Next time you see some negative-coded headline about GLP-1s, remember that Rebecca Diamond from Harvard compared women starting GLP-1s to matched women who would like to start a GLP-1 but have not. The women on GLP-1s' employment rises 27% points after 18 mo compared to those who did not start GLP-1s. Amongst American women, this discrepancy is LARGER than the gap between women with a college degree and women with a high school diploma.

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35387/w35387.pdf

If you are a member of the League of American Bicyclists, please check your email and vote for @bikepedantic.bsky.social as a board member at-large.

When your headline writer is a man.

I'm unable to express how much comfort I take from knowing that there's always a bear sitting mostly submerged at the base of Brooks Falls.

I appreciate seeing that that level of chill is still attainable.

https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls

Your routine reminder that if transportation professionals followed data driven safety practices men would not be allowed to drive.

Transportation professional bias is usually less visible than this little act of cartoon villainy from our Secretary of Transportation, though. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/16/nx-s1-5893672/dot-bike-lanes-speed-cameras-safety-measures

The sure, ODOT and WSDOT, pave over our waterfront and remove the only useful transit station from the IBR project that will ruin our city" Mayor of Vancouver, WA better watch out.

Voters in WA-03 picked Marie Gluesenkamp Perez twice over Trumpy Christo-fasc Joe Kent and people need to see that it wasn't a hold your nose and make an X next to the lady situation, especially male Democrats (3 of whom challenged her yesterday). She won with 40% of the vote, will face a Republican in the general who got 30% of the vote, and should pick up most of the 22% that went to other Democrats & 3rd party candidates in the primary. https://app.enhancedvoting.com/results/public/clark-county-wa/elections/20260804

My #dog is ostensibly pure lab, but there's got to be some element of alien in her because she has more vocal sounds than a cat.

Tag yourself; I'm the bear with just its head above water, on a short deadline yet not really doing anything, just looking around and enjoying the soothing sounds of the river flowing over the falls.
Brooks Falls Bearcam - Katmai National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/photosmultimedia/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls.htm

The old white dude COO announced his retirement at the end of the year and you guys I am waiting with bated breath to hear which old white dude they are gonna replace him with in a few months.

Garmin's Sleep Trainer is unhinged. It seems to assume you have chosen poorly from the sleep menu the night before and can make a different choice based on its recommendation tonight. The "add a nap" button shows the whole feature was conceived of and implemented by childless dudes.

As a former women's rugby player, I am happy to say that I am not remotely concerned about trans women playing rugby and believe in the laws of the game and rugby clubs and players to manage the safety of all participants.

I did get injured, an injury that continues to plague me today. That injury came from a newbie woman who did not know the proper form to use in a clean-out drill. The number one safety issue for women rugby players is a lack of opportunity to grow up playing the sport.

#Drag Rugby is a fundraiser, but it may as well be a protest against the transphobic position that the International Rugby Board has taken on the sport. https://www.world.rugby/the-game/player-welfare/guidelines/transgender

#Drag #Rugby has got to be my #1 favorite thing in the universe.

Edited to replace the link https://youtube.com/shorts/9AO9I-2XoXc?is=XZqGahayrC5LuNMM

December 2, Councilwoman Jones asked in open comment time why we didn't have camera-based enforcement like Pasco does, where her husband works as a cop.

We did a thing.

Richland City Council approves first step toward traffic enforcement cameras
https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/richland-city-council-approves-first-step-toward-traffic-enforcement-cameras/article_53d6f4ea-8796-48e1-8f07-0084a5281d14.html

If Justin Bieber were in a boy band he'd be the one who only gets to sing harmony. I do not get it. #UnBelieber

Cape Flattery may be the most beautiful place on earth but it's not the best place because the road there is terrifying.

I'm starting to rethink my Window Seat and Upgrade To Seat A1 policies, and am redoubling my commitment to my No Budget Airlines and No Flying Anywhere Right Now policies. #RyanAir #boeing737

The local Alice In Wonderland themed independent book store, community space, and the absolute heart of the Uptown shopping center, Adventures Underground, is crowdsourcing to fund the new community space (in a former mattress store that went under when the owner got into a DUI crash). You can donate to help pay for murals inside and out by a local artist. https://advunderground.com/artify/