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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, anti-colonialist and leading international voice in non-violent resistance, takes a tootle. #BicycleBirthday October 2 (1869-1948)

Blurry black and white photo of Gandhi riding a bicycle and another person walking alongside him. Underneath there's a caption in Hindi script and another that says, "Gujarat - Vidyapith to Sabarmati Ashram 8-9-1928."

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

In #NewMexico, I continue to work on election protection. The best defense is a good offense. So, graphics for early voting. I made these. Grassroots activism calls for learning new skills. 1/

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Paul and Linda McCartney riding in London, 1972. They were known for riding bikes from their home in St. John's Wood to Abbey Road Studios. #BicycleBirthday Linda McCartney September 24 (1941-1998)

Paul and Linda McCartney riding bicycles on a street. Paul is making a "number one" sign.

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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

For polluters, the payoff has been extraordinary. Hundreds of millions in campaign spending translated into hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks and secured revenues as Republicans' policies force consumers to purchase more and more fossil fuels […]

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Actor Mickey Rooney appeared in over 300 films in a career that spanned nearly 90 years. Here he is (right) with Freddie Bartholomew and a nifty kid-sized penny farthing in 1936's Little Lord Fauntleroy. #BicycleBirthday Mickey Rooney September 23 (1920-2014)

Photo of two boys in old-timey clothes standing with a small penny farthing bicycle in front of a building's steps.

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

If you use Fastmail for your email, you can now select to have your data reside in the EU rather than the US. If a nation state is out to spy on you, this won't fix much. But it does add a layer of surveillance protection in some ways […]

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Military Murder Arch and Murder Ballroom today. Coming soon: The Trump-JFK Military Murder Entertainment Complex The Trump Military Reflecting Murder Pool The Trump Institute of Peace and Murder

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

This is hard to read but you must. The Trump regime focuses its immoral, racist, ethnic cleansing on children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Screen legend Sophia Loren finds room on the handlebars of Rik Batagglia's bicycle during the filming of the 1954 drama "La donna del fiume” Happy #BicycleBirthday, Sophia Loren! Born September 20, 1934

Photo of a woman riding on the handlebars of a bicycle, facing the man who's doing the pedaling. They're both smiling.

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Paul Quin @paulquin.com · 08/06/2026

Remember we never had rigged elections until this guy entered politics? "STRANGE HOW ELECTIONS IN AMERICA WERE CONSIDERED SAFE UNTIL A SERIAL LIAR WHO'S ALSO A CONVICTED FELON TOLD AMERICA THEIR ELECTIONS ARE RIGGED! GLENN TUNES. " #trump

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Autumn Bicycle Ride This Week magazine, September 18, 1938 🎨 Frederick Sands Brunner

Painting of a smiling woman in a kerchief riding a bicycle. The background is orange, with leaves of varying colors floating around.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Keeley (Juno Temple) encounter a Brompton for the first time when Dr. Sharon Fieldstone (Sarah Niles) rides up and collapses one in an episode of Ted Lasso Keeley: "That's not a bike, that's a transformer!" #BicycleBirthday Jason Sudeikis Born September 18, 1975

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Ebikes are highly efficient & produce much less carbon than EVs. Walk Bike Berkeley’s testing revealed fuel efficiency of 2200 - 3800 MPGe, making E-bikes 20- 35 times more efficient to operate than all-electric automobiles." You also don't need additional charging infrastructure The receipts👇

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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

There are clearly many reasons why people are switching to Vivaldi. Interestingly, my little survey shows that the top reasons have more to do with our values than particular features. The #1 reason (77%) is the fact that we do not have built in AI. #2 is […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

Image shows survey results about things important to our userbase, also referred in the text.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She's certainly sturdy

Photo of a woman being gripped by a giant ape. It's Fay Wray in the original 1933 King Kong.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fay Wray, actress most well known for performing opposite the big ape in the original 1933 King Kong movie. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Fay! September 15 (1907-2004)

Photo of a woman in summery clothes posing standing with a bicycle in front of a house.

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

My adult daughter and her dog, aka my granddog. He's a bernadoodle, aka Bernese Mountain Dog x Poodle. (It is rainy and seasonably cool at home today, so I'm catching up on some photos from this past summer.) #FamilyPhoto #bernadoodle #doodle #DogsOfMastodon #Dogstodon #doodles

A young woman wearing a baseball-style cap sits at the end of a dock, with her large dog. The two stare into each others' eyes at close range, the dog's nose nearly touching the baseball cap's bill. Lake with a fishing boat holding two anglers in background. Sunny day.

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Common Loons from this past July, Trout Lake, Superior National Forest, northeastern Minnesota. They gave us some good looks around sunset. Please note that a couple of the real closeup shots--I did not attempt to get *that* close to the birds. We had […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

A pair of Common Loons swimming in a lake; rocky shoreline in background. The loons' eyes reflect red light

A pair of common loons swimming in a lake; both of their heads are underwater as they search for fish. Their backs and humped necks are visible above the water

close-up photo of a solitary Common Loon, nearly filling the horizontal width of the frame. A red loon eye is visible, and the loon's reflection is somewhat blurred in the gentle waves of the lake surface

A pair of common loons swimming in a lake. The closer loon is in focus; behind it is a second loon, slightly out of focus, but still recognizable

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Some alternate views of one of our favorite spots & favorite cabin rentals on Lake Superior. Gotta love The Rock. #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #lichen #LichenSubscribe #NaturePhotography

A panoramic view of a rocky outcrop that juts into Lake Superior at sundown. The panoramic view captures the shoreline to the left and to the right of the outcrop, which is centered. Clouds reflect sundown colors, and some blue sky is visible.

Another sunset view of the lichen-covered rocky outcrop jutting into Lake Superior. A glowing campfire is on the mainland, in the lower left of the image.

A lichen-covered rocky outcrop juts into a large lake. The slow exposure results in a blurred lake surface. Some green foliage and wildflowers grow amongst the rocks, closer to shore.

An old man wearing a hat stands at the end of the rocky outcrop; he holds a fishing pole and is casting a lure out to the large waters of Lake Superior.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Children with Bikes in Mekong Delta, Vietnam 🎨 Charlie Waite

Photo of four children standing with bicycles in front of field of a long-stalked plant, possibly bamboo. They're wearing conical hats and long garments.

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Creative Genius Tom Bob (33 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/09/11/stre… 🥁 Ringo at the drums!

Tom Bob's Ringo Starr portrait around a concrete cylinder painted as a Beatles drum, with two narrow posts serving as drumsticks.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The 13yo just came home from his paper-round with this! I think I might have finally impressed him 👌 Vogue next? 🤣 👩‍🔬

Photo of the Scotsman newspaper. On the front cover of the magazine section it says "A star is born, make space for Astronomer Royal Catherine Heymans", and Catherine is vaguely smiling infront of a massive supercomputer of wires!

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

the REAL story under this really good news story about solar and batteries keeping the lights on in California even through extreme heat is that the oil companies... Yes the Oil Companies... were lying to you when they said solar and wind and renewables […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

As of August, 187 gray whales have been found dead this year along the West Coast, from Mexico to Alaska. It is likely that the gray whales are starving to death because of the global warming we are causing by burning fossil fuels so please stop doing that […]

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What people think will happen if we remove street parking and pedestrianize a street

Painting called The Dutch Proverbs by Peter Breughel the Elder, featuring a street scene filled with people doing all sorts of weird things.

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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Everyone has their own thoughts on 9/11, I understand. For me, all I can think about is that Al Gore would have used that tragic event to help hasten the transition off of fossil fuels whereas Republicans used it as an opportunity to enrichen themselves and the military industrial complex instead.

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Fireweed seed pods capture morning fog—waves pound the shore below #DailyHaikuPrompt - morning

Fireweed seed pods capture morning fog—waves pound the shore below. Several Fireweed flower petals are still visible; most have given way to thin seed pods which are covered in dew. In the blurry, foggy background waves can be seen lapping against a rocky outcrop that juts into the lake. Photo ©️ Mark Brigham 2026

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

branches bending the weight of migrant sparrows and aging leaves #DailyHaikuPrompt - sparrow

A White-throated Sparrow perched on a small tree branch; green leaves above the bird. Blurred tree branches in background. Photo ©️ Mark Brigham 2026

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Three-for-one today: a three-point shot from the corner—rejected —by willow leaves … boys drinking beer wading a sandy stream under willow leaves … high-rise apartment all races of songbirds’ nests in willow leaves #DailyHaikuPrompt - willow leaves #haiku #journaling #journal #3amthoughts

Hand written text-pencil on lined paper- from my journal 8 September 2026 (2/3)

Hand written text-pencil on lined paper- from my journal 8 September 2026 (3/3)

Hand written text-pencil on lined paper- from my journal 8 September 2026 (1/3)

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Tree falls on & kills man while he was biking the Root River Trail in southeastern Minnesota. This is a popular bicycle trail…I just toured it in May. I’m guessing @cainmark posted this news earlier. www.kttc.com/2026/09/04/tree-falls-… #Biketooter

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Tree falls on man biking in Fillmore County, kills him

An Iowa man was pronounced dead at the scene of a tree collapse along the Root River Bike Trail near Preston.

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

September heat wave at the end of the rainbow —Holocene sundown #DailyHaikuPrompt - dusk #haiku #Anthropocene

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Brownian_motion @brownian-motion.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I don’t think my Star Tribune login is working, but hope people can see this link www.startribune.com/perfect-midwest… #BikeTooter #bikepacking #MNastodon

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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

If just 1% of us removed only 100 kg of CO₂ each, we would more than double the annual durable carbon removal globally. If we did it every month, we would cover a third of the global 2030 target for durable carbon removal to limit global warming. For less than €1 a day […]

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When cities are designed around people rather than cars, a new face to the term "cyclists" begins to emerge. It's one that encompasses all ages and abilities that get to experience the freedom of independent mobility with safety, comfort, efficiency, and enjoyment.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There are over 8 billion people on earth. I think it's completely reasonable to assume that potentially hundreds of millions of them would/could do more things in life by bike that others swear you need a car for. They simply need the infrastructure.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Urbanist Philomena Cunk. In America, jaywalking makes it illegal to stand on the Earth in the wrong place, just in case a Chevrolet needs that exact spot. It is the only crime where the primary punishment is being instantly run over by the victim.

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Mark @markbrigham.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

nighttime thunderstorm whitecaps and gulls blow southward cold waters well up … gentle morning waves kiss agate pebble beaches three mergansers dive … sunrise fisherman calm seas reflect purple-orange herring gulls take flight … sun glistens off waves […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Photo of my journal. Pencil text on lined paper. 4 September 2026 nighttime thunderstorm yields to morning showers steely seas and skies 5 September 2026 (transcribed from my entries in L’s cabin #5 guests book 12 Sept 2021 and 5-11 Sept 2022) nighttime thunderstorm whitecaps and gulls blow southward cold waters well up … gentle morning waves kiss agate pebble beaches three mergansers dive … sunrise fisherman calm seas reflect purple-orange herring gulls take flight … sun glistens off waves waxwings gather juneberries wind shifting northward … Sawtooth Mountains traced dark, jagged clouds above crescent moon descends

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Daily Haiku Prompt @dailyhaikuprompt.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Our haiku prompts for 5-12 September. Each day, start again. Even if you didn't yesterday. North South 9/05 Orchids Shoots 9/06 Patch Fresh 9/07 Dusk Low Tide 9/08 Willow Leaves Gusty 9/09 Sparrow Ivy 9/10 Morning Warbler 9/11 Waning Moon Wild Rose 9/12 Pampas Grass Nirvana gazing on […]

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bike Birds 🎨Allyson Haller

Mixed-media collage featuring a woman riding a bicycle with birds seeming to attack her.

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