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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

future historians will illustrate the fall of an empire using the gwen stefani scale

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

You don't pay for Tubi+ ?

One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

I just realised in 30 years I'm going to be Junior Soprano in residential senior care shitting my pants in protest every time the nurses play American Idiot while I play bingo.

One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

wtf kind of US airport bar plays Vandals?

(hitler bad, vandals good btw)

Mary Kish @merrykish.bsky.social · 1d

I’m at a Tony Hawk themed bar at the airport and they’re playing every banger from Pro Skater

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

'RELEASE THE TALL BIKES OF WAR!'

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

The Idiocracy memes would have been easier if the president wasnt Terry Crews.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

We have those here and in my small act of resistance I generally crush a few with my thumb so they become unreadable.

Makes me feel a bit better at least.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

Idiocracy 2 gonna be wild.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

I used the NASA based Timeshifter app, spent $30 on melatonin and followed the instructions to the letter.

Still got fucked up the ass for two days on either end when I went to Japan.

Maybe it's an age thing.

One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

and who knew Fatty Arbuckle could weld?

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

A three-and-a-half foot chain welded to both wrists by Fatty Arbuckle, who bet that no man could ride cross-country on a single-speed bike in five and a half months. The restraint would be removed by New York's mayor when Pizzo rolled in on October 30, 1919.

Photo of Tony Pizzo resting on his bike. Chains are visible on both his wrists.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

I did some digging they're called 'ceremonial honor guard leggings' apparently.

Yours for $24.95.

totalnavy.com/leggings-spa...

Leggings/Spats

White honor guard spats or leggings with black hardware. Often used for military parades and funerals.

totalnavy.com

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

Handcuffed to his bike you say?

Do tell me more.

🙂

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed! I guess it was part of their navy uniforms.

Pizzo was one of the more colorful long-distance riders, by the way. He always traveled handcuffed to the bike, and had photos taken of himself in restaurants and bathtubs with the bike by his side.

Two photo of Tony Pizzo and his bicycle, to which he was handcuffed. The photo on the left is in a restaurants, with two waiters behind him, and the one on the right is in a bathtub.

Photos via crazyguyonabike.com

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like you haven't quite grasped how far the destruction of the nation's 250 year old legal framework has progressed.

They're literally kidnapping people off the street without due process, dismantling government departments, and trampling first amendment rights.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

also, whatever those guys are wearing around their lower legs (spats, puttees ?) need to make a come back, they look super cool.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. They all stole my idea over a hundred years ago.

😑

(love all your images btw, thx)

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

cycling is the new sailing

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

Idea: main triangle advertizing hoardings

It's basically wasted space, right?

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

The original New York City bike messenger on a fixie, 1892

📷 Alice Austen

Photo of a young man in a uniform posing with a bicycle on a street.

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 1d

and speaker on/headphone off phone users

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 2d

murica, trust me, youre getting fucked even with the regular prices

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 2d

who the fuck plays golf in Barking?

One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 2d

Who robbed the Louvre?

probably a bunch of Frogs

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 4d

Sounds like a great saturday night indeed.

(Also:I feel like there's a significant probability that people will be murdered by the state apparatus tomorrow, hope everyone stays safe.)

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One Three One Two @rubyroubaix.bsky.social · 4d

We're getting some real mediocre fare this week.

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 4d

Beyonce's cycling thoughts:

"I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life."

www.independent.ie/regionals/he...

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