Eric David Warren

This is a great thread about bike commuter motivations, the slow-but-visible shift in bike travel safety priorities (in Chicago, at least, but other places, too), and inspiring workplaces to set aside dedicated bike space.

White text on a red background of book pages reads: The Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast On the right is a round photo of writer, Clay Stafford https://www.sistersincrime.org/podcast

Don't miss the latest Writers' Podcast episode! We spoke with award-winning author, poet, screenwriter, and playwright Clay Stafford! We ask the questions you want to know about their starts, processes, and what motivates them.

Listen at: www.sistersincrime.org/podcast

#SinC #WritingCommunity

It was incredible. One of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. Right up there with STRFKR.

Kettlehouse Amphitheater stage opening to a crowd of adoring fans watching the indie band death cab for cutie and orange sunset against the clouds in the background.

Enjoyed an unforgettable show at the K-Hole: Death Cab for Cutie and Sea Lemon. Huge musical energy under a spectacular Montana sky.
@deathcabforcutie.bsky.social #missoula

We Should All Be Biking Along the Beach Oceanfront bicycle paths aren’t just a joy to ride on. They can help relieve beach traffic and mitigate the ill effects of overtourism. Why are they so rare in the US?

I recently biked along the Baltic Sea, from Gdansk to Sopot in Poland. It was one of the most sublime rides of my life.

I wondered: Why are there so few places in North America where people can experience seaside cycling, separated from cars?

My exploration, in Bloomberg

Nat Park Service gets salty: "Standing on clear-cut hillsides with a bucket of garbage in each hand, they looked down on the rivers, saw carp swirling happily in the mess humans had created, and made a correlation—albeit the wrong one—between the rise of carp and the fall of game fish." #research

Cover of Michael Connelly’s Brass Verdict novel. Orange background with yellow lettering and a metal statue of A woman holding the scales of justice.

I just finished @michaelconnelly.bsky.social ‘s Brass Verdict. It’s the 2nd in the Lincoln Lawyer series. I forgot how good these were. I’m already digging into the next one. I also just learned that it’s part of Harry Bosch’s LA, so I’m starting at the beginning with him now, too. ⚡️📚

Wildfire lights up night sky and mountainside near Missoula, Montana, with houses in the foreground.

Wildfire seen on the south side of Pattee Canyon visible from Missoula. Photo taken at Playfair Park.

You might need to accept it’s not a phase. ⚡️📚

New York Times headline from 7/3/81: "Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals." The single-column story ran on page 20.

This now-famous story, published 44 years ago today, was the NYT's first report on AIDS (which did not yet have a name). The subject was considered so minor that the NYT ran only 2 more stories about it in the year following. By the time the story made the front page, the death toll was over 1000.

Fiction writers: what’s your vision for the next 180 years?

colorful graphic with various stripes from Pride flags over the image of a person wearing a bowtie sitting at a typewriter. Text over the graphic reads: Attention emerging LGBTQIA+ crime fiction writers! Do you know about the $2000 pride award? wwwsistersincrime.org/pride

🏳️‍🌈It's Pride Month and that means it's time for our 2025 Pride Award!🏳️‍🌈

Open to all emerging LGBTQIA+ crime writers with unpublished crime fiction - everything from kid's books to adult mystery! You don't have to be a member to apply! Enter thru July 31!
#writingcommunity #booksky #lgbtq+

If you’re going to use a real bookmark, this is a great one.

Happy Pride Month! For the month of June, 4horsemenpublications.com is offering 25% off of LGBTQ+ books.

Check it out! You might just find your next favorite read.

#bookstagram #writingcommunity #pride #books #bookseries #fantasybooks #4horsemenpublications

Sunset over a river cutting between forested mountains. Golden sun lights up the clouds.

The drive between Missoula and Boise is hour after (slow) hour of stunning mountains, rolling farmlands, and deep arid canyons. This is the only photo I took, but each scene was gorgeous.

vibe-cycling
verb | /’vīb-ˌsī-k(ə-)liŋ/

Definition:
The act of riding a bicycle with no fixed destination, guided purely by mood, scenery, and spontaneity—often leading down the nicest roads, quiet streets, and unfamiliar ways that feel just right in the moment.

Earlier I got condeseed, and now I’m assoured.

Looks like an awesome event.

Trail through wildflowers looking toward snow-capped mountains

Singletrack trail between bright yellow wildflowers (arrowroot balsam)

Yellow wildflowers in the foreground and snowy peaks in the background. Epic mountain landscape in the middle ground.

Bright red wildflowers in front of a mountain bike lying on its side on a trail.

Another 50450 this weekend, taking advantage of stunning weather. Climbed University Mtn and rode the Beacon Trail. These pics def don’t do the wildflowers or snow-capped peaks justice.

Love this town.

🔊 Listen Now: The Supreme Court's Trump Dilemma Consider This From NPR on NPR One | 13:15

One of my favorite characters in my current WIP is tough, smart, and has seen it all. It will surprise no one that when I hear her voice in my head, it sounds a lot like @npr.org’s Nina Totenberg. ⚡️📚
The Supreme Court's Trump Dilemma one.npr.org/i/1268423588...

Thick trade paperback book with bold colors and “Big Book of Cyberpunk” in futuristic font across the front.

Solid find in a Bainbridge bookstore. Even though we arguably live in a cyberpunk dystopia (untethered corporate power, alternative and virtual realities, AI) I still love reading the stuff. 📚🪐

It was so good! Can’t wait to get my hands on the next one.

unironically: the realization that being a "fake man" was an option in my early twenties was among the most personally rewarding decisions I've ever made. highly recommend

High School Can Be Murder Your Guide To The Best Of The Best In Teen Murder Mysteries

Three more weeks of school…
⚡️📚

Just got “Killers of a Certain Age” from the library and can’t wait to get started.

Waterfall flowing under a bridge with a Kona Rove bicycle leaned against the top

River cutting through a forested valley with mountains in the background.

Orange and brown butterfly resting on the back of a white male hand with grasses and trail in the background.

Water flows down a creek over boulders and between trees. The long exposure of the images shows the speed of the water as it makes its way downstream.

50 for 50 ride 3: short spur trail down to Poe Meadows off the main Rattlesnake corridor. Short but surprisingly fun, esp on a gravel bike. I’ve got to count it b/c I’ve ridden the Ratt so many times over the last 2x decades and haven’t ever tried it. Kind of embarrassing to admit.

Definitely need one of these.

Me wearing a tee shirt with the words 15 minute cities in blue. No big conspiracy just lazy below. Don’t wanna go far for stuff in Orange at the top

"Don't Wanna Go Far For Stuff"

The 15 Minute City rebrand t-shirt.

Looking down on rolling mountains and a gravel road winding its way up their sides.

Gravel bike lying beside a gravel road winding beneath pine trees.

Gravel double-track road between pine trees and a snow-covered mountain in the background.

Snow covered mountain in the background framed by pine trees in the foreground.

Second 50 for 50 (50450?) ride: the climb up University Mountain Road in Missoula. I’d seen this line on maps, but never explored it. Steep with beautiful views. Rode to the snow and had to turn back before the Beacon Trail. Next time.