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@lucasutley.bsky.social
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he/him/his Wichita, KS Oklahoma State University 2018 Aerospace Engineer Bike commuting, tennis, animal rescue, space exploration

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reasons to ride a bike: - Bikes are fast and get you places on time - Gives you a nice butt - Most energy efficient way to travel - Get to go whee the whole time - Virtually immune to traffic - The going whee thing, but again
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It seems most US communities get equally mad at both.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Does anyone else get irrationally angry at American health provider emails, check in procedures, insurance estimates, etc? One of my biggest motivators for staying healthy is to stay the fuck out of regular contact with the American healthcare system.
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
6000 miles commuting by bike instead of driving a car.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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Halloween Mike @schatzipage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Don’t send a man to do a woman’s job
The four time World Cup winners the USWNT
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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Eala d. Iga Swiatek 7-6(9) 6-2 ALEX BECOMES THE FIRST FILIPINO PLAYER, MAN OR WOMAN, TO REACH THE 2ND WEEK OF A GRAND SLAM IN THE OPEN ERA. ✅1st Wimbledon R16 ✅5th top 10 win of 2026 She just gave the Philippines another reason to dream without limits. 🇵🇭❤️🇵🇭
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Some people just see the road differently
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
when it zoomed out I gasped
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026
It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.
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livvy @walkingspartan.substack.com · 24/06/2026
I have seen this all over and the comments are always oddly supportive! Maybe we can change after all. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 12/06/2026
George Miller is looking to develop a final ‘MAD MAX’ movie and a TV series. Amazon, Universal and Sony are interested in acquiring the rights. (Source: puck.news/newsletter_c...)
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Aleesha @charmaine116.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Spotted this ad for an F150 trim package. The goal is to be intimidating. They're not even pretending anymore.
Screenshot from a photo montage ad for Ford F150 truck trim package with the text, "Menacing Has Never Been So Captivating"
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Here it is:
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Infest The Pat’s Nest @derblutenpat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The modern world in America is built for the “convenience” of motor vehicles. But the truth that people don’t want to hear is this: Cars ruin cities. Riley is dead, because drivers have the world catered to their every need while pedestrians, bikers, and public transit riders get the crumbs.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com
forbes.com
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study
Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is one of the most relatable articles I've ever read. Especially the part about slipping back into seeing the world through a driver's eyes when I get behind the wheel of a car.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a wonderful article extolling how good it is to walk or cycle and how it makes you much more in touch with your surroundings than in a hermetically sealed car isolated from the world. HT @ppushbike.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
irishtimes.com
I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more
Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/05/2026
OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/05/2026
Black text on white page that reads: 

Amazon is worth $2 trillion. But it didn't deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust. 

We collected every dollar they owe the people of this city — and will continue to hold them accountable. In New York, corporations are held to the same standard as everyone else. 

No company — no matter how large or powerful — is above the law.
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#govegan problem solved. #climatechange #animalcruelty
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Travis comma bitch @prof-hinkley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
FYI you’re not being polite by waving someone through a stop sign when it’s your right of way. Being polite is moving your ass according to the rules and not confusing people.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social
theconversation.com
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
2 years ago my company installed a wave-style rack for us to lock our bikes to. There used to only be 2 of us riding to work on a daily basis, but today I'm asking management to install additional racks (but of the inverted-U style). Fingers crossed!
6 bicycles are locked outside to a bike rack.
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Ryan H. @ryan.blacksky.app · 04/05/2026
My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“Driving is so hard-wired into American culture, life and institutions, that it’s hard to account for all the ways it is subsidized, preferenced or otherwise favored. But a law professor at the University of Iowa, attempted it anyway.” #UtbanTruth Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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How Driving is Encouraged and Subsidized — By Law — Streetsblog USA
Greg Shill, a law professor, attempted to itemize all the ways driving is legally favored in the U.S. Let's just say it's a long list.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social
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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 19/03/2026
This is a huge win for physical media: the complete STRANGER THINGS in 4K, Dolby Vision, and a tonne of extras, coming from @arrowvideo.bsky.social in July! Shame it doesn't come with a couple of novels, eh? www.arrowfilms.com/p/4k/strange...
arrowfilms.com
Stranger Things: The Complete Series 4K UHD | Arrow Films
Shop Stranger Things: The Complete Series 4K UHD at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We need to call out Dodge for what they are. They glorify hostility with models like the "Demon" and "Hellcat", selling an aggressive identity. The result is statistically deadly with Ram drivers leading the country in DUIs. They breed this toxicity, and it has no place on our roads and streets.
thedrive.com
Ram 2500 Drivers Have the Most DUIs, More Than Twice the National Average: Report
Roughly 1 in 22 Ram 2500 drivers have been cited with a DUI before, a study claims.
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
2 years ago I bought a bicycle to try and get some places without having to drive. Today I hit 5000 miles of commuting by bike instead of driving a car.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/03/2026
Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run theonion.com/prospective-car-buyer-…
Prospective Car Buyer Takes SUV Out For Test Hit And Run
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Americans drive a lot more than people in other rich countries. If we didn’t drive so much, we wouldn’t die in so many crashes. It’s a simple point, but one that NHTSA, traffic engineers, and many road safety org’s have yet to learn. Me, in Bloomberg 🧵
bloomberg.com
The US Is Counting Traffic Deaths Wrong
By emphasizing the number of people killed per mile rather than deaths per capita, traffic safety groups risk normalizing the factors that make American roads so deadly.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city
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Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago
"The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The Expense.
b/w sticker on a green pole

WEVE MADE IT SO THAT
AUTOMOBILES
CAN GO
EVERYWHERE AT THE EXPENSE OF CHILDREN
GOING
ANYWHERE
ROVÉLO CREATIVE
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The lack of media coverage about the bombing of the girls elementary schools is shocking.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/02/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/02/2026
Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather
Cruel Owner Chains Bike Outside In Freezing Weather
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Nevin Durish @nevindurish.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Checks social media for 5 minutes... "Cool, now I'm filled with a rage hotter than 1,000 suns.".... "Welp, back to work."
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/01/2026
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This past weekend, I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted. I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 22/01/2026
The attacker is Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, Indiana.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We purposefully dismantled a robust national rail network and replaced it with forced car dependency. Seeing high-quality European sleeper cabins for €55 highlights the freedom we lost to decades of social engineering and auto industry subsidization.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
One of those captcha things. This one says ‘select all images with bicycles. Click verify once there are none left’. There are 9 squares  - 4 contain photos of bicycle seats, with the remaining 5 showing the beautiful head and face of a grey greyhound with a white stripe going from the top of their head to the tip of their nose.
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Me: "My apartment is too small for my grand piano. I'm going to store it on the sidewalk." City: "Citation issued for illegal dumping" Me: "My garage is too small for my SUV. I'm going to store it in the street." City: "Sounds great, no worries, just move it once a month, ok?"
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Lucas @lucasutley.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This shouldn't be a controversial blog post
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/01/2026
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-b…
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.
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