Jean-Francois Dufour

@drvolks
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Gravel bike rider, watching bike races on the sofa, Abyssinian cats owner, nerd stuff 🇨🇦
We’ll put together a more substantive list asap and outline the reasons why on our next shows, but remember if these soulless and silent CEOs, most especially the tech ones who have been the most slavish and obsequious, only respond to shareholder ire and the bottom line. Let’s make it fall through the floor until they get the message. They have become powerful and unrepentant grifters and they are killlng us.
There’s a guy named Orion who surfs the St Lawrence River in the winter, sometimes dodging massive chunks of ice and sometimes riding them downstream, looking for waves. The footage in this short film is incredible, otherworldly. https://kottke.org/26/01/montreals-ice-surfer
Montreal’s Ice Surfer

There’s a guy named Orion who surfs the St Lawrence River in the winter, sometimes dodging massive chunks of ice and somet

kottke.org

Tomorrow (23rd November) is the first round of the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup from Tábor, Czechia 🇨🇿. This year, it's a more compact programme of 12 rounds.

Unless you have a subscription to Discovery/TNT, Eurosport, FloBikes etc. a VPN is probably the best option to be able to watch the races for free on the UCI's YouTube channel. You will need a VPN that allows you select a country that is not geoblocked.

India and Singapore are usually good options. Be careful as when I checked just now, some counties do not have all the races listed. Full details here:

https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/7uDzeilEQ7XUjrHRuhcSua/89e0563c1d899b0b433db2473c34f98b/Broadcast_Intentions_2025_UCI_CX_WCup_R1_T%C3%83_bor_CZE_v1.pdf

Enjoy the racing if you watch. The races are usually available to catch-up, also subject to geoblocking.

#Cycling #BikeTooter #CycloCross #CX #Veldrijden #UCICycloCrossWorldCup #Tábor

This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sgfr_eSUfE
VRIDEN - Snow Drifting In Sweden

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This by @gruber is just wonderful. Please do yourself a favor and read it, since it is about things you might not expect and need to hear: https://daringfireball.net/2024/11/how_it_went
How It Went

Election day, 2024.

Daring Fireball

Calling for the help of the fediverse!
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The Tour de France ends on Sunday with a final stage individual time trial. Will any of the podium places change on the final day?

(Please boost if you’re willing.)

#TDF2024 #Cycling

Yeah-mond (yes)
35.3%
Fig-non (no)
64.7%
Poll ended at .
This clip of Gene Kelly gently refusing Kermit’s request to perform Singin’ in the Rain on the Muppet Show is just super charming and lovely. (Spoiler alert: he performs it.) https://kottke.org/24/07/gene-kelly-doesnt-want-to-perform-singin-in-the-rain-on-the-muppet-show
Gene Kelly Doesn’t Want to Perform Singin’ in the Rain on the Muppet Show

The legendary dancer, actor, and singer Gene Kelly appeared on The Muppet Show in season five, in what turned out to be the last

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