Boosting this because not everyone is on Instagram, and because it’s cool as fuck. If you’re interested, hit up Joe’s website and get in touch. Be sure to check out his published work – absolutely ace work.
ASIANS IN HARDCORE AND PUNK HELL YES
Author: Seth Werkheiser
WOMEN CRUSHING THE TOUR DIVIDE
If you want some fucking inspiration to go on an adventure, read ‘WOMEN OF THE 2023 TOUR DIVIDE: CONVERSATIONS FROM WYOMING‘ over at Bikepacking.
“For me, this is a learning experience. I cannot fail. When you do your best, you can only become stronger. And more capable. There is no failure possible.”
Great advice from Marie-Soleil Blais.
SEVEN YEARS OF RUNNING
Today is my seven year “run-iversary.”
Seven years ago today a good friend texted me from a party, saying someone there challenged him to run a mile in eight minutes (this was seven years ago, so details might be fuzzy). He ran it, though it took longer than eight minutes. I tried it, and it took me 13 minutes, and I had problems walking down stairs for the next week.
According to Strava, since I started in 2016 I’ve gone on 1,419 runs, for 5,160 miles, in 1,006 hours, and climbed 229,692′ in elevation.
Biggest thing I learned? Slow down. Savor every fucking footstep, because one day each place you run will be the last time you ever run it.
Here’s some photos I took from runs over the years:
INSTAGRAM PHOTO DUMP
Not everyone is on Instagram, so not everyone gets to see these photos.
EYES TO THE SKIES
Philadelphia, January 19, 2017
CITY MEMORIES
Somewhere in NYC, in 2014.
HONDA MONKEY
Via @freakyfir on Instagram
ELBOWS KNEES AND HEADS
What the hell are we doing?
“Victor has found that projects pop up very late at night, so he is in the habit of waking every three hours or so to check his queue. When a task is there, he’ll stay awake as long as he can to work. Once, he stayed up 36 hours straight labeling elbows and knees and heads in photographs of crowds — he has no idea why.”
From ‘AI Is a Lot of Work,’ all about the for-real humans that make AI seemingly work.
“Work stripped of all its normal trappings: a schedule, colleagues, knowledge of what they were working on or whom they were working for. In fact, they rarely called it work at all — just “tasking.” They were taskers.”
We’re doomed.
COMPUTER SHOPPER SCANNING
From “Preparing for the Incoming Computer Shopper Tsunami.” I love the internet.
UNENDING BLOAT
I know social media is a constant bombardment of images, video, and text, but I think the most jarring part is how it’s all different.
So for me it’s bike, anti-work, bands, podcast clips in audio form, cookies, more bikes, cool camper vans, bands, bands, bands, coffee…
It reminds me a little bit of flipping through the cable TV channels back in the day, but with even less friction. And it’s not just 75 or 100 channels, it’s unlimited. You can sit there for HOURS and (probably) never see the same thing twice.
It’s like sitting there with a bag of chips, or (for me) a bag of cookies. I can just mindlessly consume them with zero thought. But then afterwards, I’ve got nothing of value, I’ve lost time, and I feel bloated.