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And Drew

@andrewtappan.net

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🚍🚊🚲🏉 Radical bike guy. Fmr. political, cook,linux nerd. Amateur dog walker and mountain bike crash tester.

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And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 2h

Or at least all the lawyers that went to better real actual book reading law schools. 'cus they love some dum lawyers. A lot.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 2h

Who robbed the Louvre right answers only

A squirrel reaches for a bird feed to do larceny. In the background there is a fence witnessing larceny. This squirrel is obviously a master thief.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 2h

And every year someone is so agro that they are gonna get to [insert chudly funtimes place] to watch football 45 seconds late that they go screaming up residential streets at 50MPH to get around it.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 4h

Top stories according to a local news station. When you scroll down, the protests are framed as "democrats" and below the death of a Limp Bizkit member in importance. And this is the least conservative of the local TV outlets.

a screenshot of NBC4i.com website with no mention of No Kings.

another screenshot that lists a few news stories

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 5h

and the 1 block long Grant Ave lanes are also wonderful, when they're not blocked by construction signs, parked cars, broken glass, etc they a great way to go ... nowhere.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 5h

Hey now, the Livingston Ave Death Lanes are the thrill of a lifetime.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 5h

Occasional shout out to the city's best business bike parking - INDOORS at the otherwise meh Livingston & Parsons CVS.

(pic from a few days ago, but even better when it's pouring like today)

a bike with a yellow bag leaning against a bike rack inside a carpeted store alcove.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 5h

Totally anecdotal, but has any else noticed the near total collapse of produce quality lately? First trump take egg, now trump even take sad salad.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 5h

(should have been) KARL: Can you tell me do you remember ANY other Defense Secretary? If you have memory issues that severe, are you fit to serve?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

KARL: Why is the Defense Secretary afraid to interact with journalists who cover him?

JOHNSON: I reject the premise

KARL: The guy has only had 2 briefings and he basically forced the press out

JOHNSON: I can't remember a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent and out in the open

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 6h

Also: bsky.app/profile/gell...

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 7h

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 6h

Additional context: upper bound 8.7 MILLION Americans.
bsky.app/profile/gell...

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 8h

our local outlets all report that "thousands" protested nationwide yesterday.

All of them include "but republicans said protestors hate america"

Journalism is dead.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

The president needs your help! He's collecting diarrhea for his plane. He has a plane that's 99% toilet with other people's diarrhea in it and he wears a little crown when he drives it around. Brave patriots please send your loose stool to your favorite diarrhea president for his diarrhea plane.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 6h

It's gross out, but we just took a 90 minute walk with the dog. Raincoat and coffee in hand, just pretended it was Vancouver. Didn't really work .. but it wasn't a bad walk.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 8h

our local outlets all report that "thousands" protested nationwide yesterday.

All of them include "but republicans said protestors hate america"

Journalism is dead.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 9h

But Miles, bikes are for effete elitist east coast snobs.

Two images stacked:
1. a women with two children on a $1500 bike and text that says "elitist"
2. a gigantic$100,000 pickup truck with text that says "not elitist"

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 18h

fully realized juvenile Yarvinism

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings rally in Columbus Ohio. A large crowd with skyscrapers in the background

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 1d

If you could buy any gravel bike (lets say under $5k just for reasons) that's available at the moment, what would you buy and why?

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 1d

A few hundred here in columbus - AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SATELLITE PROTEST. The big show was downtown, only a mile away, but our neighbors turned out.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Miami!

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 1d

That insane Sinclair "news" article both claims that Soros gave 3 Trillion to indivisible, and that he's given 32 billion to causes over the years. In the same article.

I'm bad at maths sometimes, but pretty sure 3 trillion > 32 billion.

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 1d

Our neighborhood's mini-protest drew a few hundred people, and we're only about a mile from the main one downtown.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

This is the first time federal terrorism charges have been deployed in association with the “antifa” label. interc.pt/42N2Xud

A photo of the entrance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity," and the DEK, "After shots were fired at a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two protesters."

And Drew @andrewtappan.net · 1d

Decided to check out how our local news outlets were covering whats likely to be tens of thousands of people protesting today.

The only mention of it on local TV websites is a completely batshit Sinclair planedt story on one of the big three network stations.

A screenshot of NBC 4 Columbus homepage.

Screenshot of the ABC 6 On Your Side homepage. The main story shows an Ohio State football coach previewing the Wisconsin game, with side headlines on weather, protests, and Columbus marathon coverage.

Screenshot of the WBNS 10TV news homepage showing a sewer grate image and headlines about Columbus residents complaining of odors, school closures, and other local news stories.

Screenshot of a highlighted paragraph in a document. The text reads, “Through a fund, the foundation issued a $3 trillion grant to the Indivisible Organization that was good for two years ‘to support the grantee’s social welfare activities.’ ”