Mark Pajor
mpajor.bsky.social
Mark Pajor
@mpajor.bsky.social
I do theatre and things in Michiana. That is, around South Bend and Mishawaka.
...Regardless of what happens tonight, and whether or not the president causes more damage to the United States than he already has, you are complicit in the fallout from the president's maniacal threats of genocide if you do not publicly and forcefully speak against this."
April 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Call your rep/senators, esp. if they're Republicans.

"I demand that you publicly and forcefully speak against the president's threats of genocide against the Iranian people. Not only is it morally reprehensible, but it does everlasting damage to America's negotiating power on the world stage...
April 7, 2026 at 10:52 PM
We can all do our part to acknowledge that gasoline is not our friend, and that the fear, uncertainty and doubt that the oil & gas lobby spreads is meant to prevent us from moving onto a better thing.
April 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
It's past time to wean ourself off gasoline. That doesn't mean you need to personally put solar panels on your roof. There's lots of ways to be part of the solution as a citizen.
April 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
...Unlike gas, once we have them, solar panels and batteries work for decades. Even a shattering of the supply chain is a roadblock we have time to surmount—rather than a disruption in gas causing an instant crisis that makes all of us immediately pay more and many fear being left without.
April 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
...to gas stations to keep us on the treadmill of endlessly buying something and setting it on fire and buying it and setting it on fire and so on.

Solar and batteries can free us from that cycle. Like gas, getting them comes at a cost...
April 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
For new, take a look at the longtail Trek Fetch+2, on sale (likely clearance / discountinuing them) for $3k (half the MSRP). I know little of it; I just ordered the bakfiets Fetch+4 for a similarly steep sale.
April 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Seems to point to that. I've taken the opportunity to grab one and will hope Trek can help with any needed replacement parts for a good stretch of time. Our local Trek shop seems helpful. I got 2x Rain Cover just in case of tears, etc.
April 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Maybe like me they just now got a Fetch+4 due to the steep sales Trek has on them right now (at least in the U.S. but I think everywhere). At MSRP I would have bought an Urban Arrow instead, but after having a pretty good test ride on the Fetch+4 I couldn't turn it down with that discount price.
April 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
In other news: great winter day for a bike ride.
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM