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A Sublebrity in Italy!

The big Interplanetary Critical Mass on Saturday May 31 in Rome, followed by the Sunday June 1st 25-kilometer ride to the beach (and following the monthly Critical Mass on Friday May 30), has to be one of the most fun three-day periods I’ve ever had. I am overwhelmed by the attention and affection showered on […]

Critical Mass in Rome (part one)

Just as incredible as you might imagine”¦ maybe more so”¦ Wild bikes, warm people, a sweet scene late in the ride when a woman sat on her boyfriend’s handlebars facing him, with her arms wrapped tightly around him in a loving embrace, her head buried on his shoulder, while he pedaled along in the ride. […]

Great Night at Flexi (and beyond)

I had a fantastic night at Flexi Libreria last night. Somewhere between 50 and 80 people jammed in to the beautiful new space, which takes its name from the increasing precarity that its founders, all research and technical workers during their “day jobs,” face. Francesca, Andrea, and all the folks I met there were so […]