I switched employers and thus healthcare payors so now my MH meds aren’t covered and I’m involuntarily “off my meds”. Thanks, UnitedHealth Care.

My “new” 1970s bicycle showed up today and I’m so excited to get it back into riding shape. 1978 Schwinn Heavy Duti

Actual Nazi secret police on American streets making non-whites show their papers or get whisked away never to be heard from again. Dafuq is this because it’s the opposite of making America great. This is literally erasing the very people who make America great. Erasing the from America.

Hey Raleigh folks, it looks like ICE has maybe gotten Apple Maps and Google Maps to remove the listing for their local operations center. If you want to write them a letter, here’s the address they don’t want you to see: 140 Centrewest Ct, Cary, NC 27513

I don't know why step-through frame bicycles have always been called "girls bikes". My first e-bike is a step-through and it's sooooo much easier to get on and off. Besides, why should a "man's bike" have a top tube to slam one's testicles onto during a bad panic stop?

It‘s a beautiful day to ride 12 miles of scenic Greenway to Dix Park in Raleigh, and then kick back in a rocking chair in the shade next to my partner sipping on delicious hard ciders.

patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors

If you’re looking for something to do today that is who-related, might I suggest watching doctor who from River Song’s chronological order. Here is the list. You won’t be sorry. It will open your third eye. #riverwatch #doctorwho

The Twitter replacement continues to elude us. This ain’t it.

“What should I watch?” Let me stop you right there. Pluribus. You should watch Pluribus.

Feeling pretty today. Might delete this later.

My latest #ActuallyAutistic (really AuDHD) rabbit hole is bicycles. This was big for me when I was a kid but got out of it when I started driving a car. Now I find myself really keen for: 1. A Brompton 2. Build my own Frankenbike in the garage.

I’ve been seeing more deer on the Raleigh greenway trail system. There were four nearby when I took this photo today, but this one was quite close to me as I rode by on my bicycle.

People walk big dogs around in Home Depot, NBD. Walk a bicycle around in there and there will be at least one grumpy person that confronts you about it. I use my bike as my shopping cart. Deal with it.

Does riding an e-bike make me lazy? Well I’m riding on average 10 miles per day now, and that average includes some zero mile days from when we had rain. So some single days are easily 20+ mile days that I’m not driving a car. I wouldn’t do this on a regular bicycle.

What's even the point of federating Lemmy if other instances won't allow comments from one another on their communities? #fediverse

I don't want an AI browser chatgpt.com/atlas

Solo after work e-bike ride for some yummy Banh Mi. If you’re in Raleigh NC, check out Pho Sure. @radpowerbikes.bsky.social

We rode our e-bikes to the supermarket and found a Lectric cargo bike already tied up outside. The army is growing! (Raleigh, NC)

Rode from my house to the @ncartmuseum.bsky.social just in time for them to close, then turned around and rode home with just a little drizzle to cool me down. 18.5 miles. About 18 miles of which were on the Raleigh greenway system.

Many parents are now are forgoing minivans for greener alternatives: cargo bikes. They have been around for decades, but the advent of the electric bike motor has made them much more popular. n.pr/3WJyZn9

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

@laetitiaeido.bsky.social I’m really getting into Primal and your voice work there. Did the artists take inspiration from you in deciding how Mira would look and carry herself on screen?

#nokings Raleigh NC

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The car industry wants to be big tech and it’s ruining us.

I tried riding my bicycle on the shoulder of Lynn Rd in Raleigh today since there were more pedestrians than usual on the sidewalk. Less than 5 minutes in, motorist intentionally drives too close, honking horn, yelling at me to get on the sidewalk. 🤦

Hanging out with my new coworkers today really validated that I made a good decision and landed well.

Good morning, Denver!

Hi, Denver. How’s it going? First time visitor. I really dig what you’re doing with bike lanes here.

There is not a hell hot enough for people who watch streaming content without headphones in crowded places where innocent victims are stuck having to listen to it with them.

I haven’t flown since early this year. The airport has become especially dark. When I showed up for TSA, there were two plain clothes agents (one armed) detaining a Latino man at the entrance to the line. A line of TV’s above us with Kristi Noem talking about something we thankfully couldn’t hear.

James Gunn should just have Michael Rooker appear in every single DCU project. The fans can handle it. Yes, even if he’s playing a different character in each one that dies before the film is over. But who’s going to tell Jason Momoa that Lobo has been re-cast?

Encountered my first Raleigh Greenway bully today. Twat trying to blaze through an unpaved portion on MTB, absolutely enraged that he had to share the trail with my wife & I who were adhering to speed limits and basically ruining his time trials.

28 miles around Raleigh on the Rad Power e-bikes today, culminating with some yummy Lebanese food at Sassool for dinner. Visited the local Trek bike shop for the first time. Very friendly staff. We might have to return for some farkles.

"Over half of the e-cargo bike mileage ridden during trials substituted for car use." doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

The parts of the Raleigh greenway system that are good are really good! I’m noticing almost none of the shops we like to ride bicycles to have anything like bicycle racks. Even the sign posts here aren’t going up very high. So one has to stay with the bikes while the other goes inside.

Beautiful bicycle 🚲 weather in Raleigh, NC this week!

So how much of downtown Raleigh do we get to tear down to re-expose the Pigeon House Branch? (Yes, there is a stream that flows through the city of Raleigh, NC... but in humanity's infinite wisdom, it was re-engineered to flow underground so nobody gets to see it) Inspo from Seoul.

I love UK. But on this matter, I have to emphatically repeat: HELL NO.

Ok I rode 23 miles on my ebike today and got a much better taste of Raleigh’s greenway system. The parts that work, work well. Some parts work hilariously badly. At one point I was following directions to get on a trail with my bike and a cyclist whizzing by warned “do NOT go down there”.

Nobody was hurt. Amazon lost money. I don't see the problem here.

If you see this, post a picture from your device without explaining it.

Who do I complain to at HBO? When I watch Peacemaker, a button shows up on my screen early in the episode that reads “Skip Intro” and this seems like a bug.

Being back on a bicycle is showing me just how NOT bike (or pedestrian) friendly Raleigh is. But also I’m having a blast getting around and running errands this way. Wish more shops had sturdy bike racks out front.

E-bike to taco truck… now that’s an exercise routine I can get behind. Also helps to have best riding buddy ever.

#ActuallyAutistic brain fart: The way most people on social media use the word “unacceptable” is weird. If no one is seeking their acceptance in the first place, why does it even matter if they find something “unacceptable”. Find better words, please? 🙏

Imagine being able to tune your own YouTube algorithm. Negative points for every mention of the word “insane” outside of the context of historical documentaries on inpatient mental health facilities.

NGL, getting an ebike was a solid investment. I’m definitely getting outside a lot more.

New job starting soon after 5 months of searching. The job market is rough right now. Anyplace I actually got to a real interview with I tended to do very well. Over 99% of the roles I applied to, I didn’t even get a conversation with a recruiter. Automation is killing talent acquisition.