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subjects:

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• bicycling
• economics
• environment
• music
• new york
• politics
• religion
• tech
• travel

mixes:

• 10-04-09
  kid 606, biosphere, labradford, klangwart, thomas koener, robert henke, fennesz, windy & carl, www.jz-arkh.co.uk, pub, erik satie, terry riley, steve roden, dead meadow, curd duca, arovane, and more
• 9-30-09
  resilent, Ø, exos, christian bloch, kenny larkin, various artists, peter van hoesen, lighter thief, metric system, robert hood, baby ford, digital princezz, surgeon, ben klock
• all mixes «

written archive:

• getting fatter
  Americans getting fatter, especially in the South.
• rotten to the core
  apple is rotten to the core
• california dreamin'
  this state is run by a bunch of morons
• it's so pedestrian
  the 20th century tools we are given to do simple things like cross the street simply do not work for us. this needs to change.
• iPlod
  why i'm not buying an ipad.
• catholic discipline
  the roman pedophiliac catholic church.
• consult this
  people who use facebook make more money than those who use myspace. who knew?
• against science
  people deny the same science which rules every part of their lives
• true story about hipsters
  a true story about stupid williamsburg hipsters.
• health scare
  are they really patriots? dunno.

gallery archive:

• 
  dope jams halloween
  deviled eggs, holograms, clowns! what a hoot!
• 
  the bikes of new york
  bikes, bikes everywhere. track bikes, 3 speeds, delivery bikes, messenger bikes. williamsburg, east village, etc.
• 
  new york city gallery
  this is new york
• 
  san joaquin 2008
  this year's journey from los angeles to san francisco on amtrak's san joaquin.
• 
  california zephyr gallery 2008
  heading back to new york on the zephyr. lots of rockies pics.
• 
  feile and colin
  a dear friend was married in county sligo, ireland. and when i say dear, i don't mean expensive.
• 
  irvin coffee
  ladies and gentlemen, irvin coffee.
• 
  southwest chief gallery 2008
  big, big, huge gallery of pics from my 2008 journey on the southwest chief.
• 
  contemporary williamsburg architecture
  there is so much construction happening in williamsburg, you get dizzy just looking at all the new buildings.
• 
  amtrak - san joaquin
  a trip through california's central valley.

links:

• german church abuse hotline flooded with calls
  reuters
• obama finds his stride
  
• arms pact stops drift in russia-u.s. relations: obama
  reuters
• do you walk in nyc? then you don’t matter to cbs2’s marcia kramer
  
• who’s afraid of federal action on climate change?
  
• which cities save commuters the most with public transport?
  
• more road zombies than ever: 3.4 million americans are extreme commuters
  
• america's top 50 bike-friendly cities
  
• ray lahood, secretary of transportation, makes the case for better transportation options again
  
• china offers high-speed rail to california
  
• study links excessive internet use to depression
  
• hacking into american drone aircraft
  
• airlines sue to stop eu emisssions scheme
  
• u.s.-made drywall now under scrutiny
  
• iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites
  
• india challenges western data linking climate change, himalayan melt
  
• reagan’s role in berlin wall collapse overrated
  
• old faith-full moon
  apod
• manhattan apartment prices drop for second straight quarter; sales rise
  
• vets loving socialized medicine show government health care offers savings
  
• larry ellison: terrorists could bomb my boat!
  
• man sues bofa for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"
  reuters
• cervelo p4: the most beautiful bike ever made
  
• white house’s romer says economy in 'severe distress'
  bloomberg
• white house retreats on key part of proposed financial overhaul
  
• homeland security advisory system increased to orange for mass transit and passenger rail
  
• charging-station network built along 101
  
• california bullet train oks european accords
  
• 30 congressmen propose oil futures tax to pay for transportation
  
• electric cars and the future of the gas tax
  
• californians' gas usage drops again, data show
  
• space images forewarn of indian groundwater crisis, journal nature reports
  bloomberg
• europe's recession may be ending as germany, france show unexpected growth
  bloomberg
• vibrations: techno 101
  
• facebook surfing while sick costs woman job
  
• drug company merck drew up doctor "hit list"
  
• high-speed rail in china
  
• white house security won't let energy sec bike to work
  
• bloomberg among many opposed to new mta bailout plan
  
• appeals court stays riaa subpoena vs. students
  
• think paying $100,000 for an electric car is obscene? how about $100k for an f-250?
  
• bloomberg shrugs off opposition to term-limit extension
  washington post
• dow average may be poised to fall to 7,000 `trend line': chart of the day
  bloomberg
• google rewires washington in challenge to microsoft's top office software
  bloomberg
• amtrak announces record annual ridership
  associated press
• new air powered car looks freakin' weird
  ecogeek
• clutching at straws: mccain raises obama's ties with ex-radical
  reuters
• u.s. focus on climate could ease financial crisis
  reuters
• fear trumps greed as market worries amplify news, paralyze world economy
  bloomberg
• u.s. entered a recession as record consumption boom ended, economists say
  bloomberg
• gm shares fall to lowest level since 1950
  bloomberg
• no rescue in sight for what ails economy
  la times
• fan death
  wikipedia
• to some evangelicals, palin's career violates biblical teachings
  la times
• an appropriately populist anti-bailout rant by denis kucinich
  the nation
• fall of wall street is to market fundamentalism what the fall of the berlin wall was to communism
  huffington post
• a true image from false kiva
  astronomy pic of the day
• how four people managed to get the job done while working with a bad boss
  washington post
• olmert: israel must quit east jerusalem and golan
  haaretz
• wildlife photographer of the year 2008
  guardian

good things:

• aiga
• aljazeera
• arcspace
• bbc
• bikeblog
• bike commute tips blog
• bike hugger
• black panther newspaper archive
• bldgblog
• boingboing
• bottleneck blog
• boxesandarrows
• bozman website
• christian science monitor
• daily astronomy pic
• daring fireball
• der spiegel
• deep house page
• discogs
• guardian
• haaretz
• infinite state machine
• kevin kelly/cool tools
• kloudburst.net
• lens culture
• le monde
• life without buildings
• media matters
• metafilter
• mnteractive
• newsmeat
• pedal pushers online: news about bikes
• plastic
• pruned
• red orbit
• reuters
• shadow government statistics
• slashdot
• streetsblog
• tnjbl
• transportation alternatives
• washington post