Peter Flax
@pflax1.bsky.social
Into riding, writing and complex carbohydrates.
Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
Every opinion stated here is mine—and mine alone.
Yesterday I learned that a kid I coached on a few youth soccer teams died of heart failure a couple months into his freshman year of college. He was 18. I have trouble processing how you could be a parent and cope with that kind of a loss without imploding.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yesterday I learned that a kid I coached on a few youth soccer teams died of heart failure a couple months into his freshman year of college. He was 18. I have trouble processing how you could be a parent and cope with that kind of a loss without imploding.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Yesterday on my way to the gym I hit 500 miles on my ebike. Before I got it, I basically never biked, so almost all of those trips would have been by car. It was ~40 degrees out and I was on my way to swim when I hit 500 miles. Absolutely life changing.
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
LOL I actually agree with this but in my experience if I've stated something like this my mentions are all angry replies from people I consider allies saying this is an immutably bad idea that will 100% hurt cities.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
LOL I actually agree with this but in my experience if I've stated something like this my mentions are all angry replies from people I consider allies saying this is an immutably bad idea that will 100% hurt cities.
I am historically a "dog person" but have really enjoyed living with cats for the past 10 years. Last night, one of our cats brought an injured finch into the dining room and I'll admit it's still disorienting to know that I'm sharing a home with a couple of serial killers.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I am historically a "dog person" but have really enjoyed living with cats for the past 10 years. Last night, one of our cats brought an injured finch into the dining room and I'll admit it's still disorienting to know that I'm sharing a home with a couple of serial killers.
If you care about road violence, policing, and media coverage of fatal bike crashes, this case—where attorneys for Flint PD are blaming a (drunk) rider for his own death despite obvious police negligence—is super interesting. www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
Cyclist BAC was nearly three times limit when hit by Flint police cruiser
An attorney for the city of Flint pushed back on claims that a police officer’s negligence caused an accident that left a bicyclist with a traumatic brain injury during opening arguments in a Genesee ...
www.mlive.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you care about road violence, policing, and media coverage of fatal bike crashes, this case—where attorneys for Flint PD are blaming a (drunk) rider for his own death despite obvious police negligence—is super interesting. www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
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Many folks in the advocacy community know that efforts to lower driving speeds save lives...so in most places we're left to grapple with this reality where we know that most people and institutions choose to accept a certain amount of preventable human suffering as unavoidable collateral damage.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Many folks in the advocacy community know that efforts to lower driving speeds save lives...so in most places we're left to grapple with this reality where we know that most people and institutions choose to accept a certain amount of preventable human suffering as unavoidable collateral damage.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Most folks have the good sense that if they see a piece of dogshit on the ground, they don't get down on their hands and knees to smell it. And yet if they see the New York Times runs a fawning profile of Olivia Nuzzi, they lose their minds, settle into the couch and inhale the putrid feculence.
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Most folks have the good sense that if they see a piece of dogshit on the ground, they don't get down on their hands and knees to smell it. And yet if they see the New York Times runs a fawning profile of Olivia Nuzzi, they lose their minds, settle into the couch and inhale the putrid feculence.
I think whomever realized that this could be a Christmas ornament (and figured out the funding, tooling and logistics) deserves free drinks for life in Los Angeles county.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I think whomever realized that this could be a Christmas ornament (and figured out the funding, tooling and logistics) deserves free drinks for life in Los Angeles county.
We’ve had an uptick of coyote attacks in our neighborhood so we’re keeping the cats inside after dark. My pal Feta is annoyed by the new policy and was grumpy for a few hours last night.
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We’ve had an uptick of coyote attacks in our neighborhood so we’re keeping the cats inside after dark. My pal Feta is annoyed by the new policy and was grumpy for a few hours last night.
The new batch of Epstein emails makes me ponder the folks deeply outraged by trans people who want to do sports because they think it harms women. Decades of hard proof that cis men who abuse their power to harm women in the worst ways are the actual threat can alter this counterfactual obsession.
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The new batch of Epstein emails makes me ponder the folks deeply outraged by trans people who want to do sports because they think it harms women. Decades of hard proof that cis men who abuse their power to harm women in the worst ways are the actual threat can alter this counterfactual obsession.
When you read the barely coherent emails it's easier to understand why rich tech pros like ChatGP.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
When you read the barely coherent emails it's easier to understand why rich tech pros like ChatGP.
Rewatching earlier seasons of Stranger Things to prep for season 5. Forgot how beautiful it is. I love how all the young characters are such well developed and acted. Plus, shitloads of awesome bike moments.
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Rewatching earlier seasons of Stranger Things to prep for season 5. Forgot how beautiful it is. I love how all the young characters are such well developed and acted. Plus, shitloads of awesome bike moments.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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NEW: Rad Power Bikes has told employees it will go out of business in January without new funding.
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
The company said in a staff email that it had a "very promising" option to stay alive, but whatever that was, it fell apart.
Story with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/r...
Rad Power Bikes faces shutdown in January without new funding | TechCrunch
The company is "still fighting to find ways to continue" according to an email viewed by TechCrunch.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Just as the graft and lawlessness and weaponized bigotry need to face consequences, the repeated capitulation and silence needs to have consequences, too.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just as the graft and lawlessness and weaponized bigotry need to face consequences, the repeated capitulation and silence needs to have consequences, too.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
I find it exhausting to watch elite cyclocross. If you understand how hard they are pushing watts, it's hard to ignore the suffering involved.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I find it exhausting to watch elite cyclocross. If you understand how hard they are pushing watts, it's hard to ignore the suffering involved.
The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The carnage caused by FAA cutbacks cast a spotlight on the massive public subsidies required to have air travel function in the US. People think spending money on bike lanes and rail is socialism while TRILLIONS have been spent to prop up the airline industry and to build and maintain roadways.
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Richest nation in human history
I was very very fortunate to spend my day yesterday making content and memories with one of the best human beings in pro cycling.
Photo by the incomparable Joe Pugliese
Photo by the incomparable Joe Pugliese
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I was very very fortunate to spend my day yesterday making content and memories with one of the best human beings in pro cycling.
Photo by the incomparable Joe Pugliese
Photo by the incomparable Joe Pugliese
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"I unequivocally reject identity politics" i scream, right before selecting my five gallon cowboy hat for my Fox Business interview.
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"I unequivocally reject identity politics" i scream, right before selecting my five gallon cowboy hat for my Fox Business interview.