bikeonastick (robert tomb)
@bikeonastick.bsky.social
cycling things, soccer things, tech things, and, oh yeah, MN things. (and by things, i mean opinions…)
blessed with an age of
enlightenment,
writing
races to a bland, dishpan soakwater
bottom—where
esoteric punctuation becomes the
irrefutable tell of
machine-assembled prose;
enlightenment,
writing
races to a bland, dishpan soakwater
bottom—where
esoteric punctuation becomes the
irrefutable tell of
machine-assembled prose;
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
blessed with an age of
enlightenment,
writing
races to a bland, dishpan soakwater
bottom—where
esoteric punctuation becomes the
irrefutable tell of
machine-assembled prose;
enlightenment,
writing
races to a bland, dishpan soakwater
bottom—where
esoteric punctuation becomes the
irrefutable tell of
machine-assembled prose;
“i told myself i was okay, the best okay i’d ever been, but it was hard to believe it any more.”
show them a good time: track | p161, nicole flattery
show them a good time: track | p161, nicole flattery
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“i told myself i was okay, the best okay i’d ever been, but it was hard to believe it any more.”
show them a good time: track | p161, nicole flattery
show them a good time: track | p161, nicole flattery
“be seen living a normal, daily life. ride a bicycle. that’s a good, caeefree way of getting around. you trust a woman on a bicycle. that’s essential, the bicycle. try not to think about any pain.”
show them a good time: abortion, a love story | p146 —nicole flattery
show them a good time: abortion, a love story | p146 —nicole flattery
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“be seen living a normal, daily life. ride a bicycle. that’s a good, caeefree way of getting around. you trust a woman on a bicycle. that’s essential, the bicycle. try not to think about any pain.”
show them a good time: abortion, a love story | p146 —nicole flattery
show them a good time: abortion, a love story | p146 —nicole flattery
“even the catastrophe of my own life was something i managed with amazing slowness.” p20, _show them a good time_, nicole flattery
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“even the catastrophe of my own life was something i managed with amazing slowness.” p20, _show them a good time_, nicole flattery
one more day to finish these! they expire at midnight, right?
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
one more day to finish these! they expire at midnight, right?
knock it off, keith. you’re harshing our buzz.
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
knock it off, keith. you’re harshing our buzz.
“it was hot today, and bright, and buggy: the gnats dove into her face, black dots between her eyes and the page, as if the punctuation marks were fleeing” —nathan hill, the nix, p476
fantastic line!
fantastic line!
June 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“it was hot today, and bright, and buggy: the gnats dove into her face, black dots between her eyes and the page, as if the punctuation marks were fleeing” —nathan hill, the nix, p476
fantastic line!
fantastic line!
hey goog… why TF did documents need tabs???
June 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
hey goog… why TF did documents need tabs???
“Rather than relying on a built-in infotainment system, you'll use your phone plugged into a USB outlet or a dedicated tablet inside the cabin for your entertainment and navigation needs.”
puh-leeze can slate get these vehicles to market!!!
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
puh-leeze can slate get these vehicles to market!!!
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
A $20,000 electric truck with manual windows and no screens? Meet Slate Auto.
Owners can buy kits to add accessories and features to the Slate Truck.
arstechnica.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“Rather than relying on a built-in infotainment system, you'll use your phone plugged into a USB outlet or a dedicated tablet inside the cabin for your entertainment and navigation needs.”
puh-leeze can slate get these vehicles to market!!!
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
puh-leeze can slate get these vehicles to market!!!
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/04...
nevermind the bad shit i did, if it weren’t for the jerks who told you about it, i wouldn’t look nearly as stupid as i do today. see? it’s all their fault.
April 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
nevermind the bad shit i did, if it weren’t for the jerks who told you about it, i wouldn’t look nearly as stupid as i do today. see? it’s all their fault.
(about photographs) “for at that point, the future is still unknown to us and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest.” douglas coupland, p17 _generation x_
April 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
(about photographs) “for at that point, the future is still unknown to us and has yet to hurt us, and also for that brief moment, our poses are accepted as honest.” douglas coupland, p17 _generation x_
talent hides
under layers and layers of
practice…
you’re only going pro
at what you do
the most.
it’s just that
it might not quite
pay
like you’d expected.
under layers and layers of
practice…
you’re only going pro
at what you do
the most.
it’s just that
it might not quite
pay
like you’d expected.
April 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
talent hides
under layers and layers of
practice…
you’re only going pro
at what you do
the most.
it’s just that
it might not quite
pay
like you’d expected.
under layers and layers of
practice…
you’re only going pro
at what you do
the most.
it’s just that
it might not quite
pay
like you’d expected.
Reposted by bikeonastick (robert tomb)
BREAKING: Signal to be renamed Four Seasons Total Signaling
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
BREAKING: Signal to be renamed Four Seasons Total Signaling
“does anyone reread a murder mystery?”
— jennifer egan, _the candy house_ p82
— jennifer egan, _the candy house_ p82
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“does anyone reread a murder mystery?”
— jennifer egan, _the candy house_ p82
— jennifer egan, _the candy house_ p82
on days when i struggle to find the words i meant to say, maybe it’s just a good day for synonyms instead of being a bad day for vocabulary.
March 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
on days when i struggle to find the words i meant to say, maybe it’s just a good day for synonyms instead of being a bad day for vocabulary.
we are, currently, not in control of the narrative and the story makes us all look terrible.
March 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
we are, currently, not in control of the narrative and the story makes us all look terrible.
“death by misadventure” was the coroner’s official pronouncement of dolours price…
been reading _say nothing: a true story of murder and memory in northern ireland_
well written, crazy twists and turns, hard to believe it’s not fiction.
been reading _say nothing: a true story of murder and memory in northern ireland_
well written, crazy twists and turns, hard to believe it’s not fiction.
February 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“death by misadventure” was the coroner’s official pronouncement of dolours price…
been reading _say nothing: a true story of murder and memory in northern ireland_
well written, crazy twists and turns, hard to believe it’s not fiction.
been reading _say nothing: a true story of murder and memory in northern ireland_
well written, crazy twists and turns, hard to believe it’s not fiction.
oof adidas… hoping you only put these nasty pseudo-collars on LAFC kits and not as the mls2025 spec kit. did you purposely not even test one on someone doing something mildly sporting?
February 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
oof adidas… hoping you only put these nasty pseudo-collars on LAFC kits and not as the mls2025 spec kit. did you purposely not even test one on someone doing something mildly sporting?
just when i’m about to slam _moby dick_ closed and scream, “enough with this cetological bullshit!” and melville churns out one of these:
“real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” ch86
“real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” ch86
January 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
just when i’m about to slam _moby dick_ closed and scream, “enough with this cetological bullshit!” and melville churns out one of these:
“real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” ch86
“real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” ch86
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So, this is just a leak due to incompetence. How do you feel about handing your data over to an electric car company owned by a nutball with an agenda or a company that is headquartered in china?
So, this is just a leak due to incompetence. How do you feel about handing your data over to an electric car company owned by a nutball with an agenda or a company that is headquartered in china?
Brothel Visits Exposed In Volkswagen Location Data Leak
Leaked data showed the location of about 800,000 electric vehicles.
jalopnik.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:08 PM
jalopnik.com/brothel-visi...
So, this is just a leak due to incompetence. How do you feel about handing your data over to an electric car company owned by a nutball with an agenda or a company that is headquartered in china?
So, this is just a leak due to incompetence. How do you feel about handing your data over to an electric car company owned by a nutball with an agenda or a company that is headquartered in china?
re-reading _moby dick_… melville sprinkled in some great lines that i gave him zero credit for when this was required reading:
“methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
“methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
December 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
re-reading _moby dick_… melville sprinkled in some great lines that i gave him zero credit for when this was required reading:
“methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
“methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
“it’s just nice to meet another human who shares my affinity for elf culture” —buddy
December 25, 2024 at 1:42 AM
“it’s just nice to meet another human who shares my affinity for elf culture” —buddy
maybe i don’t solve interesting problems, and that’s why i can stick with basic technology, but i can’t seem to shake the feeling that graph databases are really just a technology in search of a problem to solve.
December 11, 2024 at 10:51 PM
maybe i don’t solve interesting problems, and that’s why i can stick with basic technology, but i can’t seem to shake the feeling that graph databases are really just a technology in search of a problem to solve.
“winnie closed her eyes. there was not much difference between the night and the inside of her own skull.” violet kupersmith, build your house around my body
tons of poetic moments in this book
tons of poetic moments in this book
December 7, 2024 at 5:46 AM
“winnie closed her eyes. there was not much difference between the night and the inside of her own skull.” violet kupersmith, build your house around my body
tons of poetic moments in this book
tons of poetic moments in this book