Maple syrup is amazing because it’s just a socially acceptable way to drench a full plate of food in sugar water. Outstanding work Canada.

if we, and by "we" I mean most of America, had listened to and absorbed these lyrics then the Techno Oligarchy would have ended 15-16 years ago, for real www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkI...

if you're really really curious, bike friends, about what racing Unbound 200 is like but don't want to go to Kansas, this POV recap video is about the best one I've seen. Start at the 5 minute mark if you want to skip to the race start: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcW4...

FunBound (as Taylor Phinney called it in all irony) Or MudBound as most others said, this picture of Carolin Schiff is THE image of Unbound 2026

considering that Unbound 200 has become the Kona of Gravel Races the sunflower garlands for the pro winners is a nice new touch

Unbound 200 PRO WOMEN ON HOT DOG HILL!

bigger issues? Like two very different size feet? or two different length legs? Or, oh wait....

so Unbound 200 Pro after the 100 mile mid point, Men; leaders are 2 Specialized racers both favorites. Women; lead group of 4 with 2 Specialized racers, one of who is among the favorites. Big day for the Big Red S

so regarding that forecast of clearing skies at Unbound about that...

to quote Maestro Adam Myerson, "it's just stupid bike racing, but it means everything" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSI5...

I swear, with all the HYPE about 32" wheel gravel bikes being "the future" Someone is going to line up in Emporia next year like this:

stupid bicycle day dream of the moment: take Amtrak to Chicago, start a dirt road tour west across Illinois & Iowa, then head south through Nebraska to Kansas, west on the Golden Gravel Trail to OR, north to Seattle, then east all the way on the GWAR to DC. Amtrak back to Albany NY

looking at bike set ups for The Big Gravel Race, choices between Aerodynamics, Comfort, & Durability. Pick 2 & hope you chose well “You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.” - True Grit

not going to lie, I wish I was in Emporia this week for Unbound. But I mostly wish I was in shape to line up again for Unbound 200 or 100. Next year (maybe)?

This entire administration is an exercise in discovering why you need government and then scrambling to assemble an arm while cutting off another leg.

this is preposterous, age 55 and early 19th century farmhouse in need of specific repairs with a long neglected orchard, but yes.

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I made this meme some years ago and it just popped up in my phone photo memories and… welp.

Introduce yourself with 10 artists you've seen live Black Flag Bobby McFerrin R.E.M. Fishbone The Cranberries Ladysmith Black Mambazo (3x) Rene Fleming Nickel Creek (3x) Alison Krauss (2x) Green Day (3x)

In general internet rants are bad for your health, but this one is such a delicious guilty pleasure, so.....

Schrodinger's Mid East Peace Deal...

One of my actual kids took a decisive stance on AI. “We need real words and truths from real people to understand the complexity of our world.” vtdigger.org/2026/05/24/o...

A democracy is being dismantled before our eyes and only cartoonists, comedians, and independent journalists are covering it. threads.com/@jeffkoterba

The fact that Nyong’o’s beauty is causing a war between two rival cultures in America right now is proof enough that she is the perfect Helen of Troy.

if judged only by the start/finish km the Nove Mesto XCO course might be dismissed as cyclocross on fat tires, but the rooted climbs in the woods and the descent rock gardens w/ drop offs make it very much a mountain bike course. Great ride by Stigger. Good contest between Risveds & Frei for 2nd

this is going to read so Bougie that Tyler Auston Harper it would give aneurysm, my favorite summer cocktail is a variation on an Italian classic that I invented a few years ago. Back when Negroni Sbagliatos were having a moment because Emma D'arcy said it was her cocktail favorite 1/3

just when Jonas makes his attack with 4km to go on a mountain finish in the Giro the live stream fails, because Italian TV, veramente

Stephen Colbert is a national treasure: The day after his show was canned after 11 years by CBS to appease a tyrant, he shows up on the Monroe, MI public access channel where he did his first Late Show broadcast in 2015.

the cruelty is the point, example 1,067

meanwhile GOP political strategists are like....

Live from Mountain View, CA

often I come to this site and find interesting history anecdotes, in depth political or social analysis, & sarcastic humor which brightens my day. But sometimes I find out the FBI director is selling ugly rightwing fan fiction merch, then I hate everything & everyone involved with this regime.

I for one endorse the Mutant Super Pigs and wish them every success. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

No! You're obsessing about tires for a gravel race in Kansas that you aren't even doing this year! and might not even next year, BUT STILL! (Unbound is 9 days away, FYI)

this is only true when one understands that Bezos pays less than 1% effective rate on his income, to the extent that public school teachers are paid directly from general revenue taxes, if NY taxed 8% of his income and/or 5% of his total wealth that would help pay teachers in Queens enormously.

so my shoulder is just enough f'ed that I can *still* only ride an hour or so on big tires, but both my sock order came in last week, and the '26 team socks match, so at least I have this going for me cc: @lchupacabra.bsky.social

but the Biden Crime Family, did something, actually nothing ever remotely like this... which I'm certain Major Media News Outlets will point out any minute now, ..... ...... any minute now....

I do not need a Fat Bike, I do not need a Fat Bike, I do NOT need a Fat Bike, I DO NOT need a Fat Bike, (yet)

For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal.

it should also be a big deal to the folks who attended or support this "prayer event" that Donnie Short Fingers decided he'd rather play golf instead, but nah. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-snubs-...

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

I love the Giro D'Italia, but the official website this year is a horrendous collection of ads, tickers, pop-ups, and useless trivia. Finding the most basic information on results & standings takes way too damn long in that digital mess.

strings, wood winds, brass, percussion, chorus, and conductors

and the end product, the films, I'd wager will look like the crappy early 90's computer drawn cartoons contrast to the original WB or Disney painted cell cartoons from the 40's-50's. I'd rather read books that watch these AI production movies

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

would boop though 100%

so apparently, Dwight Yoakam was a theater & marching band kid in high school, and he had a rockabilly act then too. which makes so much sense looking back at the last 30 years of his music now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWXO...

for this afternoon's moment of positive influence: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...