come hang at a (BI)cy(Cle)cross event Sat at Big Marsh Park! A thing to do w/ bikes on maybe a fine fall day! sort of sporty? probably wacky! shorturl.at/D0tuD @femnthembikechi.bsky.social @chicritmass.bsky.social @chicagobikesox.com @chiwho.bike @westtownbikes.bsky.social @atalliance.bsky.social

also i am really okay, but man, it's good writing and a whole lot of oh no

you know i've managed to not fuck up being alive for 11 years almost exactly and that data center article in the new yorker from november 3 really, really testing that with me this morning, jesus christ.

aw nuts turns out i have a lot of weird feelings about that adventure cycling article

Another world is possible, if we fight for it

Gotta say @dansinker.com telling everyone at @tuesdayfunk.bsky.social the Zohran win was one of those most jubilant things I've felt in so long and yes, God, thank you

anyway on that note: Chicago! looking for a cool bike thing? come out on nov 22 to this! we want fun and inclusion and access and raising $$ and community! www.bikesignup.com/Race/IL/Chic... cc @femnthembikechi.bsky.social @chiwho.bike @chicagobikesox.com lol what are other bike bsky accounts??

back on my bike bullshit (happily) is that the Tucson alleybat this weekend was so good for my bike soul that i feel like has had to go into hibernation and once again i daydream about fun unsanctioned events that make money and create joy

This is tomorrow and as always I think it should be p p good www.tuesdayfunk.org/tuesday-funk... @tuesdayfunk.bsky.social

also you too can buy these shirts and wear them around and be pro not being a cruel asshole and also salt

Sunny here and here we are and maybe a Sunday read from @samthielman.com and me from @lukeoneil47.bsky.social and Hell World (subscribe!!) www.welcometohellworld.com/our-survival...

you can also read or subscribe to the newsletter it appeared in, aka mine, but you don't have to! but you could. it is extremely sporadic. and free. and not a substack. carmenalicia.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-go...

"It’s not a coup like I’ve known them. It’s the KKK rampaging through the street in disguise. It’s the SS hauling people out of their homes in the middle of the night. It is fascism, certainly. They are awful, cursed souls." [email protected] www.welcometohellworld.com/our-survival...

as always an honor to be in Hell World - you should subscribe. also this went up yesterday when I was doing many things that are present in this piece, and i can tell you at the end of the day waiting for the bus there's no answer but the only thing is to keep doing

ICE staging in and out of Sox Park this afternoon - probably we should not be okay with that, fanbase. all over Bridgport/McKinley/north of Canaryville.

this was beautiful, important reporting and worth time

fuck blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/f...

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us. It’s up to us.

"It needs people who are willing to drink the full poison of reality and make sense of it. It needs people who will invite others to be curious, as gently as necessary, until they can defy themselves enough to smell smoke, taste ash, and scream no."

also also also please support @unraveledpress.com and if you're a homie who doesn't live here please follow because their reporting IS what is happening in Chicago rn

teargassed neighbors protecting their own and CPD (?!) and then literally ran the fuck off under the cover of smoke down here.

shout out today especially to the train engineer operator on the @chicagocta.bsky.social Orange Line around 7:30 heading to the Loop and your dulcet tones and good morning to all of us. we're lucky to have people like you out there!!!

ah fuck

about nowhere in particular but I just think maybe I've lost the culture when the kiddie queers pay seventeen dollars for a whiskey ginger and it's a scant 2 oz pour and I don't care what trendy name you call it

anyway this is in two weeks! Book release and reading at @skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social with the incredible Ola Faleti and Tori Rego. come on out - and please order it from a great local like Skunk Cabbage!

BASE Community Cafe Racine/35th this morning

this should be your listening for the week and also go see @scrabblor.bsky.social at BIRDS BIKES AND BEATS

Last week yall did a lot of doomering on this website, lets make a plan together to not let the fascists dictate the tenor of our feelings or the content of our discussions by simply saying something scary. This week lets don't afraid and set an example of courage for ourselves and our communities

a lot going on but Chicago's Market Box needs more drivers this weekend and next weekend! i swear it's a great way to take some time off your Saturday being a part of a great project (local food ecosystems! helping your neighbors! mutual aid!) airtable.com/appd2IINxCsH...

"That is not how normal people think and feel about these things. There is a major difference of both kind and degree, which no normal person could fail to register, between Javier Romo crashing out of a bike race and 200,000 casualties in Gaza."

Good. @defector.com and Patrick with a great one. Gift Link: defector.com/la-vuelta-co...

Worth repeating that there are both small children and elderly in the protest crowd.

ok let's go + caveat: i believe NO sports org should be a 501(c). the nfl stopped doing that, everyone else should too. in 2021 USAC reported $14 million in revenue - $4 mil from membership dues, $2mil from entry fees (so, you, if you were doing sports bikes in 2021)

anybody want a thread on why USAC sucks so much based on my dumbest woodward and bernstein deep dive into their tax filings from 2021? just like, for your feed today? ps usac also sucks because they're bigots, but idk this logic of "but! but! but! their support!" is leopards and faces.

"weRe JusT hERe TrYiNG to HOsT bIKe RaCEs" lolol 0/10 no notes absolutely incredible.

the city, the people.

What is the city but the people?

Did we mention how much Chicago hates you, ICE?

whole lot going on but i'm involved with Plant Chicago and would love for you to come to the fundraiser on 10/23! also if you have never visited the firehouse, you're missing out on awesome CSA food, ferments, and so much more shorturl.at/QpQkd

bitch, they have trains

be a real cool time for some sort of massive bike rides critical of fascism to be coalescing around town, ya know what i mean? massing even? critically?

jobs are either "Grant Writer ($32,165–$33,165)" or "Senior Vice President of Child Slaughter ($650,000–$750,000, 401k/medical/dental/vision/you can touch the art at museums)"

oh, truer than you know

apply and share with your networks please!

"Your fingers will be the fruit of orange trees, your arm the staff for a victorious flag, and your heart the train's last station, you won't be here then but somewhere hard to describe, explaining to bedazzled angels how love can accomplish a miracle." —Nasser Rabah

i have no idea why people like to tell me they're gonna bandit (or in this case "guerilla"??) bike the drive - like I don't care? i think that's stupid? do you, I guess? lol i've worked that event forever, it really would be best if you could support a fuckin fundraiser.

one of my favorite subscriptions and recent Music Week while the staff was asleep was SO GOOD

Have you subscribed to @hkappklote.bsky.social's newsletter? You absolutely should.

just having a really rare feel good block party house music our kids are alive we're still here we still ride bikes and give a shit moment so here we were once at ciclo post and why here but why not