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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

An invited graduation speaker was cancelled because some students objected to published views on the plight of Palestinians. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Rutgers cancels graduation speech over speaker’s pro-Palestinian posts

Rami Elghandour tells Guardian in exclusive interview that cancellation sends ‘dangerous’ message to students

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

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Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Senator Chris Murphy, "The Strait of Hormuz was open before the war began" "We are now seeking to solve a problem that we created" "This is insanity"

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

After a winter of almost no bike riding, I knew today’s short ride was going to be ugly. The wind didn’t help. But my gods what a difference it made to be on two wheels again with the local canal trail completely to myself, a few other riders, geese, ducks, and a beaver. Slow but glorious.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

First performed on March 25, 1725, Bach's cantata for Palm Sunday "Wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern" ("How beautifully shines the morning star") has pride of place as the first in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalog of his works, earning the designation BWV 1.

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J.S. Bach - Chorus "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" from Cantata BWV 1

YouTube video by Bachstiftung

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

None of the young people in my immediate family, with one sole exception, even owns a bike and have no interest. Meanwhile, this Gen-X bald guy can’t imagine life without a bike. It makes me so sad that they won’t have the joy and freedom a bike can give.

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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 24/03/2026

#Paris has new Mayor! Emmanuel Grégoire is an environmentalist who rode to his City Hall inauguration on bikeshare. Change in last decade: 100s of school streets closed to cars; Seine clean enough to swim in; more trips by bike than car. Summary of a revolution: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Mozart wrote his Serenade No. 10 for wind ensemble, known as the Gran Partita, 242 years ago today. Here is my favorite movement in that wonderful work, the third movement adagio.

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Zefiro Ensemble Mozart Gran Partita - 3: Adagio

YouTube video by EnsembleZefiro

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

He really is a repulsive excuse for a human being, the embodiment of every character defect one could imagine. He is such a singularly twisted and disgusting creature that I don't even have to say his name for everyone who might read this to know exactly whom I describing.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Bach's surviving church cantatas—sadly, so many are lost forever—are a treasure trove of riches but this one ranks among my favorites. The opening chorus is just so joyous, a much-needed ray of sunshine in these dark times.

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J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 34 "O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe" (J. S. Bach Foundation)

YouTube video by Bachstiftung

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

None of this would be happening right now if Trump had gone to prison for January 6th like he should have

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Here in New Jersey, we could definitely be a cycling culture considering the short commutes so many of us do. Yet we collectively seem incapable of grasping the opportunity to build a sustainable and healthier way of living. Meanwhile, we keep playing bumper cars to judge from the auto collisions.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Fetterman never misses an opportunity to prove how much of a disappointment he is.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

He’s the embodiment of the stereotype of people in the US as being boorish, ignorant, violent, and arrogant. As a foreigner who made his life in the US, I fought so hard to fight that stereotype when talking to my family back in the old country. Now I ask myself why I even bothered.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The University of Gothenburg's latest report on the state of democracy around the world is out and, not surprisingly, the US is going in the wrong direction. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A cancerversary "is the day that your life as you knew it ends, and a new life begins." I have two cancerversaries, today being one of them, and those experiences fundamentally changed my life. I lost a lot along the way but I also gained a lot.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Dear World, Don’t help him. Oppose him. Defy him. Embarrass him. Arrest him, if you’d like. We’re not with him. Sincerely, Decent Americans

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

While civilians are being killed in Iran and Lebanon in the US-Israeli war of choice, the killings of civilians by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank continue apace. Has the world become completely numb to this?

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Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank

Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Every morning I calculate my net worth, a habit I’ve developed on account (pun intended) of my training in finance. Lately, I’ve been doing so with a sick feeling in my stomach. But then I remember that the US isn’t dropping bombs on my house. It’s just wrecking my savings. I’m comparatively lucky.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

None of this need have happened. All this loss is the result of a choice made by a particularly stupid and power-hungry man.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Driver: 30km/hr is way too slow for our roads! Also driver: hey cyclist slow down you’re going 20km/hr - You could kill someone!

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

“The Trump transgressions come so fast they distract from each other. Public attention rarely remains focused on any one atrocity.” The flood of outrages has a purpose as discussed in this short piece worth a read.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Smart phones and social media had already undermined my students' ability to read, focus, and learn. AI, from what I've seen, will just finish the job by tempting them to outsource all their thinking to software. No wonder they don't see using it on assignments as cheating.

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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It’s a very warm day here in New Jersey but I bike-commuted into work anyway. It was so liberating not dealing with motorists. Well, except for the student who decided to park their car right in the bike lane. The campus police didn’t seem interested when I called the plate in.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This is not surprising in the least. I see the same thing on my rides. Oh, and cops not stopping at pedestrian crosswalks to allow people to cross. Laws are for plebs.

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I dare not hope we could have such a capable person as president. Murphy would be fantastic.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

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Oulios @oulios.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Those settlements, just to reiterate the obvious, are illegal. Yet the US government will now provide consular services in them. This country is a rogue state and keeps providing examples of just how much.