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Jeri DanskyThe story of a Starbucks fiasco in South Korea:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/starbucks-south-korea-tank-day-promotion-blunder
At first this story sounds like an astonishing example of tone-deaf culturally ignorant marketing. But it gets even worse, as these sentences buried deep in the story show:
“Marketers chose the slogan after consulting an AI tool, looking for suggestions, Shinsegae Group said. It turned out some managers who approved the campaign never opened the email attachments showing the marketing material.”
h/t @essjax
Brent Toderian“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/12/air-pollution-paris-health-cars/
Riley O'Neil was riding in an unprotected bike lane when someone in a parked car opened their door in front of him, and he fell into the street, where he was hit by another vehicle.
O'Neil was an employee who worked for the city's Complete Streets team – which aims to make streets safer for drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit – and previously led CDOT's bike parking program for several years.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cdot-worker-riley-oneil-killed-bicycle-crash-bridgeport/
Cycling advocates mourn Chicago Department of Transportation worker killed while riding bike in Bridgeport
A cyclist killed in a crash in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Friday afternoon was an employee with the Chicago Department of Transportation who spent years working on improving the city's bicycle infrastructure.
✨MischaAs you too love Lael Wilcox, listen up!
Lael will ride around the world again – even faster this time.
After having become the fastest woman ever to cycle around the world in 2024, this time she's trying to be the fastest human being ever to do so.
She has to beat 78 days 14 hours 40 minutes which equates to 240 miles (386 km) per day! For 78 days!
It's absolutely bonkers, but I believe Lael can pull this off. She is an absolute inspiration and I'd love to see her succeed.
Here are all the details including the tracking which will start in a little less than 12 hours from now:
https://de-eu.wahoofitness.com/lael-wilcox-world-record-attempt
#LaelWilcox #WorldRecord #UltraCycling #DotWatching #AroundTheWorld #Cycling #LaelGoesFar #LaelGoesFast
Every VC-backed e-bike company went bust. Bootstrapped Lectric just had its biggest
month ever.
"venture-backed e-bike companies that collapsed shared a pattern: massive fundraising, aggressive scaling fuelled by pandemic-era demand, and a post-pandemic correction that left them with too many bikes, too much staff, and too little margin.
Every VC-backed e-bike company went bust. Bootstrapped Lectric just had its biggest month ever.
The e-bike industry spent the past two years burying its darlings. VanMoof, the Dutch startup that raised over €200 million, went bankrupt in July 2023. Rad Power Bikes, the Seattle company that raised $330 million and was once valued at $1.65 billion, filed for Chapter 11 in December 2025. Its assets were sold for $13.2 million. Lectric eBikes […]
Guess I won't be able to use my iPad anymore. Damn.
The UCI says bike computers are big enough, moves to impose size limit (126mm x 71 mm) to protect 'cognitive load' of riders
"Currently, the Garmin Edge 1050 is the largest, measuring 118mm x 60 mm, well within the UCI's proposed limit."
Gabriele SveltoThe idea of banning minors from using social media is at its heart an attempt to punish victims instead of going against the perpetrator. If minors are more easily victimized by the predatory practices of large tech corporations it's not their fault. The blame lies squarely on the corporations. They must stop using predatory practices. And that's doubly important because those practices hurt adults and minors alike.
"Ordinary men functioning within ordinary institutions can perpetrate extraordinary evil, not by becoming monsters but by ceasing to think""
"How does an entire civilization produce men for whom obedience replaces conscience? How do we guard against that?"
--Arendt