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Kare
@kare635.bsky.social
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Mom, commuter cyclist, reader. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

Currently reading:
Histories of The Transgender Child by Jules Gill-Peterson
Education for Extinction by David Wallace Adams

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This week my oldest and I read Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. He loves the pictures in this book, they're all gorgeous and the outfits they depict are just as wonderful.
The cover of Julián is a Mermaid, which features Julián, a young boy wearing a mermaid tail made from curtains tied at his waist and a head dress of flowers stuck into a head band.
July 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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This month's Children's Rights Book Club book is Histories of the Transgender Child by Julian Gill-Peterson.

Come join the club discord!
discord.gg/UUWWAJ3Z
The cover of the book Histories of the Transgender Child by Julian Gill-Peterson. It is bright green with a purple and an orange square which feature eyes drawn with crayon.
July 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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If you're in the south bay area of San Diego you need to check out Pixca farms! Every Saturday I pick up my veggie bag from their CSA program. Most times I also grab some flowers because they're always gorgeous.

#localproduce #farmersmarket #sandiego #flowers
A bouquet of purple, pink, yellow, and white flowers in a clear glass vase on a wooden kitchen table in front of a window.
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The grocery runner
A black rad wagon 4 with a front basket carrying a bag of veggies and a boquet of flowers. The bike has an orange child seat on the back rack holding another bag of veggies.
June 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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I'm going to a concert at SOMA San Diego soon and was thinking about taking the trolley. Unfortunately, this walk between the two looks really unpleasant.

#sandiego #publictransit
A screen shot of google maps showing walking directions from the Old Town San Diego trolley stop to SOMA San Diego. A zoomed in screen shot of google maps directions from the Old Town San Diego trolley stop and SOMA san Diego featuring a portion of the directions where the pedestrian must cross 8 lanes of traffic.
May 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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🙃
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Sunset from the Blue Line 🌊 tonight

#sandiego #publictransit #trolley
The photo features a view out of a trolley window at the skyline at sunset. The photo features a view out of a trolley window at the skyline at sunset. The photo features a view out of a trolley window at the skyline at sunset.
May 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The second section I dislike is this one. The unpaved section of shoulder forces you directly into traffic where the speed limit is 30mph but cars regularly travel faster.
May 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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There are a bunch of different signs that all seem to warn drivers that it's a shared road with a school as well. Seems like a lot of signs that, I can confirm, do not make people drive any safer. Checkout the "bike route" sign 🤦🏼‍♀️
A picture from the point of view of a person riding a bike featuring a sign telling drivers to yield to horses. A picture from the point of view of a person riding a bike featuring a "speed limit 30mph" sign and a "bike route" sign. A picture from the point of view of a person riding a bike featuring a "school speed limt 25mph when children are present" sign. A picture from the point of view of a person riding a bike featuring a solar power speed sign that shows drivers their vehicle speed along with a "speed limit 30mph" sign.
May 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This road has no bike lane or shoulder. It goes past a school and also ends at another school, and the speed limit is 30mph. People ride horses down the side of the road sometimes as well.
May 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Veggie stand trip with the e-cargobike 👍
The picture features a black long tail electric cargo bike with a brown paper grocery bag of veggies and a bouquet of flowers in the front rack, and another grocery bag strapped into the child seat on the back.
May 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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It's hard to tell from this picture, but this #bikeanywhereday , the Imperial Beach Parks and Rec pit stop had bike powered blenders! Sorry I didn't get any action shots, but it was awesome and the smoothies were great!!

What was your favorite pit stop??

#biketoworkday #sandiego #bikesky
Two bikes on stands with blender bases driven by their rear wheels, an Aventon ebike, and a Radwagon ebike.
May 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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This month's Children's Rights Book Club book is Education for Extinction by David Wallace Adams.

Come join the club discord!
discord.gg/9uYJFFZ9

#bookclub #booksky
The cover of the book Education for Extinction. The cover features a black and white picture of a school age native american boy.
May 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Some improvements along my commute for the Border to Bayshore Bikeway!

#sandiego #bikesky #bikemonth
May 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Mark and his three friends:
A scene from the show Spongebob Squarepants where spongebob sings about being indoors with his three friends: a penny, a chip, and a tissue.
May 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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For Indie Book Store Day, I went to @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social , Bluestocking Books, and The Book Catapult! Here's what I brought home!
The book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. The cover features a robot sitting in the forest with some woodland animals at night. The book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The book is on its side, the cover features a braid of sweetgrass on a white background. The photo featUres a stack of books. They are: A Woman I know by Mary Haverstick, Radical Chains by Chris Nineham, I who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, Essential Labor by Angela Garbes, and The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein.
April 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Love when someone who cycles clearly doesn't care about other people who use bike infrastructure ☹️

Bro, park somewhere else.

#bikesky #bikelaneuprising
A ford super duty parked with its front left tire completely in the bike lane. The rear of a ford super duty with a tailgate cover on.
April 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Went to the farm stand with the older kid today.

I'd like to really turn this bike into my daily driver/grocery getter, so I need recommendations for big panniers that don't go across the back like my current ones so I can fit the baby seat with them.

#bikesky #cargobike #ebike #recommendations
A black cargo bike parked in front of a garage. There are grocery bags with vegetables in the panniers.
April 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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This month's Children's Rights Book Club book is I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.

Come join the club discord! discord.gg/6g6dvyqF

#bookclub #booksky
The cover of "I Am Malala". The cover features a photo of Malala in a bright pink hijab.
April 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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They can never make me hate Miss. Rachel ❤️

My husband and I have food poisoning so the baby is dancing and clapping along with Miss. Rachel today while we take turns in the bathroom 😭

Also anyone who says her voice annoys them gives weirdly sexist vibes. Maybe this is a hot take idk.
A picture of Miss. Rachel clapping and singing on her netflix show.
March 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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A quick video of my gopro test run on the bayshore bikeway this past weekend. Don't mind me constantly jerking my head to the side, it was also my baby's first ride so I was a little paranoid. 😁

I love this bike trail so much and I love seeing everyone else out enjoying it too!
#bikesky
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Me in the national security team group chat.
A brightly colored bird with a shocked expression staring at the camera.
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Me driving through the grass to escape rush hour traffic after someone got mad and tried to block the shoulder.
A picture of a bike imposed over moses parting the red sea.
March 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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At the book signing I went to yesterday, all of the speakers commended the crowd on driving in the rain in San Diego (a rare occurrence). I however took the trolley and had a lovely stress free trip. I even got to read my new book on the way home. 🚎
#publictransit #sandiego
A picture of the inside of a San Diego trolley. Above the automatic doors is a map of the trolley's route.
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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At my first ever author event/book signing at the San Diego library!

#booksky #paperdoll #library
The title page of a book. The title is in pink "PAPER DOLL" with the subtitle "Notes from a Late Bloomer". Dylan Mulvaney's signature is in sharpie across the middle of the page.
March 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM