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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 Asia. In his latest update, MikeyT took on the Tunnel of Death. The Anzob Tunnel, Istiqlol tunnel or Ushtur Tunnel is a 5,040 m long... Continue Reading →
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 and Heavily Subsidized Law professor Gregory Shill writing for The Atlantic dropped one of the best articles on cars in America today; Americans Shouldn’t Have... Continue Reading →
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 on the topic of ethics, a few parts standout for today's discussion: Art. 5 General principles Persons bound by the Code are expected to be... Continue Reading →
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 conducted his experiment along a very flat road between Regina and Stoughton in Saskatchewan, Canada. When I got to Stoughton, I set up a sundial that was 100 centimeters high... Continue Reading →
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 movie: a dramatic story of Earth and humanity in peril. The Wandering Earth begins at a time in the future when humanity has accepted the scientific... Continue Reading →
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 one of Mexico’s biggest conspiracies. Woah, this week's episode of Reply All, titled The Prophet, is quite the ride. This is the most important story I’ve heard... Continue Reading →
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 and serves up a healthy dose of reality. Lanchester on Facebook's beginnings: I am scared of Facebook. The company’s ambition, its ruthlessness, and its lack... Continue Reading →
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 for the millions it invested in the cyclist. It's interesting to note that while Armstrong himself was complicit in using performance enhancing drugs and doping,... Continue Reading →
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 - health gadgets. More specifically, health gadgets that promise impossible things, with statements like; "clinically proven" & "scientifically tested." The latest, most egregious example is the TrimX electrical... Continue Reading →
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 that argue that journalism is by its nature adversarial to established power. The propaganda model predicts that corporate-owned media will consistently produce news content that... Continue Reading →
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 money seem impossible to compete with, but disengaging from the system is not the answer. Nor is turning to Facebook or Twitter as the sole way... Continue Reading →
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