E-BIKE owners!! Did you know?

Let your batteries warm up for a while before charging them. Charging a lithium ion battery when it's close to or below freezing will damage it, permanently reducing its capacity.

This is why: https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/263036/why-charging-li-ion-batteries-in-cold-temperatures-would-harm-them

HOT TIP:
Best to charge between 10 to 27 C (50 to 80 F), never below freezing.
#BikeTooter

A boy cycling.
A man cycling.
A girl walking.

All killed by drivers.
All in the past 24 hours in Ireland.

https://www.thejournal.ie/boy-dies-road-traffic-collision-cork-6144963-Aug2023/

#MastoDaoine #Roads #BikeTooter

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.

Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.

Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.

1/N

#BlackMastodon

Oh, wow, Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain. Apparently also his website will shut down "at some date in the not too distant future" so now's a good time to download directly.

"In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.
So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money."

https://tomlehrersongs.com/

I very much hope "The Gull Next Door" (@princetonupress) will find its way onto the reading tables of not only birdwatchers and naturalists, but of all who are willing to take the time to expand their understanding of what is one of the most often nearby non-human species all around the world. Be we ever so far from the seashore, gulls are often just a car park, sports field, rubbish tip, or rooftop away from us.

My full review: https://www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2021/04/get-to-know-your-neighbors/ #bookstodon #birds #nature