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@bitterswede.com
Anti-Fascism.
Anti-Violence.
Anti-Racism.
Anti-Hate.
Bikes. Boats. Film/Digital photos. Making things. Fixing things. Hiking. Music. Cooking. Blogging.
Anti-Violence.
Anti-Racism.
Anti-Hate.
Bikes. Boats. Film/Digital photos. Making things. Fixing things. Hiking. Music. Cooking. Blogging.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
October 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Proud Swedish Australian. Will keep meddling and demanding better, tyvm.
I’m a proud Canadian, so some will say this is “none of my business” (they’re wrong), but the entire world badly needs a hell of a lot better USA than this.
October 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Proud Swedish Australian. Will keep meddling and demanding better, tyvm.
Been seeing more and more transphobic stickers going up around the place. They look well intentioned - there's a rainbow heart, there's messaging about being perfect just how you are. But when you read into it, it's just #transphobe garbage. Slap something better on top since I couldn't peel it off.
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Been seeing more and more transphobic stickers going up around the place. They look well intentioned - there's a rainbow heart, there's messaging about being perfect just how you are. But when you read into it, it's just #transphobe garbage. Slap something better on top since I couldn't peel it off.
Partook in some mild #carryshitolympics with the #omnium minimax yesterday. Bedding straw for the chooks.
#bikeposting
#bikeposting
October 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Partook in some mild #carryshitolympics with the #omnium minimax yesterday. Bedding straw for the chooks.
#bikeposting
#bikeposting
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The War on Cars 🤝 The War on Fascists
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The War on Cars 🤝 The War on Fascists
"Real strength isn't staying silent. It's having the courage to speak out and seek support."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBE_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBE_...
I jumped off the Eiffel Tower.
YouTube video by Nuisance
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September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Real strength isn't staying silent. It's having the courage to speak out and seek support."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBE_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBE_...
I wrote a little thing about The Overland, travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne.
karloskar.au/the-overland
#trains #trainposting
karloskar.au/the-overland
#trains #trainposting
The Overland
The story of Serviceton is quite interesting. The town sprung up around the train station that existed only because South Australia and Victoria picked different rail gauges for the networks.
karloskar.au
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I wrote a little thing about The Overland, travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne.
karloskar.au/the-overland
#trains #trainposting
karloskar.au/the-overland
#trains #trainposting
I was so surprised by today's ride up Chamber's Gully in #Adelaide that I had to write about it:
spokes-person.com/they-paved-p...
(What's the Bluesky equivalent of #Biketooter?)
spokes-person.com/they-paved-p...
(What's the Bluesky equivalent of #Biketooter?)
Chamber's Gully - They Paved Paradise
I'd heard rumours that the trail had been "upgraded", so decided I needed to go and take a look. As I entered the trail from Waterfall Gully Road I didn't think it was too different. A few creek cross...
spokes-person.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I was so surprised by today's ride up Chamber's Gully in #Adelaide that I had to write about it:
spokes-person.com/they-paved-p...
(What's the Bluesky equivalent of #Biketooter?)
spokes-person.com/they-paved-p...
(What's the Bluesky equivalent of #Biketooter?)
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“Bike-lanes take up too much space & make streets dangerous!”
(They actually make streets safer for everyone.
Data doesn’t lie. On streets with protected bike-lanes, crash rates typically drop—for drivers, cyclists, & pedestrians.)
See @momentummag.bsky.social for more comebacks to common myths.
(They actually make streets safer for everyone.
Data doesn’t lie. On streets with protected bike-lanes, crash rates typically drop—for drivers, cyclists, & pedestrians.)
See @momentummag.bsky.social for more comebacks to common myths.
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“Bike-lanes take up too much space & make streets dangerous!”
(They actually make streets safer for everyone.
Data doesn’t lie. On streets with protected bike-lanes, crash rates typically drop—for drivers, cyclists, & pedestrians.)
See @momentummag.bsky.social for more comebacks to common myths.
(They actually make streets safer for everyone.
Data doesn’t lie. On streets with protected bike-lanes, crash rates typically drop—for drivers, cyclists, & pedestrians.)
See @momentummag.bsky.social for more comebacks to common myths.
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Happy National Wattle Day!
A day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.
But after the way some Australians behaved yesterday, I am not feeling it.
A day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.
But after the way some Australians behaved yesterday, I am not feeling it.
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Happy National Wattle Day!
A day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.
But after the way some Australians behaved yesterday, I am not feeling it.
A day to celebrate Australia and being Australian.
But after the way some Australians behaved yesterday, I am not feeling it.
My council is going to put in a zebra crossing near my street. I wrote to them last year about making my street a #woonerf which got shut down pretty firmly by the mayor, but now they're going to build a zebra crossing. A step in the right direction!
Read my take: spokes-person.com/a-step-in-th...
Read my take: spokes-person.com/a-step-in-th...
A step in the right direction
This is an area that has had some attention in recent years, getting a concrete protrusion into the street to give pedestrians a better view of the street for safer crossing. It now looks like it's go...
spokes-person.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
My council is going to put in a zebra crossing near my street. I wrote to them last year about making my street a #woonerf which got shut down pretty firmly by the mayor, but now they're going to build a zebra crossing. A step in the right direction!
Read my take: spokes-person.com/a-step-in-th...
Read my take: spokes-person.com/a-step-in-th...
Another interview done!
Lots of topics in this one:
#bikes #cycling #cargobikes #urbanplanning #housing
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
Lots of topics in this one:
#bikes #cycling #cargobikes #urbanplanning #housing
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
A chat with Daniel
I knew I wanted wide tyres, which is why we picked the Bloomfield. I like rim brakes. They look good and they're easy to maintain. It works great aesthetically.
spokes-person.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Another interview done!
Lots of topics in this one:
#bikes #cycling #cargobikes #urbanplanning #housing
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
Lots of topics in this one:
#bikes #cycling #cargobikes #urbanplanning #housing
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
I'm 5 minutes into the latest season of #survivorau and I am out. I can't handle these people.
August 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm 5 minutes into the latest season of #survivorau and I am out. I can't handle these people.
Wrote a thing about a little square in Palermo.
#walkablecities #walkableneighbourhoods #walkableneighborhoods
spokes-person.com/parking-lot/
#walkablecities #walkableneighbourhoods #walkableneighborhoods
spokes-person.com/parking-lot/
Parking lot
Turns out that the square on Via Guiseppe Mario Puglia wasn't always a gorgeous music filled space with a restaurant and bar. It took concerted effort. And what a result!
spokes-person.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Wrote a thing about a little square in Palermo.
#walkablecities #walkableneighbourhoods #walkableneighborhoods
spokes-person.com/parking-lot/
#walkablecities #walkableneighbourhoods #walkableneighborhoods
spokes-person.com/parking-lot/
Pushed my luck and tuned my high-E to D too many times. Now I have no high-E string at all.
No Choctaw Bingo playin' for me.
(ping @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social )
No Choctaw Bingo playin' for me.
(ping @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social )
August 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Pushed my luck and tuned my high-E to D too many times. Now I have no high-E string at all.
No Choctaw Bingo playin' for me.
(ping @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social )
No Choctaw Bingo playin' for me.
(ping @arcticvelocipedist.bsky.social )
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No Exit by Andy Singer
August 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No Exit by Andy Singer
I did another interview with a #bike person. Have a read of my chat with Caz here. Feel free to subscribe if you want to read more of my bike-themed stuff.
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
#cycling #bikepacking #travel #interview #blog
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
#cycling #bikepacking #travel #interview #blog
A chat with Caz
...and people treat you differently as well. The locals of a place will see you differently. They'll see you more as "them" rather than someone else. Travelling in Indonesia, when we were on the bicyc...
spokes-person.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I did another interview with a #bike person. Have a read of my chat with Caz here. Feel free to subscribe if you want to read more of my bike-themed stuff.
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
#cycling #bikepacking #travel #interview #blog
spokes-person.com/a-chat-with-...
#cycling #bikepacking #travel #interview #blog
Some photos from today's #marchforgaza protest in Adelaide.
August 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Some photos from today's #marchforgaza protest in Adelaide.
I wrote a post about Train Street in Hanoi.
You can read here: karloskar.au/train-street...
Feel free to subscribe and you'll get the occasional blog or photo in your mailbox. :)
You can read here: karloskar.au/train-street...
Feel free to subscribe and you'll get the occasional blog or photo in your mailbox. :)
Train Street, Hanoi
The train approached. Slowly, but in that clearly unstoppable way. Rails bending as each bogie rolled past, all within easy reach. Once the locomotive had passed, the noise was a consistent clunking i...
karloskar.au
August 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I wrote a post about Train Street in Hanoi.
You can read here: karloskar.au/train-street...
Feel free to subscribe and you'll get the occasional blog or photo in your mailbox. :)
You can read here: karloskar.au/train-street...
Feel free to subscribe and you'll get the occasional blog or photo in your mailbox. :)
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The role of the teacher is not to get the student to produce the one right answer.
The role of the teacher is to cherish the student's mistakes and to guide them on their own path.
This is why AI should not be used in the classroom
The role of the teacher is to cherish the student's mistakes and to guide them on their own path.
This is why AI should not be used in the classroom
July 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The role of the teacher is not to get the student to produce the one right answer.
The role of the teacher is to cherish the student's mistakes and to guide them on their own path.
This is why AI should not be used in the classroom
The role of the teacher is to cherish the student's mistakes and to guide them on their own path.
This is why AI should not be used in the classroom
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Wildly Swim
Thoughts and stories about swimming.
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July 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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