Always Be Pedaling 🚲
@alwaysbepedaling.bsky.social
Bike obsessed environmentalist. I lean on science and data. Always learning, always curious.
Want to use your car less? I can help.
Want to use your car less? I can help.
Visiting Calgary for a friends’ wedding has reminded me just how much this city doesn’t suit me. My nervous system is already worn out from the drive and now the constant drone of traffic and constant lights is just…jarring.
Can’t wait to get back to my small, relatively walkable town.
Can’t wait to get back to my small, relatively walkable town.
October 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Visiting Calgary for a friends’ wedding has reminded me just how much this city doesn’t suit me. My nervous system is already worn out from the drive and now the constant drone of traffic and constant lights is just…jarring.
Can’t wait to get back to my small, relatively walkable town.
Can’t wait to get back to my small, relatively walkable town.
Over the weekend someone said to me, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth talking about,” and for some reason that’s been rolling around my head this morning.
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Over the weekend someone said to me, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth talking about,” and for some reason that’s been rolling around my head this morning.
I cannot express how deeply I hate the “must make big meal for Thanksgiving” trope that’s been thrown on my lap just because. I hate “tradition”. I spent 3 hours cooking yesterday for my kid to throw a fit and for me to somehow still go to bed hungry.
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I cannot express how deeply I hate the “must make big meal for Thanksgiving” trope that’s been thrown on my lap just because. I hate “tradition”. I spent 3 hours cooking yesterday for my kid to throw a fit and for me to somehow still go to bed hungry.
I just bought a bunch of fancy tea from a Canadian based company.
I am officially starting my evaluation of companies who do wholesale in case I follow through with my silly little idea of opening a small little Shop O’ Tea in my small town.
I am officially starting my evaluation of companies who do wholesale in case I follow through with my silly little idea of opening a small little Shop O’ Tea in my small town.
October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I just bought a bunch of fancy tea from a Canadian based company.
I am officially starting my evaluation of companies who do wholesale in case I follow through with my silly little idea of opening a small little Shop O’ Tea in my small town.
I am officially starting my evaluation of companies who do wholesale in case I follow through with my silly little idea of opening a small little Shop O’ Tea in my small town.
And stop wasting energy where it’s simply not needed.
When Trump calls climate change a "con job," he is representing his fossil fuel billionaire friends, not science.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
Climate change is REAL. It is an existential threat to the planet and future generations.
We must transform our energy systems away from fossil fuels.
September 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
And stop wasting energy where it’s simply not needed.
I don’t know what I hate more about selling a bike:
- Getting lowball offers from randos or
- the “just wanna try it” types that think they know a thing or two about bikes but don’t actually know shit. Then hmm and haw like I’m a bike shop just waiting on them.
- Getting lowball offers from randos or
- the “just wanna try it” types that think they know a thing or two about bikes but don’t actually know shit. Then hmm and haw like I’m a bike shop just waiting on them.
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I don’t know what I hate more about selling a bike:
- Getting lowball offers from randos or
- the “just wanna try it” types that think they know a thing or two about bikes but don’t actually know shit. Then hmm and haw like I’m a bike shop just waiting on them.
- Getting lowball offers from randos or
- the “just wanna try it” types that think they know a thing or two about bikes but don’t actually know shit. Then hmm and haw like I’m a bike shop just waiting on them.
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Every daycare should have a protected bike lane (or appropriately calm local street) in front.
September 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Every daycare should have a protected bike lane (or appropriately calm local street) in front.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Of course, if you ACTUALLY want to reduce crime, you support a robust social safety net and UBI.
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Of course, if you ACTUALLY want to reduce crime, you support a robust social safety net and UBI.
I think I skipped quickly through the e-bike hater stage when I stopped having the fitness (and time) to just ride my 20km ride to work when it became hilly with a headwind. Enter my first e-bike that has become the everything, everywhere, all year bike and is still going strong after 7 years.
I have to respect the self awareness this writer shows as to the source of their ebike hatred. I think this kind of self righteousness is behind a lot of acoustic bike riders hate towards e-bikes (plus some competitiveness)
September 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think I skipped quickly through the e-bike hater stage when I stopped having the fitness (and time) to just ride my 20km ride to work when it became hilly with a headwind. Enter my first e-bike that has become the everything, everywhere, all year bike and is still going strong after 7 years.
Please send me a winning lottery ticket so that I can spend my days arguing for library funds, bike infrastructure, and fixing my bikes for fun. This whole Corporate Girl day act is getting old.
September 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Please send me a winning lottery ticket so that I can spend my days arguing for library funds, bike infrastructure, and fixing my bikes for fun. This whole Corporate Girl day act is getting old.
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As happens with every. Single. Pilot. Program. That ever looks at anything akin to UBI, it is cheaper to just straight up help people get to a modest financial baseline than to deal with the outcomes of not helping people in poverty.
It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.
It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.
A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
As happens with every. Single. Pilot. Program. That ever looks at anything akin to UBI, it is cheaper to just straight up help people get to a modest financial baseline than to deal with the outcomes of not helping people in poverty.
It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.
It’s not news until we deploy it at scale.
Was told of a new office space opening up in the next town over and I’ll be going in at least once a week - I’m good with this. I need out of my house.
But how to get there? I’ve been hounding the bike/bus options and I’m going to push bike parking - I refuse to let Car by Default be my life.
But how to get there? I’ve been hounding the bike/bus options and I’m going to push bike parking - I refuse to let Car by Default be my life.
September 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Was told of a new office space opening up in the next town over and I’ll be going in at least once a week - I’m good with this. I need out of my house.
But how to get there? I’ve been hounding the bike/bus options and I’m going to push bike parking - I refuse to let Car by Default be my life.
But how to get there? I’ve been hounding the bike/bus options and I’m going to push bike parking - I refuse to let Car by Default be my life.
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Hmm. Why?
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hmm. Why?
I am surprised by the rather strong reactions for this Kirk guy from some local acquaintances. Now that I’ve heard of him it sounds like he was kinda shitty? And the irony of gun violence that he basically supported is what takes him?
I’m terribly out of the loop on this guy.
I’m terribly out of the loop on this guy.
September 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I am surprised by the rather strong reactions for this Kirk guy from some local acquaintances. Now that I’ve heard of him it sounds like he was kinda shitty? And the irony of gun violence that he basically supported is what takes him?
I’m terribly out of the loop on this guy.
I’m terribly out of the loop on this guy.
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Remember, we’ll never get a good sense of what people will do under safe conditions, by watching what some are willing to do under unsafe conditions. Building smart mobility is about supporting the choices we need more people to make, by providing smart, safe, enjoyable infrastructure for them.
September 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Remember, we’ll never get a good sense of what people will do under safe conditions, by watching what some are willing to do under unsafe conditions. Building smart mobility is about supporting the choices we need more people to make, by providing smart, safe, enjoyable infrastructure for them.
This is why, in my new small town, I’m gathering people and intel to force the town to build useful infrastructure instead of car braining into busier more dangerous streets.
I want to feel safe sending my child to school on a bike that’s a whopping ~2km away. I can’t do that now.
I want to feel safe sending my child to school on a bike that’s a whopping ~2km away. I can’t do that now.
If you never see people biking in your city, it's not because people don't want to, it's because they don't feel safe doing so.
Build the protected, connected infrastructure and watch your city streets come alive with all ages and abilities.
Build the protected, connected infrastructure and watch your city streets come alive with all ages and abilities.
Tell me again how we don’t need separated bike lanes
(I got her out of the street immediately after this, of course!! And the bus driver of the second bus apologized for the first one passing her!)
(I got her out of the street immediately after this, of course!! And the bus driver of the second bus apologized for the first one passing her!)
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is why, in my new small town, I’m gathering people and intel to force the town to build useful infrastructure instead of car braining into busier more dangerous streets.
I want to feel safe sending my child to school on a bike that’s a whopping ~2km away. I can’t do that now.
I want to feel safe sending my child to school on a bike that’s a whopping ~2km away. I can’t do that now.
Spending almost two weeks drinking my parents weak coffee means a minor panic attack when I make my usual back at home.
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Spending almost two weeks drinking my parents weak coffee means a minor panic attack when I make my usual back at home.
Ventured to the US to visit my family. Fearing the border crossing I deleted any apps that might provide data that would put me on hot water. We have, after all, been told to use burner phones.
What happened?
Nothing. Minimal scrutiny. Zero questions beyond the usual.
What happened?
Nothing. Minimal scrutiny. Zero questions beyond the usual.
September 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ventured to the US to visit my family. Fearing the border crossing I deleted any apps that might provide data that would put me on hot water. We have, after all, been told to use burner phones.
What happened?
Nothing. Minimal scrutiny. Zero questions beyond the usual.
What happened?
Nothing. Minimal scrutiny. Zero questions beyond the usual.
I spent the evening gathering kale seeds from the plant I saved from the garden in the old house. I sat in the mud, chatting with 4, discussing mud, rockets, seeds, and the lifecycle of plants. I love my life now 🥰
August 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I spent the evening gathering kale seeds from the plant I saved from the garden in the old house. I sat in the mud, chatting with 4, discussing mud, rockets, seeds, and the lifecycle of plants. I love my life now 🥰
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The 2025 Happy City Index is in — and there’s something every cyclist will want to celebrate: the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
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The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly
The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
momentummag.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The 2025 Happy City Index is in — and there’s something every cyclist will want to celebrate: the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
momentummag.com/the-happiest...
momentummag.com/the-happiest...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down after losing funding from the Trump- and GOP-supported recissions package, "despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB."
August 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down after losing funding from the Trump- and GOP-supported recissions package, "despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB."
I am a boring adult. My proof? I’m very excited to now have a proper hood fan that exhausts to the outside instead of just attempting and failing to filter smoky air.
July 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am a boring adult. My proof? I’m very excited to now have a proper hood fan that exhausts to the outside instead of just attempting and failing to filter smoky air.
Not my partner claiming that changing the bed sheets is him doing “something nice”.
No, that’s just part of running a house. How many times did I demand (or receive) a thank you for doing that exact thing?
Sometime I just….ugh.
No, that’s just part of running a house. How many times did I demand (or receive) a thank you for doing that exact thing?
Sometime I just….ugh.
July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Not my partner claiming that changing the bed sheets is him doing “something nice”.
No, that’s just part of running a house. How many times did I demand (or receive) a thank you for doing that exact thing?
Sometime I just….ugh.
No, that’s just part of running a house. How many times did I demand (or receive) a thank you for doing that exact thing?
Sometime I just….ugh.
Plan to steal this idea.
Winnipeg cyclists build their own bike lane, because the city is taking too long, and declare @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Vigilante bike lane on Wellington Crescent. Love it.
June 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Plan to steal this idea.