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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 6h

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 · 17h

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

The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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

Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 2d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Absolutely agree.

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AnnieForTruth @anniefortruth1.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

Oh...the intersection I ride thru on my bike at least once a week. 😑 I should buy a white ghost bike now.

Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 5d

East Allegheny. Chestnut Street exit and Route 28. Multiple callers indicating that a male is down. One caller said that someone was hit by a car and the driver kept going. FD on scene says the man has no pulse.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

It is attempted murder.
🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 entitled drivists.

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck drivists. Fuck all of them.

Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com · 2d

The one on Dawson Street just now is that an impatient driver was waiting for someone to cross, he reportedly flipped her off, than ran her over.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

I absolutely agree. I bike every day to work, but when I need to go to the airport or the Amtrak station, I need to take a bus there - - which is debatable if it will show up. Hell, I have to take Greyhound from Pittsburgh to Baltimore soon and their track record is deplorable. 😢

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Dear Jeebus,
Please smite all shitty distracted drivists.
Amen.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 4d

also texting while driving. people who text while driving must be shamed into oblivion. and

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

I have been biking to work for 15 years. Today it was 52F this morning. The same coworker asked me yet again "Did you ride your bike?" Yes, Ethel, I rode my bike to work today. Every day for 15 years. All 4 seasons. One less car in the parking garage for you. (I don't have a car anyway.) 😜

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

The biz owners and entitled drivists who come in from the burbs are suing my city against putting in bidirectional bike lanes on #PennAve. It is infuriating. I don't want to ride the sidewalk, but I also deserve to stay alive.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

One way streets with murder strips (aka sharrows) can be a scary ride. Drivists go faster on one way streets than on 2 way. I don't begrudge any cyclist who take the sidewalk for their safety. In fact, #PennAve in PGH ##stripdistrict is 1 way w/sharrows, 2 lanes driving, w 2 lanes of parked cars!

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 3d

Well you did mention that cyclists *should* to go out of their way to get to the protected bike lanes. My comment is that my protected bike infra to cross a river is a mile out of my way. Why do we expect cyclists to go farther away than a driver would?

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 4d

Protected bike infrastructure on Penn Ave now! Stop letting drivists dictate my safety where I shop. Drivists can go back to the suburbs. #IBIKEIVOTE #EXTENDPENN #rightsizepennave

A beautiful ebike with a throttle is parked outside of the Smallman St Deli in the Strip District Pittsburgh that should have protected bike infrastructure but the local drivist crybabies and business owners won't give up one lousy lane of parking despite there being 5 lanes of car traffic into the city of Pittsburgh. Typical Yinzer carbrain bullshit.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 4d

I am from Pittsburgh and I will GLADLY tell you what you can and can't drive. Hell, I lived in rural western PA for 14 years too, so I absolutely can tell all Midwesterners that their oversized trucks are wasteful and dangerous. 😘🖕

Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 4d

We need more visible bike activism in Pittsburgh. We should be having WEEKLY group rides advocating for more & better bike infrastructure. @bikepgh.bsky.social what can we do?

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't know magats ever rode bikes. I thought they only drove lifted F150s everywhere.

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Nihilhexia @clarinetchick.bsky.social · 4d

Soap his car and business windows.

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