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Bret Wade
@bwade913.bsky.social
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Retired electronics engineer living in Boulder, CO with my wife Lisa, ex-bike racer, blues guitar player, hazy IPA drinker, coffee roaster, and cat lover.
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The women’s race of today’s #Cyclocross #WorldCup was insanely good. Highly recommend watching the entire race if you can find it. And we coming up on the Christmas period - cyclocross almost every day!!
cyclingfans.bsky.social Pete Geyer @cyclingfans.bsky.social · 8d
Videos: Elite women and men race highlights and more UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerp, Belgium:
www.cyclingfans.com/cyclocross/v...
December 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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M&M enjoying a nice fall day.
lisafw.bsky.social Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · Oct 25
Nothing is better than open windows on a fall day #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky
Two lynxpoint tabby cats on a cat condo looking out windows in a corner. Merckx (on the left) is on the window sill looking out the east window, while Madeleine (on the right) is sitting on the top perch of the cat condo looking out the south window. Outside is a lovely sugar maple with yellow and red leaves.
October 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Boulder Rez
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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We’re joining the No Kings protest today—not because we’re America-haters, Marxists, terrorists, or paid agitators, as some might claim—but because we are informed, concerned citizens, appalled by the erosion of constitutional order and rule of law. Civil liberties must be preserved for everyone.
October 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Slightly diminish a band: The Mildly Appreciative Dying
darinself.com Darin Self @darinself.com · Aug 13
Slightly diminish a band: Mumford and Nephews
kwcollins.bsky.social Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Aug 13
Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Two Lynx Point Tabby cats lie side by side on a bedspread.
July 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Absolute perfection
Lana "not yet begun to fight" @Lana@beige.party If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes. If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working. If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to "do it the right way". If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals. If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the Constitution. If you are building concentration camps in Florida to keep them here in cages, then it was never about the border. If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy. And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law. Jul 01, 2025, 09:53 PM
July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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There’s something Phishy about the music I’m hearing through my window tonight.
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Raining in Boulder as I was riding in from the North by Boulder Rez. It had all dispersed by the time I got home but there were a few puddles.
A landscape photo shows a dirt road by a reservoir with a storm clound in the background with visible rain falling over the city of Boulder. The Flatiron Mountains are visible in the background through the mist.
July 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I (70 yo white male with a white beard) got carded today in Whole Foods while buying non-alcoholic beer. I told the kid it’s NA and I pointed to the place on the carton where it says “non-alcoholic”. He pointed to the place where it said “less than .5% ABV”. Checkmate. Not everything goes our way.
July 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Westword has a good article on 25 uphill cycling routes in Boulder, some well known and some obscure. I've done them all and as the article suggests, I climbed Lick Skillet once and never went back. www.westword.com/arts/25-boul...
Stairways to Heaven: 25 Boulder Bike Rides
Over the course of a year, I pushed myself to complete every ride.
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May 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I've been very impressed with the riding of Alex Baudin so far this season. He was top ten in LBL over Côte de La Redoute. In Romandie today he initiated the winning break, showed maturity in the finale, forcing Van Eetvelt to chase Fortunato. It could have been a win if Fortunato hadn't held on.
May 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Storm over Boulder as seen from Boulder Rez on our ride. Accuweather didn't predict this or we wouldn't have been out there. Somehow we got home dry.
A billowing storm cloud is seen over Boulder, CO with Boulder Reservoir in the foreground along with a section of gravel trail, and the foothills in the background along with a patch of blue sky.
April 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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A bit ofSpring snowstorm outside has the girls snuggling up together.
Two Lynxpoint tabby cats (sisters and littermates) are snuggling together on a fleece pad that is in the corner of our sun room. There is a red brick wall behind the chair on one wall and a window looking out at a grass median on the other. The floor is hardwood.
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Madeleine (aka Maddie Cat) doesn't get enough spotlight on the socials. Here she is being cute and silly at the same time. That's her back foot sticking out 😆 #Caturday #CatsOfBlueSky #IdesOfMarch
A very pretty lynxpoint tabby is lying on a cream colored blanket on a couch. She is srunched up with 3 paws touching and a back paw poking out between (it's hard to describe). She is looking to the right of the camera. There is an earth tone patterned pillow behind her that matches her colors nicely.
March 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Merckxie is a very intelligent and nervous girl and I this picture captures it very well.
lisafw.bsky.social Lisa FW @lisafw.bsky.social · Feb 15
Merckx is the Queen of paw work 😻 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
A lynxpoint tabby with tufted ears lays on an ottoman looking up at the camera. Her front paws are crossed most expertly
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Maddie is playing her top cat games today to show up her sister.
A lynxpoint tabbie cat sits on top of a bannister post and looks straight at the camera with a relaxed prideful expression.
February 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I just discovered, by asking it, that ChatGPT is happy to take on any personality that you want. I asked for Marvin the Robot and it complied. It could pass a Turing test for responding like a depressed robot.
February 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Sushi for dinner and the #TourDownUnder in the background. We will be done in time for the first time up Willunga Hill #CouchPeloton #TDU25 #ProCycling
A dinner table with sushi in the foreground. In the background is a kitchen with a tv monitor showing a bike race
January 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Watching the 2024 Beniderm #cyclocross race in prep for Sunday’s race. This is a really good race youtu.be/BkrCjEllKnA?...
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January 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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My wife @lisafw.bsky.social and I like to preview the upcoming cyclocross races by watching a historic version of the race. For Koksijde (1/3) you can do no better than the 2015 World Cup. For USA folks a VPN is needed. I used Switzerland. www.cyclingfans.com/node/21423
2015 UCI Cyclocross World Cup at Koksijde Elite Men's Race On Demand | www.cyclingfans.com
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January 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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My brother used to play Wordle but doesn't anymore. Today I knew his starting word would score a one, so I let him know it was a good day to play Wordle.
December 30, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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We're trying to shame Maddie out of her very bad habit of eating stray bits of tape.
A small lynxpoint tabby cat lies on a blanket. Next to it is a small sigh that says "I like to eat adhesives and I'm not sorry about it".
December 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan -The Onion
December 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM