Charlotte
@bigorangebike.bsky.social
Bikes, knitting, cats, gardens, climate.
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Side of the Road
Jack Bishop
2019
Jack Bishop
2019
October 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Side of the Road
Jack Bishop
2019
Jack Bishop
2019
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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
www.fastcompany.com
October 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane.
#CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Just a reminder, if you're seeing crochet on clothes at fast-fashion stores and you're not paying a lot for it, the person who did that crochet is not getting paid a lot either. There is no machine-made crochet, unlike knits. A human is doing that with their hands.
October 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Just a reminder, if you're seeing crochet on clothes at fast-fashion stores and you're not paying a lot for it, the person who did that crochet is not getting paid a lot either. There is no machine-made crochet, unlike knits. A human is doing that with their hands.
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To be clear, any mayor or city council can do their own version of this in their city. The differentiator is will, or excuse. If they’re not, it’s because they’re choosing not to, either because they’ve wrongly convinced themselves they can’t, or because they don’t want to badly enough (or at all).
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC.
I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
(thread)
I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
(thread)
September 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
To be clear, any mayor or city council can do their own version of this in their city. The differentiator is will, or excuse. If they’re not, it’s because they’re choosing not to, either because they’ve wrongly convinced themselves they can’t, or because they don’t want to badly enough (or at all).
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Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?
VERY important paper!
This study detected SARS-CoV-2 in the air of common areas of 4 big US airports. SARS-CoV-2 detected in 98% of samples through the year. Influenza A was found during flu season.
That’s why you want to wear an N95 respirator in an airport! And all indoor public spaces all year!
This study detected SARS-CoV-2 in the air of common areas of 4 big US airports. SARS-CoV-2 detected in 98% of samples through the year. Influenza A was found during flu season.
That’s why you want to wear an N95 respirator in an airport! And all indoor public spaces all year!
Multimodal genomic surveillance for respiratory pathogens at four U.S. international airports: A comparison of air, wastewater, clinical, and national surveillance data
Early detection of outbreaks and emerging pathogens is critical for public health and global biosecurity. Airports, as major international travel hubs with dense, enclosed populations, are high-risk s...
journals.plos.org
September 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?
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As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
September 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
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With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
September 14, 2026 at 12:59 AM
With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
I moved to Victoria from Ottawa 7 years ago and these are some of the many things that I love about living here. Bathrooms, water fountains, bike valet, cleanliness, whimsy. I will add flowers. Municipal governments all over Vancouver Island plant flowers everywhere. Life can be beautiful.
I got to Victoria and Montreal and report back. Also: lots of photos of "Fuck AI" graffiti.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
Whimsy, water and washrooms: Making our cities more livable - Halifax Examiner
Public washrooms and water fountains aren't just nice amenities. They represent freedom.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I moved to Victoria from Ottawa 7 years ago and these are some of the many things that I love about living here. Bathrooms, water fountains, bike valet, cleanliness, whimsy. I will add flowers. Municipal governments all over Vancouver Island plant flowers everywhere. Life can be beautiful.
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"Every time someone takes a journey in a car, the lives of others are made worse. Each journey entails harm — to human and non-human life and the environments that support such life. Mostly, that harm is not intended." ~ I especially like this (the very crux of the problem).
September 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
"Every time someone takes a journey in a car, the lives of others are made worse. Each journey entails harm — to human and non-human life and the environments that support such life. Mostly, that harm is not intended." ~ I especially like this (the very crux of the problem).
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They can take our attention. They can take our dignity. They can take 50% of net toll revenues from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. But they will NEVER, EVER take our hydronyms
August 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
They can take our attention. They can take our dignity. They can take 50% of net toll revenues from the Gordie Howe International Bridge. But they will NEVER, EVER take our hydronyms
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No, you can't go ambling round local open spaces to collect free fruit by cycle, including the transportation of your long-pole fruit picker and getting the fruit home again.
#CarryShitOlympics #ScrumpingByCycle
#CarryShitOlympics #ScrumpingByCycle
August 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
No, you can't go ambling round local open spaces to collect free fruit by cycle, including the transportation of your long-pole fruit picker and getting the fruit home again.
#CarryShitOlympics #ScrumpingByCycle
#CarryShitOlympics #ScrumpingByCycle
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Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
March 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
It’s almost like historians know stuff, even those who study the medieval and early modern history of trade.
“The Strait of Hormuz mattered because it was… the junction of the overland and maritime trading systems of Asia. It matters today for precisely the same reason.” sldinfo.com/2026/03/the-...
“The Strait of Hormuz mattered because it was… the junction of the overland and maritime trading systems of Asia. It matters today for precisely the same reason.” sldinfo.com/2026/03/the-...
The Strait of Hormuz and the Long Shadow of History - Second Line of Defense
By Kenneth Maxwell A crisis at the Strait of Hormuz was always coming. The Wall Street Journal reported on March 10, 2026 that Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline and the UAE’s smaller Habshan-Fujairah ...
sldinfo.com
March 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It’s almost like historians know stuff, even those who study the medieval and early modern history of trade.
“The Strait of Hormuz mattered because it was… the junction of the overland and maritime trading systems of Asia. It matters today for precisely the same reason.” sldinfo.com/2026/03/the-...
“The Strait of Hormuz mattered because it was… the junction of the overland and maritime trading systems of Asia. It matters today for precisely the same reason.” sldinfo.com/2026/03/the-...
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- Plus résistante qu'un casque,
- Plus audible qu'une sonnette,
- Plus visible qu'un gilet jaune,
- Plus efficace que n'importe quel assistant à la conduite :
La bien aimée bordure en béton pour séparer la circulation des cyclistes de celle des automobiles ❤️
- Plus audible qu'une sonnette,
- Plus visible qu'un gilet jaune,
- Plus efficace que n'importe quel assistant à la conduite :
La bien aimée bordure en béton pour séparer la circulation des cyclistes de celle des automobiles ❤️
Safe separated infrastructure is a win for everyone, let's have more, not less of it.
📷 @tomflood.bsky.social
📷 @tomflood.bsky.social
March 13, 2026 at 5:52 AM
- Plus résistante qu'un casque,
- Plus audible qu'une sonnette,
- Plus visible qu'un gilet jaune,
- Plus efficace que n'importe quel assistant à la conduite :
La bien aimée bordure en béton pour séparer la circulation des cyclistes de celle des automobiles ❤️
- Plus audible qu'une sonnette,
- Plus visible qu'un gilet jaune,
- Plus efficace que n'importe quel assistant à la conduite :
La bien aimée bordure en béton pour séparer la circulation des cyclistes de celle des automobiles ❤️
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Auf Englisch nur ein Costa's Hummingbird, aber auf Deutsch - wie cool - die Veilchenkopfelfe 💜
#AnimalMarch #BirdArt #CubistBirds
#AnimalMarch #BirdArt #CubistBirds
March 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Auf Englisch nur ein Costa's Hummingbird, aber auf Deutsch - wie cool - die Veilchenkopfelfe 💜
#AnimalMarch #BirdArt #CubistBirds
#AnimalMarch #BirdArt #CubistBirds
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Arctic Delight
Nicholas Bott
c. 2018
Nicholas Bott
c. 2018
March 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Arctic Delight
Nicholas Bott
c. 2018
Nicholas Bott
c. 2018
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What is “the E-Bike Effect?”
“Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.”
Fewer car trips.
Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
“Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.”
Fewer car trips.
Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
E-Bikers Ride Much Farther and More Frequently Than Regular Bikers
They are not 'cheating,' but are serious transportation.
www.treehugger.com
March 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
What is “the E-Bike Effect?”
“Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.”
Fewer car trips.
Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
“Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.”
Fewer car trips.
Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
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“We badly need new ways to help people connect the dots between better city-building and the climate progress we urgently need…We still have a massive communication and misinformation challenge.”
Last year our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social co-curated this groundbreaking Paris City Hall Exhibition.
Last year our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social co-curated this groundbreaking Paris City Hall Exhibition.
March 11, 2026 at 2:35 AM
“We badly need new ways to help people connect the dots between better city-building and the climate progress we urgently need…We still have a massive communication and misinformation challenge.”
Last year our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social co-curated this groundbreaking Paris City Hall Exhibition.
Last year our own @brenttoderian.bsky.social co-curated this groundbreaking Paris City Hall Exhibition.
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Back of Shelbourne St.
John Kasyn
1975
John Kasyn
1975
March 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Back of Shelbourne St.
John Kasyn
1975
John Kasyn
1975
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March Wind (The Crossing)
Philip Surrey
1980
Philip Surrey
1980
March 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
March Wind (The Crossing)
Philip Surrey
1980
Philip Surrey
1980
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Rundle
W.J. Philips
1949
W.J. Philips
1949
March 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Rundle
W.J. Philips
1949
W.J. Philips
1949
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Pacific Ocean
Arthur Lismer
1961
Arthur Lismer
1961
March 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Pacific Ocean
Arthur Lismer
1961
Arthur Lismer
1961
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Here is a nice combination of colors that happened in my garden last year. Continue to be outraged at injustice and evil, but noticing appreciating, and looking forward to the little things that are not bad helps. 🌱🌻
March 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Here is a nice combination of colors that happened in my garden last year. Continue to be outraged at injustice and evil, but noticing appreciating, and looking forward to the little things that are not bad helps. 🌱🌻
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Midnight Confetti
Nicki Ault
2026
Nicki Ault
2026
March 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Midnight Confetti
Nicki Ault
2026
Nicki Ault
2026
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Sky Pilot
W.P. Weston
1954
W.P. Weston
1954
March 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Sky Pilot
W.P. Weston
1954
W.P. Weston
1954