I’m kinda glad to see Demi take a commanding lead, if only so we didn’t have to hear from Canyon-SRAM about it. The best rider and team won. (And I say that as a big fan of Kasia.)

That last stage looked absolutely brutal, you know it’s rough when you drop Marlen Reusser and ELB, and I feel particularly sorry for Reusser’s bad luck in that corner on the second-to-last circuit.

I still can’t get my head around the performance of Zoe Bäckstedt, crashing hard and then remounting and crushing that final circuit climb. Domestique performance of the Tour!

Do I wish that we had seen Paula Blasi unleashed this year? Yeah, I do, but we are going to see a lot more of her. And I am genuinely happy to see ELB on the podium.

Kudos to Puck Pieterse for the polka-dot jersey, although that meant that we didn’t see much of her in the final parts of the race. Her energy and enthusiasm is always delightful.

Sanders’ proposal of a government stake in so-called AI companies is the fatal flaw to me, it would seemingly put the taxpayers on the hook for even more of the coming post-hype fallout than they already are.

Mushi-shi, a delightful and thoughtful show with a good “monster of the week” formula.

In a similar vein, Kino’s Journey.

Serei no moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit) might be my favorite, though. I like the character of Balsa and the mentoring role she takes over the young prince.

Biking in America is pretty good for that, I think I’m going to die on on a regular basis.

It’s like a stupider, more obviously corrupt version of the high-frequency trading scheme, running ahead of the big/passive money yo make sure they always get the worst deal.

Of course it was being pulled behind a bike. 😆 Oh Oregon, stay weird!

Stupid question, but who’s the bloke to the left of Merckx? Kopecky I recognize, but I don’t know him.

And to think that they were bred from aurochs, which were bigger, faster, and meaner. Which is saying something, as modern cattle are still pretty massive animals!

This was on Lower Broadway in the heart of Nashville’s tourist district, which should have been pedestrianized years ago.

All this talk, but the most dangerous vehicle in the story was still the Chevy Tahoe, which has no business in a city.

That’s just aweful, friend, I’m so sorry.

And is that 35 miles at highway speeds?

Now we see if PFP’s strategy will work again. I think I’m cheering for Demi, but a stage for Vos.

I like your rule about starting on a hill or carrying up the stairs. That’s a real bike.

Having said that, I do like a throttle on an ebike for getting off the line with a heavy load of groceries. 😄

Some of this confusion seems to be created or exacerbated by the industry itself, particularly in North America. The standard European ebike is limited to 250W and 25kph. But the standard North American Class 1 or 2 ebikes are limited to 20mph, with up to 750W in the US or 500W in Canada. Some Class 3 ebikes in North America are just slightly faster Class 2 bikes, but there are an awful lot of grey-area bikes that look and feel more like e-motos, and it seems like that segment of the market is popular.

I think e-motos are part of the transportation future–I own one–but I do think it would be reasonable to exclude them from sidewalks, walking paths, greenways, etc. I’m not against better regulation of this space, so long as it continues to leave actual ebikes to be treated like other bikes.

I use CoMaps on Linux (as well as mobile) and it works quite well. It uses data from OpenStreetMaps.

This is SOP in officer-involved shootings in many departments, the supervisor takes possession of the weapon fired. Taking and securing the weapon makes sense to me. The interesting thing is the reason why he gives the involved officer his own weapon, and it’s basically to not hurt his tender little feelings by taking his gun away. (Source: many multiple depositions of officer-involved shootings.)

Ken Jennings is a surprisingly funny internet commenter and author. His books are actually pretty good, I wouldn’t have predicted that 20 years ago.

Harsh but accurate. Without Carrie Fisher to doctor his scripts (and his wife to find the film in the edit) Lucas was a director famously indifferent to dialogue or character.

I love that, of all the out-there ideas in Stranger in a Strange Land, that’s the one that sticks with you. Honestly, I think you’re right to favor it! 😄