Nick Wagers

@nwagers.bsky.social

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I hiked the AT, rode the Tour Divide, and paddled the Mississippi. I spend the rest of my time trying to save democracy.

Movie poster for Fly Away Home showing Anna Paquin holding a young gosling with Jeff Daniels in the background herding several adult Canadian Geese. An ultralight aircraft is in the air with a V shape of geese following behind.
The bucket of a Bunch Bike cargo bike with a box of donuts in it. There is a variety. They are all kinds that I like and they're delicious.
A sausage and pepperoni pizza in a white box inside a Bunch Bike cargo area with a pannier and water bottle rolling around. It's a top down view that includes most of the bike on black asphalt with a white sidewalk nearby.
A pepperoni pizza in a brown box sitting on the grass.
E-bike LCD showing 398.4 MI on the odometer
My hand holding a maple frosted cinnamon roll in front of the back side of a Bunch Bike in a gravel lot
E-bike LCD showing 324.8 mi on the odometer
Bike handle bars showing an e-bile LCD with an odometer reading of 213.4 miles
A bird close to a Bunch Bike with a blue chair in the background
E-Bike LCD screen showing 105.1 miles on the odometer. Bike GPS and two speakers also mounted on the handlebars.
Small girl with a pink helmet sitting in the bucket of a cargo bike and holding an iPad in a pink case.
E bike LCD display showing 25.4 miles, a bike GPS, and two speakers.
Profile view of a Bunch Bike e-cargo tricycle on a cement driveway with grass and a privacy fence in the background.
Car Free Challenge 2025 grid from Bunch Bikes. Includes a 4x4 grid of various tasks to complete on your bike, along with 3 instant win tasks on the left side. Instant wins are "30 trips or 150 miles", "match car mileage with bike + walk + transit", and "trade a car for a cargo bike". The main grid includes: "Carry your wheels! bike, stroller, wheelchair, scooter...", "Fancy dress ride", "Sunrise, sunset or night ride", "Give a test ride or demo", "Rain, cold or snow", "Pick up food or groceries", "Community event, festival or parade", "Carry Stuff Olympics", "Help a friend or neighbor", "Wildlife or scenery stop", "Date night by bike", "Longer ride or new destination", "Bike bus or group ride", "Sports or arts trip", "Learn a new bike skill", and "Help your community"
Short video of a large lake at sunrise. It pans slowly to the side. Wind blows and is picked up on the microphone along with birds and gentle wave sounds.
A grassy field with a mostly clear sky showing the early morning colors. Two large cooling towers on the horizon have faint whisps of condensation coming out.
Homemade deep dish pizza in a large cast iron pan on top of a white gas stove. The pizza is fully cooked and uncut. The top is all sauce.
Movie poster for Enola Holmes. Lead character, Millie Bobby Brown, a white woman is in the center wearing a red dress. Two other male characters are in the background behind her. The background is an artistic version of the London skyline.
Multicolored map of MISO zones, that include parts or all of MT, ND, MN, WI, MI, IA, IL, IN, MO, AR, MS, TX, and LA
A bunch of bike riders standing with neon-like LED lights tracing the frames of their bikes. It's at night next to a wooden privacy fence. The are on the grass, with only a few leaves. The glow from the lights gives the fence a rainbow-like glow. From left to right: teenage boy with green lights, adult man with red lights, a young boy with orange lights (trailer cycle), adult woman with blue lights, young girl with purple lights (trailer cycle), a young girl with pink lights, and a teenage boy with blue lights.
Four bikes and a tag-along bike decorated with neon-like LED lights. They are orange, green, purple, blue, and pink (l to r). The purple bike has no rider. There are two teenage boys, a young girl, and an adult woman. They are dressed for cool weather, though one of the boys has shorts on. They are in a park by a tree with white Christmas lights and the grass is covered in brown leaves.
Profile view photo of a young girl on a tag-along bike. She has multicolored inflatable wings, pink jacket, pink fairy skirt, dark pants, pink crocs, yellow helmet. She is missing several front top teeth and her head is turned back an up at her wings with a faint smile and a sense of wonder. The bike has purple "neon" LED rope lights tracing the frame. It is evening. Other bike tires are visible. She's on a path with the road and houses in the background.
A widely circulated and embarassing photo of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. She is in the Oval Office standing in front of a fireplace with tacky gold on the mantel. She is wearing a blue blazer and black skirt. She is hiding her face behind some dark blue folders in her hands.
An inverted pyramid title Hierarchy of Controls. From top to bottom it reads "Elimination - Physically remove the hazard", "Substitution - Replace the hazard", "Engineering Controls - Isolate people from the hazard", "Administrative Controls - Change the way people work", "PPE - Protect the worker with Personal Protective Equipment". They are color coded for effectiveness with Elimination being most effective and PPE the least.
An analog clock using 1 to 24 for the hours.
Photo of Governor Whitmer in the Oval Office hiding her face behind some folders as she realizes she's being used as a prop for a press conference.
Profile view of a young girl on a trailer bike with purple neon (LED) lights at dusk. She has a pink dress, pink jacket, pink crocs, and inflatable wings (mostly pink), and a helmet. She is looking back at her wings with a whimsical expression and is missing multiple front teeth. Some other bike tires are in the view. The road and a house are in the background.
A Michigan absentee ballot envelope being held by a hand with a bike glove. Under it is a bike with a GPS on the handlebars. The bike is on pavement, with some grass visible. It is night with a bright light illuminating some areas.
Image of a playing card titled Apotheosis from the game Slay the Spire. It has a 2 in the top left corner. The graphic in the top half is a golden angel with radiant beams behind it. The text says "Skill Upgrade ALL your cards for the rest of combat. Exhaust."
Profile photo of a mountain bike at night. There is a bright pink rope light with a neon effect that traces the main frame (top tube, down tube, seat tube, chain stay, and seat stay). There is a rear tail light and a front headlight. There is also a cylinder shaped blue speaker on the handle bars with a blue ring of LEDs on the top edge. The bike is on grass with a few dead leaves. The edges of the phot fade into blackness.
The corner of a modern looking building with grey concrete on the first floor and red brick on the second floor. It has large, dark windows. The sign is a red wine bottle on its side that says "The Ruby Tap".
A still frame from Marilyn Manson's music video for The Dope Show. Three cops in pink uniforms are dancing. In the background is a drab, featureless building. Right behind them are more cops in pink uniforms dancing.
Night time picture. The 3 coolest kids in the county each with their own bikes and a decently cool grandma with her bike and a trailer bike attached. The kids bikes are decked out with neon-like LED ropes, though one is nearly out of battery. One is red, and two are blue. Grandma's bike and the trailer has little pink LEDs, but the little girl that goes on the back is missing. A fifth bike (not as lit) is also in the background. It just has some glow sticks attached. The kids faces are blurred.
A close up face shot of Anthony Kiedis (lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers). He has a smirk on his face. His hair is pulled back and tied in two braids. The beach and the ocean are in the background.
The backside of three women from different generations cutting corn around a kitchen sink. There is a small pile of corn on the counter and a white 5 gallon bucket on the floor.
Scene from Andor Season 1 Episode 10 "One Way Out". A lone guard in a white hallway of the prison complex on Narkina 5 looks up as he listens to Kino Loy speak over the radio. He is clearly distraught. The subtitles read "They don't have enough guards and they know it."
Early dawn picture with mostly clear sky. Some clouds scattered along the horizon. Vast body of water extends all the way out. A road and rocky shore cover the bottom left corner.
Scene from the animated film The Chipmunk Adventure during the song "Girls of Rock N Roll" where the Chipmunks and Chipettes are dancing on top of a pyramid.
A picture of the "Seaduck", a pontoon plane, parked at the docks from the animated show Talespin. Baloo is walking beneath one of the wings.
A screen capture of reddit comments with the usernames blocked out. There is 1 subcomment directly replying to a top level comment. Top level comment with 10 points: "Hear me out, nonfiction is informational text, that doesn’t mean factual text. Additionally, follow your weeding guide, it takes your personal feelings out of it. As a children’s librarian, I’ve been waiting to pull rush revere off the shelves. When they stopped circing I just bided my time. Now rush limbaugh isn’t on my shelves and left to the anus of history." Sucomment with 3 points: "lol those books are hilarious. "you know who would be a great character in a kids' book? a caustic, drug-addicted radio personality.""
A screen capture of reddit comments with the usernames blocked out. There are 3 subcomments directly replying to the top level comment. Top level comment with 11 points: "One time I found a book promoting conversion therapy in the collection. I weeded it on the spot. I'm not confessing, I'm bragging." Subcomment with 11 points: "I found one that said, direct quote, "All gay people have been m0lested" and that's why they are gay. I weeded it. Technically it met other criteria for weeding (age, use) but that statement was the tipping point for me. " Subcomment with 3 points: "I weeded a Jenny McCarthy book about autism. In my defense, it hadn't gone out within the time frame for weeding (three years), so no one could really fight me on it." Subcomment with 4 points: "Me, but with Islamophobic bullshit."
A screen capture of live election results in Carleton showing Bruce Fanjoy with 40,501 votes to Pierre Poilievre with 37,425, plus about 2500 votes to minor candidates. Last updated at 3:54 AM ET with 96.2% of polls (256/266) reporting. There is no mark declaring a winner. Panel is titled "Carleton - Poilievre's Home Turf".
Close up photo of the golden idol from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's a distorted goddess with a huge head and pronounced face. She is baring her teeth and has a menacing look.
A screen capture of this bluesky thread but the text of Jerry's post has been changed from Hunter2 to *******
A bike path leading up to the top of a wooden switchback structure. Tall rolling hills in the background. Grey, cloudy sky.
3 cyclists on a bike path at night, facing away from the camera. The young one in the back has huge, multi-color inflatable butterfly wings.
A deep dish pizza in a cast iron pan on a white stovetop.
Asphalt bike path surrounded by trees. Some leaves starting to fall.
2 bikes and a trailer cycle leaned up against a wooden fence with playground equipment in the background.
Front handlebars of a black mountain bike from the riders POV with a GPS showing 18.79 mi, a large blue speaker, and light. The photo is at night with a light from the rider's helmet casting shadows on the ground.
A partial setup of the board game Alchemists on a white folding table.
A view from a canoe as the Mississippi river opens up into Lake Winnibigishosh. The distant shore is barely visible.
Mountain bike tire off the bike with a large bend. Various tools are laying on the ground.