Where are my bike nerds at on here? Here's two interesting videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sPBMZaI-yk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FtBFRCK8RM - basically one guy giving up on tubeless, and a second guy recommending now-very-inexpensive Ali-Ex TPU inner tubes.
joene 🏴🍉
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WTF!!! #DHS Tells #Police That Common #Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even #skateboarding and #livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
By Dell Cameron, Jul 10, 202
"The #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a #bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned.
"WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests [#FOIA]. Please consider subscribing to support our journalism.
"Threat bulletins issued during last month’s '#NoKings' #protests warn that the US government’s aggressive immigration raids are almost certain to accelerate domestic unrest, with DHS saying there’s a 'high likeliness' more Americans will soon turn against the agency, which could trigger #confrontations near federal sites.
"Blaming intense media coverage and backlash to the US military deployment in #LosAngeles, DHS expects the #demonstrations to 'continue and grow across the nation' as #protesters focused on other issues shift to #immigration, following a broad 'embracement of #AntiICE messaging.'
"The bulletins—first obtained by the national security nonprofit #PropertyOfThePeople through public records requests—warn that officers could face assaults with fireworks and improvised weapons: #paint-filled fire extinguishers, smoke grenades, and projectiles like #bottles and #rocks.
"At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of #nonviolent behavior and common #ProtestGear—like #masks, #flashlights, and #cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare 'from the point of view of an adversary.'
"Protesters on #bicycles, #skateboards, or even 'on foot' are framed as potential 'scouts' conducting reconnaissance or searching for 'items to be used as weapons.' #Livestreaming is listed alongside ' #doxxing' as a 'tactic' for 'threatening' police. Online posters are cast as ideological #recruiters—or as participants in 'surveillance sharing.'
"One list of 'violent tactics' shared by the Los Angeles–based Joint Regional Intelligence Center—part of a post-9/11 fusion network—includes both protesters’ attempts to avoid identification and efforts to identify police. The memo also alleges that face recognition, normally a tool of law enforcement, was used against officers.
"Vera Eidelman, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU], says the government has no business treating #constitutionally protected activities—like #observing or #documenting police—as threats.
"#DHS did not respond to a request for comment."
Read more:
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
#ACAB #FusionCenters#Fascism#Authoritarianism#Resistance#Journalism#PoliceState#CriminalizingDissent#Protestors#Protest#USPol#CriminalizingProtest#Orwell#BigBrother#DoublePlusUngood#SurveillanceState#NaziPatrol#NineteenEightyFour
Angela Antunovic
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Pascal
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Kommt alle am 19.07. zur #Radlnacht 2025. Wir wollen wieder mit sehr vielen tollen Menschen und geschmückten Rädern über die #B17 fahren. Bringt gerne Verwandte, Bekannte und #Musik mit. Die Polizei wird für uns absperren und wir werden super entspannt fahren (ca. 12km/h). Gemeinsam für bessere Fahrradinfrastruktur in Augsburg!
Programm: 19:30
Abfahrt: 21:00
Treffpunkt: Prinzregentenplatz, Augsburg
Website mit Strecke: https://www.radlnacht-augsburg.de/
The lovely new asphalt on the beautiful bike path in the woods of Îles des Sœurs creates a feeling of speed, even though that isn't the case. The wide angle and proximity of the trees enhance this sensation.
#montreal #quebec #bike #veloMTL #velo #cycling #cyclisme #mastobike #outdoors #bikelife #cyclo#BikeTooter #bicycle #velomtl #video#iphoneVideo#iPhone13Pro
Vertical video riding a bike on the bike path in the wood.
Eliot B
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Recent study found (unsuprisingly) that protected bike paths increase cycling 1.8 times more than painted bike lanes.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00255-5
This vid makes me so happy!
Hearing about how his life has improved. Seeing the beautiful landscapes and sceneries. And how he now regularly thinks that this is the best day of his life, in this increasingly fucked up world we live in!
All this not trough more consumption and exploitation, not trough isolation and egotism – quite the opposite! Win-win situations are possible! Quality of life is not zero sum, no matter what people want you to think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmf6aEx09Oo
Nicolas Fressengeas
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Hello #FediScience, migrating from astrodon.social (about to close), I am joining you here (inspired by @wolfgangcramer), so it's time for a new #Introduction
I'm Alexandre Santerne (call me Alex), #astronomer working @LAM_Marseille & teaching at Aix-Marseille #University (France).
I'm expert in finding #NoPlanetB 😀 ( #planets around other #stars).
I want to work in a #fair, #inclusive, and #sustainable #research #environment, so I (try to) act accordingly. I'm a member of @labos1point5
I toot a lot about #Astronomy, #Astrophysics, #Space but also a lot about #ClimateChange and #Climate.
Since 2019, I completely boycott planes, and I travel by #train (long distance) and #bike (short distance) as much as I can.
My other interests include #photography (visit my Flickr gallery in my profile) #Astronomy#Space
Oh, in case you don't know where Aix-Marseille is (trick: in 🇫🇷 ), the image below (credit: #NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute) is indicating where I am, as seen from #Saturn...
... and where you also are, together with 8B people as part of 2M species 😀
