annihilation (2018)

spent half an hour trying and failing to pick up takeout in the car the night of the luke combs concert, then salvaged it on the cargo bike. carrying pizza with a single bungee cord not recommended though.

a problem and a solution

Nearly 57 miles ridden in the past week & a half. I'm making an effort to do this to save gas, help environment, and hopefully encourage someone else to take that ride or walk instead of driving 2 miles. If someone thinks about getting an e-bike b/c of this, cool. Even better if they *get* one!

i keep thinking about buying a real induction range, but the two-burner portable model has been good enough for almost everything i want to do.

now we're cooking with induction! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

ms rachel should primary chuck schumer

i don't write about this often here, but charlottesville has an e-bike library, which takes up most of my shed and sometimes parts of the house too. if you're at all curious about e-biking around the area, sign up and try some bikes while the weather's good: www.ebikelibrarycville.org

Finally, a real use case for JavaScript

Say it with me: We don't have a youth e-bike problem. We have an E-MOTO problem.

Annihilation (2018)

can this be a solution?

am i doing this right

MOOOOOOOOOM THE ENEMY IS VOTING AGAIN

I can’t handle this right now

i regret not purchasing more electric bicycles

when the algorithm knows you too well

bike fact: a bike without fenders also doubles as a bidet when it rains

"I want to do a disaster preparedness story," I told my editor at @cvilleweekly.bsky.social. "And the disaster is ICE." 🧵

structured parking now coming in at $150k/space: meetings.cvilledata.org/meetings/cha...

they're going to waterboard claude www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...

thanks! we also have a bsky feed at bsky.app/profile/ever...

podcasts are car infrastructure

congragulations

one of my favorite e-bikes is on closeout sale: www.aventon.com/products/ave.... caveats: only one size available, and a bit heavy at ~62 lb. it's the most popular bike at the e-bike library, and has ~2k miles on it with no issues.

in which ross harness and i become city planning commissioners and learn about tax abatements for iz-mandated affordable units

legalize it

You’re not imagining things—the plums that were in your icebox are *completely gone*. Here’s why that’s bad news: • They were *your plums*, that you were saving for breakfast. That makes this personal for you. • They were *sweet*, so whoever ate them *enjoyed* them. That’s unforgivable.

this is @sallyforsupervisor.bsky.social's first meeting as a supervisor!

sysadmin hits different now

In a nation ruled by supremacy and all its many sabotages of the public good, every act of repair is a defiant act. *Every* act of repair is a defiant act.

New transcript: City of Charlottesville | City Council Meeting (including Organizational Meeting), January 5, 2026

Daniel Plainview voice:

Charlottesville/Albemarle folks! Have your ACA premiums risen? Have you downgraded to a plan with higher out-of-pocket costs? I'm working on a story for @cvilleweekly.bsky.social and want to hear from you. DM me or email news at c-ville dot com.

gen z sysadmins be like rm -fr

Want to help us get the Cargo Bike Library up and running? We currently need... * Floor mat, stall mat or garden mat * Sturdy plastic bin or chest * Good quality heavy duty locks/chains #bikedc @waba.org come thru!

for sale baby shoes never worn BECAUSE THE BABY CAN FLY! EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT THE END

this was @rorystolzenberg.bsky.social's final meeting as a planning commissioner. appropriately, it was a work session on the capital improvement program, an important thing that hardly anybody pays attention to.

thanks @bradjc.bsky.social! the e-bike library is an all-volunteer project with a minimal budget, and donations help us keep the fleet in good shape.

i uh got hacked?

just reading book reviews

funicular!

this isn't a great bike. it probably isn't even a good bike. but it's UL certified and sold by a brick and mortar retailer (it's walmart's house brand), which is pretty good for $300. probably worth a look for a commuter on a tight budget: www.walmart.com/ip/Concord-L...

can't care who this person is, but i am an (((abundance liberal)))

i showed the toddlers hollow knight. "why are you a baby? why are you so tiny and they so big?"

In NJ, in VA, in NYC, it's time to get to work. There are no permanent majorities. There are only moments of time when parties can assemble a majority of voters around a set of ideas. You have to take that moment and run as fast as you can, before the next election breaks your stride.

file this one under people who don't know anything about charlottesville saying nonsense about charlottesville