#new bicycle

[markonpark]

New bike! 2 photos, listed separately. https://markonpark.etsy.com

#1950s #1950s style #new bicycle #training wheels #milestones

[getoutofthisplace]

Dear Gus & Magnus,

I remember feeling so deeply about Gus's birthday on the day he turned a year old. A big part of that was that he was our highest priority and also that we were first-time parents and everything was so new. Magnus turned a year old today and we've been parents for a while, so things were different. We celebrated with just the four of us, at home. This is no-doubt the curse of the second child -- remember that I am also a second child.

I no longer have the time to write about things in detail the way I did when Gus was a year old, though I wish I did. I would write about how amazed I am that we now have a second son who seems incredibly smart and engaged and healthy. I would write about how we have settled into parenting in as much as we will ever settle into parenting. I would write about how proud I am of you two. And Mom. And all of us. I love our life, even though I am tired and not expressing my creativity in writing the way I want to. I would write about how much I am looking forward to seeing you two grow up. I would write about how inspired I am to live a long life so that I can stay in yours. I would write about my short-term failures as a dad and how Magnus gets mad at me for not picking him up enough because my back is sore from picking him up yesterday. And how Gus gets mad at me for not letting him watch more TV. I would write about how I want to edit and rewrite these very words because they aren't accomplishing what I want them to, but I simply don't have the time. I'm writing them 11 days after the day I'm writing about.

I'm sitting at my desk, Gus is watching a terrible show on TV called Floor is Lava, Mom just told me she needs to start cooking the potatoes we'll take to the Grummers' tonight for our Father's Day dinner. I asked her if I could finish writing this, which I'll post without so much as proofreading it once. Because there is no time. And Nene will probably text me to tonight to tell me I've got a typo, which I've asked her to do.

Despite all of these things. Despite not having any time to do the things I want to do for you two, please know that Mom and I are doing our best, and we love you.

Happy birthday, Magnus.

Dad.

Little Rock, Arkansas. 6.8.2022 - 5.41pm.

#happy birthday #birthday #first birthday #magnus choate #liz choate #gus choate #choate boys #new bicycle

[heintzmagic]

#new bicycle #bicycling #Pagoda #Reading

[reasonsforhope]

"With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city is driving down temperatures — and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.

In the face of a rapidly heating planet, the City of Eternal Spring — nicknamed so thanks to its year-round temperate climate — has found a way to keep its cool.

Previously, Medellín had undergone years of rapid urban expansion, which led to a severe urban heat island effect — raising temperatures in the city to significantly higher than in the surrounding suburban and rural areas. Roads and other concrete infrastructure absorb and maintain the sun’s heat for much longer than green infrastructure.

“Medellín grew at the expense of green spaces and vegetation,” says Pilar Vargas, a forest engineer working for City Hall. “We built and built and built. There wasn’t a lot of thought about the impact on the climate. It became obvious that had to change.”

Efforts began in 2016 under Medellín’s then mayor, Federico Gutiérrez (who, after completing one term in 2019, was re-elected at the end of 2023). The city launched a new approach to its urban development — one that focused on people and plants.

The $16.3 million initiative led to the creation of 30 Green Corridors along the city’s roads and waterways, improving or producing more than 70 hectares of green space, which includes 20 kilometers of shaded routes with cycle lanes and pedestrian paths.

These plant and tree-filled spaces — which connect all sorts of green areas such as the curb strips, squares, parks, vertical gardens, sidewalks, and even some of the seven hills that surround the city — produce fresh, cooling air in the face of urban heat. The corridors are also designed to mimic a natural forest with levels of low, medium and high plants, including native and tropical plants, bamboo grasses and palm trees.

Heat-trapping infrastructure like metro stations and bridges has also been greened as part of the project and government buildings have been adorned with green roofs and vertical gardens to beat the heat. The first of those was installed at Medellín’s City Hall, where nearly 100,000 plants and 12 species span the 1,810 square meter surface.

“It’s like urban acupuncture,” says Paula Zapata, advisor for Medellín at C40 Cities, a global network of about 100 of the world’s leading mayors. “The city is making these small interventions that together act to make a big impact.”

At the launch of the project, 120,000 individual plants and 12,500 trees were added to roads and parks across the city. By 2021, the figure had reached 2.5 million plants and 880,000 trees. Each has been carefully chosen to maximize their impact.

“The technical team thought a lot about the species used. They selected endemic ones that have a functional use,” explains Zapata.

The 72 species of plants and trees selected provide food for wildlife, help biodiversity to spread and fight air pollution. A study, for example, identified Mangifera indica as the best among six plant species found in Medellín at absorbing PM2.5 pollution — particulate matter that can cause asthma, bronchitis and heart disease — and surviving in polluted areas due to its “biochemical and biological mechanisms.”

And the urban planting continues to this day.

The groundwork is carried out by 150 citizen-gardeners like Pineda, who come from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds, with the support of 15 specialized forest engineers. Pineda is now the leader of a team of seven other gardeners who attend to corridors all across the city, shifting depending on the current priorities...

“I’m completely in favor of the corridors,” says [Victoria Perez, another citizen-gardener], who grew up in a poor suburb in the city of 2.5 million people. “It really improves the quality of life here.”

Wilmar Jesus, a 48-year-old Afro-Colombian farmer on his first day of the job, is pleased about the project’s possibilities for his own future. “I want to learn more and become better,” he says. “This gives me the opportunity to advance myself.”

The project’s wider impacts are like a breath of fresh air. Medellín’s temperatures fell by 2°C in the first three years of the program, and officials expect a further decrease of 4 to 5C over the next few decades, even taking into account climate change. In turn, City Hall says this will minimize the need for energy-intensive air conditioning...

In addition, the project has had a significant impact on air pollution. Between 2016 and 2019, the level of PM2.5 fell significantly, and in turn the city’s morbidity rate from acute respiratory infections decreased from 159.8 to 95.3 per 1,000 people [Note: That means the city's rate of people getting sick with lung/throat/respiratory infections.]

There’s also been a 34.6 percent rise in cycling in the city, likely due to the new bike paths built for the project, and biodiversity studies show that wildlife is coming back — one sample of five Green Corridors identified 30 different species of butterfly.

Other cities are already taking note. Bogotá and Barranquilla have adopted similar plans, among other Colombian cities, and last year São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America, began expanding its corridors after launching them in 2022.

“For sure, Green Corridors could work in many other places,” says Zapata."

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, March 4, 2024

#colombia #brazil #urban #urban landscape #urban planning #cities #civil engineering #green architecture #green spaces #urban heat #urban heat island effect #weather #meteorology #global warming #climate change #climate hope #climate optimism #climate emergency #climate action #environment #environmental news #city architecture #bicycling #native plants #biodiversity #good news #hope #solarpunk #ecopunk #hopepunk

[kropotkindersurprise]

April 4, 2023 - A Trump supporter is taken down a peg by a well-aimed skateboard in New York City. [video]

#antifa #antifascism #antifascist action #trump #maga #nyc #new york #new york city #usa #gif #fall #karma #qanon shaman #funny #skateboard #skater #direct action #tall bike #bicycle

[ryan-sometimes]

A man in Brazil stopped a robbery with a katana.

As a Brazilian person, I feel it is my duty to occasionally bring to you wack news coming from my country. Lucky for me, about 2-3 weeks ago on August 13th, a man in Belo Horizonte stopped a robbery at his building by charging at the thieves with a katana. He has been dubbed “the samurai of Belo Horizonte”.

Here’s some real videos of the incident:

Here’s part of a news report on the incident from CNN Brazil. I did my best to translate it to English:

A man used a katana, a traditional sword used by samurais in Japan, to chase down a group of suspects who were attempting to steal bicycles from a garage in a condominium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (a state in Brazil).

Alisson D’jean, who became known as the “Samurai of BH” [Belo Horizonte] went viral when the images won over social networks on Friday the 25th. The robbery attempt, however, occurred on August 13th.

In an interview exclusive to CNN, Alisson says it was his mother who first noticed the robbery, after hearing noises of someone breaking into the garage doors.

The “samurai,” who is a physiotherapist, reported the experience on his Instagram stories, and said he decided to act on his own accord after the military police, according to him, did nothing after three previous break-ins to the condominium [by the same suspects].

After checking the security cameras, the [fourth] invasion was confirmed. The samurai put on some clothes, grabbed the katana, and ran to the elevator, where he met up with the building manager [who was checking the security camera footage on his phone].

“I grabbed this samurai sword, a handmade katana, a weapon of war, really, because I didn’t know what I was walking into, I didn’t know how many [invaders], I didn’t know what kind of weapons they had,” reports the physiotherapist, who says he began using this type of sword almost 30 years ago.

According to Alisson, the decision was taken with the sole intention of protecting himself, his family, and the other building residents. “At no point was I concerned with the bicyles. I don’t even own a bicycle,” he says.

In the images, it’s possible to see Alisson and the building manager in the elevator. After getting out [of the elevator], the “samurai” begins running after the suspects, who, scared, ditch the bicycles and flee. No one was injured. In the days following this incident, no other break-in attempts were reported.

Original article (in Portuguese).

#the video of him chasing down the thieves is making me laugh hysterically #also him putting his hair up in the elevator like he’s going into battle #THE FACT HE DOESN’T EVEN OWN A BICYCLE #brazil #brazil news #katana #sword #samurai #wild news?

[ryllen]

#in other news deuce spade ladies and gentleman #fhd #they are all the same #twst #twisted wonderland #deuce spade #twst meme #twisted wonderland meme #deuce: n o #also deuce: #he's trying to use bicycle than blastcycle in attempt to be normal #but look at him #we're all here at NRC for a good time lots of scream and explosions #love the unhinged experience 10/10 would study here again

[benbamboozled]

Bruce Wayne, seeing Dick Grayson: I must help this small child.

Bruce Wayne, seeing Jason Todd: I must help this small child.

Tim Drake, seeing Bruce Wayne: I must help this grown-ass man.

#Bruce Wayne #Batman #Tim Drake #riding his bicycle all around New Jersey #freaking every bat out lol. #i feel like a lot of writers miss Tim’s pure tenacity. #if Tim Drake has a conviction he WILL NOT BE STOPPED.

[louisegluck]

Czesław Miłosz, from “Yellow Bicycle.”

#czeslaw milosz #czesław miłosz: new and collected poems (1931 2001) #yellow bicycle #***

[dykedvonte]

Can’t forget that Benny is canonically a pretty boy (like the only canon thing of how this guy looks) and I like to think the only reason everyone at The Tops tolerates his shit is his eye candy status.

#another post about Benny being the town bicycle #all male warrior tribe and you’re pretty??? yeah pretty gay #call the tops cause it’s full of em minus Benny #joking unless #fallout #fallout new vegas #benny gecko #Benny fnv #pls bennys just funny this blog is not him centric pls

[ansonmountdaily]

Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn in Amsterdam

Anson and Rebecca took this great picture while promoting Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Rebecca titled the photo "Captain and First Officer" via her Instagram on June 29 2023.

Source: Rebecca Romijn Official Instagram

#star trek strange new worlds #strange new worlds #star trek #anson mount #rebecca romijn #captain pike #christopher pike #*appearance #appearanceedit #*edit #their SNW tour has been amazing #first bicycling through amsterdam #then a boat ride! :) #they both look beautiful #anson has worn the blue t-shirt #in several recent interviews #ARMS! <3

[tumbling-dyce]

Vasant Vihar

New Delhi, India, 2022. Leica R4 with 50 mm Summilux on Ilford HP5 B&W film.

#black and white #cars #car cover #new delhi #india #street photography #b&w #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #early morning #bicycle

[scopophilic1997]

scopOphilic_micromessaging_867 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.

#scopOphilic1997 #scopOphilic #digitalart #micromessaging #streetart #graffitiart #graffiti #brooklyn #nyc #photographers on tumblr #original photographers #ArtistsOnTumblr #2024 #TJ's #Ban Cars Reforest The Roads #bicycle #AxIAh #Zioin Seven Zi-Ven Sev-on #New York's Still A Union Town #Charmeleon #pink #yellow #orange #red #cyan #green #tan #blackandwhite

[illustratus]

#bikes #bike #art #france #eagle #eagles #cycling #cyclist #europe #velo #velos #ciclismo #annecy #european #bicycles #bicycle #news #newspaper #illustration #illustrations #french #alps

[hannahleah]

Lily Cole in bicycle by Arthur Elgort. New York, Vogue January 2008

#lily cole #Arthur Elgort #new york #photography #fashion photography #fashion #fashion editorial #vogue #vintage #celebrity #beauty #bicycle #editorial #fashion magazine

[shenyaanigans]

i ship vash the stampede with happiness. and sadness. and warmth. and existential horror. and compassion. and pain and suffering and kindness but also self destruction and terror and

#kat chats #trigun stampede #trigun #this is my way of saying he's my new fandom bicycle #he is making me insane