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Mildred von Katzen
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Some rando on a bike / People's Republic of Western Queens
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Mildred von Katzen @hyf.bsky.social · Jan 8
"dry january" is discriminatory against your atheist friend with a january birthday. just don't be such a fucking lush over the holidays
hyf.bsky.social
Rain melted the weekend snow and let up long enough to get one last #bikenyc errand in. Took the long way home to meet my 2025 mileage goal!
Line Graph showing my progress this year towards meeting my mileage goal of 2500 miles. No activity at all in Jan and Feb, then ramping up Mar to Jul, surging ahead of required pace in August, and little activity Nov & Dec Screenshot showing today's mileage of 3.04 miles
December 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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benjayingly.com
This person also took video of the critical mass protest in Astoria the other night and thinks it’s some kind of gotcha.
FB comment from a very stupid man @Ben Jay Running red lights by the 100 proves you don't feel threatened by cars. Most people who see this learn to hate you for your hypocrisy and entitlement. By all means keep doing it, you have taught us to get video. Privileging the athletic and hyperactive over the vast majority of everyone else, and then placing disabled people as 3rd class citizens behind everyone isn't "progressive", that's early 20th century eugenics we fought a world war to eliminate.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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dianaforqueens.com
ICE's cruelty has reached our district. Yuanxin, a precious 6-year-old who attends P.S. 166 in Astoria, was DETAINED and SEPARATED from his dad last week.

His dad, Fei, is in upstate ICE detention. Nobody knows where Yuanxin is.

We must end this inhumanity. ICE out of New York!
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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shabazzstuart.bsky.social
Today was the hardest day of my life. We fought for nearly a decade to bring secure bike parking to NYC and ultimately were completely excluded from the @nyc-dot.bsky.social process for citywide system. To those who believed in us and our vision, I am so sorry.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/01/a...
Adams Administration Picks Vendor for Bike Locker Vendor After Years-Long Wait - Streetsblog New York City
Bike parking lockers built by Tranzito are coming to hundreds of locations across the five boroughs, the Eric Adams administration said.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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davidzipper.bsky.social
An abbreviated history of car bloat, courtesy of @xkcd.com

xkcd.com/3167/
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hyf.bsky.social
4 wrong way riders on e-contraptions on Grand, 2 honest to goodness gas motos each on Willyb and Pulaski. I'm calling it quits on #bikenyc commutes for now.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.
Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
hyf.bsky.social
Time for bed
Screenshot from the Simpsons showing a disheveled, drunk-looking Homer in the yearbook. The caption reads "I can't believe I watched the whole thing"
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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gwynnefitz.bsky.social
More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Great day for #bikenyc River Road/Henry Hudson Dr. Should be peak colors soon!
A view of the Hudson River from the Palisades. The river is in the background behind a bunch of trees with leaves that have turned yellow and orange A view down a tree lined road with no cars in sight. The leaves are mostly green, with a few smidges of yellow and orange here and there. Another cyclist is barely visible far towards the horizon
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Very well, if I must. Mildred has eclectic tastes.
From behind, we see a small cat black sitting on a coffee table staring at a TV, on which plays a scene from Beavis and Butthead depicting a brown short-haired dog mounting and humping a fancy-looking white long-haired dog
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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bikenewyork.bsky.social
If only DOT had a leader such as a “Commissioner” who could acknowledge a problem or incomplete project & deploy resources to fix it.

A few overnight shifts in this case would likely be enough to update the markings @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/10/e...
Eyes on the Bridge: Queensboro Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Paths Are Almost There - Streetsblog New York City
Call it getting stuff almost done.
nyc.streetsblog.org
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Took the High Bridge home after the Tour de Bronx. I can't see this without shaking my fist and cursing Robert Moses #bikenyc
A silver and white bicycle leaned up against a fence. Three or four highways are visible in the background, overlapping and intertwined.
October 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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jessehawken.bsky.social
It’s called You Reap What You Sow
October 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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maaloufmd.bsky.social
My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
hyf.bsky.social
That's my rep @claireforqueens.bsky.social ❤️❤️
Thank you for standing up for us!
petersterne.com Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Sep 18
UPDATE: The 11 elected officials arrested inside 26 Federal Plaza face (very minor) federal charges for allegedly obstructing the hallways and elevators. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Assembly Member Claire Valdez holds up a federal violation notice stating that she violated 41 CFR 102-74.390(b)
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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tiffanycaban.bsky.social
Three city council committees convened today to question the Adams admin about a citywide response to Trump’s cuts to housing, Medicaid, and more. The Adams admin didn’t even bother to show up.
September 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Did ~2200 ft of #bikenyc climbs without leaving the city
Screenshot showing the route through upper Manhattan and the Bronx Screenshot showing the elevation profile of the route A silver and white bike with pink accents leaned against a stone wall. The city, as seen from the top of a hill, stretches far into the distant horizon The intersection of 187th St and Overlook terrace. 187th here is a steep set of stairs
September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Getting crosstown below Houston was a pain yesterday with Grand and Spring closed for San Gennaro and Prince closed at Bowery; the sooner we get a two-way #bikenyc route on Canal the better. - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/12/d...
A photo taken in the middle of the Prince and Bowery intersection. The roadway is torn up and covered with steel plates. Construction workers have closed off Prince Street and are actively working. An SUV is in the crosswalk.
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Nobody freak out! the reason is in the last paragraph -- JSK 2.0. this is a win for #bikenyc
Mr. Mamdani would be the youngest mayor to lead the city in a century, and has said that he intends to try to hire an ideologically diverse array of experts to work for him, if elected. In an unrelated interview with The Times on Thursday, he declined to name who he planned to bring into his administration but said he had met with a range of former City Hall officials, including Janette Sadik- Khan, a transportation commissioner under Mr. Bloomberg.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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charliejane.bsky.social
I don't really care if the future is short videos. I like words. Words have gotten me this far and I'm gonna stick with 'em for the duration
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
hyf.bsky.social
Throwback #bikenyc pic from 2010. This would be a great place to hold a war crimes trial. It's just steps from the site of the US Open where I'm told a war criminal is in attendance rn
wide shot of the interior of the new York State pavilion in flushing meadow Park. The structure has no roof. Towers and UFO-like circular platforms are visible through the open top, a tree with bare branches is visible in the background. The effect is a cold winter day in a retro-futuristic ruin. A bicycle, dwarfed by the towers behind it, leans against a wall in the lower right. A closer view of the bicycle from the previous shot. The decay of the structure is more apparent. Random cinder blocks are strewn about, red paint flakes off the wall, with large patches of rust visible.
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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flipwriter.bsky.social
Reposting this with alt text, because this deserves to be shared more widely.
A comic by Jo French (@gothinkdexign) made up of six colored panels arrayed in two rows of three. The scenes from different Star Trek series depict Captain Picard meeting with the Temarian captain in Darmok, a group of Bajoran freedom fighters celebrating their victory while a shadow of a Cardassian looms above, the Emergency Medical Hologram on-board the prototype USS Prometheus in battle with Romulans, Geordi drinking with Data in Ten Forward, Major Kira talking with Odo, and Captain Janeway greeting Seven of Nine as she awakens from her regeneration cycle. The text reads "Star Trek teaches us that there are many ways to change the world. You can do it by building bridges, or by continuing to fight, even when all seems hopeless, or my stepping up to a task you weren't prepared for... But sometimes, all you need to do to change the world is to just look someone in the eye, and tell them 'Hello.' 'I see you.' 'I know there's a person in there.'"
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM