Dweeb๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿšฒ๐ŸŸง๐Ÿ’Š

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slaying demons, only to be replaced by others, that's good, gives me something to do.
๐Ÿ’‰X6
#Calgary #YycBike #YycCc #BikeTooter
Thanks to all who joined the Calgary Brompton League in Banff National Park for a leisurely 50-km bike ride on the closed-to-cars Bow Valley Parkway.
๐Ÿ“ธ1 & 3 by Mike Siewert
Today, just before noon, I passed you and another, as both of you approached Manmeet Singh Bhullar Park.
I'm in awe of the distance that you put on your Brompton.
@brettbergie
Duane
I need your help to explore the bike cultures of different cities around the world!
https://youtu.be/sDJjQriXReE
Help me compare the bike culture of cities all over the world

YouTube
Traffic Jam to Pedestrian Paradise: 10 Steps to a Stunning Car-Free Street: https://youtu.be/CpUiWnOayh4
Traffic Jam to Pedestrian Paradise: 10 Steps to a Stunning Car-Free Street

YouTube
Some of the cities from which submissions have so far been received to the Shifter Global Bike Culture Index. I am so excited to dive into this!
https://forms.gle/yRwvzDHtiubeGV3Z8
Bucharest
Melbourne
Prague
Ottawa
Toulouse
Paris
Bratislava
Rotorua
New York City
Edinburgh
Tel Aviv
Shifter Global Bike Culture Index

The goal here is to get a snapshot of the culture or vibe of cycling in a city, and then compare them to see the differences. Here's how you can participate. Go to a public location in your city that is busy with bikes. Record a video for about 20 minutes capturing cyclists passing by. Go through the video and tally up what you see, based on the categories below. Then, fill out the form below and submit it. I'll crunch the numbers and share them back with you in a future video. If you're really fast, you may be able to just observe and tally on the street, but I couldn't do it without the video. If you want it, here's a simple tally sheet to help you collect the data (download a copy of the sheet, open it using your favourite spreadsheet software. Each cyclist in your video gets a column. Add a 1 in all the relevant cells in each column. Column C will add the numbers as you go). Shout-out to Road.cc for inspiring this idea. They did something similar in London a few months ago and it's a great idea. Prizes. Everybody who submits is eligible for a draw for $1,000 worth of bike bags and panniers from our amazing sponsor Two Wheel Gear. To win, we need your email address. This is not scientific and shouldn't be mistaken for such, but it might give us an interesting snapshot highlighting the similarities and differences in the bike culture of our cities. For privacy reasons, I will share with the audience only aggregated data. Thanks everyone for participating!

Google Docs

Eagle Creek wildfire burns as golfers play at the Beacon Rock Golf Course in North Bonneville, Washington.

This shot perfectly displays our approach to #ClimateChange.

https://www.businessinsider.com/wildfire-season-western-us-2017-9?IR=T

Wildfire season 2017: 2 million acres are burning across the US

As hurricanes have devastated islands and monsoon flooding has displaced millions, one of the worst wildfire seasons ever has ignited blazes across the US.

Insider
Alberta halts approval for all clean energy projects until they can be made dirtier

"If these green energy projects want to continue to set up shop here, theyโ€™ve got to be able to compete with oil and gas in both long and short term environmental devastation."

The Beaverton
My journey this morning and return over 3 1/2 hours -
map and photo from Calgary Martindale NE to Edgemont via Nose hill Park
#ebike #yycbike
Milestone 5000 km on my Tuffhill ebike in Calgary.
https://www.tuffhillebikes.com/
first trip Jan 06 this year
Today I cycled in the rain from my place to the 14th Street Bridge south side. On the return and on exiting the zoo, the odometer passed 5000 kilometers. Immediately after taking this photo I encountered an individual yelling something about cyclists and losers. Was that an auspicious moment to commemorate an event.?
Signed
Dweeb, a loser
#yycbike #biketooter
Electric Bikes | TuffHilleBikes | Calgary | Local Business

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The Toronto Star just published my op-ed calling on the #CBC to run its own Mastodon/fediverse server:

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/04/20/why-the-cbc-should-quit-twitter-and-run-its-own-mastodon-server.html

Opinion | Why the CBC should quit Twitter and run its own Mastodon server

Elon Muskโ€™s decision to label the CBC as โ€œgovernment fundedโ€ is a good catalyst for public broadcasters to join the fediverse.

thestar.com