Joe

"But I thought I was the iron horse"

Technically private companies with gargantuous loans built the rail network, which is why we have so many mainline stations in London, duplicated lines and other weird quirks before they all went bust and were taken into ownership by the government anyway.

"And the images that fucked ya
Were a patriarchal structure
And you never will surrender
To a narrow view of gender
And I swear there'll come a day (ah-ah)
When you won't worry what they say (ah-ah)
On the labels, on the doors
You will figure out what's yours"

For a sec I thought you were referring to the old style nav bar

For a second I thought the bus had sunk into the ground to get under the low bridge

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Oh dear, Chris blocked me. Someone can't handle reality lol

usually when i chat shit with people on bsky they at least have one point where I go "oh yeah good point"

someone's feeling guilty about their plastic lawn....

The difference being I try to minimise landfill waste as much as possible, I don't purposefully destroy ecosystems in my own garden.

The stuff in my home doesn't contaminate water runoff with microplastics which seep into the soil below because the stuff in my home is inside my home.

Imperial measurements between countries not matching up does baffle me, although this is imperial we are talking about...

I think it depends on the engne size and other factors. A cheap 125cc motorbike will easily get 100mpg from what I've heard (imperial/uk gallon)

The underground is 100% electric, the only diesel trains in London run on a few unelectrified lines out of mainline train stations and even then most of those are diesel/electric hybrid

Is "Londod Undergound" not electric rail? Why is it so much higher power than electric rail? Also motorbikes get much higher efficiency than petrol cars, unless all seats of the car are filled (rare)

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Public Address

"Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Feeling pretty stoked there are so many different kinds of bikes out there.

I have a vanmoof which seems to constantly need some repair. I love doing it though and I definitely get a kick out of the abundance of aftermarket parts and repair guides despite the bike's proprietary nature.

I hope they have many years to come, as their replacements would almost certainly be worse (see: evero)

How many anti-HS2 "environmentalists" are outraged by this I wonder? 🤔

I dislike hi-viz tape on the racks, as it could easily be a cover up for where someone has cut through and intends on stealing bikes parked there.

Perfect for the Waitrose car park.

Howden lollipop man told to stop giving kids high-fives Neil Cotton says he has been told the gesture 'upsets drivers' by causing extra seconds of delay.

Some drivers really are spoilt miserable little twats aren't they?
Put a bit of joy into some kids lives and get reported cos some manchild had to wait an extra half a second. Twats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

E.g this is the second result on ebay for "ebike conversion kit", no cadence sensor but a throttle in the image, and claims 1500W power output

They appear to be jerryrigged cheap MTBs which have been converted using an illegal kit and lots of zip ties in most cases.

Technically e-motorcycles not legal (16mph limited) ebikes, but they definitely say "Carrera" on the side

No pedalling of course, completely throttle controlled.

I regularly see these dodgy MTBs with extra batteries doing 35-40mph up steep hills