I'm organizing the City of Berkeley's "Bike to Wherever Day" ride this Thursday, May 16th, starting at 8:15a at North Berkeley BART. Everyone is invited and the city would love to see and demonstrate demand for cycling here. Please join us! More info: https://bikeeastbay.org/events/ride-with-elected-officials-berkeley/ And the route map: #BikeTooter#Berkeley
HELP! Our dear mascot, Lucy the bear, was stolen last week in #Oakland. (Actually she was in the back of a car that was stolen, but we mostly care about recovering Lucy herself). She has been with the team for decades and we would be very grateful for any information leading to her successful return. Pictures attached.
a couple of months ago, @terri posted about a thermal paper instant print camera and I thought "that sounds fun" and went about my day
a few weeks later, looking for a present for my inner artist child, I picked one up. and loved it! went on a photo walk every day for the first week and irregularly afterwards -- it's still in my daily bag. I collected some of my faves in daily sketchbook pages, and then started thinking about putting a few more of them together in one place
I've been practicing investing more time in my creative projects, and especially in letting my art be messy and imperfect, and showing it off anyway
y'know what's good for that? scissors, glue, and staples.
these are now on sale at Pegasus in downtown Berkeley! just in time for their Independent Bookstore Day event on Saturday -- win fabulous prizes while supporting your local booksellers and artists ❤️ https://www.pegasusbookstore.com/bookstore_day_2024
A driver hit at cyclist in #Berkeley on San Pablo at Dwight this morning and apparently severed the cyclist’s leg. I don’t know the details yet—this is just based on PD/FD scanner traffic.
What I do know is Berkeley had a chance to take Federal grants to make this intersection safer for cyclists and said no. The ACTC project would not have come in time to avoid this incident, but we lost the chance to avoid future incidents here. #SafeStreets#BikeTooter
The only thing about cycling more discouraging than incidents of traffic violence like this is reading the responses to them. I will keep fighting regardless but it will be through gritted teeth and disdain. #Berkeley#SafeStreets#BikeTooter
Neither the current Mayor of #Berkeley, who is running for State Senate, nor any of the three people running to become Mayor have posted anything about this incident. (Other members of Council have, and I appreciate that they have. But the silence from the purported and aspiring leaders is shameful.) #SafeStreets#BikeTooter
We led our 272nd Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour last weekend, when two participants unexpectedly brought a story alive.
On the tour, we use street theater, visuals and storytelling to explore the anti-Emergency movement, when international students at UC Berkeley organized to resist Indira Gandhi’s state of emergency in India, between 1975-1977.