A lovely account of John Englart's life and commitment to community. brunswickvoice.com.au/john-englart... #couchpeloton #merribek #climatejustice #ChihuahuasforClimateAction

John Englart's family are inviting everyone who knew John to celebrate his life - Monday July 28, 12 noon to 4pm at St Mark's Church Hall in Fawkner. #JohnEnglart #couchpeloton #merribek #climatejustice #ChihuahuasforClimateAction

So many people have asked, happy to report that John Englart's ( @takvera.bsky.social ) beloved Juliet & Indiana Jones, chihuahuas for climate action, have found a loving home after his untimely death last week. #JohnEnglart #couchpeloton #merribek #climatejustice #ChihuahuasforClimateAction

Devastating news today discovering that @takvera.bsky.social has passed away. John was a loved Merri-bek community activist and will leave an enormous hole in our local community. I got to know him through @merri-bekbug.bsky.social and shared several rides with him and Juliet and Indiana Jones.

The peak of my productivity so far this week has been “keeping dogs company”. 😬

Interesting study from Spain on the impact of the school run on parents. Finds that those walking and cycling to drop their kids off at school report "lower body mass indexes, higher life satisfaction, greater travel satisfaction, and lower commuting stress" compared to those travelling by car.

"What is extraordinary is that the Albanese Government appointed Segal at all. She has form for advocating censorship and suppressing the rights of pro-Palestinian supporters to express their views" - Greg Barnes #auspol #PearlsAndIrritations johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...

Yuzu we love #foodhistory #Japan

Stunning 🇦🇺 Gigante wins second 🇮🇹 #GirodItaliaWoman stage while 🇮🇹 Longo Borghini moves into pink! 🩷 Get the full stage report: domestiquecycling.com/en/news/stun... 📸: Cor Vos

Can’t actually justify another bike so splashed out on valve caps instead. 😃

Today’s big/little task is cleaning my bike which I have been avoiding for weeks now because my hands will get cold. 🙄🙄

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets. So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

Yesterday's @yarrabike.bsky.social Radio Show is online! In this episode we chatted about TAC, the no-fault transport insurance we have in Victoria, and when it does, or doesn't cover you, when you're on a bike. www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

In a very ADHD moment, lost an entire box of Ritalin within half an hour of getting it. 😬

Tinking back 1x1 rib a great start to the day. Whatever it is I’m procrastinating from must be really bad!

This makes me so happy! Deadly stuff, Scott!

Just when you thought the thirteen year old dog was finally slowing down you find yourself wrestling a decaying rat barehanded from his mouth in the street. 🤮

Today on @yarrabike.bsky.social radio Val and I recapped the City of Melbourne draft budget submissions hearing and take a look at what you can do next to improve the budget for building bike lanes in Melbourne. www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

The idea that bike lanes are in conflict with these things is just so stupid. Workers and customers all get to the city by bike, deliveries already happen by bike (ubereats anybody?)

That is over 1300 submissions about the need for safer cycling to get in and out of the city and enjoy what Melbourne has to offer.

also from the 1990s: Sagan worried that the current situation might happen youtu.be/U8HEwO-2L4w?...

"The vast majority of Australians have got less than $200,000 worth of super." "We're having this entire media obsession about a small increase in the amount of tax that will be paid by people with more than 15 times that." @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Ordered a long black and after he brought it to my table the barista asked “Do you have milk with one?” Is that a thing?

One of those days where everything seems just a bit harder than it should be and now at the end realising I am getting a sore throat and a headache and not feeling well and maybe that was the problem all along 😬

New! @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #podcast: City of Melbourne bike lane budget slashed, Val and @postcardsfromnorth.bsky.social talk to @nikdow.bsky.social about City of Melbourne draft budget showing a huge cut to funding + @criticalmassmelb.bsky.social Big City Lights www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

Looking forward to this on Thursday! events.humanitix.com/stories-of-c...

It was so cold this morning but the sun came out and we had a lovely morning running a BUG ride exploring some projects creating habitat, managing water and stormwater in particular and being beautiful.

The perfect autumn day in the sun taking some of our Wheel Sisters on their first ride on local streets.

Today, the fate of millions rests in the hands of an unchecked Israeli government, one that the (Jewish) New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman wrote recently, “is not our ally” David Leser is a Walkley Award-winning writer & author. Thread .. 🧵 #auspol #Gaza #Genocide

New! @3crmelbourne.bsky.social podcast: City of Melbourne bike lanes slashed and the NEW Great Vic Bike Ride! Val and @postcardsfromnorth.bsky.social are joined in the studio by Alison McCormack CEO of Bicycle Network www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/epi...

Our hot take: this looks like a big, very welcome boost for train services, adding capacity and cutting waiting times, especially for the Sandringham, Craigieburn and Upfield lines, but also others. A big step forward.🚉👍 www.premier.vic.gov....

The City of Melbourne look to have slashed the budget for building bike lanes from $4M in the forward budget to just $1.5M. youtu.be/5LqVmO3dQAE

What does Mum *really* want for Mother's Day? Maybe it’s a place in one of Council's Bike Maintenance Workshops with Bike it Better? And if Mum doesn’t want to do the workshop maybe she wants YOU to do it and pledge a year’s free maintenance? www.eventbrite.com.au/cc/bike-main...?

Have reached the stage in life where you hear about all the cool new bars from your children.

A weirdly balmy evening in the beer garden. What has happened to May? Where is my autumn?

"Ostensibly, half of us out biking, walking, rolling and taking transit are not men, but a quick Google search on “the most influential bike people” or “top traffic engineers” reveals a gender gap so big it could be a national monument." - @amoridesabike.bsky.social streets.mn/2025/05/06/a...

New! We received a lot of requests to release our bonus with Marco te Brömmelstroet, aka “The Fietsprofessor," about a study he co-authored with @ianwalker.bsky.social on where motornomativity comes from... so here it is! Plus, better language for better streets. thewaroncars.org/2025/05/06/e...

Both major parties continue to insist that "the key to housing affordability is supply", which is simply a conscious lie. Our tax system is structured to favour and reward property investors and our politics are built on the guarantee of ever-increasing property prices.

"For decades progressive voters have been told that Australians can’t have the nice things people in other developed countries take for granted because the Liberals and the Murdoch media would never accept such a progressive challenge... no need to be scared anymore." - @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Bought this wonderful looking book yesterday, The Ancients, about the world's oldest surviving trees in Tasmania. Still looking forward to reading it. Today my mum told me about this interview the author Andrew Darby had with Richard Fidler. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Everyone’s acting shocked that the election’s been called before 8:30pm but two and a half hours is plenty of time to roast a potato

well, that escalated quickly #AusVotes

Liberal spokesperson in “other candidates run against us” shock. #abc

Anyone outside Aus wanting to follow the federal election TV coverage, the ABC (national broadcaster) is not geoblocking its streaming channel #auspol #ausvotes iview.abc.net.au/show/abc-new...

Petition for Annabelle Crabb to push her glasses up.

Is there anything better than election night, a glass of wine, a robust whatsapp group and Anthony Green on the ABC?

Laura Tingle’s first contribution on the ABC coverage and she’s SLAYING, in that Tingle way.

Lets Play Elizabeth Street Bingo: after Yarra Councils Extraordinary Meeting tonight (22 April) at 6.30pm for 25-26 budget, stick around for second Extraordinary Meeting at 7.15pm where Liz St gets voted on again because reasons: www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us/com...