Michael McGettigan
@mcget.bsky.social
Once Upon a Time▶️The Stick Men; PHL City Paper; UPI; piano tuning; bike activism. ⏩️Now: sell/service Brompton Folder bikes. 🔁 Profit-free side-hustles: HastyPostCard Co., Publetters, 35mm photog, Typewriting, fountain pen writing. Did the 1st Type-IN, ha.
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These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
December 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
These two images of Chinese train driver Han Junjia were taken less than 30 years apart.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
Transformative change is possible when it is relentlessly pursued.
As 2026 wafts (looms?) closer, you may wish to meet people who like people who link pens, paper, ink, & etc. OH—the last Philly Pen Circle of 2025 is MON., 12/29 at MIX, 21st & Chestnut, 6:29 p.m.
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As 2026 wafts (looms?) closer, you may wish to meet people who like people who link pens, paper, ink, & etc. OH—the last Philly Pen Circle of 2025 is MON., 12/29 at MIX, 21st & Chestnut, 6:29 p.m.
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SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
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They can redact and play games but it doesn’t change the fact that the President of the United States is a child rapist.
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They can redact and play games but it doesn’t change the fact that the President of the United States is a child rapist.
Over at my Day Job (Trophy BikesPHL), we’re hosting 2 days of pens, paper, ink, post cards, & journals etc. Like like like, the opposite of AI is our goal. [& still being a bike shop at the same time; it worked last year!] If yr around, come through (The Philly Punk Rock Flea Market is a block away)
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Over at my Day Job (Trophy BikesPHL), we’re hosting 2 days of pens, paper, ink, post cards, & journals etc. Like like like, the opposite of AI is our goal. [& still being a bike shop at the same time; it worked last year!] If yr around, come through (The Philly Punk Rock Flea Market is a block away)
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The president of the USA, is a lunatic
25th amendment now!
25th amendment now!
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The president of the USA, is a lunatic
25th amendment now!
25th amendment now!
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A lot of people got mad at this at the time but Devonta Smith was 100% correct to do it
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A lot of people got mad at this at the time but Devonta Smith was 100% correct to do it
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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
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Salute to Toronto for this pivot:
Ontario premier Doug Ford banned Toronto from building new bike infrastructure that replaces car lanes.
Toronto's response: Narrow but retain existing car lanes, freeing enough space to keep installing bike lanes. (Better yet, narrower traffic lanes are safer.)
Ontario premier Doug Ford banned Toronto from building new bike infrastructure that replaces car lanes.
Toronto's response: Narrow but retain existing car lanes, freeing enough space to keep installing bike lanes. (Better yet, narrower traffic lanes are safer.)
'It's a win-win': How Toronto is planning 20km of new bike lanes without defying Ford
The City of Toronto is also planning $30-million worth of infrastructure upgrades, including bike lanes, cycle tracks, and trails.
toronto.citynews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Salute to Toronto for this pivot:
Ontario premier Doug Ford banned Toronto from building new bike infrastructure that replaces car lanes.
Toronto's response: Narrow but retain existing car lanes, freeing enough space to keep installing bike lanes. (Better yet, narrower traffic lanes are safer.)
Ontario premier Doug Ford banned Toronto from building new bike infrastructure that replaces car lanes.
Toronto's response: Narrow but retain existing car lanes, freeing enough space to keep installing bike lanes. (Better yet, narrower traffic lanes are safer.)
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This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
Um, there’s a subculture of people who still make marks on paper; you in?
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Um, there’s a subculture of people who still make marks on paper; you in?
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TOMORROW, 👁️ am VOTING TO KEEP DEMOCRATIC JUDGES IN OFFICE, because that jerk off oligarch Jeffrey Yass wants them out as part of Project 2025. Please join me at in thwarting the 25th-richest “person” on Earth. See you at the polls!
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
TOMORROW, 👁️ am VOTING TO KEEP DEMOCRATIC JUDGES IN OFFICE, because that jerk off oligarch Jeffrey Yass wants them out as part of Project 2025. Please join me at in thwarting the 25th-richest “person” on Earth. See you at the polls!
The clock in our car is correct again; and weapons made in the West, including the U.S., are still being used to slaughter civilians in Sudan and Gaza. @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The clock in our car is correct again; and weapons made in the West, including the U.S., are still being used to slaughter civilians in Sudan and Gaza. @fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
In El Fasher, SUDAN, today’s high will be 93F; there is a 100% chance that families will be murdered there today—by weapons manufactured and sold by the West—including the United States of America.
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
In El Fasher, SUDAN, today’s high will be 93F; there is a 100% chance that families will be murdered there today—by weapons manufactured and sold by the West—including the United States of America.
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Trapped in traffic and stuck travelling long distances to work because of car-centric planning?
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trapped in traffic and stuck travelling long distances to work because of car-centric planning?
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
With enough SHARPIE™️ markers, Philadelphians are going to get to the bottom of the Epstein affair.
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
With enough SHARPIE™️ markers, Philadelphians are going to get to the bottom of the Epstein affair.
Hang out and hear a bit about the London-made @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , this very Friday (10/3, 12:15 p.m.) at Trophy Bikes.
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hang out and hear a bit about the London-made @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social , this very Friday (10/3, 12:15 p.m.) at Trophy Bikes.
EVEN @SEARS @craftsman appliances are demanding the release of THE EPSTEIN FILES.
September 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
EVEN @SEARS @craftsman appliances are demanding the release of THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?
News reports from Venezuela say: 1-Boat was turning back. 2-Passengers were *not* drug gang. •• Do theses victims have names? Do mainstream newspapers report anymore?
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
News reports from Venezuela say: 1-Boat was turning back. 2-Passengers were *not* drug gang. •• Do theses victims have names? Do mainstream newspapers report anymore?
The President’s Brain Is Missing—In Spurious TruthiColor
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The President’s Brain Is Missing—In Spurious TruthiColor
Aw dang, 👁️ just realized that Apple has discontinued their pocket-sized phones because it’s more addictive when you can’t even put your phone away easily.
September 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Aw dang, 👁️ just realized that Apple has discontinued their pocket-sized phones because it’s more addictive when you can’t even put your phone away easily.
They are at it again with the Sharpie™️ and cardboard.
August 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
They are at it again with the Sharpie™️ and cardboard.