Average Jon
@bikevardier.bsky.social
Pension actuary, transit card collector, Michigan fan. I like to ride a bike. I’m the best relaxer I know.
Bluesky deserves another day we all get to make the same joke
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Bluesky deserves another day we all get to make the same joke
I’ve been thinking a lot about this post recently. Today I rode past the ghost bike for a child at my kid’s school. It sucks that people on the same side as me feel that this is a preferable outcome to doing the bare minimum of, say, ATE, that every other country in the world employs
I think it was a huge mistake to make our society so car-dependent. But man. The Discourse today is a good reminder that when it comes to roadways policy, otherwise progressive anti-car people quickly become some of the most pro-carceral, anti-civil liberties people on the planet.
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about this post recently. Today I rode past the ghost bike for a child at my kid’s school. It sucks that people on the same side as me feel that this is a preferable outcome to doing the bare minimum of, say, ATE, that every other country in the world employs
me every time someone complains about manhattanization
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
me every time someone complains about manhattanization
tariffs are cool because you not only have to pay them, but also their administrative costs
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
tariffs are cool because you not only have to pay them, but also their administrative costs
no roof rack necessary when you #treebybike
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
no roof rack necessary when you #treebybike
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I actually think we should stop telling the people responsible for this country's problems that they're the innocent ones rather than the architects of what's happening to them
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I actually think we should stop telling the people responsible for this country's problems that they're the innocent ones rather than the architects of what's happening to them
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
White voters in small towns earned this. They brought it on us all, and they should be blamed.
no hell hot enough for nimbys
Montgomery County rejects sidewalks because of “stranger danger”
Montgomery County officials say they won’t build sidewalks near a future Purple Line station in Takoma Park because, among other things, neighbors say they’re afraid of “stranger danger.”
ggwash.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
no hell hot enough for nimbys
uh not really the response you want from a bike company when the cpsc accuses you of selling a dangerous product:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
uh not really the response you want from a bike company when the cpsc accuses you of selling a dangerous product:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
tangentially, one of the contradictions in america is that no matter how urban/densely you would like to live, almost all of the public realm around you is dedicated to storage and throughput of cars. The same people who “prefer” to live in the suburbs demand to drive through my neighborhood!
There is a fantasy - and frankly, you can see this fantasy all over my replies for the last day- that everyone wants to live in New York, everyone wants to walk everywhere, and that if we'd only build these environments, the problem of sprawl would vanish. It doesn't really seem to be true, though.
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
tangentially, one of the contradictions in america is that no matter how urban/densely you would like to live, almost all of the public realm around you is dedicated to storage and throughput of cars. The same people who “prefer” to live in the suburbs demand to drive through my neighborhood!
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real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)
Opinion | Trump Is an Albatross
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
real sense in which last night was fairly predictable. real question is why our pundits and the elites who listen to them couldn’t see it. (gift link)
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wild to keep starting someone with a career .000 batting average
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
wild to keep starting someone with a career .000 batting average
There’s no way this game doesn’t end in the stupidest way possible
October 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
There’s no way this game doesn’t end in the stupidest way possible
it may not count steps but it’s still a pedometer
October 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
it may not count steps but it’s still a pedometer
cool that we gathered the most important people in the military to make them listen to a pro-sexual assault TED talk
Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
cool that we gathered the most important people in the military to make them listen to a pro-sexual assault TED talk
Here’s 8 ways we can actually keep people safe:
1 speed limiters on cars
2 bike and ped infrastructure
3 raised crosswalks
4 congestion pricing
5 Ped crash safety in cars
6 reduced speed limits
7 weight/size limits for cars
8 ebike subsidies
1 speed limiters on cars
2 bike and ped infrastructure
3 raised crosswalks
4 congestion pricing
5 Ped crash safety in cars
6 reduced speed limits
7 weight/size limits for cars
8 ebike subsidies
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here’s 8 ways we can actually keep people safe:
1 speed limiters on cars
2 bike and ped infrastructure
3 raised crosswalks
4 congestion pricing
5 Ped crash safety in cars
6 reduced speed limits
7 weight/size limits for cars
8 ebike subsidies
1 speed limiters on cars
2 bike and ped infrastructure
3 raised crosswalks
4 congestion pricing
5 Ped crash safety in cars
6 reduced speed limits
7 weight/size limits for cars
8 ebike subsidies
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The difference between having ideas that are considered radical and being very into Being Radical is that the former hates the fact their beliefs are marginal and the latter get off on it. Yeah, I don't wanna be a righteous oppressed underdog. Shit sucks. I do want to be the state. I do want power.
That isn't how you spell Zinn. The left shouldn't use symbols of genocide and injustice in the fight against injustice. We are for the oppressed people not the state. You don't win by trying to get your enemy's respect.
or don't honestly. just be fine with other people doing so and don't act like an obnoxious 19 year old that just read Howard zine for the first time.
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The difference between having ideas that are considered radical and being very into Being Radical is that the former hates the fact their beliefs are marginal and the latter get off on it. Yeah, I don't wanna be a righteous oppressed underdog. Shit sucks. I do want to be the state. I do want power.
Republicans in 2010: school shootings are caused by video games
Republicans in 2025, when bullets are inscribed with video game references: this is trans ideology
Republicans in 2025, when bullets are inscribed with video game references: this is trans ideology
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Republicans in 2010: school shootings are caused by video games
Republicans in 2025, when bullets are inscribed with video game references: this is trans ideology
Republicans in 2025, when bullets are inscribed with video game references: this is trans ideology
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Admitting that Charlie Kirk was a bad person who made our politics worse and endangered the lives of marginalized people is not the same as condoning his murder. I don't get why he's getting such hagiographic treatment. He was a piece of shit.
September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Admitting that Charlie Kirk was a bad person who made our politics worse and endangered the lives of marginalized people is not the same as condoning his murder. I don't get why he's getting such hagiographic treatment. He was a piece of shit.
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As soon as I saw the headline I wondered how many paragraphs it would take him to endorse the Great Replacement Theory and the answer is 10.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As soon as I saw the headline I wondered how many paragraphs it would take him to endorse the Great Replacement Theory and the answer is 10.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
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I love to show up every day for my job, which is standing around holding the front of my tactical vest and getting told to choke to death by thousands of passers-by while 11 of my coworkers handcuff a roofer on his way to work. Every night I drive 80 minutes home, thinking about nothing at all.
August 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I love to show up every day for my job, which is standing around holding the front of my tactical vest and getting told to choke to death by thousands of passers-by while 11 of my coworkers handcuff a roofer on his way to work. Every night I drive 80 minutes home, thinking about nothing at all.
Bluesky is fun because there are people who ostensibly believe stuff like ‘bikes cost more than cars, actually’
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bluesky is fun because there are people who ostensibly believe stuff like ‘bikes cost more than cars, actually’
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Waiting for the L8 at 5th and Denny… Can’t wait to break out the red paint!
August 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Waiting for the L8 at 5th and Denny… Can’t wait to break out the red paint!
“This list is suggestive. Stop telling yourself it's a few bad apples. Stop telling yourself "there are pedophiles in every large enough organization." There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same.”
“Pedocon theory does not involve secret networks of underground tunnels where adrenochrome is harvested for reptilian overlords. Pedocon theory is not hiding beneath twelve layers of misdirection. Pedocon theory is rooted in the basic politics of the reactionary right.”
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection been Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“This list is suggestive. Stop telling yourself it's a few bad apples. Stop telling yourself "there are pedophiles in every large enough organization." There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same.”