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Jesse Peers
@smokedporter.bsky.social
Bike advocate, urbanist, drummer, Tolkien nerd, local historian, utilitarian cyclist, W/NBA fan, genealogy nut, beer snob, INFJ, Episcopalian
Finished Life After Cars by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon & Aaron Naparstek.
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Finished The White & The Gold: The French Regime in Canada by Thomas Costain.
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university. My Indiana Jones semester:

1. European History
2. History of the Holocaust
3. Indians in American Culture
4. Museum Studies
5. War in Literature
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university

1. Gods and Bombs: Religion, Violence, and Non-violence
2. The Hebrew Bible in Jewish & Christian Art
3. Musical Theatre in American Culture
4. Physics for Non-Majors
5. Fencing
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university

1. Politics of Terrorism
2. The Epic
3. Metaphysics
4. The Doctrine of God
5. Scuba Diving
January 31, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Today at 4pm! All Tolkien fans welcome. @eclasper.bsky.social #RochesterNY
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Finished Life After Doom by Brian McLaren.
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Check out the Top Ten Cycling Developments of 2025 in Monroe County! And if you're able, please consider a year-end donation to strengthen Reconnect Rochester's work in 2026. We could really use the support! 🙏🏼 reconnectrochester.org/2025/12/top-... #ROC #RochesterNY
December 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Professor Tolkien, Welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social.
Finished The Bovadium Fragments by JRR Tolkien.
December 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finished The Bovadium Fragments by JRR Tolkien.
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social Has this come across your radar yet? A newly published satirical fantasy by JRR Tolkien about car culture ruining Oxford. It deserves an episode! 😉
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Finished Hockey in Rochester: The Americans’ Tradition by Blaise Lamphier.
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Finished Expositions & World’s Fairs: In The Beginning by Bob McGlincy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Finished the unpublished biography of George Eastman written by Lawrence Bachmann.
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Finished The Game by Ken Dryden.
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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2003 Miller High Life (American beer) commercial: "Alternative Fuels"
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Finished Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Hugh Jackman and his Brompton

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Hugh!
Born October 12, 1968
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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So annoying that the Trump administration is going after “fat” people while simultaneously clawing back funding for projects that would give people a safe place to ride a bike, walk or jog.
October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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E-bike: 1
Goons: 0
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Finished Radical Welcome by Stephanie Spellers.
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Keeley (Juno Temple) encounter a Brompton for the first time when Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles) rides up and collapses one in an episode of Ted Lasso

Keeley: "That's not a bike, that's a transformer!"

#BicycleBirthday Jason Sudeikis
Born September 18, 1975
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Ever felt like you're driving to work to make money to pay for your car to drive to work? 😩 The total annual cost of owning and operating a new vehicle this year is $11,577, or $964.78 per month. newsroom.aaa.com/2025/09/aaa-...
AAA: New Vehicle Costs Drop to $11,577
ORLANDO, FL. (Sept. 16, 2025) – For over 70 years, AAA's Your Driving Costs analysis has offered valuable insights into vehicle ownership expenses. This
newsroom.aaa.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Five days out from our final Local History Bike Tour of the year. Get your tickets today! reconnectrochester.org/localhistory... #ROC #RochesterNY
September 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Washington, D.C., September 6, 1980: Bicycle activists protested the rule banning bikes on the D.C. Metro by carrying a full-sized cardboard cutout of a bicycle onto a Metro car to show how easily bikes could be wheeled into the cars.
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Finished The Pioneers (or The Sources of the Susquehanna) by James Fenimore Cooper.
September 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Post your dream ride. (Finland used the Helkama Jaakari to fight Nazis)
August 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM