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Birthday came a bit late - they paved the janky road that is the only good downhill on my default bike ride

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've been a teacher at my school for almost 20 years now and ever since my first day, I've thought the year 5/6 building entrance looks like an angry monster. Well, this Halloween season, with the help of my year 6 students, we decorated the building just like I imagined. 😊

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John Prensner @johnprensner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's a dream!! I am delighted to announce that I have been selected for the #NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2), with funding through the #NCI!

NIH Director's New Innovator Award graphic

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

European champs is the first time I've noticed vuvuzelas at a bike race in numbers and holy shit please shut up

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Joined the local group ride this morning to an orchard for cider donuts, but fell to the lure of Caramel Apple Cup. Gorgeous weather for it!

a plastic cup full of chunks of apple, caramel sauce, and mini m&ms with a plastic for stuck in it sits on a straw bale surrounded by decorative gourds

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)

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natemare before christmas @natescape.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do you know how much has to have gone wrong for me to not like the internet

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure was a lot faster on the way back

Ashley's and my bikes, on the rack on my car ready to leave Montreal

Hot chocolatein a green mug with a snowflake on it

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Starting the day with bagels and bumping into my favorite (retired) pro <3

A maple apple bagel served with some melon

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fan zone has lots of things you can ride a bike to power/race/do. Gonna give that a pass today ;) race commentary here is in French

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Morning in VT - only like a mile in and we're stopped for breakfast

2 dogs climb on Ashley, who is sat on a couch

Constantly checking my hip pouch for passport, wallet, phone (not pictured since it's taking the picture), fish (of the Swedish variety)

A giant croissant stuffed with chicken salad

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Slow and steep start today, lot of struggle, eventual 4 miles of gravel to avoid Mt. Mansfield (home of Stowe ski resort). Leaving Ashley (and my bags) at our late lunch spot, she's getting a ride from the people we're staying with, I'm doing the last 30-some.

Slice of pizza and a chocolate chip cookie

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ashley's bike just shat itself somehow. Gonna be a late one. Thankfully she seems prepared to handle enough repairs to go onwards.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We've been up, lounging/working/eating cinnamon buns a bakery brought us for hours, temp has only climbed to 39* but we've got a longer day so can't put it off much longer. I haven't worn leg warmers in years - just stayed inside when it got cold!

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The jokes about putting the bikes in the car and driving to Canada have begun

A green Fuji Jari bicycle with black bags and a black Fuji Jari bicycle with green bags both lean against a wall.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Most important bike prep is done

A 3D printed chapstick holder with a heart cutout

Chapstick holder attached to the bike, chapstick in it

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tomorrow my friend Ashley and I start biking to Montreal to watch the last weekend of the cycling road world championships. I've been thinking about this (with varying levels of believing it was real) since it was announced in 2022 that worlds would be in Montreal this year - now it's almost real!

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Okay yes but the moment you start arguing over whether to have trans people or federally funded art you have accepted Republican framing The correct answer is to have trans people and art instead of Republicans

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ok that's 3 minutes, keep moving, got a lot of sad teens here.

Just 3 minutes with a mini horse or donkey improves teens' moods, study says

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

interview tomorrow for a job where I meet 13/14 qualifications, but being bilingual is hard to fudge 😬

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Crazy person thing to say but hey, isn't it swell when you get a clear sign your friends like you and want you around? Hooray for friends <3

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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

FUN FACT: The reason we sell petrol by the litre but measure performance by mpg is because in the 1970s oil shock, British pumps had exactly the same issue and it was easier to put stickers over the word "gallon" rather than retrofitting all the dials.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 09/09/2026

you've never taken a 5-mile bike tour through Ohio's largest wastewater treatment plant and surrounding park trails? change that immediately. RSVP for a BIKE TOUR at Clean Water Fest 9/19: www.neorsd.org/event-get-in...

man rides his bike in an outdoor industrial setting as he gives the photographer a thumbs up

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Went to an appointment to fix two chips in my windshield only to discover it was actually two blobs of sap on the windshield 🤦‍♀️ 🤦‍♀️

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

I've lived in rural areas in both the US and Slovakia, and Slovakia has it figured out. Regional buses. Everywhere .They service virtually every wide spot in the road in the country. Slovakia has about a 40% car-ownership rate, due in part to all the buses.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You can be an independent and vote in the R or D primary here, and the number of people showing up to vote who seem to genuinely have to think about it when asked which ballot they want is discouraging. How much research could you possibly have done? Name recognition wins again??

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Important polling place update: a Charley Quinn has voted

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 08/09/2026

you HAVE to get on board with beanie babies. beanie babies are going to leave you behind. you must devote your time to studying all the new beanie babies and how it impacts yuor life. also theyre alive and im in love with iggy the iguana

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

First election as an assistant town moderator today, means being there like 530a-midnight instead of 6a-9p. Woo 😪 Guy who is both our state rep and a town councilor sending out intentionally confusing texts to dems last night, very sketch.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Over the last month or two my long-term google calendar repeat reminders have stopped sending me emails, some of which are weekly reminders, noticed, dealt with it w/minimal drama, but the monthly "pay your credit card" reminder stopped, didn't notice, and now I've got fees. Thx, assholes. >=[

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026

anyway i think DC statehood is a non negotiable. only way to give DC residents the tools to protect themselves.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I like this Buttersafe ( www.buttersafe.com/2026/08/06/g... )

comic, 5 vertically stacked panels
1: guy in a red shirt behind the wheel of a car, zoom lines all around "Oh no! My brakes aren't working!"
2: that guy, from the side, smiling at an angel outside his car window, "Whoa! Are you my guardian angel?!"
3: Angel: "No."
4: car from the outside, front crumpling into the immovable outstretched hand of the angel
5: the angel hovers in front of the ruined car, turned to give a thumbs up to a woman walking a dog, presumably the person he is a guardian angel for.

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Buttercup Festival @buttercupfestival.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Truly a miracle: Buttercup Festival 3-396

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Busy day! Election training (my town is so ted =/), charcuterie-ish spread with friends, fire tower 2 of the fire tower quest. The fire guy was in so we we able to go in the top and he was clearly eager for company.

A chart showing how many ballots of which party were needed in recent salem primaries - it's like twice as many republican ones as dem

3 types of cheese, herbed sour cream dip, flourless chocolate cookies, cheese and caramel popcorn, grapes, dried apricots, reindeer sausage, several spreads including homemade bacon onion gochujang jam, triscuits, wheat thins, gf crackers

Warner Hill Fire Tower, as seen from the ground. Hella stairs to the top

Ryan and I on the highest open level of the fire tower

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Allie @rally.luckyraven.cc · 29/08/2026

Drew Callista Darktide and some Lancers I made up.

Space Priest in a big cloak walking with a big sword on her back.

A quadrupedal Lancer mech styled as a jousting knight with a cannon lance.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hung out with my college advisor this afternevening. She had turned up a letter of recommendation I didn't remember that she wrote me in 2005 so that I could teach a Norse Mythology class to freshman that fall. Neat. I am still very much that person.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Tomorrow's dinner is an @americastestkitchen.com recipe that's supposed to take an hour total, so obviously I just spent 90+ minutes measuring/chopping/peeling/zesting/tearing in prep... 🙃

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jp @bikedude.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Mollie, the hamster, is kicking ass on Strava.

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ᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

16 months ago: Never forget how it started.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

"Is this lens better, or this one?" - Optometrist "Is this lens worse, or this one?" - Pessimetrist

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Ray Bradbury never drove a car at all. Judging from his 1951 short story The Pedestrian, not driving was an act of defiance in the face of tyranny. The Pedestrian link: www.libraryofshortstories.com/onlinereader... Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ray Bradbury! August 22 (1920-2012) (RB reads w/ intro 👇️)

Back cover of a book featuring a photo of author Ray Bradbury riding a bicycle. Text: Photo by Helen Miljakovich. Ray Bradbury. Though a specialist in space, Ray Bradbury's favorite form of transportation is the bicycle, and even when traveling across the country, he prefers the train to a plane. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Mr. Bradbury's first short story was published in 1941. Since then he has written television and film scripts, plays and articles, and hundreds of stories, winning wide critical acclaim for his work. Mr. Bradbury lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and four daughters.

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My brother is visiting for the weekend and it's almost disheartening how easily he was able to change the tires on my gravel/touring bike, compared to the STRUGGLE they were for me. Anyway phew it's done before the trip to Canada!

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corinne @sparecake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The number of people I know that go to professional sports games, know who I am and that I'm at best an enthusiastic hobby cyclist, and still convince themselves I'm going to road worlds _to race_ is nuts to me. Those women could drop me by the end of the first block!

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