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I find it odd that pretty much every single person I know (or don't know) has commented about the speeds I tend to travel at on my #ebike. The most common thing I hear is "Man you're always FLYING on that thing".
But I live in a city. The speed limit is 25 MPH. That's pretty much standard in the United States.
I travel at the same speed as the rest of the traffic which tends to be just over 25 MPH.
Going any slower would be uncomfortable -- and less safe -- because I'd be going slower than the rest of traffic and cars would be steadily passing me (on my blind side for the most part).
I can't picture *anyone* traveling at any other speed on a class III ebike, but apparently they do?
IDK, it's starting to feel very silly every time I hear it and I hear it constantly.
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I find it odd that pretty much every single person I know (or don't know) has commented about the speeds I tend to travel at on my #ebike. The most common thing I hear is "Man you're always FLYING on that thing".
But I live in a city. The speed limit is 25 MPH. That's pretty much standard in the United States.
I travel at the same speed as the rest of the traffic which tends to be just over 25 MPH.
Going any slower would be uncomfortable -- and less safe -- because I'd be going slower than the rest of traffic and cars would be steadily passing me (on my blind side for the most part).
I can't picture *anyone* traveling at any other speed on a class III ebike, but apparently they do?
IDK, it's starting to feel very silly every time I hear it and I hear it constantly.
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So I went rogue.
With an electric chain saw.
I spent Saturday & Sunday attacking two evergreens, and to a lesser extent a few hardwoods at the back of the property.
This is an area behind a 24 unit apartment building that I kinda liked a lot but which maintenance cared nothing for, used as a place to pile branches and stuff and had unnecessarily weed-whacked in late spring.
I wound up taking most of the branches off of the two evergreens to let light in and give them nice shape and definition (they used to drape almost to the ground and the trunks were probably 20° less vertical). Since I didn't want evergreen stuff in the compost, I wound up filling the bottom third of the dumpster with compressed branches.
Treated the area under the evergreens with gypsum and put down a 1/2" layer of good aged compost, spreading thinner compost through the back.
Moved the compost pile into/onto a couple grow bins that had been abandoned back there years ago after cleaning them out.
Seeded the whole area with Outsider Pride Mini Clover - a low growing clover with white flowers.
Spending the days since watering and just sitting out back listening to #npr and watching stuff sprout.
Finally yesterday, one of the maintenance guys showed up. Said he'll let everyone know not to dump branches and stuff, and to leave the back alone and not worry about it -- to not mess with the back area unless necessary.
And he's buying me more clover seed.
I now have free reign to garden and landscape the back of the property. Maintenance Mike says it was never nice before, never had been landscaped intentionally... the building was built in 1976.
I was seriously expecting stern angry letters from the property management company for what I'd done.
But it went over beautifully and I now have a little park and lawn area to obsess over and permission to do whatever planting and landscaping I want.
#grarden #landscaping #trees #guerrillagardening #madisonwi #nomow
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Really good reporting on recent discussions about no-turn-on-red in #MadisonWI
Includes a quote from yours truly. https://captimes.com/news/government/should-madison-reduce-where-drivers-can-turn-right-on-red/article_777a5c86-20ff-4d27-83d8-50af00539ee8.html -
Really good reporting on recent discussions about no-turn-on-red in #MadisonWI
Includes a quote from yours truly. https://captimes.com/news/government/should-madison-reduce-where-drivers-can-turn-right-on-red/article_777a5c86-20ff-4d27-83d8-50af00539ee8.html -
The plant is a Bird's Eye Thai Chili. Plant and insect are in #MadisonWI.
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No NextDoor, I do not think I will review reported posts this week.
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No NextDoor, I do not think I will review reported posts this week.
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#Repost @etchaskej
Kiel Baitinger-Petersen mxrd3red Corey Ruiz in cold blood multiple minutes after he was initially st@bbed, which no longer institutes an active thrxxt which is probably why his fellow female officer used a txs3r and not her p!$t0l. Which means Kiel mxrd3red Corey. We need to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.#coreyruiz #kielbaitingerpetersen #madisonwi #blacklivesmatter #justice
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#Repost @etchaskej
Kiel Baitinger-Petersen mxrd3red Corey Ruiz in cold blood multiple minutes after he was initially st@bbed, which no longer institutes an active thrxxt which is probably why his fellow female officer used a txs3r and not her p!$t0l. Which means Kiel mxrd3red Corey. We need to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.#coreyruiz #kielbaitingerpetersen #madisonwi #blacklivesmatter #justice
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Take a visual tour of Madison through the lens of OpenStreetMap with Stephen Kennedy in this talk: https://youtu.be/JoyHqTdWBWk?si=rZretdCbpMnigg5W
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Take a visual tour of Madison through the lens of OpenStreetMap with Stephen Kennedy in this talk: https://youtu.be/JoyHqTdWBWk?si=rZretdCbpMnigg5W
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No heat and no smoke means I can finally open up my house!
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No heat and no smoke means I can finally open up my house!
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The King of Wands?
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Cassandra may have a second Celsius when she's sick on vacation. And she may drink it outside the Wisconsin capitol building.
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Cassandra may have a second Celsius when she's sick on vacation. And she may drink it outside the Wisconsin capitol building.
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This week it's my turn to write the Madison Bikes newsletter. No terribly exciting city meetings, but a bunch of little news and events and good reads: https://www.madisonbikes.org/2026/07/franklin-ave-middleton-active-transpo-plan-midvale-closure-madtown-bmx-high-school-transportation-ambassadors-and-a-former-pro/
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This week it's my turn to write the Madison Bikes newsletter. No terribly exciting city meetings, but a bunch of little news and events and good reads: https://www.madisonbikes.org/2026/07/franklin-ave-middleton-active-transpo-plan-midvale-closure-madtown-bmx-high-school-transportation-ambassadors-and-a-former-pro/
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Just visited a super cool metaphysical shop in Madison, Wisconsin. (I think the neighborhood is called Maxwell? Seemed to be between the capitol and the university.) Mimosa Books & Gifts have an online shop and live crystal sales on Zoom: https://linktr.ee/mimosaspirit?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=24a27fe6-1f15-4d90-bf69-1ec84cba0c92
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Welp, it was nice while it lasted.
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Welp, it was nice while it lasted.
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It was nice walking my dog and going to the Farmer's Market this morning without choking on smoke.
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It was nice walking my dog and going to the Farmer's Market this morning without choking on smoke.
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We took our dog for a walk. Well, that sucked.
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We took our dog for a walk. Well, that sucked.
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Update: My son let her out and the smoke in. Currently sneezing. She seems unfazed
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Update: My son let her out and the smoke in. Currently sneezing. She seems unfazed
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Stand off at the Eagon household. My dog really wants to go outside. I don't want to open the door. She mad.
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Stand off at the Eagon household. My dog really wants to go outside. I don't want to open the door. She mad.
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Figured I would take my dog for a walk since it was past 7 o'clock and must've cooled down by now...
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Figured I would take my dog for a walk since it was past 7 o'clock and must've cooled down by now...
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Madison Chocolate company supports Rooted, a community agriculture organization #madisonwi
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Madison Chocolate company supports Rooted, a community agriculture organization #madisonwi
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I almost forgot to post this! A recording of Nirvana, who were opening for The Tragically Hip, on July 7, 1989 at O'Cayz Corral. Here's the set list courtesy of an enterprising YT commenter:
Setlist:
00:45 Even In His Youth (Jam)
02:38 Floyd The Barber
04:58 Love Buzz
08:56 Mr. Moustache
12:45 Paper Cuts
17:00 Polly
20:22 Big Cheese
23:58 Spank Thru
28:10 Dive
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I almost forgot to post this! A recording of Nirvana, who were opening for The Tragically Hip, on July 7, 1989 at O'Cayz Corral. Here's the set list courtesy of an enterprising YT commenter:
Setlist:
00:45 Even In His Youth (Jam)
02:38 Floyd The Barber
04:58 Love Buzz
08:56 Mr. Moustache
12:45 Paper Cuts
17:00 Polly
20:22 Big Cheese
23:58 Spank Thru
28:10 Dive
32:35 Scoff -
Wow, the jurisdictional transfer of Park Street from the state to the City of Madison is moving forward! This will give the city much more room for creating a safer street (and no more excuses!). https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8124619&GUID=49B3B877-7F47-42B0-BA0B-D33E76519331
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Wow, the jurisdictional transfer of Park Street from the state to the City of Madison is moving forward! This will give the city much more room for creating a safer street (and no more excuses!). https://madison.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=8124619&GUID=49B3B877-7F47-42B0-BA0B-D33E76519331
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Good piece from Josh Olson on the recent debate about the reconstruction of Regent Street and how the approved design is not furthering #VisionZero
https://www.countingcranes.com/p/madison-unanimously-fails-vision (warning: Substack)
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I'll post the link to the performance tomorrow once it is posted!
EDIT: Not surpsingly, channel3000 is trash and won't create a preview card. Someone obtained a recording of the 1989 Nirvana show at an old club (that burnt down two decades ago) and is posting it on YT tomorrow.
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Madison is blessed with many great FLGSs, but most of them are board and trading card game first (got to pay those bills), with TTRPGs being third or fourth in line (Noble Knight is the weird outlier given the giant warehouse and mail order business attached to it). However, Misty Mountain games on the East Side has a super impressive TTRPG selection. Like, I'm talking Pegasus games in the 90s good. If you're in the area, definitely check them out.
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Madison has a new bike path, the Tancho Drive Path. It's at the very edge of town and only half a mile long. But it opens up some new low-stress connections. Join https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-TN7yEEi_g
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$20 at the Book Deal Gygax fans! It’s in good shape!