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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 16h

An absolutely perfect song

Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 16h

A small habit I've been trying to nurture:
when I wake up with a song on my mind,
listen to that song

Today's edition: Rain, by The Clientele, 2000
"And the stars are falling on this night like rain
through the silence of the dark October lanes"

open.spotify.com/track/7tpCYK...

Spotify – Web Player

open.spotify.com

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

"True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one’s activities for peace of mind." – Nassim Taleb

Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

“An underpinning of psychology is that people are poor forecasters of their future selves.”

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

“...if you spend money on things, you will end up with the things and not the money” - Rihanna’s former financial advisor

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

"The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, 'I can do whatever I want today.'

...The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless. It is the highest dividend money pays."

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

“...life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.”

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

“I have something he will never have… enough.” – Joseph Heller to Kurt Vonnegut, as quoted by John Bogle. He was talking about the wealth of a hedge fund manager compared to his own.

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

“Bill Gates went to one of the only high schools in the world that had a computer.” I didn’t know this, and I've never before seen it remarked upon in explaining his success (though I'm sure it has been).

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 1d

A few notes from "The Psychology of Money" by @morganhousel.bsky.social. It's a personal finance self-help book, which I don't read many of, and of which I'm usually pretty skeptical, but I found this one helpful. 🧵

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Charter School Abolitionist 🇮🇷 @maniccage.bsky.social · 5d

One thing that makes bikes so good is how bad the internet is.

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 6d

Last night was the first night of October, and it felt like the first night of fall. We had, I'm not sure, maybe 70-80 people for this ride through the Riverwards? I didn't take any good pictures, but here's a nice one from @0x6772.bsky.social of us taking over Campbell Square (our midpoint)

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 9d

A ride conceived by regular rider & marshal Daniel P, led by co-organizer Stefan Z.

Start: Borski Park
Meet @ 7pm, roll @ 7:10
End: Wissahickon Brewing (American & Oxford Sts)
Length: 7 miles, flat
Difficulty: Standard

October 1 Wednesday Night Ride: start at Borski Park, zigzag through riverwards to end at Wissahickon or Punch Buggy Brewing

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Inga Saffron @ingasaffron.bsky.social · 12d

Can we install updated versions of this on all of Philly’s surface parking lots?

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 12d

Incredible quote via @billy-penn.bsky.social from the engineer responsible for Philadelphia's Schuylkill Expressway

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 14d

The Dunwich Dynamo, which inspired the Cape May Dyno, is more of a solstice thing - it runs the Saturday closest to the full moon in July www.dunwichdynamo.co.uk

Cycle | Dunwich Dynamo 2025 | London to Dunwich

The Dynwich Dynamo 2025 is a 112 mile ride from London to Dunwich in Suffolk - and the best bit - it's an overnight ride! Starting from Pub on the Park, Martello Street, London Fields, Hackney, London E8 the ride weaves it's way through London to the quiet country lanes in Suffolk.

www.dunwichdynamo.co.uk

Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 14d

My brain connects all topics to bikes, so I can't help but consider that the Cape May Dyno, an overnight sunset-to-sunrise 100-mile bike ride from Philly to Cape May the last Fri in Sep, certainly seems like a celebration of the return to long nights www.thetrellisphilly.com/eighth-annua...

Dancing with Delirium at Cape May Dyno

On the annual Cape May Dyno, cyclists depart the Liberty Bell at 7pm and follow the glow of their dynamo lights through the night to dip their toes in the Atlantic Ocean before sunrise.

www.thetrellisphilly.com

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 14d

I think it's interesting we don't have a major holiday marking the fall equinox. The other equinox and solstices have major holidays or festivities, but not fall. Perhaps we don't like to acknowledge that we're slipping into darkness?

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 16d

The guy who runs Damp Roads recommended Sticky Brand stickers, and I used them for the last batch of black and white @wednightrides.org stickers - no complaints!

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 16d

ICYMI: Party Lights Group Buy is back for 2025!
Orders close this Fri Sep 26 💡

Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 19d

By popular demand, we're organizing another party lights group buy for our ridership ahead of the upcoming darker months, a planned Light Up the Night ride on Nov 12, and the BCGP Holiday Lights ride. Click here for the details and to order: forms.gle/qLdNgHFjUXSC...

Wednesday Night Rides // Party Lights Group Buy

Sign up below to buy party lights for your bike - orders close Fri Sep 26

forms.gle

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 19d

By popular demand, we're organizing another party lights group buy for our ridership ahead of the upcoming darker months, a planned Light Up the Night ride on Nov 12, and the BCGP Holiday Lights ride. Click here for the details and to order: forms.gle/qLdNgHFjUXSC...

Wednesday Night Rides // Party Lights Group Buy

Sign up below to buy party lights for your bike - orders close Fri Sep 26

forms.gle

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 20d

My kids at breakfast this morning: "daddy, where is that rainbow tower and can we go?" (the answer: it's in the back of the Rivermark development at Spring Garden & Del Ave, easily bikeable on the DRT)

peter kim @peterskim.org · 21d

Did you know this exists in Philly? We used this new light sculpture as a regrouping spot on tonight’s @wednightrides.org.

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 20d

Last night's ride was extremely cool. The rain stopped! We had, I don't know, I didn't count, maybe 70? excellent humans who rode a very cool vinyl-adjacent route before ending at a record lounge in Old City. A++, would ride again

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Wednesday Night Rides @wednightrides.org · 21d

TONIGHT!
Record Store Ride: a celebration of vinyl! Philly's a great city for vinyl w/ shops & bars spinning records. Our route passes 14 of them (marked on the route) was developed by WNR organizer Peter K, & will be led by WNR organizer Jo N.
wednightrides.org/posts/2025/0...

Wednesday Night Rides | 2025-09-17 | Record Store Ride

wednightrides.org

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Stefan Zajic @zajic.com · 23d

No complaints. My first time doing this, but it was easy to install and adjust the shifting, good written & video instructions. My partner said the shifting is great, her only complaint was it's slightly loud (clunk when shifting), but that could be my inexpert derailleur adjustment

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