i’ve seen people use similar things to protect electrical antennas before, so arm warmers on moth antennae aren’t the most outlandish thing ever!!

this paper also seems intriguing, although if they start putting microchips with antennas in our clothes i swear i will make a cocoon and just morph myself into a moth (with cute hosiery of course!! if i become a moth i’m gonna do it right >:3)

I LOVE MOTHSSS oh my god thank you for this

oh it came with the bicycle! i got the bike for fifty USD at a local place that specializes in cheap, old and weird bike stuff

if you wanna source one for yourself, from my experience you could probably find one in the bicycle parts section of your local discount home improvement shops (there are a few where i live at least). i see them mostly on cruiser/“womens” bicycles. there are definitely better options but this is quite cheap, and in a pinch you can cut and attach some bits of plywood/osb from that one construction site to expand your cargo area further!

due to the shape of the baskets (narrower at the bottom than the top), as noted by @anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone more “square” stuff generally doesn’t fit so well. of course for boxes you can just put those on top with a ratchet strap.

i bike because my only other options are walking, which is too slow, and the bus, which while quite reliable and perfectly adequate for my purposes can still be beaten by bicycle. nonetheless i still quite enjoy it, so as a fellow bicyclist i sincerely hope your weather situation improves!