Sarah Knight

On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable

With 10x the Canopy of a Sequoia This World-Record Tree Can Be Mistaken for an Entire Forest With 4.7 acres of canopy coverage (19,000 square meters) supported by 1,000 individual trunks this banyan is a living wonder of the world.

🌳 Imagine a tree so massive it looks like an entire forest! This record-breaking giant has 10x the canopy of General Sherman!

Brompton bikes are so cool.

CityNerd — Why Living Next to a Freeway Is Highly Questionable How bad is to live next to a freeway? Let us count the ways.

New video for the Nebulized: living near freeways is…not good

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A medium-haired gray and white cat sits on a blue yoga mat. Two bikes are in the background.

Yoga cat Oliver sat in my lap and enjoyed the blue rectangle after I was done. We enjoy doing Yoga with Adriene videos (@yogawithadriene.bsky.social).

10 Tips From Cyclists Who Are Stoked to Ride All Winter While everyone else is hiding inside, these riders are joyfully spinning their wheels in the cold and snow. Here are some of their secrets.

I am, indeed, a huge fan of Bar Mitts and studded tires. Now it’s public record. 😉
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18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.

STUDY of 82K+ Scottish adults: “compared with sedentary commuting, commuting to work or study by bike was associated with lower all-cause mortality risk, lower risk of any hospitalization, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lower risk of cancer mortality & better mental health.”— @carltonreid.com

Dressing for a bike ride, by temperature:

☀️ 50F+: Warm enough for warm-weather clothes
⁉️ 40s: Everything is wrong. Choose between too warm and too cold.
❄️ 30F and below: Cold enough for cold-weather gear

🙋🏼‍♀️ I was one of them! It’d been almost a decade since I last took the train, but I had the opportunity last month to use it for work travel. Not much is different on the Zephyr, but it is a decent, reasonably priced, comfortable option. More rail, please! 🚆

A woman in a pom-pom cap is silhouetted in front of trees filled with green and purple holiday lights.

The light show at my local zoo was a lovely way to start December.

If aliens came down to earth and asked for my opinion on who should rule the earth, I'm going with librarians and Dolly Parton.

I don’t know why trains on grass is my favorite thing, but it is.

I didn’t know that I needed to listen to bison munching on grass today, but I did 🦬 #greatplains

Where did you get a Lincoln yard flag? It’s so cool!

Grateful for parks, libraries, and places where anyone can go

Hello friendos

Your librarian here with today's library tip

Check out both the Libby and Hoopla app. Both offer ebooks and e-audiobooks. You don't need a Kindle to use them, you can read or listen on your phone, computer, and are compatible with Apple Carplay and Android Auto.

A gray and white medium-haired tabby cat sits on top of a high bathroom cabinet

Hello Bluesky! Paying the cat photo tax with this picture of Oliver, who has just recently reached the milestone of living with me for 1 year.