Stefan Zajic
@zajic.com
Philadelphia, bikes, marginalia
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Better kinds of intelligence:
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biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
natural
biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
Why are so many people RidewithGPSing the H Mart on Cottman Ave? Is there a ride that ends at the food court or something?
December 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why are so many people RidewithGPSing the H Mart on Cottman Ave? Is there a ride that ends at the food court or something?
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Why yes, we *are* planning on riding next Wed on Dec 24, Christmas Eve. Stay tuned for details!
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Why yes, we *are* planning on riding next Wed on Dec 24, Christmas Eve. Stay tuned for details!
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This was so fun. Community work feels fantastic
45 people out to the native plant prep party tonight and packaged a collective 3400 packets of native seeds and folded 200 zines. Absolutely killer work by this crew.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This was so fun. Community work feels fantastic
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It feels like every single app or website I open launches a goddamn POP-UP asking me if I want to use AI. It reminds me of trying to surf the web in the early 2000s, Christ. Make it stop. No.
December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It feels like every single app or website I open launches a goddamn POP-UP asking me if I want to use AI. It reminds me of trying to surf the web in the early 2000s, Christ. Make it stop. No.
It feels like every single app or website I open launches a goddamn POP-UP asking me if I want to use AI. It reminds me of trying to surf the web in the early 2000s, Christ. Make it stop. No.
December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It feels like every single app or website I open launches a goddamn POP-UP asking me if I want to use AI. It reminds me of trying to surf the web in the early 2000s, Christ. Make it stop. No.
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"There are a lot of Wednesdays! They come around much more quickly than you'd imagine! Sometimes it feels like there are more Wednesdays than any other days!"
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
Tiny Little Tectonic Shifts
Well friends, here we are, almost at the end of an extremely long year. I don't know about you, but I'm pooped. My brain is tired, my body is tired, my soul is tired. So what I'm thinking is that we s...
www.leahreich.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"There are a lot of Wednesdays! They come around much more quickly than you'd imagine! Sometimes it feels like there are more Wednesdays than any other days!"
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
@leahreich.com's newsletter isn't about bikes (tho she values IRL interaction, as do we), but the quote made me LOL
tinyurl.com/yfskmssu
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Wednesdays forever! A decade ago I did an essay series called "A Year of Wednesdays" and I've been stuck on Wednesdays ever since.
Also I do like bikes, and if I lived in Philly (I was born there & sometimes wish I'd moved back), I would 100% come on a ride
Also I do like bikes, and if I lived in Philly (I was born there & sometimes wish I'd moved back), I would 100% come on a ride
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Wednesdays forever! A decade ago I did an essay series called "A Year of Wednesdays" and I've been stuck on Wednesdays ever since.
Also I do like bikes, and if I lived in Philly (I was born there & sometimes wish I'd moved back), I would 100% come on a ride
Also I do like bikes, and if I lived in Philly (I was born there & sometimes wish I'd moved back), I would 100% come on a ride
This was so fun. Community work feels fantastic
45 people out to the native plant prep party tonight and packaged a collective 3400 packets of native seeds and folded 200 zines. Absolutely killer work by this crew.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This was so fun. Community work feels fantastic
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why yes, I do hate that everything now has a Year in Review
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
why yes, I do hate that everything now has a Year in Review
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
why yes, I do hate that everything now has a Year in Review
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
why yes, I do hate that everything now has a Year in Review
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
LinkedIn Year in Review? I'd rather slip on an icy sidewalk
Google One (i.e. storage!) Year in Review? hard pass
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Beautiful visualizations of travel times in North Philadelphia from a *1914* city transit report
The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Beautiful visualizations of travel times in North Philadelphia from a *1914* city transit report
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Thrilled to see that Philly Bike Train dates for Jan-Mar 2026 line up perfectly with WNRs. Pop these into your calendars! Wednesdays are for riding bikes
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thrilled to see that Philly Bike Train dates for Jan-Mar 2026 line up perfectly with WNRs. Pop these into your calendars! Wednesdays are for riding bikes
Beautiful visualizations of travel times in North Philadelphia from a *1914* city transit report
The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914*
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Beautiful visualizations of travel times in North Philadelphia from a *1914* city transit report
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Once on a group bike ride past this statue, the person next to me asked "who's that statue?" and I said, "Don Quixote. A lot of people don't know he was from Philly" and they said "whoa, really?" and I still think about it sometimes
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Once on a group bike ride past this statue, the person next to me asked "who's that statue?" and I said, "Don Quixote. A lot of people don't know he was from Philly" and they said "whoa, really?" and I still think about it sometimes
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OMG, I had *no idea* you could add -ai to a search to suppress the AI Overview
every time I forget to do -ai to my search I get the most hideous bullshit possible
for instance, here is what happens when I search to see if there is such a thing as a 2-quart ziplock bag
for instance, here is what happens when I search to see if there is such a thing as a 2-quart ziplock bag
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
OMG, I had *no idea* you could add -ai to a search to suppress the AI Overview
1986, Stand by Me
1987, The Princess Bride
1989, When Harry Met Sally
Remarkable run, just four years
These were absolutely foundational movies for me
RIP, Rob
1987, The Princess Bride
1989, When Harry Met Sally
Remarkable run, just four years
These were absolutely foundational movies for me
RIP, Rob
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1986, Stand by Me
1987, The Princess Bride
1989, When Harry Met Sally
Remarkable run, just four years
These were absolutely foundational movies for me
RIP, Rob
1987, The Princess Bride
1989, When Harry Met Sally
Remarkable run, just four years
These were absolutely foundational movies for me
RIP, Rob
OMG, I had *no idea* you could add -ai to a search to suppress the AI Overview
every time I forget to do -ai to my search I get the most hideous bullshit possible
for instance, here is what happens when I search to see if there is such a thing as a 2-quart ziplock bag
for instance, here is what happens when I search to see if there is such a thing as a 2-quart ziplock bag
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
OMG, I had *no idea* you could add -ai to a search to suppress the AI Overview
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Heartened to see this well-written and thought-out piece from the Drexel student newspaper on two deadly hit-and-runs on Market between 30th and 36th, a stretch I walk and bike on every week www.thetriangle.org/news/market-...
Market Street hit-and-runs bring a reckoning on safety - The Triangle
Drexel University campus was rocked this November by two fatal hit-and-runs on Market Street within just seven days.
www.thetriangle.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Heartened to see this well-written and thought-out piece from the Drexel student newspaper on two deadly hit-and-runs on Market between 30th and 36th, a stretch I walk and bike on every week www.thetriangle.org/news/market-...
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Better kinds of intelligence:
natural
biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
natural
biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Better kinds of intelligence:
natural
biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
natural
biological
human
emotional
(each a subset of the prior)
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Personal aside: on the way to the ride, I dropped off the last two sets of party lights from this year's bulk order. 54 sets (108 wheels' worth!) of party lights have been delivered!
I'm an optimist, but I was still astonished how many people turned up for the Holiday Lights Ride last night. It rained for the four hours before the ride! Yet I'd guess around 200 people, maybe more, came out to roll through the illuminated streets of South Philly. Just wild.
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Personal aside: on the way to the ride, I dropped off the last two sets of party lights from this year's bulk order. 54 sets (108 wheels' worth!) of party lights have been delivered!
"you can’t help but feel deeply sad, realizing the internet that shaped you has been destroyed piece by piece" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...
Revised Definitions of the Verb “To Google”
1. To look something up quickly and then spend twenty minutes fact-checking the AI summary, only to find out that it was absolutely wrong.
2. To se...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"you can’t help but feel deeply sad, realizing the internet that shaped you has been destroyed piece by piece" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...
Personal aside: on the way to the ride, I dropped off the last two sets of party lights from this year's bulk order. 54 sets (108 wheels' worth!) of party lights have been delivered!
I'm an optimist, but I was still astonished how many people turned up for the Holiday Lights Ride last night. It rained for the four hours before the ride! Yet I'd guess around 200 people, maybe more, came out to roll through the illuminated streets of South Philly. Just wild.
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Personal aside: on the way to the ride, I dropped off the last two sets of party lights from this year's bulk order. 54 sets (108 wheels' worth!) of party lights have been delivered!