Craig Stilen
@cdstilen.bsky.social
MN DBAdmin, bike commuter, photography fan, secular causes joiner & supporter
Westbound snowy bike ride through Reservoir Woods
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Westbound snowy bike ride through Reservoir Woods
"Please cease making these jocularities, or so help me GOD IN HEAVEN, I shall turn this ship back Eastward and return us home." - Mayflower Captain, probably.
#Thanksgiving #secular #humanist
#Thanksgiving #secular #humanist
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Please cease making these jocularities, or so help me GOD IN HEAVEN, I shall turn this ship back Eastward and return us home." - Mayflower Captain, probably.
#Thanksgiving #secular #humanist
#Thanksgiving #secular #humanist
Roundabout scene from Natl Lampoon European Vacation
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Roundabout scene from Natl Lampoon European Vacation
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Seen in Reservoir Woods... "From now on, you must take care of your toys, because if you don't, we'll find out, Sid." - Toy Story, where the toys are watching and will exact revenge if he harms again.
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Seen in Reservoir Woods... "From now on, you must take care of your toys, because if you don't, we'll find out, Sid." - Toy Story, where the toys are watching and will exact revenge if he harms again.
My weekday AM bike commute to downtown St. Paul, MN, Jackson to 10th street bike path.
This is the type of bike path obstruction I can live with.
This is not the dog's first offense, but a solid number two.
(owner cleaning up after their dog)
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
This is the type of bike path obstruction I can live with.
This is not the dog's first offense, but a solid number two.
(owner cleaning up after their dog)
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My weekday AM bike commute to downtown St. Paul, MN, Jackson to 10th street bike path.
This is the type of bike path obstruction I can live with.
This is not the dog's first offense, but a solid number two.
(owner cleaning up after their dog)
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
This is the type of bike path obstruction I can live with.
This is not the dog's first offense, but a solid number two.
(owner cleaning up after their dog)
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
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Reposted by Craig Stilen
“Now show it in the rain,” is a comment that pops up in our feed occasionally, as if the country that cycles 18 billion kilometres while experiencing 217 days of precipitation each year grinds to a halt every single time the skies open.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Now show it in the rain,” is a comment that pops up in our feed occasionally, as if the country that cycles 18 billion kilometres while experiencing 217 days of precipitation each year grinds to a halt every single time the skies open.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad infrastructure.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
Careful commute planning not paying off very well.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Careful commute planning not paying off very well.
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever
The exact cause of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking is still a mystery, but the lasting legacy is this: There were more than 6,000 shipwrecks on the Great Lakes in the century prior to the wreck of th...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
50 years later, the legacy of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Time lapse bike ride thru Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN. Not the last perfect day, but one of the few remaining
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Time lapse bike ride thru Reservoir Woods, Roseville, MN. Not the last perfect day, but one of the few remaining
Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social.
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy to have the book #LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social, picked up at my favorite downtown St. Paul MN bookstore @subtextbookstore.bsky.social.
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
Note the bordering small text, top right of the poster in the window: "Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail"
Reposted by Craig Stilen
With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Rip Jane Goodall What amazing work you did with your life. A heartbreaking day
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Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
#janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
My PM Bike commute from downtown St Paul to Roseville, MN.
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
July 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My PM Bike commute from downtown St Paul to Roseville, MN.
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
The last minute highlights the new bike lane squeezed on to Dale Street, part of the Dale Street reconstruction between Como Ave and County B.
The background music is "The Poor People of Paris".
#bikecommuter
#bikesky
#bike
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"The bamboozle has captured us.”
July 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"The bamboozle has captured us.”
I had the right-of-way, bike lit up like a landing strip, cross signal in my favor. This $#@^* in the red suv left turned across the bike path. Was more important than the law, or another's life. Northbound Jackson & 12th, St. Paul in the PM.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I had the right-of-way, bike lit up like a landing strip, cross signal in my favor. This $#@^* in the red suv left turned across the bike path. Was more important than the law, or another's life. Northbound Jackson & 12th, St. Paul in the PM.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Nothing kills a good mood faster than a stupid driver.
Bicycling in Copenhagen 1953, colorized youtu.be/W216Mqx0TMw?...
Cykelbyen København i 1953 – Historiske optagelser i 4K og farver
YouTube video by Kend Din By
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July 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bicycling in Copenhagen 1953, colorized youtu.be/W216Mqx0TMw?...