this heartwarming little exchange with Claude as I check for the 100th time to see if Strava has turned on MCP for my account

Incredible band name

ON THIS DAY 20 years ago, I first went up Mt. Kearsarge and timed myself, setting up what would be years of private time trials on that auto road, which I guess I have resumed as of a few days ago. Here's the 58cm US Postal-era Trek 5200 I rode back then, two months earlier at my first century.

9.5/10 Marvel has figured it out. Whew. #brandnewday

On this day 20 years ago, I rode a bicycle up a mountain and it more or less changed my life, so to celebrate this anniversary I wrote something on my blog for the first time in a really long time. chasing120.com/2026/07/29/w...

Where do I start

I last wrote something on this blog in 2019, over seven years ago. That seems f*cking crazy – the passage of time part seems crazy – but not the fact that I haven’t had anything m…

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I properly rode a bike for the first time in a very long time. I wrote about it, but I haven't published it, because I'm not clear people read blogs anymore. Should I podcast this instead? Are podcasts dead? Should I make 500 tiktok clips? I don't know what the kids do anymore.

are we seriously doing this now

It's cute how TDF riders take that extended hold on items delivered from the support car "just to make sure they have a good hold on them"

This is crazy talk, but we had a can of Maxwell House left over from the party we threw last month, and this is not the worst coffee I've ever had. It's not the best - the best was easily at the bougie Starbucks Reserve in Chelsea - but as far as ports in storm go it's serviceable.

science used to make sense but now we have instagram

Paul Bleicher@pbleic.bsky.social · 2w ago

Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.

oh you really should not have used my email address to check into the Super8

Periodic reminder that if you are being asked by a captcha to type any kind of combinations of keys & especially if they look like shortcut key stroke combinations it is an attack called ClickFix. Basically the prompt is to fool you into downloading & installing malicious software. Stay vigilant!

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is new and completely wierd. To proof that I am not an AI, cloudflare now wants me to enter something in the terminal, of unknown origin. Sorry, no way.

have you seen this nightmare

Let's all learn from my fail by arming ourselves with Amazon's best-selling pepper spray. Capsaicin in the eyes is a really bad time. I think it's something everyone should have on hand. amzn.to/44CC7Wb

Chris Plummer@chrisplummer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Definitely the last time I cut hot peppers without nitrile gloves and then take my contacts out

Definitely the last time I cut hot peppers without nitrile gloves and then take my contacts out

we are in the “because we can” phase of grocery protein science

Obsession what a great movie to take in and then head right to bed

oh of course, yes, ebtire

When you fly, travel with as little data as possible. In airports featuring Customs and Border Patrol, CBP can search your devices without a warrant and without probable cause. Consider what they may find before you leave. aeroxplorer.com/articles/tsa...

TSA Can't Search Your Phone, But CBP Will: Understanding Your Rights at U.S. Borders

Travelers face different rules at TSA checkpoints and CBP border crossings. Learn why customs agents can search your phone and what you can do about it.

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EVERYTHING IS BAD except that one time it worked out for me WE’VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING

the worst speech I’ve ever heard by an adult human

Why ride my bike to the UPS store in 6 minutes when I could have gotten there in 3 minutes in my 4-ton sub-10mpg diesel truck, life's mystery

every single time i see this Fedex status WE HAVE YOUR PACKAGE i get this Liam Neeson visual

When you conclude your corporate communication with "Thank you for your cooperation"

yes of course, a handful of yogurt, we all do this

The lady parading around Whole Foods today having a speakerphone conversation with ChatGPT was pretty much how I would open the sequel to Office Space

come on man

Griff Tannen is a minor antagonist from Back to the Future Part II who also dabbled in high end confections sold in Chelsea Market

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