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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Rebuttals to a few of the cons:

    • don’t dress like an ‘annoying dork’- unless that’s your vibe, no need to change anything to ride a bike.
    • you don’t ‘have’ to wear a helmet. Though there are some less bulky, big, or wherever this cons comes from. Probably best to wear one.
    • no need to go fast and work up a sweat, or e-bike as other have mentioned. There may be financial rebates available. Other commuter tips include: bring extra clothes, and wet wipes to clean up once getting to.
    • until a matter transporter comes along, it takes time to go anywhere.
    • you get to find new routes. Find new shops, new neighborhoods, new parks. Feel like a part of you community. Not locked in a metal box or tube.
    • bone conduction headphones, or other non noise canceling headphones
    • there are bikes, racks and bags in any combination that can carry all sorts of groceries.
    • no bad weather, only bad gear. I’d say heat of summer is worse than winter.












  • We stood up during the anti Iraq war protests, occupy Wall Street, blm, pro-choice, marched for lgbtq rights, human rights, the environment.

    We’re burned out because (mostly) nothing changed or got worse… also busy working to the bone to be able to afford to go to work tomorrow.

    Perfect consumer because everything we need to buy is designed to fail and not be repairable.






  • I say next Saturday for the Saturday that will occur soonest.

    If someone waiting at a bus stop asks me which bus goes to the train station, I say the “the next one”. Meaning the one that will appear first at the bus stop, not the one after that. Which makes sense for days of the week too, to me anyway.

    I am always being corrected, though.