Mildred von Katzen

Thinking about building a "mirror" bike: Front brake on right, front shifter on right, reverse shifting OM-1 rear derailer on left

Q: So you're not pulling back in Minnesota?

TRUMP: No no. Not at all.

I'd guess at least half of men who bike regularly have kicked an SUV. When your life is threatened by objects of this specific shape daily, pattern recognition kicks in.

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

For me "stocking up" is buying stuff to make 2 dishes that'll feed us for 4 days, as opposed to our usual 1 dish, 2 day shop.

I don't know what the lady buying 4 cases of bottled water is doing though, that's just bonkers!

Yeah I stick with 8 speed for the cheap chains

Rain melted the weekend snow and let up long enough to get one last #bikenyc errand in. Took the long way home to meet my 2025 mileage goal!

Scab

FB comment from a very stupid man @Ben Jay Running red lights by the 100 proves you don't feel threatened by cars. Most people who see this learn to hate you for your hypocrisy and entitlement. By all means keep doing it, you have taught us to get video. Privileging the athletic and hyperactive over the vast majority of everyone else, and then placing disabled people as 3rd class citizens behind everyone isn't "progressive", that's early 20th century eugenics we fought a world war to eliminate.

This person also took video of the critical mass protest in Astoria the other night and thinks it’s some kind of gotcha.

ICE's cruelty has reached our district. Yuanxin, a precious 6-year-old who attends P.S. 166 in Astoria, was DETAINED and SEPARATED from his dad last week.

His dad, Fei, is in upstate ICE detention. Nobody knows where Yuanxin is.

We must end this inhumanity. ICE out of New York!

Adams Administration Picks Vendor for Bike Locker Vendor After Years-Long Wait - Streetsblog New York City Bike parking lockers built by Tranzito are coming to hundreds of locations across the five boroughs, the Eric Adams administration said.

Today was the hardest day of my life. We fought for nearly a decade to bring secure bike parking to NYC and ultimately were completely excluded from the @nyc-dot.bsky.social process for citywide system. To those who believed in us and our vision, I am so sorry.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/01/a...

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

So jealous! I didn't see the email announcement until the next day and they were already sold out

An abbreviated history of car bloat, courtesy of @xkcd.com

xkcd.com/3167/

That sucks! I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm totally on board with micromobility and getting people out of cars--it's just starting to feel like an arms race to get heavier and faster that's going to drive pedal bikes to extinction

The cover of Micah Lasher's magic tricks book. Lasher is shown mid-card trick, as playing cards are flying up and out of his outstretched hands.

He could never defeat the Magic of Micah Lasher

The cover of Micah Lasher's magic tricks book. Lasher is shown mid-card trick, as playing cards are flying up and out of his outstretched hands.

He'll never defeat the Magic of Micah Lasher

Such fucking bullshit that we're letting heavier, faster vehicles take over our formerly-safe spaces while my 45#, 12mph loaded commuter bike isn't safe anywhere

4 wrong way riders on e-contraptions on Grand, 2 honest to goodness gas motos each on Willyb and Pulaski. I'm calling it quits on #bikenyc commutes for now.

Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.

Screenshot from the Simpsons showing a disheveled, drunk-looking Homer in the yearbook. The caption reads "I can't believe I watched the whole thing"

Time for bed

More to come, but confrontation still ongoing with the masked agents trying to leave Canal Street and a spontaneous crowd of counter protesters.

A view of the Hudson River from the Palisades. The river is in the background behind a bunch of trees with leaves that have turned yellow and orange

A view down a tree lined road with no cars in sight. The leaves are mostly green, with a few smidges of yellow and orange here and there. Another cyclist is barely visible far towards the horizon

Great day for #bikenyc River Road/Henry Hudson Dr. Should be peak colors soon!

Very well, if I must. Mildred has eclectic tastes.

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

Justice Delivered: E-Bikes Legalized Statewide In Budget Bill - Streetsblog New York City State lawmakers have saved e-bike-using delivery workers from the Wrath of de Blasio.

This was a case of adjusting the law to match reality. The class 3 e-bikes (mopeds, really) were already everywhere. Decriminalization needed to happen. nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/04/01/j...

Eyes on the Bridge: Queensboro Bridge Bike and Pedestrian Paths Are Almost There - Streetsblog New York City Call it getting stuff almost done.

If only DOT had a leader such as a “Commissioner” who could acknowledge a problem or incomplete project & deploy resources to fix it.

A few overnight shifts in this case would likely be enough to update the markings @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/10/e...

Sometimes when I'm struggling up a hill and I hear the telltale coasting freewheel of a deliverista about to pass me, I think of them as "cheaters." But the bicycle is such an efficient machine that runners probably think I'm cheating. Avoiding suffering isn't cheating!!

A silver and white bicycle leaned up against a fence. Three or four highways are visible in the background, overlapping and intertwined.

Took the High Bridge home after the Tour de Bronx. I can't see this without shaking my fist and cursing Robert Moses #bikenyc

It’s called You Reap What You Sow