Another day, another conversation with the press team where I explain that I did not give the quote in that story and the whole thing is AI slop. This happens once every few weeks now.

I'm pretty sure I complain about this around this time every year, but I am at the local Walgreens on Aug 2, 2025 and they are putting up the Halloween section and Cheetos has a Halloween themed product on the shelves.

Not shocking, but when your ebike fails to start up and you no longer own a car it is a VERY different experience from when you did own a car.

Exactly this scenario is why I got the bike I got: since it's a "super light" I was able to ride it just fine for service at my friendly local shop.

#BikeToot

I hope the Next Big Thing in technology is naps, so that we just start shoving naps into everything, absolutely everything.

Been a pretty good day for a bicycle ride!

Once again have returned to the circle of safety. 😜

#Bookstodon New sale! Our books are on sale right now at DriveThruFiction for the Xmas in July sale! https://www.drivethrufiction.com/browse/pub/15244/Queen-of-Swords-Press?filters=0_0_0_0_0_44595

Better than I expected given that the eastern route is mostly uphill. Should have checked the hours on my favorite place here in town though since they don't open till 4 😞

Plenty of other options though!

Heading out to Stillwater for lunch via the Gateway Trail. Should be a good day for it!

Fortune favours the bold
Secrecy favours the italic
Certainty favours the underline
Regret favours the striketrough

A bit of news:

Wes Marshall (author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer) & I are launching Look Both Ways, a podcast where we’ll debate everything transportation – from street design to robotaxis to fare-free transit.

First episode will be recorded live on Thurs, July 17th at 6p ET.

Join us then (and subscribe):
https://www.youtube.com/live/gRH4h3X9xzE

#transportation #urban #safety

The biking urge has won out!

Definitely one of those mornings where I have two urges in superposition: go for a bike ride or hide from the terrible (but much better than overnight) air quality in my beautiful set of rooms.

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This wonderful J.C. Leyendecker could be yours!
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Vintage cover and copy of The Literary Digest magazine from 14 November 1908. Framed J.C. Leyendecker cover illustration with the remainder of the magazine included

Frame: 16 3/4 " x 13 1/2 " x 1 1/4" deep

#Bookstodon It’s that time of year again! The Smashwords Summer/Winter sale is on and you can get great deals on our books! https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/QoSPress

Downtown Wayzata could use some more bike parking on a day like today. There was a stainless steel sculptural object that had no bikes on it that might have been a rack? But seemed more likely to be sculpture? #BikeToot

For those of you visiting #Minnesota and freaking out about the storm sirens that went off 20 minutes ago (on a beautiful sunny day): it's ok, tornados legally aren't allowed to strike on the 1st Wednesday of each month between 1-2pm.
#IProbablyStoleThis #Sorry #MNastodon

#Bookstodon #Minneapolis Back to Loring Park in Minneapolis for Day 2 of TC Pride! If you’re going to the parade, be sure and swing through the park and visit the vendors - last night’s storm hit hard and folks are going to need some 💖. We should be okay, but would love to sell you books too! https://tcpride.org/festival/