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Nick Rearden

@nickrearden.bsky.social

When I grow up I want to be Eddy Merckx or even better Roger de Vlaeminck. Meanwhile cycling around Bath, UK in the lowest possible gear

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Nick Rearden@nickrearden.bsky.social · last mo.

Stewart Copeland knows what’s what. Also, your reminder that @coolbikeart1.bsky.social is your best place for everything and the very opposite of doomscrolling. Have a good day!

Cool Bike Art@coolbikeart1.bsky.social · last yr.

Drummer Stewart Copeland describes his love of his local Los Angeles bike paths, in which he can hang out with his chuckle-buddies and eat a guilt-free unhealthy breakfast. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Stewart! Born July 16, 1952

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Once again the government are moving asylum seekers who are members of our congregation, with almost no notice, to cities hours away, and no matter how many times it happens I don't get any less mad.

Nick Rearden@nickrearden.bsky.social · last yr.

My parents met on a cycling club ride not dissimilar to the one in the intro here, albeit in Surrey but about this time. Having got his girl, my Dad like the rest of that generation couldn’t get his first car (an Austin A40) and abandon cycling fast enough.

Cool Bike Art@coolbikeart1.bsky.social · last yr.

Before being an Avengers girl (Cathy Gale) and a Bond girl (Pussy Galore in Goldfinger), Honor Blackman was the "Girl" in A Boy, A Girl and A Bike (1949), set in Yorkshire, UK. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Honor Blackman! August 22 (1925-2020)

Photo of a woman smiling as she looks behind her while riding a bike. There are several other cyclists on the road in front of her.
Nick Rearden@nickrearden.bsky.social · last yr.

Well, here’s something: Arthur C Clarke on a Raleigh Chopper! I MAY just have driven @coolbikeart1.bsky.social crazy by liking every one of his #bicyclebirthday posts on here, amazing stuff and so much more entertaining to wake up to on a Sunday morning than the start of WWIII

Cool Bike Art@coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 2y ago

Born on this day, December 16: Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, television host, and - as is evident by his chosen means of transport - man of impeccable taste. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Arthur!

A man wearing blue shorts sits atop a Raleigh Chopper bicycle
Tony Yates@t0nyyates.bsky.social · last yr.

Yeah this misses that X is being used as a fascist propaganda machine; actively promotes disinformation; actively inhibits liberal leaning material, links. It also gaslights about the intentions of people undertaking 'debate', which is usually not a good faith attempt at exploring disagreement.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com · last yr.

Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind. As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.

It might seem crazy that so many left-wing thought leaders—and even entire media brands, such as the Guardian—would walk away from huge followings on X in exchange for a relatively tiny audience of like-minded souls on Bluesky. (The site’s total user base is well under a tenth of X’s global following.) But the move made sense as an expression of the left’s growing hypersensitivity to ideas leftists find offensive. Having emerged from the intersectional hothouses of academia, many progressives today view policy disputes through a therapeutic lens: They see themselves—and the marginalized groups they claim to speak for—as victims of trauma. The solution to that trauma is not rigorous debate. Quite the opposite; they need protection. Exposure to dangerous speech could threaten their mental stability. So progressives now treat opposing ideas not as errors that need to be rebutted with facts, but as dangerous contagions that must be quarantined.
Cillian Kelly@cilliankelly.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have started a Substack called The Backpedal where I *ahem* backpedal through stats and history to come up with stuff that you cannot Google and AI cannot possibly tell you. Come on over and have a read and please subscribe! cilliankelly.substack.com

The Backpedal | Cillian Kelly | Substack

Articles on cycling facts, cycling stats and cycling history. All the best things. Do a bit of shouting at clouds too. Click to read The Backpedal, by Cillian Kelly, a Substack publication with hundre...

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Nick Rearden@nickrearden.bsky.social · 2y ago

People of ‘good conscience’ have ended up in the pickle we’re in because we allow ourselves to argue over the semantics of language while missing the main prize. Yes, we want less cars. Now what are we going to actually do about it?

@ruslbicycle.bsky.social · 2y ago

I would be on board because the anti car sentiment is good. However I can't in good conscience because "obesity" is a pseudo scientific term (but popular) and is used in a discriminatory way. It's basically a Health Insurance industry canard. There are better slogans #carsAreATrap