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@karenarcher.bsky.social

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She/her. Birapi country 🦘🐨 Interested in cycling and wellbeing. Concerned about the increasing rejection of decency, science and progress. Are we descending into a new round of the Dark Ages?

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · May 17

Cycling is an amazing sport for many reasons and this post stage interview says it. My top fav from an amazing rider. youtu.be/h6yL1CXCwd4

One of the best interviews you will EVER hear from Matej Mohorič ❤️🥹 | Tour de France 2023 🇫🇷

YouTube video by TNT Sports Cycling

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 6d

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 6d

It is a beautiful race. In Aust we could only watch on some streaming platform Ive not previously heard of. Bummer. Would love to have watched Pogi. He’s a genuine racer and Im all in. #illombardia

Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 6d

Evenepoels 2025 once started in earnest has been impressive youtu.be/a4g8lB5nn7A #illombardia

Remco Evenepoel - Interview at the finish - Il Lombardia 2025

YouTube video by Cycling Pro Net

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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 7d

(NYT: free). Great article showing how fast the Chinese are “cleaning our clocks” with regard to solar and wind generation of electric power. Sadly Trump is stuck in the 1950s and can’t see the future.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/b...

How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

www.nytimes.com

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 7d

Chapeau to Michael Storer. Third behind Pogi and Evenepoel 👏👏👏 #illombardia

Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 7d

🇦🇺 Michael Storer takes surprise podium at 🇮🇹 #ILombardia

"I was feeling really, really good from the start. I already knew beforehand that a top ten was super realistic, and if I have a good day then who knows? And it turned out it was that who knows."

📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/i-ju...

'I just kept hanging on' – Michael Storer takes surprise podium at Il Lombardia

Australia’s Michael Storer ended his season on a high with an unexpected third place at Il Lombardia. The Tudor Pro Cycling rider held his own through a…

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 7d

Madiot is forever committed to his romantic views on cycling. Good on him but the profession is moving on.

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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 11d

It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 15d

Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus): 90mm (3.5in). This reptile is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar. Brilliant photos taken by Prabhashitha Fernando in Madagascar. 🦎

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 13d

We are lucky to have them nesting on our backyard. Very hard to spot on the gum trees

Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 13d

Is this photo real? Not AI generated? Im thinking this is an unusual pose for a chimp. It is cute though 🥰

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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 14d

Christopher Hedges: journalist, war reporter, Presbyterian minister

Revered in the industry, a powerful campaigner for the professional safety of Palestinian journalists

Never have so many been reporters been killed in a war

Cancelled by our National Press Club

open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 16d

I feel sad tonight with the news of Jane Goodall’s death. What a wonderful person. she’s passed with little positive movement toward a safer future for the environment and the animals who depend on that environment, despite a life devoted to nature #RIPJane

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16d

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 16d

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Rouleur ➡️ Coureur @coureur.app · 17d

Create a special jersey for the occasion!

ammattipyöräily @ammattipyoraily.bsky.social · 17d

📊🏆⏱️ Remco Evenepoel is the reigning winner of the following ITTs at the moment ⤵️

— ◯‍◯‍◯‍◯◯ Olympics
— 🌈 World Championships
— 🇪🇺 European Championships
— 🇧🇪 National Championships

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 17d

No, no, no, no ... another shining light extinguished. You do wish some people could live forever. 💔

"Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91"
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 18d

Yes so many dropped out! Listening to the cycling podcast and they thought is almost as hard as Duitami in 95 with only 24 finishers (which I did not watch 🤣)

Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 20d

Bummer Plapp abandons

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 20d

I have go with an all Aussie podium Anna
Vine 👏
Plapp 👏
Hindley 👏

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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 23d

#CouchPeloton

Australia rides through 'hell' to retain mixed relay world title

Australia has retained its title in the mixed team relay at the UCI Road World Championships as it stormed to victory over two circuits of a hilly 20.9-kilometre course in Kigali on Wednesday, local t...

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 20d

Would I be right in saying that noone predicted this result. I have not heard of this rider before. Chapeau to Magdeleine and Canada 👏👏👏🇨🇦 #couchpeloton

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Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 22d

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 22d

When Steve Lamplough heard a commotion outside his south-west Victorian home, the last thing he expected to see was a joey koala riding his dog like a racehorse.

Golden retriever takes baby koala for a joy ride

When Steve Lamplough heard a commotion outside his south-west Victorian home, the last thing he expected to see was a joey koala riding his dog like a racehorse.

www.abc.net.au

Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 22d

💯 W O K E and proud of it!

Cycling fan 💛🚴‍♀️💖🚴‍♀️❤️🚴‍♀️ @karenarcher.bsky.social · 28d

Flashback for September 20, 2025

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Sept. 20, 2025

Can you sort 8 historical events?