Sigh

I quote-tweeted Cory Doctorow’s Mastodon post linking to his Comrade Trump post. I quoted this part: Ebikes are insanely great technology. Cheap, rugged and reliable, they’re basically bicycles that abolish hills. Once you’ve gotten accustomed to an ebike – maybe you’ve invested in a folding helmet and a raincoat – you’ll never go back. The advantages of an ebike commute over a car commute are legion, but my favorite little pleasure is the ability to easily make a stop at a nice coffee shop halfway between home and work, rather than being stuck buying shitty chain coffee near the office. Followed by a single word: sigh Only that word because of post length limits, but anyone following along the last few months would hopefully pick up that it was in reference to: I haven’t had time to mourn what will be the functional death of what was one of most central aspects of my existence, and the thing that kept me sane amidst [waves hands around]. But I don’t imagine I will be riding a bike in…