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@calderwook.bsky.social

Disabled and mostly found bumbling about Edinburgh on a cargo bike or walking my dogs Trees make things better. He/Him

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My take is that the car it hit was parked, hence it being pushed back into the camper van. The driver simply went too fast round the bend into Newhaven Place and lost control. Many a supercar has been written off in this manner.

11.02.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Very exciting, what colour did you go for?

11.02.2026 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manhole cover explosion forces road closures in Dunfermline The incident, which has captured on CCTV has closed a number of roads in Dunfermline.

What a headline

Manhole explosion forces road closures www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

11.02.2026 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

10.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28519    πŸ” 12694    πŸ’¬ 898    πŸ“Œ 1584

Wait till finds out how much drivers are subsidised by general taxation.

I'm sure he will want to address that pronto right?

10.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness? Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good

I don't think I've ever heard positive story about mental health care in this country.

I say this as someone who's GP refuses to put me on the waiting list so I can get the label for treatment as it doesn't affect me enough. Being unable to do more than volunteer in years doesn't count apparently!

10.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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White emergency ambulances to be rolled out across North East NEAS says switching to white ambulances would save about Β£1,000 per vehicle.

Take that hiviz evangelists.
The North East ambulance service is buying white ambulances now to save money as painting them hiviz yellow doesn't make em more visible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10.02.2026 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone got any handy links to studies / examples regarding cities that show that cycle lanes shouldn’t be blamed for all the car congestion.

Banging my head against the wall and just want to feel better by looking at actual data.

10.02.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Something compelled me to make this

10.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3636    πŸ” 1065    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 35

Guess what?? @essexpoliceuk.bsky.social are trying to shirk their responsibilities in dealing with someone trying to do harm to another person & use their car as a weapon & then try in person! It's clear now they condone road violence & we have no choice but to defend ourselves with force!

10.02.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to give a formal quote and explanation of why this is so dishonest to any journalist (not, ahem, currently in my bad books for working for any of the particularly notable queerphobic outlets of the moment) who would be keen to write about it 😊

10.02.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Post a banger, not in English.

09.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

It's a small bathroom so it's like the stench builds up and assaults you when you open the door.
Perhaps assuming the stench is of dead mouse and not some lovecraftian horror is just optimism on my part.

09.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's discovery is that there is three layers of tiles around the bath and shower.

The fun of buying a flat that was rental for 80 years beforehand.

Still no mouse corpse.

09.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a tuxedo sits in a chair in front of a staircase with people walking down it Alt: A man in a tuxedo sits in a chair with the look of fear on his face in front of a staircase with people fleeing the water that is flooding into the room. The entire scene is on an angle due to the Titanic being down by the bow.

Me as I watch Labour be cruel to immigrants and rearranging the deckchairs on everything else and completely fail to deliver a richer, fairer and stronger future.

09.02.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like they deleted their account. At least it's not searchedable anymore.

09.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Mandelson and Anas Sarwar smiling together. The text of the tweet from Sawar, dated April 4 2025, says "It was great to catch up with my old friend and the UK’s (relatively!) new Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson @UKinUSA"

Peter Mandelson and Anas Sarwar smiling together. The text of the tweet from Sawar, dated April 4 2025, says "It was great to catch up with my old friend and the UK’s (relatively!) new Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson @UKinUSA"

What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?

09.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 8
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Scottish Labour leader expected to call for Starmer to step down as pressure mounts on PM Anas Sarwar's intervention, expected in a news conference this afternoon, comes after Starmer's director of communications and chief of staff both quit.

I'm not like my English boss honest guv.

09.02.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can tell it was a professional tradesperson by them hiding all there rubbish in inaccessible voids.

Still no mouse corpse but now need to do some plumbing as I jostled a pipe and disturbed structural ptfe tape.

Here's the floor for extra comedy.

08.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Did you ever post the full list, or is this more whimsical endeavour?

08.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A person with a cane for sight loss is pictures on a pavement with many mixed surfaces. The curb isn't raised, and no tactile pavement is present.

A person with a cane for sight loss is pictures on a pavement with many mixed surfaces. The curb isn't raised, and no tactile pavement is present.

Does that junction look very accessible?

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/charity...

08.02.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Council needs to see the danger of floating bus stops - Iain Whyte I’m sure most Evening News readers believe it’s the council’s job to act if parts of our road and pavement network are β€œlife threatening and dangerous”, even if that job isn’t always done as well or a...

Another charity ignoring the elephant in the room in that most road junctions are inaccessible and dangerous for people with sight loss.

Also, why are they using an old picture of the dangerous design that isn't used any more?

08.02.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"But what do you want a new Labour leader to do differently from Are Kier???"

Just for starters, stop doing this immediately

08.02.2026 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Firing Shabana Mahmood into the sun.

Lammy and Streeting can keep her company.

08.02.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully I will not have to go all they way back to brick but the plaster is 90 years old and doesn't like to cooperate.

08.02.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The smell of a dead mouse in the bathroom has led to the discovery that the floor has historic wet rot, and discussions are being had on replacing the entire bathroom.

Still haven't found the dead mouse.

08.02.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.

08.02.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1122    πŸ” 555    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 30
3 panel comic

Panel 1: 
A crowd is watching TV in a bar. The TV is facing away from the reader. The crowd ecstatically screams β€œYEAHHHH!”

Panel 2: 
A new guy walks into shot from the left and says β€œYou guys watching football?”
A guy in crowd answers β€œNope”

Panel 3:
The new guy looks at the TV screen and immediately screams β€œOH FUCK YEAH”

3 panel comic Panel 1: A crowd is watching TV in a bar. The TV is facing away from the reader. The crowd ecstatically screams β€œYEAHHHH!” Panel 2: A new guy walks into shot from the left and says β€œYou guys watching football?” A guy in crowd answers β€œNope” Panel 3: The new guy looks at the TV screen and immediately screams β€œOH FUCK YEAH”

imagine if it happens on tv

19.01.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7339    πŸ” 1645    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 61
Ted Lasso/X-files mash up

Ted Lasso/X-files mash up

Season 4 just wrapped

05.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

06.02.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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