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Paul Lite

@paulite.bsky.social

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Indianapolis west-sider, reader of books, rider of bicycles, explorer and tinkerer. Biochemist in another life. Joined Dec’23. 📚🚲🚸💡🧐🧪 x21c7 Banner: Skellig Michael Island off County Kerry. Portrait: Me holding a 🍀 in Galway.

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Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks. It was a great day.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 12h

This time of year I wear an N95 mask when I mow because of the leaf dust.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 12h

A fantastic day to #bike! I took the B&O west from the Tilson Trailhead to the trail’s end then continued west to McCloud Nature Park, then north over a “closed” iron truss bridge, then on to North Salem, and finally back to the B&O. 34 miles.

The newly paved B&O Tilson Trailhead with the just-installed sculpture by Dave Vertacnik.

GPS (39.8218923, -86.4385538)

Beautiful golden native grasses whispering in the breeze at Hendrick’s county McCloud Nature park.

GPS. (39.8269400, -86.6822727)

Photo taken after crossing a one-lane steel truss bridge on the Hendricks-Putnam county line. The bridge built in 1915 is indefinitely closed to all traffic due to “structural deterioration“.

GPS (39.8306263, -86.6867034)

https://bridgestunnels.com/location/barnard-bridge/

My favorite bit of my route - a grove of mature sugar maple trees that form a shaded canopy over the road.

GPS (39.8556100, -86.5951345)

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 13h

#2 is tough.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 1d

Attended my first Indianapolis Bike Party last night. It was a perfect mix of community, kindness and anarchy. It was nice surprise to run into G.R. for a second time.

This WFYI 'Across Indiana' segment from 2024 about Bike Party is really good.

Bike Party Indianapolis | Across Indiana

YouTube video by WFYI

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for posting that video of the group riding out from Speedway on CIC’s B&O Trail Gap Ride. That segment by the CSX bridge overpass is so scenic.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday saw quite the turnout for the B&O gap closure ribbon cutting ceremony.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday was indeed a joyful day for Indy westside cyclists.

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 2d

The B&O trail officially opened yesterday, connecting Indianapolis to Hendricks County, after construction on the final segment near Country Club Rd was completed this summer.

It's very exciting, anyone who's tried riding around here before knows how terrible the alternative routes were!

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for the reminder. I looked over report and made a comment.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 9d

This turns my stomach... "Purdue’s grant application conflicted with federal civil rights law and the department’s policy of “prioritizing merit, fairness, and excellence in education.”

Trump admin cancels $35 million Purdue college prep program in DEI crackdown

Indiana GEAR UP, a Purdue-run college-prep program for more than 13,000 low-income students, will end Sept. 30 after the U.S. Education Department canceled its $35 million grant.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 9d

...cause this business really looks legit.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 9d

I f you don't mind, I'm sharing the link to the image you posted. www.in.gov/idem/files/n...

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 9d

When I saw this, Greenlawn came immediately to my mind. @mirrorindy.org @emilyhopkins.bsky.social

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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 12d

"I’m not arrogant enough to think I can fully avoid this kind of decline—the indignities of getting older are relentless, and it doesn’t take much to break someone down. But then I think about learning to ride a bike, and I remember: It’s still possible to grow and change." Great essay in The Sun

Last summer I took a free one-day course in nearby Philadelphia for adults who wanted to learn to ride a bike. The incident that finally pushed me over the edge was when my eight-year-old niece was ri...

www.thesunmagazine.org

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 12d

This recent interview posted to YouTube by @wttsfm.bsky.social shares efforts underway to improve public access and use of the White Riverway System in Marion and Hamilton Counties. Worth a listen for those in #Indy area. Exciting to see this long-abused (200+ years) resource finally get some love.

WTTS Feel-Good News: The White River is a resource worth rewarding...

YouTube video by WTTSFM

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · 12d

I’ve recently returned from a week in Acadia National Park in Maine - cycling with my family on the park’s amazing carriage road system. #biking #AcadiaNP

Two cyclists pause on a stone bridge

A gravel shoreline in Acadia National Park. A bike stands in the foreground.

A bicycle poised on an overlook along a carriage road in Acadia National park.

A father and daughter ride along a carriage road in Acadia NO.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14d

It's Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migration season in Texas. At least 90% of all southward migration passes through Texas, either along the coast, or through central Texas.

They'll overwinter in Mexico, then return.

Let's talk about the utter weirdness of generational migration.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 9

A tribute 📌

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 9

what a story!

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meet The Bike-Riding 'Pint Peddler' Bringing Homebrews To The People

#bikechi hall of famer

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/08/m...

Meet The Bike-Riding 'Pint Peddler' Bringing Homebrews To The People

Lydia Miller has become a darling of the Critical Mass bike ride circuit, dispensing beer and other home-brewed beverages for free from her tricked-out e-bike.

blockclubchicago.org

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 8

Riverside Riders! ❤️

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 8

In addition, INDOT likes to post this under Indy’s viaducts. “You have no right to be here”.

Warning: NO TRESPASSING THIS IS LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY PROPERTY. DO NOT WALK, LOITER, SLEEP OR CAMP. You have no right to be here unless you have received a permit from the State of Indiana”.

Photo source MirrorIndy with additional cropping by Paulite.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 8

This intersection is the junction between two bike/ped trails I assume the driver provided the speed estimate for the police report, which is likely to be an under-estimate. Anyway, the speed limit in this area appears to be 25mph, not 30-35mph. Trails, hospitals, apartments, schools - slow down!

W 10th street, just west of Indiana Ave intersection, looking east. Cultural Trail to the right. Fall Creek Trail dead ahead. A 25mph speed limit sign is visible.

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks for sharing the link!

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 7

There was that tragic 10/7/23 pedestrian death that occurred at this cloverleaf - so sidewalks here are a great improvement (See photo & ALT).

Do you know if the ramp design was modified to slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety for those crossing the ramps using those new sidewalks?

https://safestreetsindy.org/assets/downloads/crash-review/2023/904368908.png

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/man-struck-and-killed-by-car-on-indianapolis-indy-east-side-e-washington-street-n-shadeland-avenue/531-815d0271-45e6-46e1-80db-6a9e287b5a36#

Paul Lite @paulite.bsky.social · Sep 4

Meaningless! Laughable!
Ask Wishner to share instead the RATIO of num_applicants / num_open_job_postings during those two time periods. The number of applicants will, of course, increase if there are more openings. And if the mayor is a monster then of course more people quit so more openings.