Megan Lynch (she/her) 🔒

Mad Rewind: The Badass Women of MAD TV Part 1 (with Mo Collins, Stephnie Weir, and Debra Wilson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfdZQQy4LdY #Comedy #TV #History

I love the feral Pasadena parrot t-shirt Andy is wearing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpw3qXYj9I #GraveConversations

Andy Breckman and Eric Slovin (Full Episode) | Humor Me with Robert Smigel & Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbfw-lFmrew #Comedy #Radio

Something I've seen more of lately that drives me bonkers is reporting and comments that say that the social support system will collapse because the birthrate is falling therefore people MUST have more babies.

So instead of redesigning how we do social supports (and these systems could use a revamp anyway), we have to force "the right people" (because that's what's underneath all this) to have more kids.

For fuck's sake, talk back to this stuff!

#Sexism #Eugenics #ClassWar #Fascism

Latvian prime minister resigns amid stray Ukrainian drones controversy | DW News

This is a case where the comments section is actually worth reading.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7R7lN7SYD8 #Latvia #Europe

Radical Neighbouring – The Farm Where Nothing is for Sale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dynQV-oKM0E #MutualAid #Community

The Siddis of Karnataka and the dying art of making Kawandi quilts | Documentary Film | THE WEEK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDb2nLLXZ3g #Quilting #AfricanDiaspora #India

I'm not saying there are no natural advantages to uprights - there are. But there are advantages to recumbents as well and if UCI hadn't put its thumb on the scales, I think fewer dudes would be damaging themselves for years thinking the upright was the only way to cycle.

#BikeTooter #Accessibility

Reading about a guy who had a prostate problem for years, finally had surgery, and has to wait weeks before he can get back on his upright bike and I cannot help but think that UCI has done the world a huge disfavor by retarding the progress of recumbent bicycles in the '30s and up to the present.

Lots of dudes torturing themselves, giving themselves problems with erectile dysfunction, RSIs, etc because hours in the standard upright configuration are tougher than a 'bent would be. #BikeTooter

An American Expat Shares His Experience of Surgery in Albania

Not sure where he was when his emergency happened, but it sounds like he went to a public Albanian hospital.

His experience sounds similar to the one I had in Pogradec with the different sanitation and my inability to speak Albanian at that level being a huge hindrance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKjaIFYf77E

As gas prices reach four-year highs, more West Michiganders are looking for ways to spend less at the pump. This week, "Bike to Work Week" is encouraging people to leave their cars behind. (May 14, 2026)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgyvj71Gpek #BikeTooter #Michigan #USpol

The Ink Spots (Live) - If I Didn't Care

Charlie Fuqua's Ink Spots LIVE from a 1955 Texas television program.
Jimmy Holmes - Lead Vocal
Essex Scott - 2nd Tenor Vocal
Charlie Fuqua - Baritone Vocal & Guitar
Harold Jackson - Bass Vocal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE_qg8JSLk4 #Music

Frustrated by U.N. Process, 50+ Countries Launch Alternative Climate Change Forum on Fossil Fuels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uge2Z6DfjVA #ClimateChange

Public Access TV at Risk: Cable Giants Threaten to Cut Funds for Local Stations Across U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5FiiumjpoU #PublicAccess #USpol #TV

No cars on Finland’s longest bridge

Helsinki opened Finland's longest bridge for pedestrians, cyclists and trams, drawing about 50,000 visitors, as the city invests billions in public transport and bike lanes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJzypHJvDU #Finland #BikeTooter #Sustainability #Infrastructure

Comic book legend Jack Kirby honored with NYC street renaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoWEZ55gMx8 #Comics #History #NYC

OMFG

Dr. Oz really said "1 in 3 Americans are underbabied"?

They have really ripped the entire mask off when it comes to fascist white supremacy barefoot-and-pregnant shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn #USpol #Sexism #Racism #BodilyAutonomy #Eugenics #Fascism

Trump's Billion Dollar Ballroom! No Trump Phone, Who Dis? | VODCAST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s31J1lfebc4 #USpol #Comedy #HIGNIFYUS

The previous report was 8 days old. This is 2 days old:

"Argollo accused the executive branch of issuing regulations that benefit certain powerful families, the business class, agribusiness, bankers and millionaires, while "for the people, nothing."...

The conflict expanded this week with the addition of urban and rural teachers, who suspended classes and called for marches and blockades to demand wage increases, more educational positions and labor improvements."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bolivia-unions-launch-indefinite-strike-as-protests-escalate/ar-AA2313Pu

I wanted to look into the video footage I saw going around.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/protests-in-bolivia-escalate-amid-economic-turmoil-and-policy-demands/ar-AA22Ctb5 #Bolivia #Cars

Question for long-time and even serial cat owners/staff:

Is there any time when the weather got so hot that your usually water-hating cat would tolerate or even like water better than usual?

#CatsOfMastodon

I'm very fortunate that when I was tempted to boost a couple things today, the hesitation due to looking for alt text also made me realize I should be looking for source and #Attribution

Not only did our own shitty habits re creative works make it easier for billionaires to steal creative works with no consequences, but the result of their theft - genAI - has made critical thinking that much more important. It's getting harder & harder to tell what's a crafted lie or not.

Trying to be a better critical thinker is a constant work in progress. I'm happy that my desire to only boost things with alt text will make me look more carefully and it's THEN that I realize I was thinking about boosting video (or photo or illustration) that has no link to a source, no credits. It's almost always a case of cognitive bias that makes me consider this - it fits with an impression or opinion I have (not that I like the thing...just that I think it's highly plausible)

#Attribution

Ciclovia dei Trabocchi - Ortona to San Vito Marina - Adriatic Sea, Abruzzo - Italy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzctglEb9UI #BikeTooter #Italy

Something I've noticed in person and from vlogs is that SO MANY cities put up these "I ❤️ <name of city>" sculptures. Does anyone know how many years ago these things saturated everywhere? Maybe it's just the Instagram-ification of it all, but it feels like hiring local artists to make something unique to one's city would be doing a better job of creating the cachet they may be seeking...

It's a real tell when people who seemed normal before suddenly become hate accounts when events flip and make their buried hatred easier to market as "patriotism".

Best to beware of such people. You never know what hidden bigotry they've got that you're not seeing yet because they haven't yet gotten "permission" to trot it out. But it's there.

https://www.icetrikes.co/accessibility #Recumbent #BikeTooter #Handcycle #Accessibility #Disability

SPEZI (spezialradmesse)

Some minutes in, he exults over the ICE Sprint handcycle and says it's the best he's ever tried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IKsq78wjsA #Spezi2026 #Recumbent #BikeTooter #Handcycle #Accessibility #Disability

Electrify a Stock Brompton G Line Bike with Grin's All-Axle Hub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VolsxraBEvE #FoldingBike #Ebike #BikeTooter

A hiker discovered a 1,500-year-old gold treasure in Norway

The discovery points to a centre of power on Norway's west coast, according to a researcher.

https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-culture/a-hiker-discovered-a-1500-year-old-gold-treasure-in-norway/2659795 #History #Archaeology #Viking

@jon Glad you thought of that retort so quickly. Not everyone does and it's exactly the point to make. You're just as much a customer and it's clear they prepare for some customers' vehicles and not others'. #BikeTooter #CycleParkingAudit

@geonz I'd rather work for getting our places to install accessible and accessibly sited racks. I take photos and post about it to encourage this, but I also use the photos in presentations to orgs. #BikeTooter #CycleParkingAudit

Wheelbender rack, but make it more stylish!

#CycleParkingAudit #Bari #Italy #Infrastructure #BikeTooter

UC Davis student remembered as friends and family push for safer bike lanes

They don't mention the driver responsible for this one. They don't mention that it was a UC Davis employee driver who killed Tris Yasay...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIUDXUbJjTM #DavisCA #BikeTooter #CarCentrism

Shows some of my commute to the almond orchards.

Doesn't show the many ableisms of UC Davis cycle infrastructure that UC Access Now worked to get the university to respond to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF22Az5_7S0 #BikeTooter #DavisCA #UCAccessNow

@lopta @bobjonkman @ascentale @bikenite Yeah, the end ones are more accessible, but in my experience the abled folks take those first because they find them more convenient.

OTOH, these racks look to have better spacing than average (don't know for sure), and - really importantly - they're U racks sunk into concrete. So they're a more accessible shape and also more secure. #CycleParkingAudit

This note on the Natural Science museum's page makes me wonder if it was needed because bike theft is high in Freiburg and therefore people bring their cycles inside, or whether it is because there's not enough sheltered accessible cycle parking at the museum.

#Freiburg #Spezi2026 #CycleParkingAudit

@kirk I think it's possible to come up with more accessible designs for lockers, but there's no financial incentive to do so when gov't and institutional decisionmakers keep approving and using taxpayer (including disabled cyclists') money on the ableist designs. #BikeTooter #CycleParkingAudit

@kirk They can be very helpful, but one problem with these (and other cycle infrastructure being designed, sited, and built now) is that they are only built with abled riders of upright cycles in mind, which is ableist. I would not be able to fit my ride in here.

Not trying to be a killjoy, but pointing out something abled folks/riders of upright non-cargo cycles tend not to notice. Which is why things like this keep getting designed this way and winning bids. #BikeTooter #CycleParkingAudit

Uncritical press about City of Davis/UC Davis cycle-friendliness?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh2yk23SkCw #BikeTooter #UCAccessNow #DavisCA

@shojiwax Yup. I tried pointing out that shit in Davis and people have such low standards now they don't really care how many public resources the private sector is appropriating.

#CycleParkingAudit

If you live near Davis, California and need to sell your bike, trailer, or other cycle-related things and are overwhelmed with dealing with lowballers and timewasters, you can help an elementary school out by consigning it instead. Read the details.

If you're in the market for a used cycle, this is a great place to pick one up, especially if you ride recumbents. There's not as much competition to buy those so you get them for less $.

#BikeTooter #DavisCA #Sacramento

Holy Week in Spain | SEMANA SANTA, a basic introduction 🇪🇸 #road203fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78fEJgBveg

Mayor Mamdani Holds Press Conference to Make an Announcement

Executive Order Creating the Office of Community Safety, first step to building the Department of Community Safety.

Announcement of NYC's first-ever Deputy Mayor of Community Safety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERKZ6-pg3o #USpol #NYC #CommunitySafety

Altadena Bicycle Club Consortium Wins National Grant for Post-Fire Trail Concept
The $2,000 award funds planning for a trail loop connecting West Altadena neighborhoods affected by the Eaton Fire

https://web.archive.org/web/20260318182137/https://pasadenanow.com/main/altadena-bicycle-club-consortium-wins-national-grant-for-post-fire-trail-concept #LosAngeles #Altadena #BikeTooter #EatonFire

Here's info for military and other California residents abroad at the moment, directly from the CA Secretary of State.

The last day to register to vote for the June 2, 2026, Primary Election is May 18, 2026. Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots by May 4, 2026.

https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/military-overseas-voters #USpol #Elections #GOTV #California

Information (from a Dem group) on how to vote abroad. They allow you to look up the rules per state, too.

https://www.votefromabroad.org/ #USpol #Elections #GOTV

A Guide To Markwayne Mullin! & Trump Dumps Kristi Noem

CW: Comedy News Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LedaynbaK8

#HIGNFYUS #USpol #Comedy

When Is A War Not A War? & Americans Stranded in The Middle East

CW: Comedy News Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgXQkZcV1og

#HIGNFYUS #USpol #Comedy