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🎓Dietetics & Human Nutrition 🍎 Blog: https://pedalsandpages.com Former US Army Infantry ✍️Working on my first novel Pro-science | History Nerd | (I also bike... a lot.)

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 16d

📚✨ My #September #ReadingList is live!
Check it out 👉 pedalsandpages.com/go/dfhl
What’s on your list this month? 📖🍂
#booksky #books #stephenking #scifi #wildwest

My September 2025 Reading List

Happy Fall! Here is what I read for the month of September.

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7h

📚 My review for: "Philip and Alexander" by Adrian Goldsworthy

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 stars)

A dual biography that gives overdue credit to Philip II while setting the foundation for his son Alexander the Great’s historic rise.

Full review:
https://pedalsandpages.com/go/feb25

#bookreview #reading #booksky

Book review image for 'Philip and Alexander' by Adrian Goldsworthy - 4 out of 5 stars

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 8h

Doesn't Trump use these?

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 1d

#Blog post
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At just 21 years old, Sophie Scholl was executed by guillotine for courageously choosing to defy Fascism and Adolf Hitler’s system. Her legacy lives on today, reignited by the rise of far-right nationalism.

Resisting Fascism: The Life and Execution of Sophie Scholl | White Rose Movement

The mulish rhetoric and haughty scapegoating throughout history are exemplified by the very ideologies Sophie Scholl and the White Rose resisted. Their courage reminds us of the dangers of contemporar...

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 1d

📚 My review for: "How Rome Fell" by Adrian Goldsworthy

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 stars)

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy charts the slow collapse of the Roman Empire from the third century onward.

Full review:
https://pedalsandpages.com/go/may25

#bookreview #reading #booksky

Book review image for 'How Rome Fell' by Adrian Goldsworthy - 4 out of 5 stars

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 3d

📚 My review for: "The Evening and the Morning" by Ken Follett

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 stars)

A prequel to Pillars of the Earth, this medieval epic explores love, ambition, and injustice in the early days of Kingsbridge.

Full review:
https://pedalsandpages.com/go/apr25

#bookreview #reading #booksky

Book review image for 'The Evening and the Morning' by Ken Follett - 5 out of 5 stars

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

My fantasy world involves the entire race working together to explore the universe, solve chronic illnesses and terminal maladies, etc. I know it's futile and whimsical to think this way, but it's sort of fun. #spacesky #space #atlas #aliens #science

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

Honestly, this Atlas 3/I object better be aliens. I'm convinced that humanity is devoid of advanced sentience. We commit genocides on behalf of religion, we elect serial ra**** to the most dominant office in the world, and (generally) our species sucks—always has. So, bring on the aliens. 👽🛸

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

Nailed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfC...

Pam Bondi Hearing Cold Open - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

📚 My review for: "Rubicon" by Tom Holland

⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5 stars)

A vivid history of the Roman Republic's fall, from Cicero to Caesar and Octavian. Holland weaves politics, war, and personality into an epic narrative.

Full review:
https://pedalsandpages.com/go/apr25

#bookreview #reading #booksky

Book review image for 'Rubicon' by Tom Holland - 4 out of 5 stars

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

Here are three books I recommend to anyone feeling a need to give the internet a break and soak up some knowledge.
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#booksky

Three Books to Read During Chaotic Times

It’s no secret: the world is chaos right now. Throughout history, we’ve turned to books to find peace, clarity, and understanding. Here are my favorites…

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

Offer them no quarter.

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 4d

I finished Slaughterhouse-five and am now moving on to a non-fiction review of the #Ottoman #Empire. Feels good to be back in the saddle with a #history #book. I love my fiction, but still aim to keep the mind massaged with the last. #booksky

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 5d

My latest post: pedalsandpages.com/the-schism-b...

The Schism between White Christian Nationalism and the Catholic Church

A fascinating showdown is unfolding before our eyes — a widening rift between the populist currents of American politics and the longstanding traditions of Catholic social teaching.

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 5d

My tax dollars are being used to fund MAGA and associates producing videos criticizing Democrats for airport delays. Do I have grounds to file a lawsuit?

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 5d

Thanks!

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 5d

Awesome! I run mine next weekend and haven't run even close to the full distance. Any advice?

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 5d

📚 My review for: "The Oxford History of the French Revolution" by William Doyle

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5 stars)

A thorough and detailed scholarly account of the French Revolution. Dense but essential reading for students of...
Full review:
https://pedalsandpages.com/go/de24

#bookreview #reading #booksky

Book review image for 'The Oxford History of the French Revolution' by William Doyle - 5 out of 5 stars

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

No goal, just to finish it. Cycling is my primary sport

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

I am doing my first half-marathon soon, and I have never run that far. Nervous for sure. I know I can *do* it. But what shape I'll be in at the finish is something else entirely…

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

MAGA’s America.

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

100%. As I mention in my post, I’m not a Catholic. But I’ve heard a few accounts similar and along those lines. Very old and strong institution.

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

Upgrades.

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

Thank you!

Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 7d

The #Roman Empire couldn’t take down the Catholic Church—so forgive me if I’m not worried about #MAGA trying. My latest piece dives into the growing rift between White #Christian Nationalism and #Catholic teaching. Spoiler: Faith has a longer shelf life than politics. pedalsandpages.com/go/p2gp

The Schism between White Christian Nationalism and the Catholic Church

A fascinating showdown is unfolding before our eyes — a widening rift between the populist currents of American politics and the longstanding traditions of Catholic social teaching.

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Gabe @pedalsandpages.com · 8d

Let’s go!