most of the public was & is supportive of the basic preventative measures taken during Covid. yougovamerica.substack.com/p/middling-a...

Like 8 cop cars just flew north on Pulaski. Anyone know what’s up?

CHICAGO: On Sat May 3rd at 5:30pm, @lucyparsonslabs.com is going provide an overview on how grand juries function, how they are used to investigate groups under "terrorism" designations and how people have resisted those investigations. RSVP here tiny.cc/gjresist

A new study finds that wind, solar, & battery projects are creating enormous tax revenue for small Texas towns that don't have many other sources.

Its always "extend this line, extend that line" when what the CTA *should* be extending are JOB OFFERS to RAIL OPERATORS. (1 operator added in March, -15 YTD)

Sticker Mule is the Uline of stickers. Don’t use either ever. There are so many alternatives.

Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/

All of these stories of those sent off to El Salvador are heart-wrenching. Deportation is violent but there is still possibility to build a life after. Here your life is being handed over to another country with no recourse rn to ever have freedom again. It stretches the imagination to grasp this.

It's not deporting. It's an international scheme/system of concentration camps when people aren't given due process. Even if they are given due process, it's human trafficking. Fuck him, and fuck anyone who supports him. STOP CALLING IT DEPORTATION.

@halfacrecycling.bsky.social Skyway crit beginner clinic. #chicagocycling #chicagocrit #cycling

Wanna race Easter weekend? 4/19 and 4/20 is the Skyway Classic criterium hosted by us. There are 4 race opportunities for novice and category 4 racers so you can learn something in the first race and apply it in the next. www.bikereg.com/skywayclassic

Not what we want to see …

Piping Plover season is starting at Montrose Beach again and no one has bought my nice little painting of Plover Patriarch Monty octophant.us/paintings/mo...

Looks like they should start with BUILDING a sidewalk here. Maybe they should build it where the cars park …

Nothing exposes the lie of Amazon, Target and other mega retailers’ alleged convenience better than quitting them cold turkey. It’s been over a month and I don’t miss them. Everything I need can be found elsewhere.

I hate to be that guy, but this is the five-alarm fire, and every elected Democrat and frankly, every Washington reporter should be ringing the bell. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. Nobody with a voice should give this administration a moment’s peace about it.

🚴‍♂️ Big news! @derek.bike and I are building something new for fans of pro cycling: @radial.racing is a platform focused entirely on making the sport easier to follow and more fun to be a part of. 👇 a couple details!

What do you call it when there's a branch of the security state that views its job as quarantining the spread of unwelcome ideas?

FWIW, in the summer of 1798 when the Alien Enemies Act was passed, the nation's reactionaries were gripped by the fear that the US was being infiltrated by a radical left, foreign, atheistic conspiracy known as the Illuminati that sought to redistribute property, destroy the family, & burn churches.

IDEAS

tech bro is short for technically broken

Saw this incredible Chicago vs. NYC skyscraper chess board at the National Building Museum gift shop in DC yesterday. Look at how cool this is!!! Chicago’s pawns are bungalows 🥹

We're proud of our trans teammates, our trans inclusive races, and the Chicago cycling community for welcoming trans racers, and our sponsor @halfacrebeer.bsky.social for not caring about internet trolls threatening to boycott over the above.

I too am Japanese consumers.

Lakeshore Drive claims another life. This is the cost of having a surface-level freeway running between the city and the lakefront.

Even if you think government should do less disease monitoring, what possible good reason is there to just pull the plug like this vs giving a few weeks notice and closing out current samples and tests? Vandalism of public resources.

Anybody else bought specific bike insurance? We quoted our e-bikes and Sundays said $1088 annually.