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James Longhurst

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college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · Oct 11

Oh hey, many new followers because of the bike community starter pack. Hello, I'm James Longhurst, a historian of urban and environmental policy. I wrote about the history of bike policy in the United States a few years ago; available from @uwapress.bsky.social

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Bike Battles

Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a hi...

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 4h

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 6h

I provided comments for this article on WI Dems messaging. I wrote a lot, and naturally most couldn't fit here, so I'll 🧵 my extended comments: 1/

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‘Affordability’ becomes a watchword as Democrats look to 2026 elections • Wisconsin Examiner

Whether focused on a particular issue or the cost everything, making things "affordable" is central to many Democrats' 2026 campaigns.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 20h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21h

Montana landscape is okay in my book. There are other problems, but the landscape is good.

a photo from high on a fire road, looking down on spectacular terrain of logged forests

a black silhouette of the Bitterroot mountains highlighted by a setting sun, with a gradient of yellow fading quickly to purples and blues

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21h

A short scout in Montana to make some plans for a longer adventure. Still, 2,500 feet of climbing in the first 10 miles, and early fall temps.

a gravel bike on a forest service road, looking over a valley that was logged a couple decades ago and are still growing back in. the terrain in the background is criss-crossed with logging roads

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 21h

Professor Longhurst Grades Your Locking, Montana Edition:

No, this doesn't work. You've got a front quick-release on this Trek, so all I need to do is remove your front wheel, slip the fork out of the chain, and re-attach the wheel.

I dunno, Big Sky, you're gonna have to do better than that.

F.

a red mountain bike is "locked" by a chain draped around the steer tube and front forks

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Spooky Hispanic pixie dream girl @bocadelperro.bsky.social · 1d

Inspired to write a dark academia style book set in one of the relentlessly sunny and often hideous and poorly-maintained brutalist college campuses that populate the western USA. (Like the one I work on)

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Environmental History Now @envhistnow.bsky.social · 1d

Latest piece out today from Adrienne Brown; a safety briefing for research in #envhist #envhum envhistnow.com/2025/10/07/p...

Pre-Flight Safety Briefing: Researching the Environment in the U.S. without Being Detained at the Border

It is a turbulent time to be an international scholar in the United States: So before you embark on your next trip to the U.S., let’s make sure you are ready for take-off.

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

OKAY THATS ENOUGH SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TODAY

closes laptop, puts in freezer

James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

evergreen skeet

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.

Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script.

Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

Dwight D. Longtorso: adjudicator of the insufficiently weird

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

ah, but this puts madison in the same cultural region as the twin cities, and that feels right

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 1d

more like, one banger after another

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Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 1d

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 2d

The Founders could not fathom that a future president would seize the Article I taxing and spending powers for himself and Congress would just shrug.

Could

Not

Fathom

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Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 2d

it's Shadow Ticket pub day — up now on @literaryhub.bsky.social I wrote about Pynchon in the culture. thanks for check'n it out

lithub.com/thomas-pynch... @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 2d

Player names go on the back of the jersey

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Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social · 3d

Ok this history is way more fascinating than I expected, and also involves carrier pigeons and something called “ultrafiche.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform

Microform - Wikipedia

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 3d

All are invited to the first in Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series, "Turning Your Dissertation into a Book," Oct 9 at 1pm ET. Organized by our Faculty Outreach Committee with the Rutgers Ctr for Minority Serving Institutions.

Register here: https://buff.ly/UiOAr5M

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3d

Here it is, your moment of zen

James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3d

Out with the LAPC and city/county elected last week for a tour of finished and needed infrastructure #weekwithoutdriving

A crowd of bicyclists gather at the side of a quiet residential street to discuss a neighborhood greenway

A group of about 20 cyclists travel down a cycle track

Cyclustd circled up to listen to tour leader at a trail crossing

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 3d

Bollards, artistically:

@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social #bollard

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Bipedally

Walking without feathers

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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🅱️oofessor Killosk 🔪👻 @professorkiosk.wtf · 4d

what an embarrassing time to be alive

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