Ken Caine

Ken Caine

@gutstringtheory.bsky.social

Tennis, Bicycles, Berners, and Oxford commas. Environmental sociologist on the west coast who reads way too much - or not enough - H.Murakami, G.Orwell, A.Roy, O.Tokarczuk, U.Le Guin, and W.Gibson

255 Followers 357 Following 790 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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'Iran Is Not Gaza': Read Arundhati Roy's Scathing Speech on the US-Israeli War Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.

Arundhati Roy empties the clip!

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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

It was not enough for Elon Musk's minions to gut the Social Security Agency.

An ex-DOGE engineer allegedly took SSA's master databases of personal information to a job in the private sector.

DOGE was never about fighting fraud. It was about exposing Americans to more of it.

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13 hours ago

Give the bottle maker an award for the high quality of glass in those bottles!

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Damn, I miss the coaster brake on my old 3-speed Gazelle Primeur, that sadly was stolen after I had it for 25 years. Bought it in Germany at my father-in-law's bicycle store, and brought back to Canada.

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Safety poster featuring a white silhouette of a bicycle with a triangular warning sign over it and various yellow triangles pointing to different spots on the bike.

Alles in Ordnung? (Is Everything OK?)

1-Bell
2-Handbrake
3-Headlamp
4-Dynamo
5-Tires
6-Pedals
7-Chain
8-Coaster brake
9-Taillight

ca. 1950s
🎨Winter

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Finland's forest agency cuts spending on recreation areas despite record profits Metsähallitus achieved its best-ever business results last year, thanks to the high price of timber – but it's forbidden from investing those profits in its Parks & Wildlife division.

"Metsähallitus made a profit of 208 million euros last year, up from 180 million the previous year. According to Niemelä, that was thanks to high prices and demand for wood."

The government cut from recreational outdoor services. Metsähallitus plans to log old-growth forests.

yle.fi/a/74-20214797

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Bombing of Iranian oil facilities is causing a health and environmental nightmare Acid rain, toxic air, contaminated water and soil, and the possibility of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.

Israel’s bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure will have major long-term environmental repercussions, experts have warned, as monitors admitted they were struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from the widening war.

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“Last month’s budget added $525 million to the Alberta Surgical Initiative to fund more private surgeries in for-profit surgical centres," ..has refused proposals that would have cost just a tiny fraction of that to end the 20 month long surgical disruption" in YEG's Royal Alex

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Portrait painting of a woman, head and shoulders, with dark hair and wearing a low cut green top with thin shoulder straps, looking outwards

Anita Malfatti (1889 – 1964) Brazilian modernist painter #WomensArt

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This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

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Calvin and Hobbes nails it.

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She has ice in her veins, that one!

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Can we pls swap this for a federal e-bike/e-cargo bike rebate

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Besides, their volley skills are shit.

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I've come to the conclusion that I really dont like seeing singles players playing doubles. They clearly see it as just another fun thing to do. Besides, they don't have any doubles strategies and it's like watching two singles players playing two singles players. Stick to singles.

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But stupid thing to do by Rinderknech.
And, I like the guy.

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Spill on the Rinderknech incident

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2 days ago
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Same vibe.

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When a player pulls out of doubles because of a singles match they need to rest for, they're not really into the doubles... regardless of who they are

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Advertising card featuring a woman in a pink dress mounted side-saddle on a penny-farthing bicycle. Next to her is a man holding the handlebar; the woman is knocking the cap off his head probably in an effort to steady herself.

Korff's Cocoa
Highest Prize, Paris, 1889

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This is like the place that supplies me with parts for my 80s bike

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Illustration featuring several cycle racers wearing red shirts and one, sitting upright, wearing a pink shirt and looking at a butterfly.

🎨Riccardo Guasco

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jfc.

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Alberta Court of Appeal upholds four-month jail term for organizer of Coutts blockade CALGARY — Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal of one of the organizers of the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta., arguing his four-month jail term was fair.

“Alberta's top court has dismissed the appeal of one of the organizers of the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta., (Marco Van Huigenbos) arguing his four-month jail term was fair.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.lakelandtoday.ca/alberta-news...

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2 days ago

As a doubles fan, it pains me deeply when I see this.

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2 days ago

"A wonderful, caring person"

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You handled this so professionally, when anyone else would be taking much different approach. Well done, Marisa, and I'm sorry you had to deal with this parasitic journalism when you spent so much time and hard work getting the footage for the story.

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On my ride, it's FPH

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Parade magazine cover featuring a photo of a woman riding a bike with splayed legs on grass. The woman is actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright Tina Fey.

Tina Fey posing on the cover of the March 9, 2008 Parade magazine

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Tina!
Born May 18, 1970

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@genaLRthomas: What's something that's not actually Christian but Americans think it is?
@drmistercody: America
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