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Mostly featuring: - Bikes. Croydon / S London. LCC local coordinator. - Maps. https://cycle.travel/by/angus_hewlett - Work. Coding noisy software gadgets for musos in C++. - Plot. Attempts at food growing. "Slugs! Thousands of 'em!" - Run. See Strava
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Blatant extortion. And Ontario needs to rip up the Starlink deal immediately. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

Adds "Commander of tens of billions of dollars worth of the most lethal and capable military force ever created by mankind" to list of "things that are woke".

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Andreas Mogensen, a current ESA astronaut and former commander of the ISS during Expedition 70 has choice words for Elon Musk regarding his recent statements about the return plans for Butch and Suni after Starliner CFT. Elon Musk responded by calling him a slur and an idiot.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

MAGA Farmer wants us to “come together” now that he’s facing the consequences of his vote. “I didn’t read project 2025 because it was my understanding that wasn’t what he was running on” 🙃🐆 youtube.com/shorts/9LtSM...

submitted 7 days ago • 171 comments

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submitted 7 days ago • 582 comments

(Senior Lecturer in aeronautical engineering enters the chat) There is no, absolutely no, good reason for supersonic civil transport; they exist to make childish squillionaires feel special. Even ignoring the environmental damage, there is no economic case for them. Or the aircraft.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

"Yeah, hi, is that timeline control? Look, I'm just calling to let you know, Don't Look Up was supposed to be.. yes, that's right, a metaphor... uh huh? .. ok, fair point, sorry to trouble you. Bye then."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

It can't be that low. It just can't... .. looks around at local high street.. Oh, OK. 😢

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This seems like another good reason to legalise the ownership and use of escooters. They're a useful and cheap form of personal transport for children. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Huge respect to @londonfire.bsky.social for clear-eyed assessment of LTNs. Shame it's unlikely to be accepted by the usual anti-LTN suspects at Times, Telegraph, SEJ etc. HT @carolinerussell.bsky.social & Rowe for being brave enough to be this clear, despite inevitable rubbish that'll come back...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Well, Clarkson knows what he can do. Fuck off to Russia. We won't miss him. metro.co.uk/2025/02/17/j...

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

Have seen this at the sharp end. "Doing good for society" laid on thick until it comes into direct conflict with growth-at-all-costs. Once that arm-wrestle starts there is only ever one winner.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments