ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

I just saw yet another serious accident on my corner. The city has done NOTHING in the ten years i've lived here to slow down the fucking dangerous traffic.

This should be a must-read for any journalist covering transportation issues or any politician considering e-bike regulations

Four photos from the Nine Inch Nails show in Cleveland last night.

Any day with a new Margo Price album is a good day (Sabrina Carpenter’s is fun too)

Two photos about half a day apart - a late night ride to the store last night to get firewood and a late morning ride today to the playground. A very practical vehicle.

Canadian families could purchase a brand new Urban Arrow FamilyNext electric cargo bike, use it for a year, throw it a dumpster, buy another one, and still be ahead financially when compared to buying a new automobile. Unbelievable, right? Do the math yourself an you'll see -> carcosts.caa.ca

Commuting to and from school is the GOAT.

A tale of two Terns (the tiny red Vektron is mine, the giant green Orox is for a customer). @ternbicycles.com

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

A great cosmic joke that he would have surely appreciated is that his obituary’s author, like Mozart, has been dead for two years. So long, Tom.

No COTA fares today

Columbus is just 12 suburbs in a trenchcoat

Bluesky isn’t an echo chamber! Only half the people I follow ride Tern GSDs #bikesky

Nice day for a rainy ride to the grocery store with good bulk legumes.

All that groveling for nothing www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

When you're young the ability to jump in a car and go wherever seems like this vital, intoxicating thing. As you age and become more established you realize that so much of your transportation needs are just local, and the simplicity and joy of bikes become the vital, intoxicating part of the deal.

Late night bike shop raid. I took my foldie to the bike shop this evening, and brought back a loaner bike. Then I went back in my bakfiets and came back home with the foldie in the bucket.

One of those vehicles is more practical than the other (the Cadillac looks pretty cool though)

One cool bike at the Kroger

I have just the vehicle to pick up 5 cubic feet of potting soil and some vegetable plans #CarryShitOlympics #Bikesky

“Isaac, does anybody actually win this game?” - my 5YO watching the #hellisreal game with me.

Cargo bikes are car replacements; not just another more expensive version of the road bike you already know about. Selling them has more in common with selling cars (UA is owned by Pon, a Dutch car dealer who is in turn part owner by VW). That’s the thing Trek misunderstood. #bikesky #betterbybike

Here’s the link if you wanna read my favorite thing I’ve written in…. a while lol. Free for all readers: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...

“You are winning the slow race, Isaac” - my 5YO to me this morning. Utterly devastating.

I am so glad that the driver on the phone that went zooming down my residential street to bypass congestion just now had a “coexist” sticker on the back of their SUV

Bike to the polls and park your bike next to other @thewaroncars.bsky.social fans

Glad I didn’t have to rely on my own research

Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.

One of the teachers is driving my kids home tomorrow, so I brought two car seats to school this afternoon. #carryshitolympics

Well at least today I got my 3YO his second MMR jab, early per the pediatrician’s recommendation.

Coming October 21st... "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile." A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back. Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com

I tuned up my ~10YO Fuji roadbike up for the first time since I became a bike mechanic. It’s a lot of fun to ride such a light frame. I still don’t like dropbars. My summer project is to replace the dropbars with a flat, and upgrade the brakes to hydraulic.

I got to put together this @ternbicycles.com Quick Haul Long bike today. A really practical and thoughtfully designed bike.

Aka the Assault Brompton

My household has used at least 30 eggs so far today

Bankrupted by Egg: A Passover Story

Hey everybody, I have some news to share – I wrote a book! It’s about Columbus and it has maps (lots of maps!) created by the very talented @vickyjohnsondahl.bsky.social. It will be out on December 3, 2025 but you can preorder it now: beltpublishing.com/products/col...

Bought a 6’ ladder so I can clean out my gutters. Very easy to take it home. #CarryShitOlympics #bikesky

Mud!

My job today is putting together this beauty

A big reminder today that while these people are all venal, corrupt, and wicked, they are also incredibly stupid.

My 5YO saw this photo and asked me “Isaac, what is that? Is it food?”

He’s got a lot of money, pulls all the strings, and he has a foreign accent. Must be a Jew.