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@theblueulysses.bsky.social

cycling and walking, science nerdery, food & drink. PhD (medical physics). she/her πŸ“Stockport, UK

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Okay so this seems like a great post-ride protein boost spot! Chug a milkshake, glide downhill on the old Buxton Rd.

16.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tsk! Those kind of rules are for "other people"... not hard working parents just lazily dropping off their sprog!

16.10.2025 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does this mean they're finally smashing up Albert Bridge House?

15.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's probably the racist social media posts wot done it.

15.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I was snitched on for putting up 150 British flags and lost my teaching job' Shaun Remmer, 49, says he has been left 'devastated'

Today's heart-warming FAFO news story
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news...

15.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 12

The drivers on Facebook are at it again. This time moaning about parking charges. 50p for an hour FFS!
Maybe they'll think twice about driving to my local park to GO FOR A WALK.

15.10.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The cringiest of the bars in Manchester (Peaky Blinders) isn't even in NQ.

15.10.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like that the NQ has places like that! It keeps the nobs out of the places I like!

15.10.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Man goes on a tour of the theme bars of the NQ and wonders why the NQ is "full of theme bars"?
Yes there's them and the plethora of Irish pubs but NQ is chocka with loads of normal places!

15.10.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am once again begging councils to just concrete in plain old Sheffield stands!

15.10.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
When my grandparents died, I went to their Liverpool home, and opened their β€œnice things” cupboard (one was a wartime child and the other a refugee from eastern Europe – they were, honestly, low-level hoarders). They too had bottles of champagne and posh chocolates, all waiting for that next simcha. But the corks had disintegrated and the perishables were years past their best.

When eventually someone comes to clear out my β€œnice things” drawer, I want it to be found empty, its contents relished and enjoyed with the people I love. I’ve still not yet opened my one posh bottle of fizz, but it lives in the fridge now, ready and waiting.

When my grandparents died, I went to their Liverpool home, and opened their β€œnice things” cupboard (one was a wartime child and the other a refugee from eastern Europe – they were, honestly, low-level hoarders). They too had bottles of champagne and posh chocolates, all waiting for that next simcha. But the corks had disintegrated and the perishables were years past their best. When eventually someone comes to clear out my β€œnice things” drawer, I want it to be found empty, its contents relished and enjoyed with the people I love. I’ve still not yet opened my one posh bottle of fizz, but it lives in the fridge now, ready and waiting.

This last bit got me...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

15.10.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nooo! I still keep forgetting eggs in HG Sainsbury's since they moved everything.

15.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

is Blackwell's still a thing?

15.10.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of those are already illegal! (technically all of them if you class parking on the pavement as involving driving on said pavement) Shouldn't need any more restrictions!

15.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also... Bramhall only has an hourly train service into Manchester!

14.10.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I looked at Facebook comments.
To be fair, they were more even than I expected! Some drivers do notice that other drivers are awful.

13.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Drivers: please fix congestion
Council: okay, we'll stick some cameras up to discourage folk from blocking junctions
Drivers: no not like that

13.10.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Am I being unreasonably pedantic and millennial to be annoyed when coworkers talk about their wifi being down?

13.10.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

So, they don't have any "proper" bike racks but they also haven't got rid of the trolley park...not the worst cycle parking out there.

11.10.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll have a nosy next time I'm at Aldi...

09.10.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am the same and would add Old Jamaican Ginger Beer to the list of ruined drinks.

09.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wildboarclough.
Cholmondeley.

More subtly... Salford.

09.10.2025 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

'β€œIt’s a strange mixture of feelings,” he said. β€œBeing happy, being stressed, sometimes being overwhelmed. Living in Gaza for 27 years, then getting here and being in London, it’s completely shocking. The very basic things here are luxuries in Gaza.”'

09.10.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

to be fair, if it were a parked car, I'd agree. But that's wildly different.

08.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to hold my tongue and say no more.

08.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thankfully you've summed up my thoughts so I won't repeat

08.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

all thanks (no doubt) to the council making the pavement undulate like a mountain range for every driveway!

08.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can see the poem here:
greatacre.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/m...

08.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Booooo

08.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Why yes I did forget that Manchester libraries use a different system to file reserved books and ended up staring at the shelves for slightly too long.

08.10.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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