Yeah it just doesn’t let up here for a few months. I don’t think we’re going to hit the record set last year for 110°+ days (55 iirc.) I bike early morning when it’s “cool” at 85°ish. Cause doing stuff outside in the middle of the day gets you this.

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/07/02/10-year-old-boy-dead-after-becoming-overheated-south-mountain/

Picking a VP to meet demographics rather than because they’d be a good president if the worst happens is… problematic, and I think that’s exactly why she has the job. She wasn’t great during the 2020 primary. Whether because the Biden team has sidelined her the last four years or some other factor, is irrelevant in the critical fight to not lose our democracy.

If I had my druthers it would be Whitmer/Shapiro - two popular (at least among their constituents) governors from swing states. The Dems have a number of promising candidates honestly - imagine that debate with Newsom instead of Biden - but the swing state issue tips it for me.

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Didn’t change mine, but I’m the opposite of a low information voter, and just based on p2025 I’d vote for Weekend at Biden’s.

Weekend at Sammy’s

Ralph, son of Barf

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy

I’m a MTBer, not a runner, but this comic has always stuck with me. Is it always fun? Hell no. Do I get an immense amount of satisfaction doing it? Absolutely

No cable locks. Bad, and you get what you deserve.

Something that’s a pain in the ass to cut. Nothing is impossible to cut, but a decent u-lock, good chain, good folder, is the way to go. if you are regularly locking up in a specific place, you might be able to leave a heavier lock (chain) there and not have to haul it around.

Something noisy. A brake disc alarm, or two of them, that go off with movement. Getting attention is good.

If it’s an e-bike, take the battery with you.

My goal is to make stealing my bike more of a pain than moving on to the next bike, probably secured with a cable lock from Walmart. It might take five minutes to steal my bike and 20 seconds to steal the next guy’s, about all you can really do.

Finally, have insurance. This world is full of fucking assholes.