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Lady Starblade
@ladystarblade.bsky.social
Road Captain of the Jasper Philipsen Defense Forces (#JPDF), Unapologetic Tadej Pogačar Fangirl, President of the Pascal Ackermann Appreciation Society.

Also: LouCity & BHAFC ⚽️, Star Trek, U2, Godzilla, science, history, crochet, and 📚🪱!
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Road Cycling season ahoy! A fast FYI for #CyclingBlueSky about me:

* I support Tadej Pogačar & Jasper Philipsen. (& many others, but they are my 🌟 guys)

* I don't do flame wars or ragebaiting. Supporting riders is much more fun!

* I have to get up early for races, ya'll. Have mercy on me. 💤😆
Awake and leading the first round of shopping expeditions. But first, coffee and scones!
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Good morning, and Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! 🦃

While the myth around the holiday is just that, a myth, the idea of a day to be thankful is still a solid one. I am more than grateful for all that I have and for all of you. ❤️

Also, it’s a great day to donate to the First Nations!
Home | First Nations Development Institute
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www.firstnations.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
TWO HOURS LEFT TO GO LET'S GOOOO!!!

#CountdowntoTurkeyDay
Everything Louder Than Everything Else
YouTube video by Meat Loaf - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Welp, it’s finally #StrangerThings Day, but…I can’t watch until Sunday night at the earliest. Visitors staying at my place from this afternoon to Sunday morning…and they don’t watch Stranger Things at all. 😳

(Sooooo, I have to stay off the Internet until then? 🤔)
a man is standing in a dark room and says that 's great netflix
Alt: Steve Harrington nods sarcastically and mutters “that’s great” in a scene from Stranger Things
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Last full day at the office before the holiday (we close early tomorrow) and everyone is running around like their tails are on fire and I'm like:
a man wearing a red bull helmet is riding a bike down a road
Alt: Wout van Aert riding along shouting "Ik Moet Just Niks"
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November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Race - Paris-Roubaix
Grand Tour - Vuelta a Espana
Performance - Remco Evenepoel, Worlds ITT
Win - WVA, TDF Stage 21
Comeback - Jasper Philipsen, Vuelta
Shock Result - Neilson Powless, Dwars door Vlaanderen
OfR Story - Pogi funding ALL 35 Foundation scholarship applicants instead of just 10.
I saw someone do one of these for tennis which was fun, so I did a cycling version in case no one else has! For the 2025 season, what was your:

🏁Race OTY
⛰️Grand Tour OTY
💃Performance OTY
🏆Win OTY
💪🏽Comeback OTY
😮Shock Result OTY
📰Outside-of-Racing Story OTY

(for the men or women or both!)
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The last 5 songs my playlist has thrown at me:

Champagne Supernova - Oasis (thanks, Project Hail Mary!)
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
All Too Well (10Min) - Taylor Swift
The River - Daisy Jones & the Six
Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy

Typical Monday. 😁🎵🎶
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ahhh, the low-grade panic of a short holiday week.

💨💨💨
spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to another cartoon character .
Alt: Several Spongebob Squarepants are running around, papers flying in the air, looking panicked
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November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Preparing for visitors over the long holiday weekend next week, so the toothbrushes are coming out for the faucets and I’m washing bath rugs.

Whee!

#glamlife
a woman is walking with a vacuum cleaner in her hand in a living room .
Alt: Mrs Doubtfire dancing with the vacuum cleaner in a scene from the movie
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November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Good morning….and I get up to find that the FloBikes coverage of #WCTabor started at 7am, not 740am as the website previously indicated, so the Elite women are on now.

Also, the Elite races are geoblocked on YouTube, so Flo it is, meh.

#USschedule
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
And woooo, thanks to @billylezard.bsky.social, we know we can see aaaaaalllll the CX on YouTube! 👏🥳

#USschedule
First round of the CX World Cup will be streamed FREE on the UCI youtube tomorrow, all 5 races.!

MJ: www.youtube.com/live/AzSLa-t...
WJ: www.youtube.com/live/lXCCNZo...
Mu23: www.youtube.com/live/EWYUgaW...
WE: www.youtube.com/live/xqJ1r-l...
ME: www.youtube.com/live/tP0PcJl...
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The #CyclingBlueSky #USschedule cyclocross watching for Sun 11/23:

UCI World Cup Tabor (W) - FloBikes, 740am ET

UCI World Cup Tabor (M) - FloBikes, 820am ET (time approx, continuous broadcast)
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
On the flip side, I did find my beloved cookies at ALDI yesterday. I will be dunking one of these in every coffee I have from now until January. 😁
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I went out on an escort ride with my runner friend this morning, and we were charged by a pack of large hunting dogs.

I skidded to a stop in front of my runner, held up my hands, and yelled “STOP!” They must have been trained, because they did stop, but we had to retreat quickly and carefully.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You can tell it’s the #cycling offseason because Wout’s reposting a lot of stuff, Jasper’s IG is shilling WHOOP bands, and Pogi’s posting about “traditional Slovenian breakfasts.”

Good thing there’s a lot of winter sports going on to fill the time on non #CX days. 😆
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It is cold, grey, and rainy. We’ve passed from the pretty part of fall into the dingy part.

Ah well. We might be getting ice and snow on Thanksgiving, so heyyyy! 😆
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Yeeeoooooww....usually I don't watch trailers for movies because they give WAY too much away.

But since I've read Project Hail Mary, I was cool with watching the trailer for the upcoming movie in March, and...

...yeah, this looks good!
Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When the boss is using phrases like "brute force" in an emergency morning meeting, you know it's gonna be one of those days.

But I see most of Europe got some snow overnight...that's exciting!
a man is running in the snow with the words `` snow party ! ''
Alt: A man in a Santa Hat is dancing in the snow going "SNOW PARTY!!"
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November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recommended by a friend (who later reread it and said it was more annoying than they remembered), this wasn’t a bad read, but was desperately trying too hard to be cool and edgy. Can’t decide whether it was a homage or ripoff of Dresden Files. 🤔

Not sorry I read it, though! #BookSky
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
*slithers off work chair goes thump*

It's been one of those Mondays.

I'm going home for curry and The West Wing.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Well, my rescued trees cleaned up NICE! All the crud and dust are washed off and they’re sparkling again!

They still need a good fluff and some decor, but I am very pleased!

Before and after!
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Am awake, fed, slightly sore legged after yesterday, but I just finished watching #CX from yesterday in time for today.

Vandeputte needs a win, dangit!

#TrofeeHamme
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The #CyclingBlueSky #USschedule cyclocross watching for Sun 11/16:

Trofee Hamme (W) - MAX, 740am ET

Trofee Hamme (M) - MAX, 9am ET
November 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Okay, they’ll let me leave now eventually, right, @goldbluebirdie.bsky.social? 🤣

#Christkindlmarkt
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
So as I’m heading out the door, @tonke.bsky.social, @pamina85.bsky.social, and @billylezard.bsky.social are over here playing “If I Was A Race”…

….and I claim Münsterland Giro. Fun little whacky German race late in the season that Jasper keeps winning.

Who else wants to pick a race? 😆
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM