Craig Stilen
@cdstilen.bsky.social
MN DBAdmin, bike commuter, photography fan, secular causes joiner & supporter
Careful commute planning not paying off very well.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Careful commute planning not paying off very well.
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
The exact cause of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking is still a mystery, but the lasting legacy is this: There were more than 6,000 shipwrecks on the Great Lakes in the century prior to the wreck of th...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Time lapse bike ride thru Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN. Not the last perfect day, but one of the few remaining
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Time lapse bike ride thru Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN. Not the last perfect day, but one of the few remaining
Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social.
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social.
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
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With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day
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Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
My PM Bike commute from downtown St Paul to Roseville, MN.
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
July 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My PM Bike commute from downtown St Paul to Roseville, MN.
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
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"The bamboozle has captured us.”
July 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The bamboozle has captured us.”
I had the right-of-way, bike lit up like a landing strip, cross signal in my favor. This $#@^* in the red suv left turned across the bike path. Was more important than the law, or another's life. Northbound Jackson & 12th, St. Paul in the PM.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I had the right-of-way, bike lit up like a landing strip, cross signal in my favor. This $#@^* in the red suv left turned across the bike path. Was more important than the law, or another's life. Northbound Jackson & 12th, St. Paul in the PM.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Bicycling in Copenhagen 1953, colorized youtu.be/W216Mqx0TMw?...
Cykelbyen København i 1953 – Historiske optagelser i 4K og farver
YouTube video by Kend Din By
youtu.be
July 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bicycling in Copenhagen 1953, colorized youtu.be/W216Mqx0TMw?...
Quotes from this interrogation were shared on the radio and in the newspapers, one such was Bryan’s, “I do not think about things I don’t think about”, to which Darrow replied with the question, “Do you think about the things you do think about?”, after which Bryan answered with, “Well, sometimes”.
In 1925, a biology teacher in Tennessee was accused of illegally teaching human evolution to his students. On its 100th anniversary, here’s how the Scopes “Monkey” Trial remains relevant.
Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?
www.sciencefriday.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Quotes from this interrogation were shared on the radio and in the newspapers, one such was Bryan’s, “I do not think about things I don’t think about”, to which Darrow replied with the question, “Do you think about the things you do think about?”, after which Bryan answered with, “Well, sometimes”.
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Q: What is made out of brass and sounds like Tom Jones?
A: Trombones
A: Trombones
April 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Q: What is made out of brass and sounds like Tom Jones?
A: Trombones
A: Trombones
I'm really close on all of the points being made here...
July 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm really close on all of the points being made here...
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Briefly thought that Scarlett Johansson was playing a banjo and was suddenly 100% more interested in the franchise.
July 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Briefly thought that Scarlett Johansson was playing a banjo and was suddenly 100% more interested in the franchise.
“...students just have free time instead of a substitute. My 14-year-old had two canceled classes this morning and simply stayed home until noon. This would be a logistical nightmare for schools and parents if we didn’t just expect our kids to sort it out.”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...
Why are Dutch kids the world’s happiest? A teenager weighs in | CNN
Freedom for kids to move through the world on their own may be the key to the Netherlands’ top spot in childhood happiness.
www.cnn.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“...students just have free time instead of a substitute. My 14-year-old had two canceled classes this morning and simply stayed home until noon. This would be a logistical nightmare for schools and parents if we didn’t just expect our kids to sort it out.”
www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” - Walt Disney
(not Disney...)
Allegro non troppo - A. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance n°7
youtu.be/y87nLlz3iDQ?...
(not Disney...)
Allegro non troppo - A. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance n°7
youtu.be/y87nLlz3iDQ?...
Allegro non troppo - Danza slava n°7
YouTube video by rutalb
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” - Walt Disney
(not Disney...)
Allegro non troppo - A. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance n°7
youtu.be/y87nLlz3iDQ?...
(not Disney...)
Allegro non troppo - A. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance n°7
youtu.be/y87nLlz3iDQ?...
The potato’s in for a root awakening.
When you discover a year-old potato in the back of the pantry cupboard:
June 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The potato’s in for a root awakening.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs
Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.
n.pr
June 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs