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Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.

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Wars for oil are always about the oil. Simple really.

09.03.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It projected misery

09.03.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Psychopathic behaviour

09.03.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Psychopath

09.03.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s my magical device that protects me from oil shocks

09.03.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super cheap and quick to install too. Agile active allocations.

09.03.2026 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why I ride a bike. And an e-bike.

09.03.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜while final works are completed’

So until the new path is complete it’s BAU then.

09.03.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3 out of 4 actions are for the drivers!

Giving more space to cars. You could not make it up. πŸ˜¬πŸ˜†πŸ˜’

09.03.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So their proposal to deal with too much unruly parking is... more parking?

02.12.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The proposals defn include bollards?

Without them the drivers will go everywhere. As they do presently.

Kerb markings will not help.

09.03.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bollards FTW!

09.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

09.03.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

09.03.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 768    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1

Whilst you keep wanting other peoples oil then wars for oil gonna keep happening.

Externalising misery.

09.03.2026 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Article content was stale as.

Exceeding slow to admit it was more than a bit of smoke coming out of a building.

Literally hours after Bluesky reports of major flames, collapsed buildings, fire spreading across to the corner building.

Maybe Sunday eve not many staff.

08.03.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very similar thoughts, mostly bbc saying β€˜smoke seen coming out of a building’.

And like it’s a done job. 😬

08.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.

08.03.2026 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1756    πŸ” 789    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 106

I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. It’s so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And it’s not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBC’s homepage.

08.03.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 13
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Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty This week, MPs will vote on the second reading of the Courts and Tribunals Bill. Don’t let the anodyne name fool you – this is one of the most revolutionary pieces of legislation in our…

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty

For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

07.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 583    πŸ” 323    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 33

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social

Council still posting? 😬

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

08.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So true. Probably upset if told they had to walk to bed.

08.03.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Vida E+ Electric Low Step-Through Bike | Momentum Bikes United Kingdom It’s just like riding a bike - but even more fun. The all-new Vida E+ step-through electric battery bike features our SyncDrive Life motor and pedal assist. Β£2599, 0% finance available.

In the UK the advice is called DoingATebbit. He was generally a ghoul of a politician but had some good travel advice… get on your bike!

My e-bike makes me smile every day. 105 mile range.

www.momentum-biking.com/gb/bikes/vid...

08.03.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a concerned citizen? 😬

08.03.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wars for oil are not new. But recent US behaviour looks and feels like an empire struggling to maintain its status.

08.03.2026 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

08.03.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like it! πŸ˜†πŸ€ž

Parking on the pavement is a towable offence in Edinburgh. Certainly ticketable.

08.03.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tom Flood things children have sacrificed for drivers poster.

Tom Flood things children have sacrificed for drivers poster.

08.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The sacrifice…

bsky.app/profile/tomf...

08.03.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
WE ASK
EVERYONE
OUTSIDE OF THE CAR TO BE SAFE
SO THAT DRIVERS CAN BE DANGEROUS

WE ASK EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR TO BE SAFE SO THAT DRIVERS CAN BE DANGEROUS

07.03.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0