When my wife was in the flower business, I was sometimes responsible for local deliveries. I quickly learned that a flower arrangement can get you deep inside some surprisingly insecure "secure" places.

AWS says there are “significant signs of recovery”.

Lots of other websites around the world affected by an Amazon Web Services problem this morning.

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I rigged up our cargo bike with cheap battery powered Christmas lights one year. Worked well with zipties. Kids loved it. The more expensive outdoor ones are waterproof.

I'm sick of my kids heard the word parlay in ads.

Sold mine after losing interest when our first child arrived. Just felt like a matter of time before something really bad happened either through my own error or someone else's. Highly recommend people take the motorcycle training and licensing course: www.safetyservicesns.ca/motorcycle-l...

More of a air-keyboard-synth-bass kinda guy, but yes.

Totally made up articles and anecdotes, too. (Each with hundreds of witless commenters perpetuating the engagement exploitation cycle.)

"... if two days have passed since the last rain, the risk for a deadly accident goes up by 3.7 percent. This number gets bigger the longer an area has gone without rain, so just imagine how dangerous the first rain after a bone dry summer must be."

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Quick read about the statistical link between crashes and rainfall after dry periods.

The risk of road grease in the immediate aftermath of the first rain after a dry spell is also a real phenomenon. (Learned about it in my motorcycle licence course and have definitely experienced it while cycling.) Could be a factor in some of these crashes.

That - and stay the F off your F'n phone.

I will never part with my olive Levi's Commuter-series trucker jacket and its useful rear pockets. Sadly the Commuter line which prioritized utility, durability, ventilation and (to a lesser extent) visibility was discontinued years ago.

Full disclosure traffic was somewhat intense going up and down the climb especially in the wind. Depending on your tolerance for that sort of thing, you might want to wait for the trailway to open.

One other thing I would add is that drivers on that road are going to have to get used to cyclists being out that way and slow down. I was passed by a lot of speeders in big work vehicles.

Ed and Lyndon have more than 90 seconds on me for the KoM, so I’m almost obligated to go back for redemption. Jokes aside, it’s an A+ climb. Fencework looks like slow going and long distance to cover, I’d be surprised if it opens soon but ya never know.