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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 6h

So basically you condone impatient drivists murdering me because I can't get my 55# ebike moving fast enough from a standstill. I will keep riding my mOtOrCyCLe in the bike lanes, on trails, and on streets. That way I can piss off throttle-shamers and all the drivists at the same time!

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 12h

#EXTENDPENN

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 12h

Every day since April 2010.
😈🚲😈

Brendan Kevenides @bkevenides.bsky.social · 13h

Riding a bike is an act of protest against the dominant paradigm. Some feel very threatened by it. Ride daily.

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 15h

Anti-bike forces in Chicago really ratcheting up their tactics

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 16h

Thanks!

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 16h

What kind of horn do you have on your bike?

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 16h

This goes double for me.

cyclesixmile @cyclesixmile.bsky.social · 18h

"Flashing lights on bikes are annoying to drivers"

Flashing lights are the least annoying thing I'm willing to do. Next.

A cyclist wearing a shirt that says "This cyclist is armed" on the back

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 21h

That sucks. My disability is that I can't drive, I only bike or take transit. I deserve safe bike parking too. 😡 My bike takes up a lot less space than a disabled drivist's car. 😡

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

So does my ebike. 💋 Max of 15 mph. Car drivers? Routinely break speed limit. They should get out and push their cars.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

Today I learned that my ebike is really a motorcycle. 🤣
Look out 279N, I'm taking the highway home. I'm sure all the drivists will enjoy trying to murd3r me.

Thumb throttle ≠ motorcycle

My bike is heavy. I want to get moving from a stop quickly so drivists don't try to k1ll me in their impatience.

My ebike in Pittsburgh with a thumb throttle. Makes drivists mad.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

How strange it is that my bike is suddenly a motorcycle. 🤔🤔🤔

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

You don't use a pedals either in a car.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 21

Remember, whenever you hear that “speed wasn’t a factor” in a deadly crash, what they mean is that the car involved wasn’t technically speeding. At least “not by much.” It presumes that the speed limit wasn’t too high to begin with.

When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣
My mOtOrCyCLe.

GTFO, drivist.
Vroom vroom, jagoff.

My red ebike with a dangerous THUMB THROTTLE that makes drivists cry. But taking too long to get this 55# ebike moving from a complete stop would make drivists apoplectic and they would probably run me over when the light changed. Apparently this is a picture of a motorcycle. 🙄

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

Dammit.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

Selim. He's a bum. Love him anyway. 🤣😻 #cats

Dilute tabby or gray tabby sleeping hard on a gray blanket.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social go on The War on Cars podcast!

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 3d

We are even willing to find time on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's Calendly.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

I have my grandparents silver tree from the 1940s. It's a fire hazard for lights, poisonous if ingested, and can't support any ornaments. Love it anyway. Reduce reuse recycle.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Once a month Critical Mass but it doesn't usually get to the #stripdistrict that has the legal battle for bike infrastructure happening. Underwear bike ride only meets once a month during the summer months. 😢

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Huh. Thought this was a narrative for the Striking Distance chase scene...

Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 3d

Cops have been chasing a stolen blue Kia, PA LPZ-5147, off and on all morning. They have been making contact in the Sheridan Area and to the north of the river. Sounds like they got another gold Kia.

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

We need bike gatherings like this in the #stripdistrictpittsburgh #extendpenn #rightsizepennave

Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 4d

Santa Cruz California sure does know how to throw a bike party!

Great turn of about 150-200 folks. We enjoyed a warm evening biking through town together. Here we are at our first party spot on the cliffs of the sea. Apparently we crashed a wedding in the science center behind us 🤫 🚓🚨

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 4d

Separating multi-ton cars from people on bikes will save more lives than helmets ever will

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4d

Even though nobody wears bike helmets in the Netherlands, the fatality rate there is significantly smaller than that of the United States. What have they figured out that we haven't?

How I Learned to Cycle Like a Dutchman

In the bike-friendly Netherlands, cyclists speed down the road without fearing cars. For an American, the prospect is thrilling—and terrifying.

www.newyorker.com

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Oh damn. I am old enough to remember the disco Knock on Wood song charting, but it took until today to realize it wasn't Donna Summer or one of the Pointer Sisters who was singing it. 👀 Apologies to Amii Stewart.

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely agree.

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AnnieForTruth @anniefortruth1.bsky.social · 4d

Did he check with RFK Jr first? I thought this was all a hoax!

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