Gravel Influencer
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I ride my bike, get angry at cars, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
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The next time someone says, "Oh, I'm just going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, what's the big deal?" you should show them this
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I have this one
Power Stance Kickstand
Everybody knows you can't really shred without a solid power stance. The Power Stance kickstand is the whammy bar of kickstands. Take your city shred session to the next level when you slam down the P...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I have this one
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How about these dinos?? 🪶
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
How about these dinos?? 🪶
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I had a kickstand added to my road bike when I bought it. Sometimes you just want to stop and like, take a picture and not have to figure out where to put the damn thing.
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I had a kickstand added to my road bike when I bought it. Sometimes you just want to stop and like, take a picture and not have to figure out where to put the damn thing.
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Bears repeating: the new U.S. ban on all foreign drones and components is literally the *exact opposite* of the wildly successful Ukrainian “we will try and use literally anything to win, and we’ll do it cheap” drone strategy that Hegseth and his defense boot-lickers have such huge boners for.
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Bears repeating: the new U.S. ban on all foreign drones and components is literally the *exact opposite* of the wildly successful Ukrainian “we will try and use literally anything to win, and we’ll do it cheap” drone strategy that Hegseth and his defense boot-lickers have such huge boners for.
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So I cannot reply, but yes, my e-bike has one. I also used to ride hybrids ( I prefer upright bikes) and a lot of them also have them. Think foldies might as well.
I do think some e-bikes have them? Paging @malaclypse.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So I cannot reply, but yes, my e-bike has one. I also used to ride hybrids ( I prefer upright bikes) and a lot of them also have them. Think foldies might as well.
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I have just learned that adult bikes don't come with a kickstand and I want to know where I register my complaint @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I have just learned that adult bikes don't come with a kickstand and I want to know where I register my complaint @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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Roads are unsafe for drivers too because of other drivers.
I think one of my favorite car brain arguments is when people say that cyclists don't belong on roads because roads are unsafe for bicycles.
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Roads are unsafe for drivers too because of other drivers.
I think one of my favorite car brain arguments is when people say that cyclists don't belong on roads because roads are unsafe for bicycles.
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
December 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I think one of my favorite car brain arguments is when people say that cyclists don't belong on roads because roads are unsafe for bicycles.
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
Excellent, then we agree!
But also, those people are really just saying, "I don't want to have to think about anyone outside a car."
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My old friend just helped me crank out another batch of holiday treats to give away. Only the cinnamon rolls are left to be made tomorrow
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My old friend just helped me crank out another batch of holiday treats to give away. Only the cinnamon rolls are left to be made tomorrow
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last night I learned about an unmarried Mormon woman in Massachusetts who got pregnant and was subsequently approached by her ward bishop, who warned her that if she didn’t relinquish the baby for #adoption she would be in grave opposition to the church.
Yep, that ward bishop was Mitt Romney.
Yep, that ward bishop was Mitt Romney.
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
last night I learned about an unmarried Mormon woman in Massachusetts who got pregnant and was subsequently approached by her ward bishop, who warned her that if she didn’t relinquish the baby for #adoption she would be in grave opposition to the church.
Yep, that ward bishop was Mitt Romney.
Yep, that ward bishop was Mitt Romney.
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I love how even on a separated bike path, I'm still blinded by motorist's headlights and can't see a thing in front of me.
Cars ruin cities.
Cars ruin cities.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I love how even on a separated bike path, I'm still blinded by motorist's headlights and can't see a thing in front of me.
Cars ruin cities.
Cars ruin cities.
This is really important reporting from @wbur.org about the scale of the kidnapping and deportation infrastructure across New England as well as the local and regional partnerships that have made it possible.
Map: How mass deportation happens in New England
Immigration arrests and deportations have shot up in New England, with the participation of federal, regional and local institutions.
www.wbur.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is really important reporting from @wbur.org about the scale of the kidnapping and deportation infrastructure across New England as well as the local and regional partnerships that have made it possible.
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DRUNK CHRISTMAS SONGS, starting with the GOAT
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) [Top of The Pops Dec 1987]
YouTube video by ThePoguesOfficial
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December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
DRUNK CHRISTMAS SONGS, starting with the GOAT
I know I shouldn't respond logically to Sean Fucking Duffy, but let's all remember that the ones doing the killing on American roads are overwhelmingly U.S. citizens. If we wanted safer roads we'd crack down on white dudes speeding and driving drunk.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I know I shouldn't respond logically to Sean Fucking Duffy, but let's all remember that the ones doing the killing on American roads are overwhelmingly U.S. citizens. If we wanted safer roads we'd crack down on white dudes speeding and driving drunk.
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I think a lot of this falls into the 'Donald Trump would be a competent executive if he weren't Donald Trump' box. A deeply unpopular ethnic cleansing with TikTox sensibilities is happening because of the insularity and unaccountably within the party, that Trumpism championed in the first place.
December 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think a lot of this falls into the 'Donald Trump would be a competent executive if he weren't Donald Trump' box. A deeply unpopular ethnic cleansing with TikTox sensibilities is happening because of the insularity and unaccountably within the party, that Trumpism championed in the first place.
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honestly unbelievable how bad this is, because it won't happen, but it will detrail naval procurement for the third time in as many decades. First we had the failure of the rumsfeld era DD(X)/CG(X)/LCS architecture and then we slammed face first into sequester cuts and now this
the golden fleet stuff genuinely makes me vibrate with anger
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
honestly unbelievable how bad this is, because it won't happen, but it will detrail naval procurement for the third time in as many decades. First we had the failure of the rumsfeld era DD(X)/CG(X)/LCS architecture and then we slammed face first into sequester cuts and now this
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i think it's a not inconsiderable source of anxiety for definitely me, and probably others with similar thought patterns, that it *feels* obvious that Republicans could probably stop being really stupid at any time and if they did could probably get their numbers up
but like, they won't
but like, they won't
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
i think it's a not inconsiderable source of anxiety for definitely me, and probably others with similar thought patterns, that it *feels* obvious that Republicans could probably stop being really stupid at any time and if they did could probably get their numbers up
but like, they won't
but like, they won't
An incredible detail
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An incredible detail
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oh no Laura shoot I can’t believe no one warned you, a Jewish woman, about this kind of thing, wow dang this must be super upsetting ok byeeeeee
Trump ally Laura Loomer says Democrats "were right"
Loomer has raised concerns about the presence of "neo-Nazis" on the right in a series of social media posts.
www.newsweek.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
oh no Laura shoot I can’t believe no one warned you, a Jewish woman, about this kind of thing, wow dang this must be super upsetting ok byeeeeee
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Basically, more people are struggle bussing more than you know and most of us are in the "let me try this off-label thing and hope for the best" camp.
I wish biomedical research were able to move a lot quicker in a safe way for all our sakes.
I wish biomedical research were able to move a lot quicker in a safe way for all our sakes.
December 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Basically, more people are struggle bussing more than you know and most of us are in the "let me try this off-label thing and hope for the best" camp.
I wish biomedical research were able to move a lot quicker in a safe way for all our sakes.
I wish biomedical research were able to move a lot quicker in a safe way for all our sakes.
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There's a phenomenon I've noticed where I think some people think other people's chronic illnesses have cures just because there's treatments approved...when in fact people with the other chronic illnesses rarely go into remission, let alone be cured.
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
There's a phenomenon I've noticed where I think some people think other people's chronic illnesses have cures just because there's treatments approved...when in fact people with the other chronic illnesses rarely go into remission, let alone be cured.
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Convinced the administration will never see their approvals rise again. Not even a little.
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Convinced the administration will never see their approvals rise again. Not even a little.
It's not even Wednesday and the Trump administration has yet again taken body blow after body blow this week. They are flailing, incompetent, and unpopular.
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's not even Wednesday and the Trump administration has yet again taken body blow after body blow this week. They are flailing, incompetent, and unpopular.
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I would note that SCOTUS sees the same things that we all do about the administration falling apart and becoming historically unpopular, and if you think that Kavanaugh in particular isn't explicitly responding to public criticism of him then I don't know what to tell you
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I would note that SCOTUS sees the same things that we all do about the administration falling apart and becoming historically unpopular, and if you think that Kavanaugh in particular isn't explicitly responding to public criticism of him then I don't know what to tell you
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Boston reports 114% surge in flu cases; Children most affected | Click on the image to read the full story
Boston reports 114% surge in flu cases; Children most affected
Flu-related emergency department visits also increased 44% in that same period of time.
www.wcvb.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Boston reports 114% surge in flu cases; Children most affected | Click on the image to read the full story