Bil Skirnir

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Minneapolis dude who is now fucking up a suburb* Heathen catdad. Builder of catyards. Anti-lawn zealot. Restorer of native habitats. Bad bike mechanic. Worse firewall engineer. *killing hostas, planting pollinator magnets, and biking instead of driving.

Other than the RFID cat door and frame to put it in a window, I mostly finished my new seniors only catio. This little lady (13) keeps getting chased out of the main catio by the younger kittens (3 3 year olds and a 2) so she's getting her own space.

Freya enjoying her catio shortly before getting ambushed by cunty kittens

Im not sure why other modes exist and i'm pretty sure tour+ and eco+ are only that high from cycling the assist mode up when I get started. I might start padding my off miles by turning the motor off on downhills.

My ebike assist mode usage from my Bosch app.  Turbo is 99% of it.

Not a great picture, but previous gardener planted a cultivar of wild golden glow (Rudbeckia laciniata) that does absolutely nothing for wildlife. I planted the OG version behind it and it usually has a bee or two on it. I think the native looks better. And have started thinning out the cultivar

Two Rudbeckia laciniata.  The cultivar in the front looks like a fucked up floppy 7 ft tall rose.  The back one looks like 900 other native species, but thats OK because bugs aren't as vain as humans.

Since we're doing helmet discourse I'm going to ONCE AGAIN remind people that VA tech tested Thousand helmets and their best one was 157th out of 304. Their other two were 294th and 300th out of 304. Take it from someone who has had 9 concussions. Protect your brain.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · last wk.

Mayor Mamdani's focus on a helmet paints deadly crashes as the failure of vulnerable road users to protect themselves, rather than as the failure of government to stop completely avoidable carnage. buff.ly/0HIM3RQ

Saw someone wearing a vest and a scarf out on their walk. Mfer its not fall. Its August, 80 degrees, and the reason there are leaves on the ground is because everything is dying. Don't be cozy, be fucking pissed.