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But I’m sure Indianapolis’ Eagle Creek Reservoir has nothing to worry about the waste coming to it from Lebanon’s LEAP district. I’m sure Trump and Braun’s environmental protection agencies will protect us. /s #indy

We used to get much better results from constituent concerns when Crista Carlino was our Councilor than we do now with Maggie Lewis. Councilor Lewis is largely unresponsive to (my) constituent emails and concerns.

@visitindy.bsky.social has launched Greater Indy Trailways, creating a very cool interactive Trail Map that spotlights 18 premier trails in central Indiana. It's very impressive effort - check out the link -> thetrailways.com/trail-map/ #loveindy #bike

@visitindy.bsky.social has launched Greater Indy Trailways, creating a very cool interactive Trail Map that spotlights 18 premier trails in central Indiana. It's very impressive effort - check out the link -> thetrailways.com/trail-map/ #loveindy #bike

Putting this composite photo of today’s events into my journal to act as a reminder of the absolute insanity and abuse we are subjected to each and every day of Trump’s 1460 day presidency.

This could be my video of the week. Heads up @yaenridesagain.bsky.social this one’s dreamy . #santi shares a group bike ride around #pointreyes that’s just such a good mix of sound with visuals. #thesantimountain #SamuelPTaylor #statepark . Beautiful bikes & vibes. 🚲💚

Some of the #books I've read in the first quarter of 2026. Any reading suggestions for me? see ALT

While soaking in the vibes at ‘No Kings’ today, I heard someone playing this 1941 Irving Berlin song on a boom box. Still relevant after 85 years. Take a listen.

See you downtown tomorrow, Indy.

It’s a lovely afternoon to sit overlooking Indy’s Eagle Creek Reservoir.

It’s says something how fast Cesar Chavez markers and statues came down when it came to light he was a vile of piece of shit. It also says something that there’s a movement to put back up the markers and statues of certain other people determined to be vile pieces of shit.

In the last 24 hours, drivers on the Westside of Indianapolis have also crashed into Mr Bendo and one of our bus stops. The collision with the bus stop was so violent the pole for the stop is laying all the way up against that fence.

I was cycling and paused for a while to record the Chorus frogs singing on this sunny, Sunday afternoon in #Indy’s Eagle Creek Park. #bike

Today, Feb 27, was a beautiful day to #bike in and around #Indy’s Eagle Creek Park.

Did ya see? We've got a fresh new website! centralincycling.org

lol CRAZY timing on this

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

Almost 250 years after we broke with George III, the question must now be faced: Are we a monarchy or a nation of laws? [Cartoon by Bill Bramhall]

How things work... #bikeped #safestreets #bikesky

#Indy west-side, thousands of Sandhill Cranes overhead on my #bike ride. Overwhelmed!

Perfect! This is very intersection that #Indy’s DPW chose for the Eagle Creek Greenway bike trail to cross Crawfordsville Rd rather than using a pre-existing bridge for walkers and bikers to cross safely underneath the highway.

Unsightly home-made LEAP District protest signs stapled by someone to utility poles along #Indy’s Eagle Creek reservoir causeway in early January transformed by winter weather, a month later, into ugly litter lying on the wet ground. See ALT.

Bike wash day in #Indy. Wash, Dry, Lube, and Shiny-Clean

I had a fantastic time biking in #Indy today. Joined a Saturday morning slow-ride sponsored by CIC, had lunch, and then biked home to the Eagle Creek area via the mostly snowless B&O Trail. Like the five year-old I am, I was excited to watch this freight train crossing over the trail.

One of the better ideas I’ve seen. Scott Galloway with his “Resist and Unsubscribe. Resistandunsubscribe.com

Today was my first opportunity in three weeks to bike to the YMCA - bitter cold plus snow-covered trails conspired against me. The trails are still a bit slushy in places, as my helmet attests. I saw a handsome red shouldered hawk sizing me up near the ice covered Eagle Creek reservoir.

Westfield, where the median income is more that 2x Warren Township’s, got a new YMCA. Meanwhile, Ransburg is closing, shortly after the closure of the Athenaeum. We sought answers from Y leaders. They declined to provide them. Here’s what we asked: mirrorindy.org/ransburg-ymc...

“Sometimes, people just don’t know that they hit *something* they thought they did,” IMPD Public Information Officer Tommy Thompson said. *something*

This person has to walk in 38th St because Eagle Creek Greenway still hasn't been cleared two weeks after the snow. Seems pretty antithetical to #visionzero @indydpw.bsky.social @safestreetsindy.org

Another absolutely glorious afternoon for biking the B&O trail in #Indy.

Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable

Biked today for first time in 19 days! Felt great to be outside on my #bike! Hendricks county did a nice job on the B&O Trail. In Marion County near Raceway Rd there is a narrow 1/2 mile path (an effort by a volunteer with a snowblower?) but beyond, further east, the trail is buried in snow.

"At this time, it appears that this was *just* an individual walking down in the roadway — in a dark area — and the drivers *just* did not see this individual," Capt. Weilhamer said. No *just*ice.

I’ve been watching the #Indy Parks & Recreation Committee meeting on Channel 16 tonight. Lots of good questions from the committee - esp @jesseforindy.bsky.social

I somehow missed seeing this terrifying video posted by @ryanlkent.bsky.social 3 months ago. I’ve done this same crossing on the B&O Trail at West 10th in #Indy scores of times and even with its modern HAWK signal system, some bozo is likely to blow through it. Luckily, Ryan wasn’t struck. #bike

Busy with bicycles in February? Yes we are. mailchi.mp/centralincyc...

No doubt the elm tree didn’t survive disease but tulip trees live hundreds of years. I wonder what became of it? The memorial stone site would make a great stop on a Central Indiana Cycling SAD-urday Winter Ride (if the snow cover ever melts!) @cherolis.bsky.social

“I never used to worry about, like, ‘Am I American enough?’” Gift Article

"Do you have any idea what the margins are on any of this stuff you buy? How Manny and Kumal managed to make ends meet is beyond me, but I can tell you right now they sure as shit couldn’t afford an immigration lawyer."

Yes - totally complicit.

My four reposts today are of recent statements about ICE brutality made by 4 of my favorite authors that also just happen to be active here on BlueSky. Follow them! Read their #books ! @praddenkeefe.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social @sugi.bsky.social

It’s just unfathomable to me that people think it makes sense for any law enforcement to be masked and anonymous. Police officers operate under risks and don’t wear masks. Judges & prosecutors, the same.

"In order to build tyranny, you have to open zones where the law doesn't apply... one zone like that is the border. The logic of what they've been doing with ICE is to take the border everywhere." www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuNB...

Honoring the Memory of Alex Pretti —from human rights scholars affiliated with the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts. cla.umn.edu/human-rights...

On the counterproductivity of tear gas (and authoritarian brutality in general) from my book Say Nothing.

2025 was a really big year for Central IN Cycling! Here's the annual report - drive.google.com/file/d/1xZCv... Are you a member yet? We'd love you to join the movement!

The newest example of traffic violence along the barrier “protected” 56th St causeway, part of #Indy’s Eagle Creek Trail.