What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."
America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike
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Every year when we get our first rain of the season in California I can’t help but think to myself, “THE CURSE IS LIFTED!”
Jacob Geller has a phenomenal essay on the subjectivity of translation, the ways it inevitably changes the work, and how lack of cultural context impacts the interpretation https://youtu.be/JgQ_buy8xJ0?si=iwlSwfD6VbKufSIO
A Thousand Ways of Seeing a Forest
Returning sunlight enters the dark woods; again shining on the green moss, above. Visit https://www.audible.com/jacobgeller or text 'jacobgeller' to 500 500S...
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This thread is not only amusing, but I learned stuff about honeybees!
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2y agoThere's no other way to say this: Bees and wasps make butt-shaped holes in their homes. That's how they shape combs & nests & hives: their own butts (ok, 'abdomens'). But here's the real question to bake your noodle: How does a bee's butt make a *hexagonal* honeycomb?
This is an excellent thread. Really solid advice on growing gingers, definitely give it a read if you have any interest in feline gardening.
badly drawn bee 🐝@soapachu.bsky.social · 2y agoA guide to growing flourishing gingers. 1/ Make sure you keep an eye on your seedlings so you know when they're ready to be potted on. Ensure you use the right size pot.
Monday Morning Vibes: Me, singing “🎵Conceal, Don’t Feel” to myself as I shove the doom box back into the closet after a weekend of telling myself I would sort through it and absolutely not doing that.
This is an amazing story. Houston criminalized feeding the homeless, Food not Bombs continued to do so, the city has ticketed them dozens of times and occasionally arrested members but hasn’t been able to get a single conviction. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless
Roughly 90 tickets have been issued since March to volunteers with the loosely organized Food Not Bombs, which serves meals to people in need.
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Oh, yes. I got busy with commercial work but I'll be making more starting in February.
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2024?
And now by ancient Christmas tradition, Hercule Poirot will gather all the suspects in the accusing parlour…
Guys, Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year! It's worth saying twice: Amazon deforestation is down 50% this year!!!!!!! 2023 was also the best year ever for reforestation and carbon reduction! We're doing it! We're really doing it! #ShareGoodNewsToo
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PSA: Being alarmed about climate change does not equal being an "alarmist." The state of our climate right now is *objectively* alarming. If you are *not* alarmed by it, you are not engaging with reality
If you see this, post a witch.
Golgo 1312@whatroughbeast.bsky.social · 3y agoIf you see this, post a witch.
If you see this, post any photo in your gallery with no explanation.
Stori3d Past@stori3dpast.bsky.social · 3y agoIf you see this, post any photo in your gallery with no explanation.
"You so badly want things to be perfect that you ruin the good" listen i just got attacked by overhearing this and so will you
Folks, celebrate your friends. I know you probably know this, but it's easy to forget. Take joy in their successes and cheer on their moments in the sun, and always let them know they make your life better. It matters.
US COVID SHOTS ARE FREE. Please do not let Walgreens and CVS mislead you or your family members or neighbors about this! They are the biggest part of the federal bridge (free shots for uninsured people) program, but the rollout’s logistics have been a little scattered and you may get pushback.
hilzoy@hilzoy.bsky.social · 3y agoPSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗
In Rhetoric, Zeugma is when you use a word to have two different meanings in the same sentence. From @clpolk.bsky.social’s book “Even Though I Knew The End”: “She stole a kiss and my cigarettes before heading out” “The bedsprings sang and Edith did too, because she was always a bit like music.”
solarpunk memes in the wild....... 👀
yaoi gagarin@mel.bzky.team · 3y agomods are asleep, quick post your favorite anti-lawn memes
If you stare at a screen all day, you should know how to rest your eyes with the “20-20-20 Rule”: Every 20 minutes, Spend 20 seconds, Focusing 20 feet away.
I think it’s neat that the conversion ratio of km-to-miles is 1.61 km=1 mile. This is almost the Golden Ratio (1.618) which can be approximated by ratios of the Fibonacci Sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,…) So that means that 3mi ~ 5 km 5mi ~ 8 km 8mi ~ 13 km Etc Maybe not useful, but neat!
