Really enjoyed the 80+ miles of rail-trail on my solo 145-mile biking trip from west of Madison to La Crosse last week. Eager to up my #bikepacking game ASAP.

Bryan's incredible photography was my go-to cover art for so many issues of Silent Sports magazine when I was editor there. The more people who see his astonishing Boundary Waters work will inspire more people to want to protect this unique natural and recreational resource.

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

As a former HS exchange student too who briefly worked abroad as a journalist, this is a gut punch. But with this piece, Mr. Scherer is still doing the work, giving readers powerful insight into the human struggle.

Huge congrats to Kewaskum, Wisconsin's new gold-medal Olympian Jordan Stolz. We knew he was destined for greatness.

I spoke to the Christian Science Monitor about my song of solidarity for the resistors of Minneapolis www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/013...

Our season finale is about the vital role public media plays in the lives of many Americans, how the Trump Administration’s budget cuts could impact those Americans directly, and one small way we’re trying to make a difference. And yes, of course, there is a bidet involved.

After the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster, Jean Wright and her fellow "Sew Sisters" blanketed our astronauts with a new form of thermal protection.

OK, today I bought the t-shirt and pin seen here on the left. Got home, showed them to my wife, who said, "Oh, to match the patch on the bookshelf." Sure enough, that's where I found the patch (AND an identical pin) pictured on the right, which I have no memory of buying. OH, THE IRONY. Sigh.

We occasionally cross statelines for expertise here at Wisconsin Public Radio.

As crazy as the world is right now, we've had it easy compared to our ancestors. Here's my latest article for wpr.org.

Let's get clickbait out of local news. We are a group of Idaho and Washington journalists, and our publishing company, McClatchy, wants the ability to punish us for not meeting arbitrary story quotas. THREAD

Some incredibly good news: One year ago this week, The Onion returned to print. In that one year, we’ve grown to the 13th largest print newspaper in the United States, just ahead of the Boston Globe, and growing fast. In short, it’s working. So… thank you. Thank you for helping save this thing.

This is hilarious: "Chicagoans may remember the Birds Aren’t Real posters from 2018, which similarly took an outlandish conspiracy theory very seriously. The Man in Bean Coalition says 'They are a completely different group. Birds are definitely real, and the man inside the Bean is real too.'"

Mix of good/bad luck at the start of our last mountain biking summer trip. This morning a thunderstorm nearly flooded our Copper Harbor campsite. But yesterday I found the bike computer in the lost and found at WinMan that popped off there month ago. So yay?

I'm a big believer in not giving in to despair. That's what they want from us. That said, this is awful news.

Beautifully done! I love that other people do this! (And another argument for scientifically accurate tattoos! 😂) ❤️❤️ @rosemarymosco.com always a queen.

► FunHouseRadio.com <-- TUNE IN Do you need a reason to smile today?

After a long absence, I'm back in the pages of Silent Sports Magazine (July issue, print only), with this piece about #tandembicycling. In summary, wherever you're heading in your relationship, you'll get there faster on a tandem.

Almost 75% of Americans oppose the sale or closure of any kind of public land. And, across the board, they demonstrate consistent support for their local parks.

VEO 3 Prompt: Generate a TV news anchor with a British accent, the anchor says "in shocking news, Jake Kaye Rowe ling's yacht sank with her on board after being attacked by orcas off the coast of turkey" include the announcement in the dialogue. This took one prompt and 2 minutes to generate.

Read this, a summary of the nearly six hours of live interviews I produced for WPR's "The Larry Meiller Show." Or go back and listen. That would be cool, too.

I watched and enjoyed "The Four Seasons," so believe me when I say Hawkeye Pierce-era Alan Alda does not appear in it, despite what Netflix is suggesting here. Alda wrote the movie on which this show is based, but he appears only briefly and in his current elderly incarnation.

You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism. NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support. Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

In 2016, Elon Musk considered buying The Onion. Realizing that owning the parody newspaper wouldn't keep him from being made fun of within its pages, he withdrew as a bidder. The latest print edition of The Onion now has 10 fake ads mocking Musk and his companies. Here are two of the less profane.

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

I subscribe to the paper edition and give the absolute strongest recommendation. having a copy of the Onion in the bathroom will make you think it's the 90s, but in a good way. seriously the best, not expensive, do it.

The Secretary of Transportation apparently believes every tired myth about bike lanes you have ever heard, including that they cause congestion, somehow put cyclists in harms way, and don't attract riders. Here's an explainer about why he's wrong, according to decades of data from agencies he runs.

Just bums me out when people advocate for the Plagiarism Machine That Lies. Announcing to the world that you like abdicating your brain to the world's shittiest machine. Have an ounce of self-respect

I included just one giraffe joke in my latest local news story for @captimes. I admit it was a reach. But I'm making long strides toward being punnier.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

“The newspaper would shift from a reliance on advertising and subscription revenue under a for-profit structure to a hybrid model that continues gathering these forms of revenue with added philanthropy.” Big news out of Spokane: www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...

Some good news: Indie bookstores are making a comeback.

"Riff collapse" sounds serious and in need of Congressional hearing.

This is that photo: www.photoby.fr/en/chased-by...

Every morning my Fitbit reveals what I already knew, that I don't get enough sleep. Yet I get "good" (not great) readiness scores.

Ahead of tomorrow's DOGE hearings, listen to our episode about the long-simmering movement to gut public media and why this moment is so perilous: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

First newspaper story about my history of #TheOnion!

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

All I need Is a beautiful sky Turn off Turn off everything Dive in the silence So deafening` Something tells me that we got it wrong And all I need Is a beautiful sky Let the blue come in Like a morning friend At the end of the night No I never needed…no more than this Look at the blue sky

For months, Republican lawmakers on the powerful Joint Finance Committee have cast doubt on the reauthorization of Wisconsin’s land stewardship program. Some have seemed poised to let a popular, bipartisan program die because they don’t have final say over spending on the projects.

But the conspiracy keeping me from sleeping, that's real, right?

Reminder to self to add many of these to my already long "Killer Covers" playlist.

Wisconsin's U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson support this bill to make biking and walking safer. It's named after an Oconomowoc woman and U.S. diplomat killed while riding her bike in 2022.

My story about Christine Wenc's great new book about the history of @theonion.com appeared today as a nice two-page spread in the @captimes.com's weekly paper. Link to the story online in the comments.

We had a very fun and very funny time talking about The Onion's good fake news with author Christine Wenc and Onion EIC Chad Nackers.

For decades The Onion has skewered the mainstream media. But the same financial forces that have plagued so many of its targets almost killed The Onion, too. Here's my reading of the first true history of "America's Finest News Source."