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Bikes are transportation and recreation. Working in renewable energy. We have to imagine a better world before we can build it. she/her

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If you were chilly riding in to work this morning, it might be a good day to check out my guide for dressing for the weather on a bike. My site also has a printable template for keeping notes on what you wore and how it felt if you want to create your own! allweeksend.neocities.org/Guide
How to Dress for the Weather on a Bike
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I actually think it's funny they used "Operation Charlotte's Web."

The smart female protecting her home wins.
It's about solidarity.
The vicious murderers are thwarted by creativity.

Are none of these goons literate, even at a third grade level?
Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2. Department of Homeland Security said it’s “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” Border Patrol says 81 people arrested Saturday. (Via Desiree Mathurin & Mary Ramsey) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a... #ncpol
Live updates: Charlotte arrests rising, protesters detained in Border Patrol Day 2
Homeland Security said it was “surging resources” for “Operation Charlotte’s Web” but didn’t say how long agents would remain in Charlotte.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@nikhunder.com digging in to the rankings on a niche Strava segment and saw your name as the top of this year’s rankings. I was not familiar with your off-road game! I don’t recognize your face but do you race? Have you considered it if not?
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I wish this place had drafts.
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.

ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.

We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.

But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Sometimes Gumby really feels like a childhood fever dream
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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If one subscribes to the theory that much of what the admin does is intended to push boundaries (in this case, literally) to test resistance and the law, suddenly Charlotte makes a lot more sense.
Charlotte is not even within the 100-mile “border zone” that CBP claims to have jurisdiction over.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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the astonishing thing about this wave of denialism is that we have more or less decidedly hit the point where clean energy is the *cheaper* option by some distance
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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here is felix's gofundme page. there is a 10k retainer for his attorney. he avoided a transfer that meant sure-fire deportation and they're working as hard as they can to keep him here. thanks everybody for your generosity it means a lot to me. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Coal is the least reliable energy source in the U.S., according to a new analysis by @envdefensefund.bsky.social shared exclusively with Heatmap.

Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:

heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
heatmap.news
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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16 out of 614.

They arrested ~16 people with criminal records.

They terrorized thousands,
brutalized protesters,
destroyed families,
cratered businesses,
tear-gassed a Halloween parade,
traumatized kids in a day care,
killed a man,
& pepper sprayed a baby…

for 16 people with criminal records.
NEWS: Internal Homeland Security documents on 600+ detainees to be released prove that the vast majority of immigrants detained in Chicago area are "low" public safety risk, even by the government's loose standards. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.5% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m really not sure what to do with this area as a cyclist. Like, I think I’m just going to have to take the lane? But I suspect traffic is going to get pretty backed up and they made the lanes pretty narrow so maybe it will be a lot of curb jumping? I’m so mad. www.chicago.gov/content/dam/...
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Here’s an example of the new Logan Square infrastructure.
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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This camp is in El Paso. This is where today’s flight from Gary just landed. It was carrying detainees from ICE’s detention facility in Broadview.

All of DHS’s denials in this story about inhumane conditions and lack of access to attorneys are the same false claims they made about Broadview.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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In Chicago, money to Greater Chicago Food Depository goes far. But donations based an asks of mutual aid in your neighborhood cover local needs more quickly.
Donate money to a food bank or food pantry, then give your extra cans and boxes to a mutual aid org, love fridge, free pantry, etc. in your neighborhood.

Money in formal channels takes advantage of scale, and whatever you can spare in informal channels reaches more neighbors.
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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They got the mayor of Chicago stressed over chicken spots

www.instagram.com/reel/DQ40oiD...
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I just posted a bunch of Instagram reels of the new Logan Square configuration from a bike/ped perspective, check those out if you’re interested (I’m allweeksend there too). Spoiler alert: it’s not great!
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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join us for a ride & bonfire ❤️‍🔥
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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A ~3 hour timelapse of this morning's plume of lake effect snow totally obscuring the city before blue skies appear. #chicago
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I forgot how cold our tap water is and how LONG it takes to heat up when it’s cold out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We’ve moved from winter storm watch to warning. Shit getting real.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM