Gene not Glen
@genehogan.bsky.social
Happily married with children. 🚴♂️🎸 🎧📀 Digital and analog music enjoyer, guitar player, cyclist, and runner. Black Lives Matter
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Gene not Glen
@genehogan.bsky.social
· Jul 5
“The share of new-vehicle buyers to commit to monthly payments of $1,000 or more hit an all-time high of 19.3%, or nearly 1 in 5 consumers… The average monthly payment was $756.”
Forced car dependency was a very, very bad idea.
Forced car dependency was a very, very bad idea.
Car buyers set a record with more than $1,000-a-month car payments in Q2
One in five car buyers in the second quarter agreed to a $1,000-a-month car loan payment and increasingly more are taking out seven-year-long loans.
www.freep.com
People will scoff at a $1,000 bike but if you can commute with it half the time or more, it will eventually pay for itself with what you’re saving in fuel costs and will extend the life of your vehicle. You may also surprise yourself and enjoy the commute instead.
Cobbling 6 or more different streaming platforms together to watch a season of football is the stupidest shit.
September 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Cobbling 6 or more different streaming platforms together to watch a season of football is the stupidest shit.
Found my whistle and I’m entering a new phase of parenting today. Issuing only technical fouls from now on.
September 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Found my whistle and I’m entering a new phase of parenting today. Issuing only technical fouls from now on.
These paths don’t require the level of ongoing maintenance, closures, and expense associated with regular streets, too. People who will use these paths like them. They’re good investments.
When we talk about bike infrastructure in the U.S. you'll often hear from suburban and rural folks that, "No one bikes here!" because they don't consider nondrivers.
People will bike (or roll) if you give them safe, accessible infrastructure. Many super wide roads in the U.S. could accomodate this.
People will bike (or roll) if you give them safe, accessible infrastructure. Many super wide roads in the U.S. could accomodate this.
Separate cycle tracks alongside rural main roads give the elderly or people with mobility issues far more freedom.
Someone on a mobility scooter can travel safely from town to town, without having to rely on a car or public transport.
This is what accessible transport infrastructure looks like.
Someone on a mobility scooter can travel safely from town to town, without having to rely on a car or public transport.
This is what accessible transport infrastructure looks like.
September 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
These paths don’t require the level of ongoing maintenance, closures, and expense associated with regular streets, too. People who will use these paths like them. They’re good investments.
Beginner running advice I’ve been reading:
Stay in zone 2
Also walk
Also increase cadence
Also increase aerobic base but WALK
Also 7:50/mile is an “easy run”
#running
Stay in zone 2
Also walk
Also increase cadence
Also increase aerobic base but WALK
Also 7:50/mile is an “easy run”
#running
September 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Beginner running advice I’ve been reading:
Stay in zone 2
Also walk
Also increase cadence
Also increase aerobic base but WALK
Also 7:50/mile is an “easy run”
#running
Stay in zone 2
Also walk
Also increase cadence
Also increase aerobic base but WALK
Also 7:50/mile is an “easy run”
#running
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and miles to scroll before i sleep
September 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
and miles to scroll before i sleep
I’m genuinely and generally happy to be out running again, but I do feel occasionally sad about absolutely sucking shit at this after 15 years of not doing it.
#Running
#Running
September 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I’m genuinely and generally happy to be out running again, but I do feel occasionally sad about absolutely sucking shit at this after 15 years of not doing it.
#Running
#Running
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"Am I joke to you, Sharon??"
August 31, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Am I joke to you, Sharon??"
The Trump administration is doing this while they are actively fighting any attempts to expand transit options, including biking. They want to entrench car dependency while also making it even more expensive.
the public cries out for less efficient automobiles www.reuters.com/world/us-ann...
August 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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That’s August disappearing into the Atlantic
August 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
That’s August disappearing into the Atlantic
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You don't need flavored coffee. It already has a flavor. Coffee.
March 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
You don't need flavored coffee. It already has a flavor. Coffee.
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*seductively peeling off my crest whitestrips* hey sailor
August 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
*seductively peeling off my crest whitestrips* hey sailor
America - Ventura Highway (Musikladen, 1975)
YouTube video by America
youtu.be
August 23, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This is my first attempt at running in over a year and my first real run in many years. Cycling helps but running is its own thing and there’s no shortcut to it. Take your rest days and push a bit more each week. Glad I lost 20 pounds this year.
August 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
This is my first attempt at running in over a year and my first real run in many years. Cycling helps but running is its own thing and there’s no shortcut to it. Take your rest days and push a bit more each week. Glad I lost 20 pounds this year.
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I tend to get dogpiled whenever I say this but:
c'mere girl! c'mere! who's a good girl? where's the good girl? who wants a treat? c'mere! where's the girl? who's the girl? c'mere!
c'mere girl! c'mere! who's a good girl? where's the good girl? who wants a treat? c'mere! where's the girl? who's the girl? c'mere!
April 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I tend to get dogpiled whenever I say this but:
c'mere girl! c'mere! who's a good girl? where's the good girl? who wants a treat? c'mere! where's the girl? who's the girl? c'mere!
c'mere girl! c'mere! who's a good girl? where's the good girl? who wants a treat? c'mere! where's the girl? who's the girl? c'mere!
There is mountain biking but road cycling and it all happens on a bicycle. What the heck
January 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
There is mountain biking but road cycling and it all happens on a bicycle. What the heck
Forget every snowy bike commute in the world. This is perfection.
I had lunch in Santa Monica & visited one of my very fave bike lanes on the West Coast
🚴♂️ 💚
The Ocean Ave protected cycletrack calms and quiets Palisades Park
🤫
Where diesel tourist coaches used to idle, folks glide along the park edge smiling 🙂
🚗 Traffic is now 24 feet inboard of the curb
🚴♂️ 💚
The Ocean Ave protected cycletrack calms and quiets Palisades Park
🤫
Where diesel tourist coaches used to idle, folks glide along the park edge smiling 🙂
🚗 Traffic is now 24 feet inboard of the curb
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Forget every snowy bike commute in the world. This is perfection.
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you should read this thread if you're in the us
my grandparents were born in western germany in the early 1930s. they were kids and early teenagers. my grandma was made homeless in the bombing of mannheim. she was a middle schooler. in their twenties, they had a daughter and decided they had to leave germany. they went to england
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 AM
you should read this thread if you're in the us
She deserved every accolade she ever received for this show.
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
She deserved every accolade she ever received for this show.
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Take notes, fuckers. We need to expect this all over.
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Take notes, fuckers. We need to expect this all over.
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning