If a man learns to ride a motobike, and doesn’t vlog about it on youtube, does his motorbike actually make a sound? #Philosophy #Deep #Motorbikes #motos
Moto del día: Aprilia Europa 50 - espíritu RACER moto

La Aprilia Europa 50 es la versión naked de la AF1 Futura, la superbike de bolsillo que Aprilia fabricó para adolescentes italianos con ganas de correr y

espíritu RACER moto
The Sherwood Inn

Listen in as Team TRO discusses shifting technique, tour lodging and Kentucky's Sherwood Inn.

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Matthew Crawford - The Case for Working With Your Hands

Subtitled "Why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good". It was originally published in 2009 under the title "Shop Class as Soulcraft". The retitling was for the UK market, because of people here not having the umbrella term "shop class" for things like woodwork, metalwork and fixing cars.

This was a re-read after some years, and I must say it still feels relevant! What it's saying about the satisfaction of making and fixing, and the dissatisfaction of - to use David Graeber's term -
"bullshit jobs", is if anything even _more_ true now. And it explains well the discipline of having to deal with actual reality.

As a natural result of his own work, a lot of his firsthand stories are about men and motorbikes or cars. I did think there was a strand of subtle sexism at times: not actively _dismissive_ of women, just leaning a bit on, how shall I put it? "the mystique of the brotherhood of engineers" kind of vibe. I still would probably read it again though.

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