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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Happy Caturday. This is Maddie who is sweet as can be but also likes to assert a bit of top cat authority from time to time. She and her sister turn ten years old this month. Photos: @lisafw.bsky.social

A Lynx-Point Tabby cat sits on the bottom railing post of an indoor stairway as if guarding the passage, despite her non-fearsome appearance.

A Lynx_Point Tabby cat sits on top of a tall book case next to a vase as if she is part of the decor. It must have been a long and precarious leap to get where she is.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Tour of Austria has been very good the last several days. It gets even better if you pretend that the Austrian announcers are Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd doing a Wild and Crazy Guys skit.

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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Cartoon by Bob Eckstein

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#NoKings3 is this Saturday, 3/28! Find your closest protest location www.nokings.org Research shows when 3.5% of a population protests nonviolently, meaningful change occurs. Every body counts. Show up this Saturday & be counted! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_... #NoKings #Boulder #Colorado

Two NoKings protest signs. The one on the left says "You Can't King Here Man!" and has a cartoon baby trump picture. The one on the right says "Does This Ass Make My Country Look Small" and has the same cartoon baby trump picture

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Two Triolians built 92 years apart. Both guitars came to me by separate trades. A 1929 National wood body Triolian on the left and a 2021 National Reso-Phonic steel body Triolian on the right. Both play great and have very similar V-neck profiles. Kudos to NRP for the accurate reproduction. #guitar

Two very similar Resophonic guitars hang on a wall. Closer examination reveals that one has a wood body and the other steel. The wood bodied guitar is much older and has heavy play wear especially where strumming has stripped pain from the steel cover plate and dug a groove into the wood body. The steel guitar is in mint condition.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Merckxie is the sunbeam queen.

A lynxpoint tabby cat sits on the edge of a sunlit area of hardwood floor in the middle of a living room. The reflected sunlight gives her fur a mystical seeming glow as she watches the photographer impassively.

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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Taking off my weather hat for a moment for something more important than the forecast…today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I’ve shared before that my grandparents (mom’s side) are both Holocaust survivors. Please do me a favor and read their story in this thread.

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Happy #Caturday from the M&Ms, who are enjoying sunbeams and heating pads on this very cold day #CatsOfBluesky

Two lynxpoint tabby cats are sitting on a black fleece pad on a gray chair. Maddie, on the right, is looking to the right with a contented smile on her face. Merckx is cuddling behind her, also looking to the right.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand (\_/) (°-°) />📢<

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I walked down to the ICE protest in downtown Boulder today. My Oura ring told me I was halfway to my activist goal for the day. I'm not sure what it expected me to do next.

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The women’s race of today’s #Cyclocross #WorldCup was insanely good. Highly recommend watching the entire race if you can find it. And we coming up on the Christmas period - cyclocross almost every day!!

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

M&M enjoying a nice fall day.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We’re joining the No Kings protest today—not because we’re America-haters, Marxists, terrorists, or paid agitators, as some might claim—but because we are informed, concerned citizens, appalled by the erosion of constitutional order and rule of law. Civil liberties must be preserved for everyone.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: The Mildly Appreciative Dying

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Absolute perfection

Lana "not yet begun to fight"
@Lana@beige.party
If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes.
If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working.
If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way".
If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals.
If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution.
If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border.
If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy.
And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.
Jul 01, 2025, 09:53 PM

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

There’s something Phishy about the music I’m hearing through my window tonight.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Raining in Boulder as I was riding in from the North by Boulder Rez. It had all dispersed by the time I got home but there were a few puddles.

A landscape photo shows a dirt road by a reservoir with a storm clound in the background with visible rain falling over the city of Boulder. The Flatiron Mountains are visible in the background through the mist.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I (70 yo white male with a white beard) got carded today in Whole Foods while buying non-alcoholic beer. I told the kid it’s NA and I pointed to the place on the carton where it says “non-alcoholic”. He pointed to the place where it said “less than .5% ABV”. Checkmate. Not everything goes our way.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Westword has a good article on 25 uphill cycling routes in Boulder, some well known and some obscure. I've done them all and as the article suggests, I climbed Lick Skillet once and never went back. www.westword.com/arts/25-boul...

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Stairways to Heaven: 25 Boulder Bike Rides

Over the course of a year, I pushed myself to complete every ride.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I've been very impressed with the riding of Alex Baudin so far this season. He was top ten in LBL over Côte de La Redoute. In Romandie today he initiated the winning break, showed maturity in the finale, forcing Van Eetvelt to chase Fortunato. It could have been a win if Fortunato hadn't held on.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Storm over Boulder as seen from Boulder Rez on our ride. Accuweather didn't predict this or we wouldn't have been out there. Somehow we got home dry.

A billowing storm cloud is seen over Boulder, CO with Boulder Reservoir in the foreground along with a section of gravel trail, and the foothills in the background along with a patch of blue sky.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A bit ofSpring snowstorm outside has the girls snuggling up together.

Two Lynxpoint tabby cats (sisters and littermates) are snuggling together on a fleece pad that is in the corner of our sun room. There is a red brick wall behind the chair on one wall and a window looking out at a grass median on the other. The floor is hardwood.

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Madeleine (aka Maddie Cat) doesn't get enough spotlight on the socials. Here she is being cute and silly at the same time. That's her back foot sticking out 😆 #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #IdesOfMarch

A very pretty lynxpoint tabby is lying on a cream colored blanket on a couch. She is srunched up with 3 paws touching and a back paw poking out between (it's hard to describe). She is looking to the right of the camera. There is an earth tone patterned pillow behind her that matches her colors nicely.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Merckxie is a very intelligent and nervous girl and I this picture captures it very well.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Maddie is playing her top cat games today to show up her sister.

A lynxpoint tabbie cat sits on top of a bannister post and looks straight at the camera with a relaxed prideful expression.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I just discovered, by asking it, that ChatGPT is happy to take on any personality that you want. I asked for Marvin the Robot and it complied. It could pass a Turing test for responding like a depressed robot.

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Sushi for dinner and the #TourDownUnder in the background. We will be done in time for the first time up Willunga Hill #CouchPeloton #TDU25 #ProCycling

A dinner table with sushi in the foreground. In the background is a kitchen with a tv monitor showing a bike race

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Watching the 2024 Beniderm #cyclocross race in prep for Sunday’s race. This is a really good race youtu.be/BkrCjEllKnA?...

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My wife @lisafw.bsky.social and I like to preview the upcoming cyclocross races by watching a historic version of the race. For Koksijde (1/3) you can do no better than the 2015 World Cup. For USA folks a VPN is needed. I used Switzerland. www.cyclingfans.com/node/21423

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2015 UCI Cyclocross World Cup at Koksijde Elite Men's Race On Demand | www.cyclingfans.com

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

My brother used to play Wordle but doesn't anymore. Today I knew his starting word would score a one, so I let him know it was a good day to play Wordle.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

We're trying to shame Maddie out of her very bad habit of eating stray bits of tape.

A small lynxpoint tabby cat lies on a blanket. Next to it is a small sigh that says "I like to eat adhesives and I'm not sorry about it".

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/12/2024

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

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Clarque Shadows @clarqueshadows.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Though they are few and far between, there are moments when I consider going on TikTok.

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Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Bonus #Caturday post - Merckx always looks like she's in jail when she looks at us through the stair railing. In reality, this is her safe place when it's pill time (she thinks 😏) #CatsOfBluesky

A lynx point tabby with tufted ears is looking at the camera through wood stair rails while sitting on the wood stairs. She has a slightly worried look on her face (which is normal for her)

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

World record firework in Nagaoka, Japan.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Merckxie thinks she might be about to be pilled. She's right.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

It's going to be a good cyclocross weekend as it appears to be raining in Herentals and Namur. @lisafw.bsky.social and I are watching the 2021 Herentals race (first edition) while cooking dinner to get a course preview. It was a good one.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

There was a C1 cyclocross race in Italy the other day. It was at Vittoria Park, a bike park next to the Vittoria tires HQ near Bergamo. It reminds me of Valmont Park here in Boulder. Thomas Mein was there. www.youtube.com/live/Ba92YoY...

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Merckxie and Maddie being cute. Note the tufted ears on the left. Photo @lisafw.bsky.social cats #lynxpoint

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

You see this, post something green (take 3)

An emerald green Cervelo R5 with neon green accents leans against an olive green garage door.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Our first heavy snow of the season.

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Bret Wade @bwade913.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Merckxie will sometimes show off her belly spots. #cats #lynxpoint

A lynxpoint tabbie cat poses provocatively on a bed spread exposing the spots on her belly. Her other interesting features are big round eyes and tufted ears. Alongside her is her favorite taco cat toy.

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