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@clarinetchick.bsky.social

Plays clarinet in Ishtar Pittsburgh's Premiere Vintage Bellydance Band. Rides a bicycle and takes public transit. Rabid liberal, feminist, polyamorous. Works in a medical lab. Anti - republican.

204 Followers  |  194 Following  |  98 Posts  |  Joined: 10.11.2024  |  2.0322

Latest posts by clarinetchick.bsky.social on Bluesky

#bikesky Anyone in Pittsburgh know of a safe or monitored place for secure bike parking at PPG arena in Uptown?

14.07.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@BikePedPGH @BikePGH #bikesky I guess Pgh DOMI isn't on bluesky? Can't find my council person Bobby Wilson either. Anyway get this shit out of the bike lane. Intersection of Federal and North Sts 15212 @Pgh311

24.06.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s official: 20 (or 30) really is plenty A study has looked at what 20mph (30 km/h) speed limits mean in terms of road safety – and the answers are encouraging. Alan Dron speaks to transport researcher Aud TennΓΈy…

πŸ›‘ 20mph speed limits?

The research is in and …
yep, they work

#VisionZero #roadsafety #TransportΓΈkonomiskInstitutt
#AudTennΓΈy #urbanmobility

www.itsinternational.com/feature/its-...

07.05.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

This is really the long and short of a lot of annoying arguments that come up around bike infrastructure. More people on bikes reduces carbon footprint, wear on roads, reduces risk congestion. It is almost certainly a good thing for drivers as well as cyclists!

07.05.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
A person wearing a bike helmet, sunglasses, and a wet rain coat.

A person wearing a bike helmet, sunglasses, and a wet rain coat.

Sure, you can commute by bike, bUT wHaT dO yOU Do wHeN iT's rAiNiNG?!?!

We put on a fucking rain coat, and hope you're paying attention to what's happening outside your fucking car, CHAD.

29.04.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Square sticker on the front of a laptop that says community can we have a safe route for our kids to walk bike and roll to school? Council no a driver Mike get mad that’s the entirety of the discussion.

Square sticker on the front of a laptop that says community can we have a safe route for our kids to walk bike and roll to school? Council no a driver Mike get mad that’s the entirety of the discussion.

The Discussion sticker.

26.04.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dodge, a company that knowingly designs overpowered, deadly vehicles and markets them with aggressive, dominating ads, somehow became the official hearse for the Pope's body.

I find this deeply disgusting on so many levels.

26.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Healthy democracy begins where we live, on sidewalks, bike paths, transit lines, and public spaces.

When cities are designed for people rather than cars or corporations, they nurture connection, trust, and a sense of shared belonging.

15.04.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

If you’re struggling today, as I am, just know this:

YOU HAVE NOT FAILED.

It’s the world that has failed.

Keep calm and bugger on.

09.04.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8322    πŸ” 1020    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 37

I’m just a girl, looking for several boyfriends to get me through the summertime.

05.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I bike, I shop the #stripdistrictpittsburgh #ibikeivote #bikesky #SmallmanStDeli #BobbyWilson #MayorEdGainey #rightsizepennave #extendpenn

18.03.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday March 23 1130am at Khalil's on Baum Blvd

18.03.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason to ride my ebike!

13.03.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Home Penn Ave Right Sizing is an opportunity to create a safer Penn Avenue for all users. Sign the petition below to help show your support for the project to the city and ensure it happens. To learn more ...

www.asaferpennave.com

For people who want safe #bike / #ped infrastructure thru the Strip District. Reminder to drivists, you don't need 5 lanes going downtown bound. Just stay out on Liberty Ave. πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘ You also have 4 lanes of onstreet parking even though there are multiple garages & lots available.

13.03.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I signed and shared the link

13.03.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How I feel about all that unnecessary traffic on Penn Ave thru the #stripdistrictpittsburgh Fer chrissakes, take Liberty Ave, you #carbrains. #ibikeivote #BanCars #micromobility

13.03.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So the business owners in the Strip are a collection of morons. Is there any bike/Ped pushback to their bullshit about HiStOriC PeNn aVe? Any rallies for the Penn Ave redesign?

13.03.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Because the car infrastructure to SPEED & DRIVE RECKLESSLY is put into poor (&Black) neighborhoods. We need ticket cams NOW.
Just had this convo yesterday with a coworker and then with a friend.

26.02.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

STOP PARKING ON THE SIDEWALK! ESPECIALLY MINE. Some dudebro from Pittsburgh water Auth surfing his phone sitting in a running Ford F150 on my sidewalk. He said I wasn't nice for making him move. Hahaha. Bruh, the sign that says NO PARKING ON SIDEWALK *was* the nice way. #fuckcars

26.02.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says β€” Streetsblog USA Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikesΒ and people in cars and on foot, a new studyΒ of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

25.02.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 956    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 16
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What is this bullshit? You drivists already have 5 FUCKIN WESTBOUND lanes of traffic thru the Strip. 3 eastbound and 4 lanes of parking. Bunch of crybabies. Park your stupid SUV in the and walk your ass around the Strip.
Also preserving the Strip is the other pic. Trolleys and horses. πŸ–•cars.

22.02.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad bikes exist because I fucking hate running

13.02.2025 04:59 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Except that as a shitbag republican, he will always have access to whatever he needs. The republicans always take care of their own at the expense of the constituents.

12.02.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

12.02.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26543    πŸ” 6573    πŸ’¬ 403    πŸ“Œ 242
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My ebike cruiser, my Pitttdaily commuter from Electric Bike Company.

12.02.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

more and more people are calling it the Nerd Reich

07.02.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 208    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
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My band is playing Sunday Feb 16 at Khalils, a Pittsburgh Middle Eastern Restaurant institution. Join us for brunch!

05.02.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vehicle tyres found to be biggest source of nanoplastics in the high Alps Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream

"The most abundant nanoplastic was tyre particles (41%), then polystyrene (28%) and polyethylene (12%). Each tyre on the world’s 1.6bn vehicles can lose 4kg during its lifetimes and may be the largest source of tiny plastic pollution."

05.02.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 400    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 20

Something something leopard face eat something something...

23.01.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling adrift today? We see you.

Everyone can live by example. It doesn't mean you need to be perfect, just intentional.

In a world tilted towards dystopia, sometimes just riding a bike is a radical act of resistance.

21.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

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