D&F 5/29/22
Apologies for missing a newsletter last week. I underestimate how overwhelming a huge bike event with tons, and tons of riding would be for my mind and body. I had a huge blast, but was completely spent by the time I pulled into my hotel in Redding on Sunday night.
The 5 is incredibly boring.
On the way up to Toledo, OR, I drove next to the coast and it was beautiful! On Thursday night I stayed in Arcata in charming place that looked like a campsite indoors, from the outdoor wall paint, to the Coleman-esque kitchen stove.
If you want to see what it looked like for a rider a lot faster than me:
I can’t wait to do this again next year!
As I continue into the third year of this newsletter, I’m even more glad I moved over to Buttondown instead of the hellworld of Substack. If you design and build a platform for public speech and you don’t consider the ramifications of letting right wing nationalists, racists, anti-trans assholes, and mealy-mouthed misogynists run free then you’re either supportive of them and or an idiot. I hope Substack and everyone who funded it loses their shirt.
On more delightful topics, Lael Wilcox wrote this summary of a wild FKT ride and starred in an amazing documentary or her effort. Despite there being an asterisk oh her time, she is clearly the fastest woman to do this course, and I’m so glad her wife Rue is such a great documentarian so we get to share in the experience.
When you’re riding, it’s very important to refuel with sugars and carbs, but even with 130 miles a week average, I can’t imagine eating a Swedish person-amount of candy. I’m equally terrible at eating tons of vegetables though, and am always in a fight with my stomach to digest much of any green thing. Even with my nightmarish digestive tract though, I’m stoked about this roof-top farm.
Links
- A longer read on how writing systems effect literacy.
- I got very, very obsessed with this game for a few weeks.
- Slovaks (and honestly most of the world) are confused by how shitty US infrastructure is in the suburbs.
Slovakian sees a video about American suburbs and posts questions to Reddit. The level of bafflement is hilarious and appropriate. pic.twitter.com/f6X5CzeYuE
— Tristan Cleveland (@LUrbaniste) May 11, 2022
Closing
I’ve got a lot more to share next week, but for now, I have an F1 race to watch and a lot of Japanese practice to finish before a three classes this week. However you spend your long weekend, I hope it’s a relaxing and joyful time. Say hello to an animal outride this week, and imagine a better world, space cowgirls~