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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you for your attention to this fecal matter!

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 2d

Hands-free cellphone calls while driving are just as dangerous and should be banned from auto tech.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 2d

Velomobile ftw! youtu.be/IoZ1tY0zaFY?...

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 3d

Left Field, represent!

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 5d

As a stair-climbing world record holder I can tell you with confidence that no matter how fit you are, stairs will always make you winded, so you’re all good. I’ll be out there cheering. Enjoy Toronto’s open streets!

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 10d

That's cool. I was thinking more about random conversations between strangers, usually at stoplights. bsky.app/profile/vagu...

Vague Pariah @vaguepariah.bsky.social · 10d

Could you imagine the reaction you would get if you pulled your car up to a stop light and just started chatting with the driver next to you? They'd think you were insane.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 10d

I love that the "OK Blue Jays" song is just a reminder for the team to play the appropriate sport

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 10d

And riding a bike is the opposite. It's common for people riding bikes to engage in friendly banter with each other and with people on foot. Something unimaginable between drivers.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11d

I wish "antifa" had not gained such widespread usage. If we just said "anti-fascist," then it would be immediately clear to anyone what the opposite of that is.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 26d

Shot in my home town!

Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 26d

You were never meant to leave.

#ITWelcomeToDerry premieres October 26 on HBO Max.

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Dumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 27d

Happy #equinox!

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · Sep 13

America, online: www.todayintabs.com/p/groyper-wa...

So in summary: it appears that this was a shooting where the victim, an influencer, was answering a question from another influencer when he was shot by a third influencer, after which a fourth influencer documented the ensuing chaos and a host of other influencers registered their takes, before the director of the FBI (an influencer) and the deputy director of the FBI (another influencer) announced the alleged shooter’s apprehension with a quote from Mad Max.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Sep 13

I thought the exact same thing.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Sep 12

My wife who works in dentistry complained about how unrealistic it was to have his teeth repaired so quickly after the bike crash and I was like "THAT'S the plot hole you're going with???"

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Sep 9

I DNFed the Haliburton Forest 100 Mile Trail Race but took the best nap of my life at 110k.

Runner sleeping like a log on a trail at night

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · Sep 4

I wrote a book ab this. It isn't evenly distributed. It happened gradually over a decade. Recommendation engines helped. But mostly it's the product of a propaganda campaign that made being anti-vax an article of *right wing identity*.

📖 Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

Support for vaccinating kids against infectious diseases dropped from 81% in 1991 to 51% last year

We are getting dumber as a society

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · Sep 3

Small towns have most of the amenities of daily life. For people who live and work in the same town, the only trips outside the town are occasional things like shopping in the big city or seeing a specialist in another town, things a car share would excel at. Most trips are bikeable!

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · Sep 3

People say cycling only works in big, dense cities, but here’s the travel time across a small town of 8,000 people. Cycling is totally practical.

Towns should support cycling as a fun, cheap, healthy, family-friendly alternative to driving that improves rather than degrades safety and public space.

Travel time across a small town of 8,000 people:
8 minutes by car
15 minutes by bike
1 hour by foot

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Sep 3

So true! We moved from Toronto to a small town a few years ago and e-bike everywhere. I lost count of how many pickup truck drivers have said some version of "That looks like fun, and a great way to get around town."

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Aug 28

Check this out, @rushfancast.bsky.social.

Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just don’t call it The Danny

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Bratislava @nondescriptive.bsky.social · Jun 16

This obituary is remarkable. Nina must have been an absolute force.

Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · Jun 16

Very sad to learn that women’s running pioneer Nina Kuscsik, who won both the Boston and New York City Marathons, recently passed away. www.jacobsenfuneral.com/m/obituaries...

Nina Louise Kuscsik - View Obituary & Service Information

Share Memories and Support the Family.

www.jacobsenfuneral.com

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Jun 16

Through the wild adventures of others and about 1,000 scientific studies, THE EXPLORER’S GENE by Alex Hutchinson will take you on a journey into your own self. I came away from it itching to apply its lessons to my life. (Disclosure: Alex is a friend.)

Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Apr 19

Let’s goooo.

The book The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map, by Alex Hutchinson.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Jun 13

Brilliant essay in @theglobeandmail.com by Dan Rubinstein about the power of 'blue space.' Gift article: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e246a0a...

Make space in your life for ‘blue space’

The aquatic equivalent of green space has received increasing attention from researchers interested in its impact on our psychological and physiological health, as well as the health of the planet

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just finished reading WATER BORNE by my old journalism school pal Dan Rubinstein. Terrific read about the power of “blue space” that will make you laugh, cry and think. Bonus: there’s a mention of my joggling marathon record in there.

The book Water Borne by Dan Rubinstein with a wide-angle photo of Dan standing on a paddleboard full of gear on a calm lake under a blue sky.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Jun 3

Happy World Bicycle Day.

Large digital screen on a city street with Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise in white type on black

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