With all our free time, @indivisible.org has been quietly working over the last several months on a total overhaul of our website. It's just better in basically every way. Hope it helps you and your local community find good ways to organize and take action! indivisible.org

A thing that felt inspiring today: henry.codes/writing/a-we... . Maybe we can take back the web? h/t @whitep4nth3r.com whose actual website and human writings I highly recommend!

it's not just burnout. You deserve to be you! Some suggestions and encouragement in rediscovering your why: brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/ - h/t @whitep4nth3r.com

"one day, you will die, and your legacy will be washed away when someone forgets to renew the DNS." (I wonder if you'll enjoy the journal I read that from as much as I did: stillness.digital)

The world can be much better. This article is somewhere north of hopepunk - maybe just hopeful or even promising? Maybe it'll cheer you up in a constructive way, too: ourworldindata.org/much-better-.... H/T @whitep4nth3r.com whose newsletter (buttondown.com/weirdwideweb...) is always tasty.

"Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words." - Ursula K. Le Guin

Did you know Amazon is turning off "download-ability" of the content you've purchased from them, starting tomorrow? (cf news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4307...) It's not too late to back up what you've bought! This is the tool I used: github.com/treetrum/ama... (h/t @calavera.dev ).

I lost the game

Portland! If you're interested in bicycle touring, a few others and I are giving presentations about past adventures tonight (Thurs 20 Feb) at Migration on North Williams. I'll speak first, at 630p. Hope to see you there!

12 hours into civilization 7 and it's twice now crashed and lost hours of work each time. Really pretty, but really poor quality experience on the PlayStation overall. Will I learn to save more often, or will I learn it's not worth my time to keep playing?

spent a couple weeks riding up and down the central California valley, and now you can read along if you want to: foolishtravels.com/vsummary

for those who believe nothing can get better: you don't have to get in the way of those who do

Back on the road again, a couple weeks in so-far sunny central California. You can follow along at foolishtravels.com

has anyone ever sold their twitter handle to a stranger, and if so, how did you handle the handoff (so you got your money and they got their handle)? I think I'm ready!

Give yourself a Christmas present and just delete some stressful old email you don't want to respond to. Kudos to my therapist for that gift!

It was a privilege to be a small but early part of this revolution. Thanks so much for all of the safety, @letsencrypt.bsky.social !

The holiday movie we've all been waiting for: James Bond on cargo bikes

Bike fun is for everyone — including all the fine folks on #bsky! Head to the year-round Shift calendar to find out about all of the bike fun happening in the Portland area, or post and lead your own ride! www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/ #pdxBikes #bikeFun #shift2bikes

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Shoutout to all the softies still striving to become the best possible version of themselves while the people who gleefully embrace hatred and greed are rewarded with ever-increasing power. Being gentle and kind will never be a weakness.

Don't forget to laugh out loud sometime. Even in dark times, there is still some funny ha-ha amidst the funny uh-oh, and laughter has power to move your mind to a place where you can see a brighter future, and help you carry on.

Every morning, rain or shine, I take a walk around wherever I am. I struggle to sit and meditate, but I enjoy walking & it hits a lot of the same chords - and helps wake the body up, too. I then get to check "make steps goal" off of my todo list for a nice dopamine boost to start the day.

What have you found to bring some light to your life in these trying times, friends? Here's some of what I found in my recent emotional spelunking: fool.medium.com/and-then-4ad...

One of my oldest friends (from high school times) wrote to me today after losing touch for about a decade. We are reconnecting, and it is heartwarming and delightful! I bet one of your friends from the past would love to hear from you. It's not awkward at all, and now is a great time to reach out!

Hello, world. Not sure I'll be very active here but one never knows. I should see your messages though, if you send them! But email/text still preferred for faster notice/response.