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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"Every battle is won before it is fought." — Sun Tzu, on strategy

HUNDREDS OF BIKES in a bike lot, at the MN State Fair

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I didn't mean to be late, but I was held up by a fawn and a freight.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

BUSTER KEATON with his sons James & Robert in 1928.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Manhã quente de julho bicycle commute ("Baia"/Stan Kenton Orch)

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The best beer is an open beer 🍻

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Really wanted to leave work on-time, and actually left work on-time, pm bicycle commute. (5 O'clock Whistle/Count Basie Orch)

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

If you want to capture all the extreme 4K action of your lower abdomen and inner right thigh, this is the mount for you...

Likely an AI generated advertisement photo of a bicycle saddle rail camera mount but has the camera is on top of the bicycle saddle, where a rider would otherwise be.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Happy Birthday David Attenborough! From the earliest days of television, to controller of BBC2, to bringing the wonders, beauty and fragility of the natural world to our eyes & attention - you’re a legend! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

100 Candles 🎂 today for DAVID ATTENBOROUGH — one of the most extraordinary, brilliant & important broadcasters in the history of Television.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

"wilcuma to ye fete, friónd"

Illustration, in the style of Bayreuth tapestry, of man falling off of Nakatomi tower

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

About 23.4 degrees, the reason for the season

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Librarians know what's up!

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Minnesota Historical Society has a podcast called 'Minnesota Unraveled' (new to me). Episode 111, 'History on Two Wheels: Bicycles and Bike Paths in Minnesota' is a wonderfully interesting history of late 1890's to present bicycling in the twin cities, and then some. www.mnhs.org/unraveled/ep...

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History on Two Wheels: Bicycles and Bike Paths in Minnesota (episode 111)

Dr. Chantel Rodríguez explores the evolution of the bicycle in the late 19th century, as well as the cycling craze that followed.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Westbound snowy bike ride through Reservoir Woods

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"Please cease making these jocularities, or so help me GOD IN HEAVEN, I shall turn this ship back Eastward and return us home." - Mayflower Captain, probably. #Thanksgiving #secular #humanist

Comic frame of party people on a Mayflower-like ship, as traditionally dressed religious Pilgrims gaze upon with dread. Caption reads "From the Mayflower, Pilgrims watched with dread as another group sailed to the New World alongside them... the Impuritans."

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Seen in Reservoir Woods... "From now on, you must take care of your toys, because if you don't, we'll find out, Sid." - Toy Story, where the toys are watching and will exact revenge if he harms again.

A doll's head stuck on a tree branch in the forest

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My weekday AM bike commute to downtown St. Paul, MN, Jackson to 10th street bike path. This is the type of bike path obstruction I can live with. This is not the dog's first offense, but a solid number two. (owner cleaning up after their dog) #bikecommuter #bikesky

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 14/11/2025

“Now show it in the rain,” is a comment that pops up in our feed occasionally, as if the country that cycles 18 billion kilometres while experiencing 217 days of precipitation each year grinds to a halt every single time the skies open. There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Careful commute planning not paying off very well.

man pictured in motion on mono wheel, with the caption "Whenever I see someone on one of these, I like to imagine they started out with a much larger vehicle, and their journey has been riddled with mishaps."

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Time lapse bike ride thru Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN. Not the last perfect day, but one of the few remaining

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social. Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"

Picture of Subtext bookstore window with poster memorializing Melissa Hortman, with the book "Life After Cars" resting on the windowsill.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Moments from the #NoKings protest at St Catherine University Campus, St. Paul MN

Middle aged couple holding "Choose Love" flag, and an American Flag

"We all do better when we all do Better" Paul Wellstone quote on a poster

Strong display of poster "The Best activism is equal parts anger and love"

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.” (Continued in comments)

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day

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Sustainability @sustainableplanet.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

My PM Bike commute from downtown St Paul to Roseville, MN. The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B. The background music is "The Poor People of Paris". #bikecommuter #bikesky #bike

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

"The bamboozle has captured us.”

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I had the right-of-way, bike lit up like a landing strip, cross signal in my favor. This $#@^* in the red suv left turned across the bike path. Was more important than the law, or another's life. Northbound Jackson & 12th, St. Paul in the PM. Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.

Red SUV violating the law and risking lives.

License plate obscured to protect the guilty. I do have it, if it even matters

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Quotes from this interrogation were shared on the radio and in the newspapers, one such was Bryan’s, “I do not think about things I don’t think about”, to which Darrow replied with the question, “Do you think about the things you do think about?”, after which Bryan answered with, “Well, sometimes”.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Q: What is made out of brass and sounds like Tom Jones? A: Trombones

monochrome photo of a bass trombone bell section

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I'm really close on all of the points being made here...

Calvin and Hobbes father on bike riding among noisy, polluting, inconsiderate motorists

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Briefly thought that Scarlett Johansson was playing a banjo and was suddenly 100% more interested in the franchise.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

“...students just have free time instead of a substitute. My 14-year-old had two canceled classes this morning and simply stayed home until noon. This would be a logistical nightmare for schools and parents if we didn’t just expect our kids to sort it out.” www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/h...

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Why are Dutch kids the world’s happiest? A teenager weighs in | CNN

Freedom for kids to move through the world on their own may be the key to the Netherlands’ top spot in childhood happiness.

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Craig Stilen @cdstilen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” - Walt Disney (not Disney...) Allegro non troppo - A. Dvorak: Slavonic Dance n°7 youtu.be/y87nLlz3iDQ?...

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Allegro non troppo - Danza slava n°7

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