maria 🍎
falsefatigue.bsky.social
maria 🍎
@falsefatigue.bsky.social
sleepy punk, bikes, & montessori. utrecht 🇳🇱 via memphis 〽️ weekly bike streams @ twitch.tv/MariaNotMarie
Listening to a strangers short form video slop blast from their phone on the train at 6am is enough to make me agree that yes, it really is the damn phones.
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
biked 40km from utrecht to gouda, ate a solid doner kip broodje, and ended up at a beer bar full of plastic ducks with a very sleepy beagle.
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
walked 11 kilometers and ate mapo tofu at my favorite restaurant in leidseplein. a nice, cold day in amsterdam.
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In this substack post I will defend Lombardy Kroger from the slander it’s receiving on tiktok…
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I parked my bike on the sidewalk one too many times and have to walk over and free it from city bike jail today. €25, free my omafiets 👩🏻‍⚖️
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
One of my most annoying digital habits is commenting on Tiktoks made while driving. Please, I should just scroll, but I can’t stop myself. 🫡
November 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Wasp update/real life nightmare description: They weren’t just in the bathroom wall. They were in the recessed lighting in the bathroom ceiling too.
October 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
There are wasps in my bathroom wall and the 1st pest guy I called suggested “just wait a month and they will go away.” 🙃
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Is everywhere dealing with widespread broken escalators or is this specific to where I live?
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Big news: Dark mode on the NS train information boards has begun at Utrecht Centraal! #netherlands #accessibility
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Integrating by eating 1 half of a sandwich at a time in the rain as needed
October 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Headed to The Red Line demonstration for Palestine in Amsterdam, the Amersfoort train platform is packed with people in red ♥️♥️♥️
October 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The things you see in Amsterdam: A bike with a full sized bathtub attached to it. #urbanism
October 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Exploring the Dutch city of Eindhoven by city bike today on Twitch. Street art, boppin’ around, looking for a sunny terrace. See you in an hour: m.twitch.tv/marianotmarie/
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October 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
2 windmills from my sunday
September 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My new series: Spotted at Albert Heijn
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
humbling to realize that I’m bad at washing windows as an adult because I’ve only lived in houses with burglar bars on them 🙃 photo example for my normal people:
August 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Highly specific bike/tech issue: My iPhone compass experiences some kind of interference when mounted to my steel frame bike, which confuses all map apps and gets me immediately lost if I use them. And apparently this is just a niche but common problem?
August 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The stereotype of American children traveling abroad to loudly scare pigeons isn’t complained about enough.
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I go to the Irish pub because they have 1 TV dedicated to music videos.
August 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A photo from a 2 hour bike ride that turned into 4 hours thanks to absolutely brutal headwind. Netherlands problems.
July 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Utrecht Centraal is truly a “you never know what you’re going to walk into” kind of train station:
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
bike to amersfoort centraal, train to den haag, bike to scheveningen for a beach day ✌️ 🚲🌆 #bikesky #xbiking
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Semi-useless public #transit trivia: The odd grape(?) shaped door handle on Netherlands Intercity trains? It’s chewed up bubble gum.
July 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
train station graffiti: “woof”
July 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM