Notices by Morgan Fletcher :vbike: (morgan@sfba.social)

@lisagetspolitik https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/2019/11/nazis-in-oakland.html

There were #Nazis in #Oakland, CA in the 1930s & 1940s. I need to transcribe those articles. Will do. WIP

@ajroach42 @felix Same. A boy came to California from Mexico in the 1830s, lived a good, long, rewarding life, kept a diary. Late in life, he shared that diary with a local newspaper reporter. It was printed in a small, CA newspaper, then later reprinted. The stories are remarkable, historically interesting, painting a picture of a pre-gold-rush California few knew. Later, someone heard about or found the newspaper articles, reprinted them with a foreword and some research for the California Historical Society in a small book. That book is long out of print. I've found a copy, read it, loved it, bought more old copies to give to friends or lend out, and clipped the newspaper articles to someday transcribe and research on my blog.

https://www.newspapers.com/clippings/?query=villegas&user=3570264%3Amorganfletcher&sort=score-desc&tag=Ygnacio%20Villegas

#California #history #CaliforniaHistoricalSociety #CaliforniaHistory

@Starorstone @skinnylatte have you read _Deep Oakland_, by Andrew Alden? He writes about the #HaywardFault in his book, and also here: https://oaklandgeology.com/?s=hayward+fault

@cwebber

" Then along came Google Reader and... friends, if you are reading this and are of a certain age range, there is a strong chance you have feelings just seeing the phrase "Google Reader" mentioned."

You got me. Great read, thank you.

#GoogleReader #blogs

@Maristya #monetization

THE BICYCLE IN 1993.
How the Wheel May Look One Hundred Years From Now.

The bicycle of 1993 will be built on very much the same lines as the safety of 1893 i. e., with two small wheels very nearly of a size. This was the plan of the first machine built in 1817, and now after a lapse of 76 years we have come back to the original design...

Then by the use of some alloy of greater tensile strength, weight for weight, than steel, and by filling the tires and the tubes in the framing with hydrogen instead of air, the weight of a road machine will be reduced to 10 pounds or less...

The roads will be prepared especially for bicycles, the grades being very slight and in fact only sufficient to provide proper drainage. The surface will be hard and smooth, the outer edge of all curves being raised as on a race track...

Railroads will be used for the transportation of freight only. Every individual will own a bicycle...

More here:

https://www.wooljersey.com/wiki/THE_BICYCLE_IN_1993._-_Akron_Daily_Democrat,_Akron,_Ohio_26_May_1893

#bicycle #biketooter #futurism #GoodRoads #bikehistory