Twitter has hacked my brain. Years ago I was capable of blogging long essays. Now I think in 140 character bursts. This must stop. I have New Age music playing, I’m not looking at Twitter, I’m not reading item after item in Feedly, I’m not curating links endlessly in Pocket or del.icio.us (or whatever linkhoarding tool is current now). It is late evening, it is calm, and I had a pleasant day of errands, eating out with family, playing board games, and laughing. I ate out twice, in fact. Lunch and dinner, spent with family. An older couple, a middle-aged…
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I had noticed several references to Othodox Christianity in some of the nationalist stories coming out of Charlottesville. There’s a connection, and mainstream American Orthodox church leaders have some warning signs to watch for. There are those who would co-opt American Orthodoxy, make it the voice of white nationalism. Churches need to confront the problem head on. Source: White Supremacy and Orthodox Christianity: A Dangerous Connection Rears Its Head in Charlottesville | Religion Dispatches
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Super useful app for marking ALL links in GetPocket Super useful app for marking ALL links in GetPocket.com app "read" Unqueue Archives everything in your pocket queue. Read at Google+
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As a leader of the American white supremacist movement nearly 30 years ago, Christian Picciolini wrote propaganda, devised infiltration strategies and brokered mergers with similar organizations in the U.S.Now, the 43-year-old Chicago native spends his days with a different purpose, as co-founder of Life After Hate, a nonprofit group devoted to helping former neo-Nazis and other extremists shed their toxic ideology.He is busier than ever.Since Donald Trump was elected president, referrals to his group have gone from two a week to five a day, Picciolini said. And since a car plowed into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in…
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80% of Republicans back Trump on Charlottesville It would seem that the Republican party believes that Nazis should be left alone to do whatever they want unopposed. I don't see how you can look at that result and think otherwise. Such good people they are, every last one of them. I think that Democrats had better start grappling with the fact that Republicans will follow him anywhere and back him no matter what he says or does. It is now a cult, not a political party. Hullabaloo HOME. Digby’s Hullabaloo 2801 Ocean Park Blvd. Box 157. Santa Monica, Ca 90405.…
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So, it’s another summer riding season upon us, and my stable of bikes is now 3. Veda, the sturdy hybrid. Not light but has lights. Geoffrey, the sedate faux-vintage tourer. Also not light, but has lights. Sara Maude, the step-through starter. Really not light, now chiefly on the training stand. I may keep her as an occasional Burley hauler and loaner for a friend. Sometime soon, I’d like to have a lightweight road bike, as I’ve tried a couple on recent trips (most recently the unclogged Arizona trip in February, and the unblogged Honolulu Tour de Cure from last November).…
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We rode, we ate lunch, we rode back, and then we went to Thanksgiving dinner.
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Life! It happens! There’s been a lot of it going on. Also a lot of bike riding, getting together with family, working, and getting on with things. Instead of a long post with words, here’s some pictures. Going back in time, these are some things I was thinking or doing. You’ll see lots of memes, bikes, people on bikes, and our cat, Pearl. She’s the cutest!
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Well, this is frustrating – I cannot seem to order these bike lights, no matter what browser or credit card I use. I’ve been in contact with them and they see my attempts on their logs, but I can’t seem to get it to work on their site no matter how carefully I check the information. One of the latest and most innovative safety equipment for cyclists if the patented battery-free bike lights from Reelight. With Reelight cyclist always have light on their bicycles – day and night. The light is based on the electrodynamic induction principle and generates its…
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This article on The Chainlink hits all the points. THIS is what anti-bike civic planners need to read. Most of All, Cyclists Want a Safe Place to Ride Rest assured we don’t like cars barreling down on us any more than drivers want cyclists slowing them down. All we ask for is a situation where motorists and cyclists can peacefully coexist, and arrive at our respective destinations without getting in each other’s way. Bike Paths Don’t Cut It for Practical Transportation Imagine if your roads went like two miles and then just abruptly ended at some random grassy field. It…