Marian Goldeen
@warriorchicken.me
💛💙 Software engineer, mountain biker, old woman, and supporter of the arts. Has an unrequited love of little owls
“I try not to drive a car—at all in Boston. It’s bad for my health and the health of others.” Welcome to the war on cars, Sarah Urbut! (cc @thewaroncars.bsky.social) overcast.fm ABEoaQSBF9E/10:57
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Here it is, your Bluesky #Bike Content of the Day for Tuesday, 8/4/26. Definitely worth a watch!
Tiny Beaches@tinybeaches.bsky.social · 19h agoFacinating insight into the reason and history behind skinny to wide tire widths on road/gravel bikes. #bicycle
Basically this was the driving force behind Flight of Xidoptero: I just wanted to hang out with pterosaurs
Kory Bing@korybing.bsky.social · 3d agoI cannot express to you how much I yearn to see a living pterosaur. There's nothing alive today that's even close to what those things looked like, and they used to be ALL OVER! Oooh I'd love to see one movin' around, doin' pterosaur things.
A little something for all you LaneSaber and bicycle safety fans! This video shows how easy it is to reach and deploy when you need additional safety. BONUS: Included are some driver “testimonials” showing I’m not blocking them, just slowing down and lowering road stress.
My coworker got me a variety pack of window markers so she got a fancy GB heron on the backside of the schedule board! #birds
Gift link has apparently been used up. I’m interested in this article if anyone provides another
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 6d ago“the boss wants this money" from @wsj.com, a deep dive into the extortion operation run out of the White House gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Halting #deforestation could cut global #carbon emissions 12%, reducing #climatechange, protecting #nature, improving people’s well-being. Research @pfriedling.bsky.social, doi.org/10.5194/essd...; Mo et al. 2023, doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Walking, biking, and public transit can help halt #climatechange. If U.S. cars and light trucks were a separate country, they would be the 5th largest #carbon polluter in the world. Research @pfriedling.bsky.social, doi.org/10.5194/essd...; @ctrglobsust.bsky.social, ghgi.cgs.umd.edu/reports.html
Done. You can too. If you don’t live in CA, at least chime in with NOAA
Monterey Bay Aquarium@montereybayaquarium.org · 6d agoThe Trump administration's plan for new offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters is expected any day. If finalized, drilling could begin off the California coast next year. 📣 Take action! Contact your California representative and send your concerns to NOAA today: mbayaq.co/4fFiaV3
This is from Connie Willis’s latest post on cwdaily.net: Best sign of the day, on a plumber’s truck: “We fix what ChatGPT said you should try!”
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@duckworth.senate.gov I wanted to know how you feel about the fact that (and this is no shade on the guys ) of the recent four US service people who were killed…. the 2 men are being promoted posthumously and the 2 women are not …..(obviously I believe they should all be promoted posthumously )
I don’t live anywhere near Toronto, but I can’t help but love this opinion piece www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: I’m a cyclist, I’m a driver, I’m a TTC rider. Stop making me pick sides, just make it easier to get around
Cyclists, drivers, TTC riders and pedestrians can unite in service of a better commute
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Time for a #SketchoftheWeek! I spotted this scene on a local trail called ELV. It's decorated with little garden gnomes. Two golden-mantled ground squirrels were reasserting their sovereignty over the stump.
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Schmidt Ocean Institute@schmidtocean.bsky.social · 3w agoBlack swallower fish — swell dining in the deep! During a recent ROV dive near Trinidad & Tobago, the #DeepWonders science team — led by @divaamon.bsky.social — collected spectacular footage of a black swallower fish (Chiasmodon sp.) at a depth of 1259 meters.
The gibberish which one thus obtains has a remarkably persuasive similarity to good English.” — Norbert Wiener, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘧 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, (1954) 2/2
The Goldeen family has been among my biggest supporters, so of course it was a huge honor to be asked by @rachelgogreen.bsky.social to design a shirt for her biking group! Here she is with her husband and friend rocking their new shirts. 🚲☮️✌️🌱
Good luck, Muddy!
Alaska Raptor Center@raptororg.bsky.social · 4w agoMeet Muddy, a Common Raven found right here in Sitka, Alaska, after getting tangled in a net. After a few weeks of good meals, rest, and plenty of care from our team, Muddy is ready to head back out into the wild! Good luck Muddy! #Raven #WildlifeRescue #FridayFreedom
We should ban AI data centers, but let's also take at least five to ten million cars off of US roadways.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
When in doot, bike commute! I wore my new t-shirt this morning and stopped for a selfie in Los Gatos Creek Park on my way to work. Design & artwork by @thornwolf.com Shirt production organized by @rachelgogreen.bsky.social #BikeSky
58 days 😬 Nominate now because we’ll be setting the lineup sometime very, very soon.
Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social · last mo.I just realized it’s 59 days until Mineral Cup #MinCup26 and I AM NOT READY. We need to lock in the competitors early this year Because Reasons, so nominate NOW: www.mineralcup.org/nominations Tip: Reasons make us more likely to pick a mineral as it’s easier to imagine how it can campaign.
My 2020 MacBook Air had been SPODding like crazy after the rollout of Tahoe 26.5.1 thanks to corespotlightd. Option 3 in this article fixed me right up. I deleted over 100 GB of metadata. Just wow. www.macobserver.com/tips/how-to/cp…
How To Fix CPU Overload corespotlightd Process on Mac
Is corespotlightd driving up the CPU usage on your Mac? Don't disable Spotlight yet. Here are some troubleshooting steps to try!
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“…the winds have shifted…”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch@kristinerusch.bsky.social · last mo.An incredibly hopeful & inspiring post from SF writer Connie Willis on this 4th of July. Connie, to my joy and dismay, has been blogging since the 2024 election. Joy because she’s good at this; dismay because she’s not writing fiction. And she’s not writing fiction today. Read this. cwdaily.net
