Jeremy Cole
@jeremycole.bsky.social
he/him – Seattle, WA – Bikes, mobility, food security, compassion, and building better cities. Sometimes: MySQL, Ruby, etc.
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Jeremy Cole
@jeremycole.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Reflections on a year of biking for 2024
Everywhere I’ve ridden my bike in the PNW in 2024. Since shortly after moving to Seattle in July 2022, I have not driven a car. I’ve gotten around by bike and public transit. During 202…
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I wrote up a (lengthy) summary of my biking in 2024, a total of 7,880 miles. Of that, about 2,770 was on e-bikes, mostly towing trailers doing volunteer work. The remaining 5,110 almost entirely on my Specialized Diverge (a few on other non-e-bikes), mainly exploring.
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Do you go on group bike rides? How big? How do yours run? What makes them successful? What has scared you?
I've been working on a post for a long time but I decided to just go ahead and hit publish. 🚲❤️😅
Keeping the ride safe: Lessons from Seattle group bike rides:
blog.jcole.us/2025/11/30/k...
I've been working on a post for a long time but I decided to just go ahead and hit publish. 🚲❤️😅
Keeping the ride safe: Lessons from Seattle group bike rides:
blog.jcole.us/2025/11/30/k...
Keeping the ride safe: Lessons from Seattle group bike rides
So you want to run a group ride? Group bike rides are one of the most fun ways to explore a city with your friends, or just to spend a few hours or a day out. Joining organized group rides such as …
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December 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Do you go on group bike rides? How big? How do yours run? What makes them successful? What has scared you?
I've been working on a post for a long time but I decided to just go ahead and hit publish. 🚲❤️😅
Keeping the ride safe: Lessons from Seattle group bike rides:
blog.jcole.us/2025/11/30/k...
I've been working on a post for a long time but I decided to just go ahead and hit publish. 🚲❤️😅
Keeping the ride safe: Lessons from Seattle group bike rides:
blog.jcole.us/2025/11/30/k...
Reposted by Jeremy Cole
Imagine if we directed the same relentless energy toward building better cities that we currently waste on making excuses for why we can't.
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Imagine if we directed the same relentless energy toward building better cities that we currently waste on making excuses for why we can't.
Computing in 2025 honestly sucks. Everything web page takes 1GB+ RAM and on top of that leaks memory life a sieve, just to display nothing you want, and a bunch of "AI" features that you never asked for or ads for the same.
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Computing in 2025 honestly sucks. Everything web page takes 1GB+ RAM and on top of that leaks memory life a sieve, just to display nothing you want, and a bunch of "AI" features that you never asked for or ads for the same.
Last night was #CriticalMass Seattle and the weather was perfect. A bit cold, clear and dry. We started off with ~40 people from Occidental Square and rode around downtown and Belltown. Pretty good ride. I was the sweeper keeping folks safe at the back. A few honks but no really bad driver behavior.
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Last night was #CriticalMass Seattle and the weather was perfect. A bit cold, clear and dry. We started off with ~40 people from Occidental Square and rode around downtown and Belltown. Pretty good ride. I was the sweeper keeping folks safe at the back. A few honks but no really bad driver behavior.
I watched and shared just one Finnish reel on Instagram and now I am opted in to all Finnstagram all the time 😱
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I watched and shared just one Finnish reel on Instagram and now I am opted in to all Finnstagram all the time 😱
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We have no shortage of solutions when it comes to the #ClimateCrisis & better city-building. We know what works, & what doesn’t. We know the difference between action & excuse. We have smart cities that inspire us.
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We have no shortage of solutions when it comes to the #ClimateCrisis & better city-building. We know what works, & what doesn’t. We know the difference between action & excuse. We have smart cities that inspire us.
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
We need leadership.
#ActionStartsHere #PaidPartnership @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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In Seattle City Council's city-wide Position 8, incumbent Alexis Mercedes Rinck defeated challenger Rachael Savage by a more than 4:1 margin. Savage won in only 8 of Seattle's 2038 precincts.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
In Seattle City Council's city-wide Position 8, incumbent Alexis Mercedes Rinck defeated challenger Rachael Savage by a more than 4:1 margin. Savage won in only 8 of Seattle's 2038 precincts.
Using the term "device hoarding" to mean keeping using an expensive thing until it's actually broken is a ... choice.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Using the term "device hoarding" to mean keeping using an expensive thing until it's actually broken is a ... choice.
New spreadsheet created: Bike Events 2026. Let's hear it. What should be on it?
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New spreadsheet created: Bike Events 2026. Let's hear it. What should be on it?
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What actually needs to happen is a complete departure from the concept of LOS to modeling things like accessibility and safety.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What actually needs to happen is a complete departure from the concept of LOS to modeling things like accessibility and safety.
Why is every video these days either 30 second reels or 30+ minute full commitments? Have we lost the ability to make short form 3-10 minute informative videos?
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why is every video these days either 30 second reels or 30+ minute full commitments? Have we lost the ability to make short form 3-10 minute informative videos?
We’ll take BC in Free Cascadia if Canada doesn’t want her
It’s amazing how much BC is being pushed to the fringes right now. The Carney gov’t has been negotiating with Alberta & Sask on pipelines, without BC. All while Saskatchewan’s potash monopolist chooses the US over BC. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Saskatchewan firm's plan to export through Washington state instead of B.C. has David Eby fuming
Vaughn Palmer: Nutrien Ltd. says Longview, Washington, makes more sense than B.C. ports for a host of cost reasons
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November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We’ll take BC in Free Cascadia if Canada doesn’t want her
What you think @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social ?!
Hot take: Fremont Bridge should be closed to cars and open only for bikes and pedestrians. For cars it's mostly redundant with Aurora Bridge and we're never going to build a new bridge (with the required ability to open, especially) for non-cars. As a historic bridge it'll last a lot longer, too.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What you think @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social ?!
This irritation brought to you by: figuring out how to safely get a large-ish group ride across the bridge... which should be easy, but most definitely is not.
Imagine restructuring the Burke-Gilman, Ship Canal, and Cheshiahud Loop trails around first class access across the Fremont Bridge (instead of the current bullshit), and opening true pedestrianization opportunities on the N and S side of the bridge with great interconnected walkability.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This irritation brought to you by: figuring out how to safely get a large-ish group ride across the bridge... which should be easy, but most definitely is not.
Hot take: Fremont Bridge should be closed to cars and open only for bikes and pedestrians. For cars it's mostly redundant with Aurora Bridge and we're never going to build a new bridge (with the required ability to open, especially) for non-cars. As a historic bridge it'll last a lot longer, too.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Hot take: Fremont Bridge should be closed to cars and open only for bikes and pedestrians. For cars it's mostly redundant with Aurora Bridge and we're never going to build a new bridge (with the required ability to open, especially) for non-cars. As a historic bridge it'll last a lot longer, too.
This applies to friends and family members. Try telling someone you love that they're speeding, sometime.
This is imho a key American social defect. Drivers just cannot take being told or implied that they did something wrong, even when they very clearly, objectively, did. I have no idea how to fix that but it’s something. It’s also the root of a lot of road rage.
Drivers get unbelievably defensive when you point out unsafe driving. The mental gymnastics are something else.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This applies to friends and family members. Try telling someone you love that they're speeding, sometime.
This is imho a key American social defect. Drivers just cannot take being told or implied that they did something wrong, even when they very clearly, objectively, did. I have no idea how to fix that but it’s something. It’s also the root of a lot of road rage.
Drivers get unbelievably defensive when you point out unsafe driving. The mental gymnastics are something else.
Got a letter from MPD for going 10 over past the one on 18th. It's pretty telling there's nothing south of Lake, I drive down there all the time and the drivers are no safer or slower than the north side.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is imho a key American social defect. Drivers just cannot take being told or implied that they did something wrong, even when they very clearly, objectively, did. I have no idea how to fix that but it’s something. It’s also the root of a lot of road rage.
One observation from this summer and I don’t know if it’s backed up by data but would love to hear: Vancouver has a much higher density of much higher quality parks than Seattle. It seemed like there was a nice well-maintained neighborhood park around every corner.
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
One observation from this summer and I don’t know if it’s backed up by data but would love to hear: Vancouver has a much higher density of much higher quality parks than Seattle. It seemed like there was a nice well-maintained neighborhood park around every corner.
It's almost hilarious how much MAGA actually loathes their own base.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's almost hilarious how much MAGA actually loathes their own base.
Today I once again joined the weekly food rescue ride from Ballard and Fremont PCC stores, delivering the rescued food to the direct Food Not Bombs distribution in SODO for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers, bikes, and trailers to save food and get it to those that need it!
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Today I once again joined the weekly food rescue ride from Ballard and Fremont PCC stores, delivering the rescued food to the direct Food Not Bombs distribution in SODO for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers, bikes, and trailers to save food and get it to those that need it!
Alright which one of you friends put this sticker out here on Delridge. NIMBYs Suck. Neighbors are welcome.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Alright which one of you friends put this sticker out here on Delridge. NIMBYs Suck. Neighbors are welcome.
Today I delivered another 10 bags of groceries from White Center Food Bank to 5 families in White Center, Burien, and Seattle for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers with bikes and trailers to deliver food to the homes of people with accessibility or mobility challenges
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Today I delivered another 10 bags of groceries from White Center Food Bank to 5 families in White Center, Burien, and Seattle for @cascade.org #PedalingReliefProject – we use volunteers with bikes and trailers to deliver food to the homes of people with accessibility or mobility challenges
Customer parking is customer parking. Take the space unapologetically. 🚲
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Customer parking is customer parking. Take the space unapologetically. 🚲
I really hate that I already got honked at and yelled at/harassed for using my bike in a lane (when there is no other option, downtown White Center) and also almost hit by a car and I haven’t even made a single delivery yet.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I really hate that I already got honked at and yelled at/harassed for using my bike in a lane (when there is no other option, downtown White Center) and also almost hit by a car and I haven’t even made a single delivery yet.