Earl Decena
@erldcn.bsky.social
fluttering through the mundane
one leg at a time sport enjoyer 🚴🧗🏃
writer and improviser, sometimes
one leg at a time sport enjoyer 🚴🧗🏃
writer and improviser, sometimes
This is what people on bikes have to deal with in MNL on a near daily basis: traffic lawlessness and encroachment on what should be safe cycling space!
Still hoping for the day when everyone gets equal humane treatment for their transport choices, especially for folks who walk, bike, and commute 🙃
Still hoping for the day when everyone gets equal humane treatment for their transport choices, especially for folks who walk, bike, and commute 🙃
February 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is what people on bikes have to deal with in MNL on a near daily basis: traffic lawlessness and encroachment on what should be safe cycling space!
Still hoping for the day when everyone gets equal humane treatment for their transport choices, especially for folks who walk, bike, and commute 🙃
Still hoping for the day when everyone gets equal humane treatment for their transport choices, especially for folks who walk, bike, and commute 🙃
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I never, ever want google to show me searches I did in the past. The person who searched for those things is dead.
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I never, ever want google to show me searches I did in the past. The person who searched for those things is dead.
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"Your heart is beating, isn't it?
You're not in chains, are you?
There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even, possibly, your own."
#Poetry
You're not in chains, are you?
There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even, possibly, your own."
#Poetry
January 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"Your heart is beating, isn't it?
You're not in chains, are you?
There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even, possibly, your own."
#Poetry
You're not in chains, are you?
There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life, even, possibly, your own."
#Poetry
Reposted by Earl Decena
January 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reposted by Earl Decena
On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.
But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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We Are the Mountain: A Look at the Inactive Protagonist - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Let me take you through the anatomy of an active protagonist, one that everyone can relate to. We’ll make our protagonist—we’ll call him John—young and healthy, male, of humble origins (perhaps he’s f...
psychopomp.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
On its 4th anniv, I'm reposting for bsky my most popular Twitter thread: a defense of the "inactive protagonist," which birthed the essay below, in exactly the way it was written.
But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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But first I need to contextualize how and why it was written.
psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...
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Yep I think this makes sense I will fully treat this as pre-pandemic Twitter
Entirely unfiltered unhinged for the most random assortment of strangers and loose acquaintances to see 🤣🤣🤣
Entirely unfiltered unhinged for the most random assortment of strangers and loose acquaintances to see 🤣🤣🤣
January 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yep I think this makes sense I will fully treat this as pre-pandemic Twitter
Entirely unfiltered unhinged for the most random assortment of strangers and loose acquaintances to see 🤣🤣🤣
Entirely unfiltered unhinged for the most random assortment of strangers and loose acquaintances to see 🤣🤣🤣
Crashing really bad from a Dec/early Jan season I never expected to be so full of highs
Now I am forced to confront the fully evolved form of my loneliness
Nothing truly ever lasts!
Now I am forced to confront the fully evolved form of my loneliness
Nothing truly ever lasts!
January 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Crashing really bad from a Dec/early Jan season I never expected to be so full of highs
Now I am forced to confront the fully evolved form of my loneliness
Nothing truly ever lasts!
Now I am forced to confront the fully evolved form of my loneliness
Nothing truly ever lasts!
Reposted by Earl Decena
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
January 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)
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"Is it true that the wind
streaming especially in fall
through the pines
is saying nothing, nothing at all,
or is it just that I don't yet know the language?"
streaming especially in fall
through the pines
is saying nothing, nothing at all,
or is it just that I don't yet know the language?"
January 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Is it true that the wind
streaming especially in fall
through the pines
is saying nothing, nothing at all,
or is it just that I don't yet know the language?"
streaming especially in fall
through the pines
is saying nothing, nothing at all,
or is it just that I don't yet know the language?"
life updates for anyone who cares:
- roadie era fr (SPD-SL, carbon fork enjoyer, full sets of bib shorts and a jersey)
- fully that guy w a CCM membership who travels with my climbing shoes hooked to a carabiner hooked to my bag
- nagbubuhat na ko lfg
- i regularly do design research now ! : D
- roadie era fr (SPD-SL, carbon fork enjoyer, full sets of bib shorts and a jersey)
- fully that guy w a CCM membership who travels with my climbing shoes hooked to a carabiner hooked to my bag
- nagbubuhat na ko lfg
- i regularly do design research now ! : D
November 20, 2024 at 2:52 AM
life updates for anyone who cares:
- roadie era fr (SPD-SL, carbon fork enjoyer, full sets of bib shorts and a jersey)
- fully that guy w a CCM membership who travels with my climbing shoes hooked to a carabiner hooked to my bag
- nagbubuhat na ko lfg
- i regularly do design research now ! : D
- roadie era fr (SPD-SL, carbon fork enjoyer, full sets of bib shorts and a jersey)
- fully that guy w a CCM membership who travels with my climbing shoes hooked to a carabiner hooked to my bag
- nagbubuhat na ko lfg
- i regularly do design research now ! : D
problema lang sa bluesky lagi ko naiisip ung comp shop sa katipunan na sobrang lala maglaro sa loob
yes this is blue skies hahahahah
yes this is blue skies hahahahah
November 20, 2024 at 2:47 AM
problema lang sa bluesky lagi ko naiisip ung comp shop sa katipunan na sobrang lala maglaro sa loob
yes this is blue skies hahahahah
yes this is blue skies hahahahah
we are so BACK BAYBEEEEEE
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 AM
we are so BACK BAYBEEEEEE