Cycling Through the Tunnel of Death
MikeyT Williams is a bikepacker from Flagstaff, Arizona, USA who has done over 2,000mi in Europe, and is currently 90-some days into a four month, 4,000 mile trip through Central…
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Americans Shouldn’t Have to Drive, but the Law Insists on It
When we think about getting more people on bikes and removing cars from the roadway (because the benefits are essentially endless) we must remember: In America Cars Are Mandatory, Dangerous…
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Cycling World Tour Events are Sportwashing Human Rights Abuses
If you want to start a pro-cycling team with a UCI WorldTour license, you have to adhere to five sets of criteria, one of which is ethics. The UCI rule-book expands…
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Proving the Earth Is Round by Bicycling
Scientist and science vlogger Kurtis Baute wanted to prove the world is round (not flat) by using simple methods accessible to pretty much anyone: two sticks, an orange and a bicycle. He…
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Liu Cixin’s ‘The Wandering Earth’ will be Coming to Film
The Wandering Earth is based on a novella by Cixin Liu of the same title, the author is best known for The Three-Body Problem. The story has all the hallmarks of a big Hollywood…
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Recommended Listening: Reply All ‘The Prophet’
After Andrea is attacked by a stranger in Mexico City, she just wants to figure out who the guy was. Investigating this question drops her right into the middle of…
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Recommended Reading: John Lanchester on Facebook
John Lanchester wrote a lengthy essay on Facebook for the London Review of Books and it’s well worth the 15 minutes or so it takes to read. It’s engaging, eye-opening…
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USDJ Reveals Why It’s Targeting Lance Armstrong Alone in Lawsuit
Lance Armstrong will face trial this November in a $100 million lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department. The U.S. government will argue that Armstrong owes the U.S. Postal Service…
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Sorry, You Can’t Electrocute Fat Away
Last week I lamented on the sad state of crowdfunding sites and the stupid garbage they’re pumping out in the tech sector. There exists, however, another market that crowdfunding targets –…
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The Propaganda Model & The Five Filters of Media
The propaganda model seeks to explain media behavior by examining the institutional pressures that constrain and influence news content within a capitalist system. It flies in the face of theories…
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How to Contact Your Federal, State and Local Representatives
There is a lot going on in this great country right now and many people are disillusioned with our government. It’s understandable, lobbyists and private interest groups with gobs of…
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