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Car-free bike Dad with over 30,000 miles travelled on Bullitt cargo bikes. Getting more kids on bikes through bicycle education and advocacy. Reduce car dependency. Increase public transit and micro-mobility. Safe Routes to School and Bike Bus! 😎🚲🥰

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · May 23

These ridiculously oversized single occupancy pickup trucks should be heavily taxed due to their danger to society, degradation of the road surfaces, and destruction of our livable planet. They are unnecessary and rarely tow, haul, or go off-road. #Trucks #PickupTruck

A child on a bicycle in front of an oversized pickup truck. Their head is below the hood line.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1h

Seen on my bike commute this morning. More info here:
www.protect-oregon.com/no-military-...

A poster on a utility pole. "OREGON IS HOME. NO MILITARY TAKEOVER OF OUR COMMUNITIES. PROTECT OREGON" QR code to link in post.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1h

Awesome! I'll be listening!

a blue and yellow emblem that says end the harmful extraction and burning of fossil fuels

Alt: a blue and yellow emblem that says end the harmful extraction and burning of fossil fuels

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dcactual.bsky.social @dcactual.bsky.social · 12h

Just hit one thousand miles on the Lectric XPedition 2.0.

Two flat tires.

Still surprised by the number of people who stop to ask about it. If I am out shopping I will almost always get a few questions from someone.

Rain gear ready for the PNW fall and winter.

Screen from an electric cargo bike showing the odometer at 1000 miles.

My Lectric XPedition 2.0 electric cargo bike. Blue with stickers all over it. A large cargo container and saddle bags hang off the long tail.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 14h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you! 🤩

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 13h

Do you have Ride with GPS routes there? Ridewithgps.com
I use it for route planning quite often.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 23h

The car drivers that are doing the polluting. #Gross #Motornormativity #CarsRuinCities

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 23h

Morning bike commute! Portland is NOT on fire or burning. That person is lying to you. #Portland #PDX

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Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look it’s Oregon republicans getting caught lying to their base to foment anger at Dems/Portland. Aka just another weekday.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

Rockin' out on the bike commute!
🚲🔊 #RATM #KnowYourEnemy

Lyrics from Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine.

Yes, I know my enemies. They're the teachers who taught me to fight me. Compromise conformity assimilation, submission ignorance, hypocrisy brutality. The elite. all of which are American dreams are American dreams all of which are American dreams.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

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Jonathan Maus @jonathanmaus.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look it’s Oregon republicans getting caught lying to their base to foment anger at Dems/Portland. Aka just another weekday.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

Check out those gas prices $1.12! Also the payphone sign and phones.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

People who ride bikes SAVE taxpayers money over people who drive cars. Everyone wins with fewer cars on the road.
🚫🚗🏆💰💰

Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s Why Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work
momentummag.com/is-it-time-g...

Here's Why Governments Should Start Paying People to Bike to Work

In North America, where cars reign supreme, a new idea could gain ground like it is in some areas of Europe — paying people to bike to work

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

This is the main issue I have with so much of the coverage around e-bikes. It's not that there aren't legitimate issues. But there is a panic around e-bikes and crickets regarding the daily toll of cars. And that's because the harm of cars is just accepted. It's baked into our society.

AB @ab-cabra.bsky.social · 1d

The deference we give to drivers is astonishing: speeding, blowing through red lights, crashing without a whisper; yet we jump on non-drivers the moment they step out of line.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

Who enforces speed limits? 🤔 ❓️

a man in a suit and tie is holding a jacket over his shoulder

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

Stop burning fossil fuels for transportation! #LeaveTheCarAtHome

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

"...ambient temperature is among the largest external threats to human health, and is responsible for a remarkable 5-12% of total deaths across countries in our sample, or hundreds of thousands of deaths per year in both the U.S. and EU."
www.nber.org/papers/w34313

Understanding and Addressing Temperature Impacts on Mortality
Marshall Burke, Andrew J. Wilson, Tumenkhusel Avirmed, Jonas Wallstein, Mariana C. M. Martins, Patrick Behrer, Christopher W. Callahan, Marissa Childs, June Choi, Karina French, Carlos F. Gould, Sam Heft-Neal, Renzhi Jing, Minghao Qiu, Lisa Rennels, Emma Krasovich Southworth #34313

Abstract:
A large literature documents how ambient temperature affects human mortality. Using decades of detailed data from 30 countries, we revisit and synthesize key findings from this literature. We confirm that ambient temperature is among the largest external threats to human health, and is responsible for a remarkable 5-12% of total deaths across countries in our sample, or hundreds of thousands of deaths per year in both the U.S. and EU. In all contexts we consider, cold kills more than heat, though the temperature of minimum risk rises with age, making younger individuals more vulnerable to heat and older individuals more vulnerable to cold. We find evidence for adaptation to the local climate, with hotter places experiencing somewhat lower risk at higher temperatures, but still more overall mortality from heat due to more frequent exposure. Within countries, higher income is not associated with uniformly lower vulnerability to ambient temperature, and the overall burden of mo! rtality from ambient temperature is not falling over time. Finally, we systematically summarize the limited set of studies that rigorously evaluate interventions that can reduce the impact of heat and cold on health. We find that many proposed and implemented policy interventions lack empirical support and do not target temperature exposures that generate the highest health burden, and that some of the most beneficial interventions for reducing the health impacts of cold or heat have little explicit to do with climate.

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

I don't see the link for general public registration on the website. 👀 help!

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

First glance, I thought this was an abstract painting of a ship on the ocean. 🌊🛳

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

🎧 Degrowth and Donuts. There's a lot to unpack on this episode!

open.spotify.com/episode/2RhS...

Screengrab of a quote from the podcast. Barcelona now measures success, not by visitor numbers, but by community wellbeing and the ecological balance.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

Turn off the E-assist on the bakfiets and you'll warm up!

a man is sweating while wearing headphones and says `` totally fine '' .

ALT: a man is sweating while wearing headphones and says `` totally fine '' .

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

"So if you take the meat and dairy industry, for example, it's a sector that's uniquely emissions intensive compared with other agriculture industries because of its methane emissions."

Reduce meat consumption.
Reduce car trips.

#Vegan #Vegetarian #Bikes #Bus

tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 1d

🎙🎧"We have a lot of evidence now about the role of coal companies, utilities, car manufacturers, meat & dairy producers that have joined in efforts to delay and slow down climate policies" #CarCulture #Vegan #GreenEnergy 🚫🚗🚫🐄

Drilled @drilledmedia.bsky.social · 4d

Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."

Design details do the work that signs can't.

World Bike Forward @urbanupgradeglobal.bsky.social · 1d

Further up the same Stockholm street from the clip below is another traffic-calming device: intersections where cars may cross but the design is a sidewalk with low curb. Drivers tend to inch across, some of them likely not sure if they're really supposed to be there.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 2d

Its #MuralMonday in war ravaged Portland, Oregon.
The city still isn't on fire. #PDX #Portland
🎨 unknown
📍🧊🧊👶

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BikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 2d

Calm and focused is an excellent response. Also bike buses, bubble machines, penguin & chicken costumes, giant puppets, sing-a-longs, jazz bands, group bike rides, picnics, bike happy hours, and being together outside.

Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 2d

I'm telling y'all, the greatest gift we can give this nation right now is self-control. Deny the regime a victory here. We must regulate and realize our power comes from staying calm and focused: refusing to let them manipulate our emotions and incite violence. Calm, focused, regulated. We got this.

National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.

Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.

Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.

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