Public sunscreen stations? It’s about time! If there’s anything I learned from the '90s it’s that everyone should wear sunscreen.

1500 Watts (2 horsepower) is still pushing the limit of the “bicycle” category as a whole. That’s at the low end of what 50cc gas scooters output. In some jurisdictions it’s enough power to require a drivers license. I guess I’m just impressed with what the ebike world is getting away with calling a bicycle.

I feel like 1500 Watts is crazy for anything categorized as a “bicycle.” That’s like having four elite road racers towing you along. I’m impressed that a chain designed for human power levels lasted 1000km.

There are two practical ways to make hydrogen:

1. Split water molecules via electrolysis. This is thermally inefficient and not cost-effective at scale.

2. Strip hydrogen atoms off of hydrocarbon molecules, usually natural gas. It’s much cheaper. Unfortunately, the leftover carbon atoms leave the process as CO2. AFAIK all commercially available hydrogen is made this way.

Yeah. If you took a Double Cross and tweaked the geometry to fit 26x2.0 tires and an 80mm suspension fork, that would be the Groove. I built mine into a featherweight XC bike. It was tons of fun on the local trails.

Oh yeah, that’s a pretty bike.

I miss my Soma Groove hardtail. Never should have sold it.

You are probably right. I just copied the title from the imgur post.

That was glorious!

If you have not yet come to the conclusion that Pete Hegseth is a dangerous and disgusting pile of dung, go listen to the recent Behind the Bastards podcast episode about him.

It depends what you are selling. It has to be an item valuable enough to make the shipping hassle and seller’s fees worthwhile. Search for the thing you want to sell, and then hit the Completed Listings filter. That will show you what it has been selling for. I generally do not bother selling anything that will go for less than $30 or so.

I use eBay to buy/sell used bicycle parts and miscellaneous outdoor gear. Also sometimes used clothing if it’s niche or higher-end. Getting screwed by other users is very rare in my experience.

Craigslist is still sometimes useful, though it isn’t active like it used to be. It’s best for things you just want gone: post them in the free section and leave them out on the curb.

Miranda rights (and your legal rights in general) should be recited by cops, reviewed annually in schools, and drilled into people at every opportunity. If you find yourself in cuffs, or even just approached by a cop on the street for a seemingly casual discussion, you may not be clear-headed and that stuff needs to be burned into your subconscious.

Speaking of which, it’s Friday. Time for the weekly review (NSFW, language).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6tfEZI54Jg

Their ICE recruitment bit had me in tears. (NSFW, death of animals)

The change was spotted by users on Lemmy, an open-source aggregation platform and forum.

Way to go everyone! We got noticed! And for something good this time!

https://lemmy.world/post/34021862

Fuck Musk and all, but “collapsed” seems a bit overstated. Their loyalty rate is no longer remarkably high but is still above-average according to the article.

Tesla’s customer loyalty peaked in June 2024, when 73% of Tesla-owning households in the market for a new car bought another Tesla,
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The rate bottomed out at 49.9% last March, just below the industry average,
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Tesla’s U.S. loyalty rate has since ticked back up to 57.4% in May, the most recent month the S&P data is available, putting it back above the industry average and about the same as Toyota (7203.T), but behind Chevrolet (GM.N), and Ford (F.N).

Very, very rough numbers:
A recreational cyclist might average 150 Watts for 20-30 minutes.
A world tour pro cyclist would average 300-400 Watts over a few hours.

And then account for the inefficiency of the generator they are spinning.

Your average person could power a laptop, but not for very long. The battery in the laptop would help manage the inevitable spikes and dips in power output, since people are not consistent engines.

There are some in the northwest US. Mount Hood and Mount Baker both have ski areas on their lower slopes. Mount Rainier has one very close to the northeast, though not directly on the mountain.

I don’t understand what the “Two Hands” sign by the customers crotch is trying to convey.

Sister Bear: You’re hit! You’re bleeding, man.

Brother Bear: I ain’t got time to bleed.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin told WMTW-TV that use of E-Verify “does not absolve employers of their legal duty” to verify legal employment status.

“The Old Orchard Beach Police Department’s reckless reliance on E-Verify to justify arming an illegal alien, Jon Luke Evans, violates federal law, and does not absolve them of their failure to conduct basic background checks to verify legal status,” McLaughlin told the station.

So E-Verify is less than worthless. It provides no assurances, and running an individual through the tool could presumably bring them to ICE’s attention.