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Parent, cargobiker, #HUBcycling Bike Education Coordinator, #CyclingWithoutAge Pilot. The world is burning; bikes are part of the solution.
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spokesmama.bsky.social @spokesmama.bsky.social · Jan 18
Some really interesting research cited in this video. So how do we shift the conversation faster? What can we do to get people to see motonormativity as the public health crisis that it is? youtu.be/PdqZsRayyFk?...
This is the biggest barrier to more people riding bikes in cities
YouTube video by Shifter
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November 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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This one wins #WorstBikeRack in the category of Absolute Accessibility Fail. (Along with being too close together & too close to the building)
lauragmitchell.com Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 12d
Ah, just where I want to park my bike… up 9 stairs! 🙄
3 bike parking spots are at an apt building atop 9 stairs
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
🤣😂🤣😂 Amazing. I need to see this ad!
hallcommajon.bsky.social Jon Hall @hallcommajon.bsky.social · Oct 13
Just saw a car ad that tried to sell being stuck in traffic as quality family time. I’ve never felt more sure that we’re near the collapse of car culture.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
spokesmama.bsky.social
@tomflood.bsky.social did you see this? 👀
seattlebikeblog.com Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · Sep 8
Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event

#SEAbikes #Seattle
Seattle permitted a car commercial shoot in the middle of Bicycle Weekends and an accessible cycling event
Photo from a reader. It's the Tom Flood meme come to life. "Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise." Sunday, a permitted commercial shoot for Rivian shut down a section of Lake Washington Boulevard during the penultimate Bicycle Weekends open streets event. It wasn't just any Bicycle Weekend day, though, it was also Bike & Scoot Sundays (PDF), an accessible cycling event in which SDOT, Lime and Bird partner with Outdoors for All to lend out adaptive cycles for free that people with a wide range of disabilities can ride along what was supposed to be a car-free Lake Washington Boulevard.
www.seattlebikeblog.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a book:

A Song of Ice & Wire
anthonyfloyd.ca Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · Sep 8
Slightly diminish a book: The Lord of the Rungs
twowheeled.bsky.social JonT @twowheeled.bsky.social · Sep 8
Slightly diminish a book:
@stephenking.bsky.social 's

The Gumslinger
September 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Ugh, yes. Also: give me the garment measurements. I will decide how much ease I want in the hips/waist, etc thankyouverymuch. Don't give me a "00-12" size chart that doesn't even have waist/bust/hip measurements!!
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Sep 1
i wish brands would include more technical information in their product descriptions. i don't need to know this was inspired by timeless italian men summering in nantucket who could dress up or down. i want to know the fabric weight, leather tanning method, seam construction, etc.
September 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
I love online orders with local pickup--great excuse for a quick bike ride! Hit @samsaracycle.bsky.social to pick up (yes, ANOTHER) leopard print thing. (Did you know they have a 30% off sale right now? 👀👀) Great timing 😂 --I don't think I'll need to wear this windbreaker for over a week! 🥵 1/3
A selfie of a woman wearing a white & black leopard print cycling jacket.
August 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Dropped off a hand-me-down baby/kid chair for our friends. Nice day for a ride & a good excuse for a little #CarryShitOlympics post. 😜
A Tern GSD cargobike parked in front of a building. The bike has a Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair strapped to the back.
August 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
“No other invention combines the useful with the pleasant as closely as the bicycle.”

- Adam Opel (1837-1895), founder of Adam Opel AG, which originally produced sewing machines and bicycles, and later automobiles
Antique poster for Adam Opel AG, featuring a woman using a sewing machine, a man greeting her on a bicycle, and a car with driver and passengers. In the background is a view of the factory.
August 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
I've had my Tern GSD S10 for SIX years today. 🎂 Celebrated by running errands. 😜 In 24,105km, I've carried many many different passengers, so many loads of groceries, & random awkward stuff like today's mostly full keg of beer.
#CarryShitOlympics #GettingStuffDone #WhoNeedsACar #CargoBikeLife
Orange cargobike with a keg of beer strapped upright into the rear left bag Bike odometer showing 24,105km
August 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
#GettingStuffDone by cargobike on my @ternbicycles.com #GSD: Grocery pickup. Guy who brought out my groceries didn't think I'd get it all on the bike. Haha! This is nowhere near my biggest load. 😜
Cargobike loaded up with $200 of groceries Woman standing in front of a cargobike loaded with groceries Row of vehicles parked at a grocery store pickup area, one cargobike on the right
August 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
This is a really fun program, aimed at people of all cycling levels. Riding a bike can be a great way to get to know people & your community.🌞
wearehub.bsky.social HUB Cycling @wearehub.bsky.social · Jul 16
Are you new to Canada? Are you looking for a supportive community of new riders to help you grow your cycling skills?

HUB Cycling’s Newcomers Cycling Program may be the perfect fit for you!

Running on Tuesdays from 5-7 PM, Aug. 5-Sept. 9 in #Coquitlam.

Register at:
bikehub.ca/newcomers-cy...
Newcomers Cycling Program | HUB Cycling: Bike Events, Education, Action in Metro Vancouver
Are you looking for a supportive community of new riders to help you grow your cycling skills? Look no further than HUB Cycling’s Newcomers Cycling Program!
bikehub.ca
July 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Come work with me!
July 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
If only this were satire.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 5
Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...
Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident
July 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Uhh, @thecarnivalband.bsky.social can we do this? I've got the cargobike & BikeBus connections, you've got the brass...
bikepedantic.bsky.social bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · Jun 20
Can you haul a brass band on bikes to accompany your #BikeBus to school? For the third time, yes.

Big thanks to all our volunteers and musicians!
June 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
This is a whole category of #WorstBikeRacks: obstructed by seasonal plant sales. 🙄
2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social 2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · Jun 17
Just what you need, The Range continues to keep giving the finger to those who cycle with piss poor outdated cycle parking which often obstructed with their promotions. Now they've bloody pulled one out than repair it as been loose for over a year to use the space for promotional goods!
Sole cycle rack fixed to the floor, the other propped up against the wall as been pulled out on the left side for promotional goods.
June 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
More just-doing-normal-stuff-by-bike content:
Bikeshare to meet some friends for a beer.
Selfie from above of a woman standing next to a bikeshare bike. She's wearing sunglasses & guillotine earrings.
June 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Also an example of #WorstBikeRacks. Why won't this railing-style of rack die out?!?
June 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
Had an awesome #CyclingWithoutAge ride this morning, featuring a ukulele serenade: "A Bicycle Built for Two" 😍
June 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
spokesmama.bsky.social
When working at a cafe near a film studio, I made a sandwich for DB Sweeney.
bolt451.bsky.social "Timeless" Toni Soprano @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM