BarbChamberlain

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Working in active transportation policy. Believing in the work I do because #transportation policy = #health policy = #climate policy = #EnvironmentalJustice policy. More at https://bsky.app/profile/barbchamberlain.bsky.
May talk about #books, #poetry, #PacNW where I live, #gardening, #CanningSeason, #mindfulness, #movies, #cooking, #food, #coffee, #birds, #walking, and my #cat. #cycling #BikeTooter #WordsMatter #SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #MobilityJustice #MoveEquity #ReadMore #ClimateCrisis
Personal bloghttp://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/
Bike bloghttp://bikestylelife.com/
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbchamberlain.bsky.social
Pronounsshe/her/hers
BarbChamberlainJun 7

I just got to show the Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle to someone who had never seen it before. What a treat!

You know the rules.

youtu.be/SgxEnEzJhBA?...
#TomHolland #Zendaya #LipSyncBattle #Umbrella #dance

BarbChamberlainJun 5
Cool Pedestrian Dignity Civic Action Zine project with Jonathon Stalls, deadline June 19 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iLMyUuk4Wjf4bcLIqGC6hLLeIthGUGVszoXnledNHmk/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true. #PedestrianDignity #walking #walkability #accessibility #transportation
BarbChamberlainJun 1

Now on regular repeat in my recipe rotation: miso kale delicata squash salad. It's good now and it will be amazing in fall when I can get fresh corn, squash is in season, and my tomatoes and kale are producing. I increased the red curry paste by one teaspoon today; I'm going to increase by another teaspoon next time around because it's still not zingy. https://healthynibblesandbits.com/miso-curry-kale-delicata-salad/

#recipes #recipe #VegetarianRecipe #VeganRecipe #RecipeOfTheDay #cooking #kale #squash #vegan #vegetarian

Miso Curry Kale & Delicata Salad

I am a huge fan of the big salads. And when I say big salads, I don't mean just 5 cups of leafy greens. I want greens, protein, crunchy tidbits, sweet fixins, and most of all,

Healthy Nibbles by Lisa Lin
BarbChamberlainMay 29

Excerpt from "Instead of AI" by James Crews

Let’s use our hands to do
real things—whisking eggs
for banana bread that rises
in its pan like a miracle,
the teeth of a serrated knife
cutting each perfect slice.
Let’s write our own sentences,
stringing together words
as they come, bead by bead,
to make a necklace that fits.

https://mailchi.mp/8eb13006f548/weekly-pause-instead-of-ai?e=4660b7819e

#TodaysPoem #PoemADay #poetry #poem #poems #JamesCrews #PoetryOfPresence #AI

Weekly Pause: Instead of AI

BarbChamberlainMay 26
RastaMay 26

Subject Matter Experts
#SME #Quote

#DOGE #Health #Science #Education #Defence #Law

BarbChamberlainMay 26

Such a good piece on creative work and what it takes to do it. (Not AI, for one thing.) https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-be-inspired-without-copying/?ref=westenberg-newsletter

#creativity #JAWesterberg #writing #music #art

How to be inspired without copying

In 1713, Johann Sebastian Bach sat down at his desk in Weimar and began copying out concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. He transcribed them note for note, in his own hand, working through at least nine of the L'estro armonico concertos like a medical student dissecting a cadaver. The work was

Westenberg.
BarbChamberlainApr 20
STREET ART UTOPIAApr 20

Too Small Not to Love (12 Photos)

Some street art shouts from giant walls. This collection whispers from cracks, corners, weeds, bricks, drainpipes, and forgotten bits of sidewalk. These 12 tiny works prove that the smallest interventions can completely change how we see the city. You just have to slow down enough to notice them! More: Tiny Art That Makes You Look Twice (8 Photos) 🤝 The Corner Climb — By Exitenter in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹 Exitenter turns the hard edge of a building into a tiny drama of kindness. […]

https://streetartutopia.com/2026/04/20/tiny-cute-and-clever-street-art-designs/

Too Small Not to Love (12 Photos) - STREET ART UTOPIA

Some street art shouts from giant walls. This collection whispers from cracks, corners, weeds, bricks, drainpipes, and forgotten bits of sidewalk. These 12 tiny works prove that the smallest interventions can completely change how we see the city. You just have to slow down enough to notice them! More: Tiny Art That Makes You Look […]

STREET ART UTOPIA
BarbChamberlainApr 20

Every year I make a recording, sometimes two, for the Dawn Chorus worldwide citizen science effort. Join me to contribute your local birds! https://dawn-chorus.org/en/

#birds #birding #birdwatching #DawnChorus #science #nature #NatureSounds #BirdCalls #biodiversity #SaveBiodiversity

Dawn Chorus - Citizen Science project for birdsong

Dawn Chorus is a Citizen Science and Arts project. Record the morning birdsong at your doorstep and share it with the world!

Dawn Chorus
BarbChamberlainApr 19

Rereading blog posts on a western WA bike tour we took in 2018 makes me want to put in more bike mileage to get ready to tour again.

If you have links to stories about good tours in WA or OR I'd love to get them. I also have Cycling Sojourner guides to WA + OR, a bit dated now on some info but still helpful on routes.

Overview + links to individual trip posts: https://bikestylelife.com/2018/06/08/bike-touring-northwest-washington-state-how-our-bike-ferry-train-loop-worked-out/

#BikeTooter #BikeTouring #cycling #travel #GoByBike #BikeEverywhere #BikeBooks #BikeTravel #BikeWA #BikeOR

Bike Touring Northwest Washington State: How Our Bike + Ferry + Train Loop Worked Out

I started with an overall plan for bike touring from our front door in southwest Seattle that would take us north and west in a big loop. My general parameters: Start from our front door. Technical…

Bike Style Life
BarbChamberlainApr 14

RE: https://ruby.social/@eljojo/116380569850592990

I don't play video games but have to give this a boost.

#transit #BikeTooter #transportation #Cities4Climate #walking #walkability #WalkFriendly #CompleteStreets