Klamath Falls, OregonMay 12, 2025; 7:45am I took a deep breath, smelled the air, and gasped for more. This was not air I had inhaled before. panick I checked my map, and zoomed out of my dot. Fuck.…| Yelling at the Clouds
What are you running from?Little man. You keep movingbut end in the same place. You keep pedalingbut there isn’t a race. It’s not your dreams that haunt you, is it?It’s not your p…| Yelling at the Clouds
… so people can have the same looking house within a 15 min drive of a Home Depot Power Center.” It’s a story we all know. Americans want their space, but cannot afford to make those places charming, unique or lively. No nation can afford to make these incredibly space inefficient places charming, unique or […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old man, just shot and killed a prominent healthcare companies’ CEO in cold blooded murder. After he shot the CEO – using bullets with the words ‘Delay’, ‘Deny’, and ‘Depose’ inscribed on them – Mangione, in Midtown Manhattan, found a bicycle and rode off, evading law enforcement for 5 days until he […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Where you were on the nights Donald Trump got elected are a special kind of memory we all get to share. Both nights are defining moments in American history, moments our ancestors will look back upon, analyze, debate, and write AP US History essays on. The first time this happened I was a freshman in […]| Yelling at the Clouds
I just rode a tour from Kyoto to Tokyo. In my opinion, it was a very balanced tour. Balance is very important for touring, especially if you plan to ride for a long time. I am still figuring out how to do that, but I think this is an example of a success. I would […]| Yelling at the Clouds
“I dare you to ride over Tam and Pine Mountain on the dirt, climb the Marshall Wall out to Tomales, then ride over Mt. Vision in Point Reyes. Oh and after all that, ride over Tam one more time, and take Bolinas Ridge on the way up.” That’s what this ride is. A dare. 126 […]| Yelling at the Clouds
I often hear arguments about how EVs are a necessary stepping stone to reducing carbon emissions. It is such an important problem that we should throw all we have at it and bet the future of cities around the EV model. My response to this is that the powertrain is just the tip of the […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Re: The Petersen Museum “Despite the availability of an expansive public transportation network in the early twentieth century, area residents came to prefer the independence offered by automobiles and urban planners responded by shaping the growing infrastructure to accommodate them.”– Opening text from the Petersen Museum in DTLA For those that do not know, the […]| Yelling at the Clouds
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Taking Ubers everywhere around SF is like saying to the world, “I can’t be bothered to learn how to be a functioning citizen in the city I live in. I can’t wait to move to the suburbs and raise my 2.1 kids!” Taking the bus is the easiest thing in the world. It takes like […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Yearly commute: 466 lbs of CO2Round trip cross country flight: 592.2 kg CO2 (ICAO) = 1305.5 lbs CO2 Genesis of Thought I am a staunch hater of cars and car dependancy. Everyone who knows me knows that I think cars are awful from just about every perspective – environmental, social, financial – and there is […]| Yelling at the Clouds
There is majesty in Life. Life is defined by vitality – governed by a sacred set of metabolic processes that shapes us, Life gives a sense of being and invites us to interact with the marvels of the world. Painfully, there is also majesty in Death. Death is defined by decay – ripping the organic […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Why you sweat on a bicycle, and how the North American bike industry has ensured bicycles do not become a main form of transportation Sweating while biking is not a new complaint. If you talk to most people about why they don’t ride a bike to work or school, you will find that arriving to […]| Yelling at the Clouds
Caltrain didn’t want me to go bike-packing and almost killed me (not really, but JFC Caltrain) Introduction I haven’t bike-packed or toured much before, but like many I recently have consumed a ton of bike-packing propaganda on Youtube and wanted to give it a try. It isn’t something I’d normally take on – I’ve never […]| Yelling at the Clouds
aesthetic (n) – one’s set of principles or worldview as expressed through outward appearance, behavior or actions I want to start off my saying I love riding my bike. I ride my bike so damn much. A…| Yelling at the Clouds