Jo Ann Allen Boyce's life was disrupted not only by standard-issue US white supremacy, but also by a particularly virulent strain of American fascism. School integration in Clinton, TN began fairly peaceably, until a neo-Nazi associate of George Lincoln Rockwell named John Kaspar showed up.

Welp, I decided to watch the Christmas episode of “Hey Arnold!” for the first time in many years (loved the cartoon growing up); I’m crying now

Merry Christmas from Seattle! Here’s Coraline (9 months old) giving her big brother Foggy (5 years old) a bath for over 2 minutes, a new record! Usually Foggy only tolerates it for about 10 seconds, so I think he’s happy to have an annoying little sister.

We are tentatively looking at late afternoon Jan 17 at Columbia City Library followed by tabling at the CC Night Market. Let us know if you’re interested in helping out! @mesmith35673.bsky.social @stumptoemerald.bsky.social @bobco85.bsky.social @rvgreenways.bsky.social @sngreenways.bsky.social

I went to my first ever @pwhltorrent.bsky.social Seattle Torrent game to watch them play the Montreal Victoire, & I had a blast! Over 10,000 were in attendance to watch our new home team win 2-1, & it was exciting from start to finish. I can’t wait to attend another Torrent game in a few weeks

@jrock08.bsky.social and I are scoping out a Community Visioning Social for D2 District Project Funds! Our goal is to help build a list of candidate projects for @cmeddielin.bsky.social to consider forwarding to SDOT in late March.

Inspired by a friend who baked Filipino dessert Food for the Gods, I decided to make an ice cream version of it. Notes: -ice cream recipe contained condensed milk -eggless blondie recipe so raw dough was safe to eat -flour was heat treated just to be safe -walnuts & dates were roasted & chopped

Here's my Starter Pack of AI slop-free Seattle and PNW news outlets. Please let me know if you know of more that have committed to not using AI. go.bsky.app/CgTfMoe

It’s great seeing the @pwhltorrent.bsky.social players really gel with each other and play strongly most of the game. Ice cream churning will take place in a few hours, plus I’m excited to be attending their game next week!

I started watching the @pwhltorrent.bsky.social game at the perfect time; just seconds after I tuned into the livestream, they scored their 1st goal of the night! Loving being able to watch our new team play while I make some ice cream in my kitchen

Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

I read “Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile” by @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @naparstek.bsky.social It’s preaching to the choir as I live largely car-free, but it’s good to read stories of safe streets advocates, planners, professionals, etc

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

This is my first holiday season being no contact with my parents, and while it has felt incredibly difficult at times, I am glad that I am finally setting some boundaries. I still feel the guilt, though

Not Just Bikes vs. Montreal (Two Years Later)

Early Sunday morning, a driver struck and killed a 38-year-old named Allie who was biking across Beacon Ave S. The driver fled the scene. As a lifelong cyclist who’s had my share of close calls, my heart goes out to Allie’s family and friends.

The crowd here at the vigil did comply with SPD's request to get out of the road by 10pm. The SPD supervisor who came out to talk with the crowd did say that someone approached them with potential camera footage from overnight specifically because they saw tonight's vigil.

HAPPENING NOW: A group of protesters have reportedly taken over the intersection on Beacon Hill where someone on a bike was killed by a hit-and-run driver early this morning. I'm not on the scene yet, but was sent this photo from Beacon Avenue and Stevens Street.

This is incredibly heartbreaking. Details show that he was crossing Beacon Ave when he was hit, and the driver fled, leaving him to die in the street. We need safer streets, but we also need more empathy for each other

Couple Hikes Mount Si to Train for Townhome Stairs: tinyurl.com/4a7f2yt2

I'm listening to Seattle's City Council meeting now, and we've already heard a few public comments opposing the new SPOG contract.

We made it! My group biked to all new light rail stations along the Federal Way Extension and more while avoiding the rain. It’s great to have 3 more stations active in the system #SouthKingLink @cascade.org

Proceedings are getting going here in Federal Way, ahead of ribbon cutting on the Federal Way Link Extension project. King County Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer is MCing the event, and is referencing a comment he made in 2004 about hell freezing over before high capacity transit arrives here.

En route from Seattle to my Federal Way Extension Opening Day bike ride; let’s do this!

Burnt the midnight oil & luckily not food last night as I made peanut butter & chocolate chip granola bars, sharp white cheddar cheese crackers, & everything bagel crackers. This helps me save money on buying snacks, & I enjoy making them. My kitties weren’t happy about me being late to bed, though!

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell reemerged today to announce a slate of Equitable Development Initiative grants including $183,000 to the Royal Esquire Club, the private men's club he chaired and where he held his election night party.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first home goal in Torrent history 🥹

Thanks for sharing this! I’m looking forward to riding to the new stations with everyone (and then actually riding the train to the stations afterwards), and we’re also going to check out the current southern end of the light rail tracks (photo op)!

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Bike to the new light rail stations on the Federal Way Extension with me on opening day this Saturday (December 6 at 11 am)! We’ll ride from Angle Lake Station and visit all of the celebration festivals at each station cascade.org/rides-events... @cascade.org

I’m happy to see that the new bike signals at East Marginal Way & 16th Ave have been installed and are working. It’s a huge relief to navigating through that intersection between Georgetown & South Park in Seattle @seattledot.bsky.social

This quote ran in @gothamist.com today, and its worth setting record straight. We applied w/ @cyclehoop.bsky.social (5k stations in London) and Altinnova (400 stations in Paris). 500 page proposal and never received an interview or a single follow-up question. Perhaps not a very thorough search....

Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article. Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Learn useful routes for biking through the Duwamish Valley in the Seattle area in my latest guide video. I incorporated some brand new bike infrastructure which is great to use: youtu.be/fWGrYqWZ8co

A lot of good people included here; excited to see what the new mayoral administration does!

Happy Thanksgiving! Abolish ICE! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I covered this in my North Beacon Hill history ride video; really interesting that you can still see some of the remnants. I still need to make a south video (on my long list of future projects). youtu.be/ZG5taA1BDFA?... @tonychiado.com @bvd100.bsky.social

We're continuing to nail down the format of this new indie-focused recommendation series on @secondwindgroup.com, but we're pretty close with this one! One of our series where I'm not worried about huge viewership numbers, I just wanted a way for us to cover more interesting games.

The rumors are true: 26th Ave SW and Genesee is now an all-way stop!

Lifetime blood donation #46 is (literally) in the bag! I had an easy donation, and I enjoyed regaining some energy by gobbling up some snacks and getting some swag of a famous game character. I’m getting close to 50 pints 🩸 @americanredcross.bsky.social

Had a fun trip to the Renegade craft fair in Magnuson Park with my boyfriend today, managed to pick up a few pieces of art created by humans Pic #3 artwork bought from Honeyberry Studios Pic #4 artwork bought from Junky Junco

Kudos to @seattlebikeblog.com for an amazing #CranksgivingSEA generating 6,540 lbs for four food banks!

Aw, we may have lost in overtime, but it was fun watching the first ever regular season game for the @pwhltorrent.bsky.social via the livestream. We’ll get you next time, Vancouver!

Check it out, you can watch Seattle’s professional women’s hockey team playing their first ever game of their first ever season live via the PWHL YouTube channel! Here’s the game link: www.youtube.com/live/ALu_09K... Let’s go @pwhltorrent.bsky.social !

I’m leading one last group ride in 2025, and I’m excited to brainstorm and plan more for 2026! Check it out in my November ride leader newsletter: mailchi.mp/ca87db9af151...

The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers. It's a joke.

Update: I’m feeling better today, but I feel like I have a mental hangover. It’s strange, when one is physically active, the solution to getting overwhelmed is to stop and catch one’s breath; with mental activity, there is no breath to catch.

Every now and then I have a bout of anxiety that really throws me off for a full day, and it struck while I was trying to sleep last night. I took a personal day off from work today, just trying to exercise some self care, but whew, it can be intense!

ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut