Ah, finally - the day of the year when me wandering around singing 🎶 "quatro de julio, 4th of July" 🎶 every 5 minutes in a very Bad Bunny voice isn't just annoying, it's *topical* and annoying Cc: @paperbookslove.bsky.social 😁

When I look at heatwave forecasts, I focus on that overnight low, like the shocking 27 C for NYC. "Tropical nights", when temps stayed above 20 C / 68 F, drove much of the mortality during past European heatwaves, and 2021 Pacific NW heat dome. Inability to cool off overnight is the silent killer.

Veteran no/subpar AC haver here, these are all good tips! Don't forget to EAT, that's one that gets me. I lose my appetite in the heat, but low blood sugar + heat is really not good. Put plenty of things to graze on around you! Veggies/hummus, yogurt/granola, charcuterie board, etc.

Someone left a 60's 3-speed Hercules bike in front of my garage door, like an orphan on a church doorstep. Or like a parasitic cowbird laying its eggs in my nest...

For many years, someone has been using plywood to try to make certain unlevel/muddy bridge transitions on my commute path better. Today, I MET Mysterious Ramp Man 😱 another bike commuter was thanking him as I rolled up - this dude is a CELEB 🤩

Mood.

I have one earbud in and can't skip songs and fucking "Champagne Supernova" came on the radio playlist, like instantly making me want to die. A little dog on the trail started freaking out like it wanted to kill me and I was like "oh no it can hear my Oasis" 😩

History and modernity at lock #34-35 in Lockport

Female bartenders have this uncanny knack for seeming like they’ve lived ten lives before lunch - if the world were run by female bartenders there’d be fewer wars, better stories, and everyone would be hydrated.

Pickle score - "big honkin' pickles" indeed!

Almost to Syracuse!

Unreal breakfast, served in a train car diner 🙏

These are shamefully good

Perfect pickle pal! 🥒💚

@libbycudmore.bsky.social at Druthers brewery in Schenectady 😁

Biking from Albany to Buffalo on the Erie Canalway! Scoping locks, reading info plaques, and always on the search for pickles 🥒🚲

you must not look at me until I get into the water

damn i guess i'm going to have to get a switch 2 after all

I’m at the oil shock. I’m at the super El Niño. I’m at the combination oil shock super El Niño fertilizer shortages imminent famines historic droughts over half our oxygen lost to ocean acidification AMOC collapse portending a southeastern USA heat dome + Western Europe ice age

I have a mental checklist of door avoidance procedures I go through over and over every time I’m riding near parked cars and I’d be shocked if a single driver on the road uses that much cognition behind the wheel ever

Little girl throwing rocks at passing cars, welcome to The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Saw a person on a bike hold out their left arm to signal their turn for the whole light cycle - that's commitment! 👈💪

#CollisionNotAccident in ER circa 2004

One hot day is annoying, everything fucking sucks. Two in a row, and nothing cools down overnight. All the mass in your house got hot, and keeps radiating that heat all night. Three in a row, and it's basically the same temperature regardless of time of day, there's no respite from the heat.

F🖕ck this. I don't support this slimy corporate shit and I didn't vote for it. This is Somerville, not Amazon or Fidelity. In solidarity with city staff, Somerville works because YOU DO! Best of luck on your union journey ✊ @afscme93.bsky.social

@rexparker.bsky.social did we know about EEL LIFTS and EEL RAMPS??

POST UR WARNING SIGN

@crschmidt.net I got it fixed for ya this morning

Just, like, one of what feels like a bazillion flats since winter. Glad street sweeping season is heating up 😅

How many BUGS did YOU eat on YOUR bike commute today? A very happy ✨Gnat Clouds of Spring✨ to all!

I think people who are not cyclists do not quite understand how often those of us who bike are told that we deserve to die because we have chosen a mode of transit that isn't a car

Me biking home after buying too many groceries

When life hands you walnut, take the walnut. My best #CarryShitOlympics yet 🪵💪

Rain pants are magical. My jeans will be totally dry when I get to the office, what sorcery 🪄👖🚫🌧️

It is never too late. Take up crochet. Buy a cello. Get back on a bike, even if your last one had training wheels. We're not dead until we stop learning new stuff.

Rooster progress: cock-a-doodle-NOOOOO! The relief got a little too... relieved 😅 Time to invest in some wood filler!

I love seeing morning bike traffic absolutely explode on the first warm days. People are ready to rely/spend less on transit and to drive less, too. Commuter Rail was especially bad this winter and with the paths snowed in I had to rely on it. I am going to check the paths this week 🤞

Hi @cityofsomerville.bsky.social @somervilleinfr1.bsky.social do you think we could... Sweep Now? 🫣💜 (I know the answer is no, but couldn't resist - and also I just got two flats in less than a week 🫶)

The world may indeed be a vampire, but Billy Corgan is an idiot.

Gonna try a rooster. No drill press handy this time 😅

We at AVCX crosswords believe that N and Ñ are different letters

87 bus has been so good to me 🙏 thank you bus drivers

We are still on for Streetwise this Wednesday! A little snow ain't no thing! Especially when it comes to using political power to ensure safe streets. Hope to see you at Aeronaut! @finitealright.bsky.social @somervillebikes.bsky.social

This junco has been hanging out all day long sitting in a mini snow drift on my platform feeder nibbling seeds

I took an immersive 5-day carving class last week and learned so much. We made a wood grain compass and used it to guide the class project. It was physically/mentally grueling, but if you are interested in woodworking there's nothing like hands-on training: www.davidcalvo.com/woodcarving_...

The early bird gets the Commuter Rail activity book

Riding my fat bike is like being Bowser in MarioKart