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James Longhurst

@jameslonghurst.bsky.social

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college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · Oct 11

Oh hey, many new followers because of the bike community starter pack. Hello, I'm James Longhurst, a historian of urban and environmental policy. I wrote about the history of bike policy in the United States a few years ago; available from @uwapress.bsky.social

uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Bike Battles

Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a hi...

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair, “that's enough Ghosts of Mars for now” is also what theater-goers said in 2001.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 2h

The late, great Diane Keaton in The Godfather Part II

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3h

We’re cooked, fam.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 8h

can we not

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Emma Roller @emmaroller.bsky.social · 22h

Who will pay me a large sum of money to write a new Tank Girl movie

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

Does bicycling count? Love to see big guys balancing on bikes.

Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social · 1d

To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.

To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition

I’ll pick a winner next week.

#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

You all know we're an American English Dictionary, right?

It may be pronounced differently in your country, but that's not our jurisdiction.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

(unexpectedly hefty vampire says)

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ride all the bikes @rideallthebikes.bsky.social · 1d

Just some pretty and maybe -hopefully- distracting #photography. Because, you know, everything.

*gestures widely *

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250 Years Ago News @250yearsagonews.bsky.social · 1d

Oct. 10, 1775: American soldiers carry away several of the “king’s stores” in carts from British army barracks in downtown New York. Loyalist Gov. William Tryon demands their return. The city government arranges to have this done, blaming the incident on the “Feat of a drunken Guard.”

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 1d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 1d

It’s actually pretty bad for your mental health to know stuff

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Sarah Hennies @sarahhennies.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 2d

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2d

I provided comments for this article on WI Dems messaging. I wrote a lot, and naturally most couldn't fit here, so I'll 🧵 my extended comments: 1/

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/09/a...

‘Affordability’ becomes a watchword as Democrats look to 2026 elections • Wisconsin Examiner

Whether focused on a particular issue or the cost everything, making things "affordable" is central to many Democrats' 2026 campaigns.

wisconsinexaminer.com

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 2d

Montana landscape is okay in my book. There are other problems, but the landscape is good.

a photo from high on a fire road, looking down on spectacular terrain of logged forests

a black silhouette of the Bitterroot mountains highlighted by a setting sun, with a gradient of yellow fading quickly to purples and blues

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 2d

A short scout in Montana to make some plans for a longer adventure. Still, 2,500 feet of climbing in the first 10 miles, and early fall temps.

a gravel bike on a forest service road, looking over a valley that was logged a couple decades ago and are still growing back in. the terrain in the background is criss-crossed with logging roads

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 2d

Professor Longhurst Grades Your Locking, Montana Edition:

No, this doesn't work. You've got a front quick-release on this Trek, so all I need to do is remove your front wheel, slip the fork out of the chain, and re-attach the wheel.

I dunno, Big Sky, you're gonna have to do better than that.

F.

a red mountain bike is "locked" by a chain draped around the steer tube and front forks

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Spooky Hispanic pixie dream girl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired to write a dark academia style book set in one of the relentlessly sunny and often hideous and poorly-maintained brutalist college campuses that populate the western USA. (Like the one I work on)

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Environmental History Now @envhistnow.bsky.social · 3d

Latest piece out today from Adrienne Brown; a safety briefing for research in #envhist #envhum envhistnow.com/2025/10/07/p...

Pre-Flight Safety Briefing: Researching the Environment in the U.S. without Being Detained at the Border

It is a turbulent time to be an international scholar in the United States: So before you embark on your next trip to the U.S., let’s make sure you are ready for take-off.

envhistnow.com

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3d

OKAY THATS ENOUGH SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TODAY

closes laptop, puts in freezer

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evergreen skeet

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 3d

#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.

Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script.

Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3d

Dwight D. Longtorso: adjudicator of the insufficiently weird

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