darren is Not Going Back @bikepedantic@transportation.social
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
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This meal train has been a parade of soups that sound disgusting to me, but are in fact delicious.
very pretty Sycip front platform cargobike for $2500 in San Francisco https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/d/san-francisco-sycip-cargo-bike/7606179878.html
I thought that my financial security was ‘insured’ by this policy, but it wasn’t ‘ensured’ apparently.
Anyway, we’ll still be OK. unclear why my wife didn’t murder the insured party, though.
Anyway, I misunderstood exactly who the ‘insured’ person on a life insurance policy is, and yada yada yada, any options where I’d be going SAHD are off the table.
drink something besides coffee during the workday challenge
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“Help,” cries the journalist, “I’m being held captive by Elon Musk!”
He calls out from the unlocked cage, door wide open, to which he holds the key in his own hands.
“Quickly,” he begs now, “I can’t bear the thought that someone might think I’m paying for this.”
He gestures to the searing blue legacy checkmark, a brand affixed not to his skin, but the cage.
Concerned passerby leave treats at the door, in the hopes he might free himself. But alas, he shall surely starve.
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Reminder that the instance I co-admin at https://mastodon.ngo is open to nonprofits, NGOs, and their communities.
We created this instance to give mission-driven orgs a Mastodon presence that is aligned with their values and administered by trusted people.
Let me know if you're interested in an account!
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ICYMI: We're still waiting to learn the Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation's schedule for Cambridge's popular "Riverbend Park" car-free events along the Charles River, even though the #CambridgeMA called for the events to start 2 weekends ago. Here's what's we know:
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All these blue checks on twitter being like “I want to assure you that I don’t pay for twitter.”
You know what the best way to make sure people don’t mistakenly think you paid for twitter? Stop using twitter.
A week of groceries and the kid, in a vehicle that costs me a fraction of a car, enabled by our cities’ investments in a safe/comfortable/connected network
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If you're using it instead of a car, a $7k electric cargobike will pay for itself within the first year:
- No gas
- No insurance
- No registration / license plate fees
- No oil changes
- No parking fees
- Maintenance is somewhere between 1/10th and 1/20th the cost of maintaining a car
According to bankrates.com, the annual cost to *operate* a car is $10,000. A new e-Bullitt will cost $7200 total to own.
Especially if you've got two cars, selling one to buy a cargobike is a no brainer!
Ready to make a smart decision? We've got one in the shop for $6942! Check out https://www.brb.world
#HoosierMast #Hoosier #Indiana #Bikes #BikeTooter #EBikes #bakfiets #cargobikes
Latertoot from nearly-DC: The 1900 Crystal Drive project just looks like a better and better addition to the Arlington skyline every time I see it. I’m so far from being an architectural critic, but these two just look correct.
(More importantly, it’s a huge residential project next to a subway station with ground floor retail and pretty good ped & bike upgrades)
Apparently, my basement level gets horror-movie quantities of ants in the springtime. Good to know.
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❌❌❌ City of Amsterdam unveils plans to increase on-street shared cargo bikes
Numbers to rise from 110 to 750 cargo bikes, with potential for up to 1250 spread across the city in shared mobility hubs.
quick, I need a good April fools joke for a six year old to wake up to.
Very tempted to play the newly-widowed-dad card. I really would like to kill a few weekend hours at Riverbend Park.
From: @streetsblogmass
https://urbanists.social/@streetsblogmass/110119646705364759
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We love seeing the joy of #BikeBus, and it would be great to see more of it on the fediverse! 🚲🏫
If you know anyone involved, please let them know we'd be happy to host those videos (#PeerTube videos play inline on Mastodon posts!)
for visibility appreciated 😊
👀 What's a bike bus?
https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/how-a-bike-bus-inspired-a-state-bill
Fun fact about the bureaucracy of death: Copies of the death certificate, which are necessary for a wide variety of important things like collecting on life insurance policies, take weeks (i'm still waiting!).
But somehow, social security disability payments get magically cut off immediately.
Unsure of the question, but the answer is, "34 lb alu frame/carbon forked front platform #cargobike for $2200 in Emeryville CA" https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/bik/d/emeryville-cargo-bicycle-ultra-light/7603322337.html
Bikes and stuff. Widow, dad, taking it bird-by-bird.
So many things are improved by 🦪,🚲, & 🪕.
Just me, very much not my employer. Opting in to be searchable via #tootfinder. #fedi22
Joined Feb 2023
