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After 100 Years of Use, Why is No One Riding Tubular Tires at The 2025 Tour de France?
bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a65289063/why-pros-ditched-tubulars/

"I’ve never understood the person who claims to have peeked behind the veil yet continues to send emails and worry about their checking account."

jamesreeves.co/ghosts-and-gods/

daniel.industries/2025/07/06/what-i-might-be-seeing-was-the-retreat-of-people-into-themselves-because-they-were-anxious-and-alone/

In honor of the Oasis reunion tour, I'm listening to Teenage Fanclub.

A couple of good comments on this effusive video:

"What really blows my mind about Oasis is how phenomenal an Alex Lifeson interview would be."

"Of all the rock bands they are certainly one of them"

youtube.com/watch?v=LC2q6Acszew

It's amazing how many major websites' layouts break from a simple default browser font size change.

Almost killed on the lake road where there are tons of cyclists and cars are usually chill, an oncoming driver decided to pass other cyclists in a blind curve. Had to bail into the grass which I was grateful was available so I didn't die. #BikeTooter

After listening to a lot of Yes throughout my life, just tonight realized I'd never listened to anything from 1974-1980 -- Relayer, Going for the One, Tormato, Drama -- not a single listen.

This morning I left Edmond, OK at 06:00 and drove to Possum Kingdom Lake. It was the most serene driving I've done in decades. I didn't have to touch the cruise control for 30-minute chunks! And there were more cows than I've seen in a single day in my life.

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Buccees in North Texas on July 3rd is the absolute worst cross section of society that exists. Waiting in the van for my family to finish their seemingly mandatory road trip restock. I went inside to pee. I'm shook.

YouTube's ads are getting increasingly bizarre. Lately it's been an AI-generated video of a guy podcasting. He's hilariously muscular and wearing a crop-top that exposes his impossible 6-pack.

I canceled my premium subscription a while ago to a) not give Google more money and b) discourage me from watching YouTube. (b) has not really worked, but maybe between AI bodybuilder guy and the ICE Barbie ads for the president, it will