FrequentFlats
@frequentflats.bsky.social
Bike user, despite the objections of hydrocarbonistas. Ding ding losers, weeeeewooohooo!
Recovering Brit, 🇳🇱 resident.
Recovering Brit, 🇳🇱 resident.
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FrequentFlats
@frequentflats.bsky.social
· Nov 11
China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
It started as a social media trend but brought traffic gridlock between two cities.
www.bbc.com
Impractical by bike, impossible in car.
BBC News - China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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And we wonder why people in other countries think the U.S is stupid
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
And we wonder why people in other countries think the U.S is stupid
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A driver’s perspective on passing a cyclist safely. A short thread.
I was driving to work and came up behind a cyclist. High vis, tail lights, mirror. They kept checking over their shoulder. I know that look. Starting your day already bracing for nonsense.
I was driving to work and came up behind a cyclist. High vis, tail lights, mirror. They kept checking over their shoulder. I know that look. Starting your day already bracing for nonsense.
January 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A driver’s perspective on passing a cyclist safely. A short thread.
I was driving to work and came up behind a cyclist. High vis, tail lights, mirror. They kept checking over their shoulder. I know that look. Starting your day already bracing for nonsense.
I was driving to work and came up behind a cyclist. High vis, tail lights, mirror. They kept checking over their shoulder. I know that look. Starting your day already bracing for nonsense.
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This is what we're up against. Hospital. Right next to spinal injuries unit. NHS staff member parking on dropped kerbs & on the pavement blocking access. She says she's only parking for 3 mins. I know this isn't true (see thread). I've seen the same car parked here before SH75OZO @yplac.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This is what we're up against. Hospital. Right next to spinal injuries unit. NHS staff member parking on dropped kerbs & on the pavement blocking access. She says she's only parking for 3 mins. I know this isn't true (see thread). I've seen the same car parked here before SH75OZO @yplac.bsky.social
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This is a new grave. Two soldiers were found when authorities were renovating a bike path. They could see there was one German and lne British soldier but couldn’t tell the remains apart. So they were buried together in Poelkapelle. Symbolic gesture.
January 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is a new grave. Two soldiers were found when authorities were renovating a bike path. They could see there was one German and lne British soldier but couldn’t tell the remains apart. So they were buried together in Poelkapelle. Symbolic gesture.
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A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A real shame if this photo went viral again today.
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Reasons Trump is threatening to invade Greenland:
1. To hide the Epstein files.
2. To get the US expelled from NATO.
3. To divert European intelligence / support from Ukraine and the eastern front to the new western front.
4. He's a corrupt thieving greedy Nazi piece of shit.
1. To hide the Epstein files.
2. To get the US expelled from NATO.
3. To divert European intelligence / support from Ukraine and the eastern front to the new western front.
4. He's a corrupt thieving greedy Nazi piece of shit.
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Reasons Trump is threatening to invade Greenland:
1. To hide the Epstein files.
2. To get the US expelled from NATO.
3. To divert European intelligence / support from Ukraine and the eastern front to the new western front.
4. He's a corrupt thieving greedy Nazi piece of shit.
1. To hide the Epstein files.
2. To get the US expelled from NATO.
3. To divert European intelligence / support from Ukraine and the eastern front to the new western front.
4. He's a corrupt thieving greedy Nazi piece of shit.
With the geriatric paedophile now threatening European territory in the West, it seems about time we solved the problem in Ukraine.
The UK also needs to be credibly preparing to rejoin our European allies in the EU.
#stopPutinStopTrump
The UK also needs to be credibly preparing to rejoin our European allies in the EU.
#stopPutinStopTrump
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM
With the geriatric paedophile now threatening European territory in the West, it seems about time we solved the problem in Ukraine.
The UK also needs to be credibly preparing to rejoin our European allies in the EU.
#stopPutinStopTrump
The UK also needs to be credibly preparing to rejoin our European allies in the EU.
#stopPutinStopTrump
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Surely if a road is "too narrow" for cycle lanes, then it is too narrow for buses and trucks. And parking too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halewood 'gridlock' warning over cycle path on narrow road
Critics say a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Surely if a road is "too narrow" for cycle lanes, then it is too narrow for buses and trucks. And parking too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hey @elliotlivecho.bsky.social, how can you write a story about people claiming a scheme leaves a road too narrow without giving any measurements and asking for an expert view. The road is being left at 6.5m which is fine for two-way HGV traffic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Halewood 'gridlock' warning over cycle path on narrow road
Critics say a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Hey @elliotlivecho.bsky.social, how can you write a story about people claiming a scheme leaves a road too narrow without giving any measurements and asking for an expert view. The road is being left at 6.5m which is fine for two-way HGV traffic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wait, these have been, up until now, educated thugs?
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Wait, these have been, up until now, educated thugs?
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"You cannot encourage people to use transit if they cannot safely walk to a bus stop. You cannot promote pedestrian safety while leaving intersections impassable for days after snowfalls." #Snowbility www.startribune.com/municipal-si...
Opinion | Shoveling sidewalks should be a priority for Minneapolis
If the city wants people to use public transit and age in place, they have to be able to safely get around after it snows, William Hendricks writes.
www.startribune.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"You cannot encourage people to use transit if they cannot safely walk to a bus stop. You cannot promote pedestrian safety while leaving intersections impassable for days after snowfalls." #Snowbility www.startribune.com/municipal-si...
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Even in NL:
A father riding a cargo bike with his daughter on Schieveensedijk in Rotterdam was hit by a car around 3:50 PM on Friday afternoon.
A van was trying to overtake the cargo bike, but according to a 112 correspondent, it was startled by an oncoming car. As a result, the van hit the bike.
A father riding a cargo bike with his daughter on Schieveensedijk in Rotterdam was hit by a car around 3:50 PM on Friday afternoon.
A van was trying to overtake the cargo bike, but according to a 112 correspondent, it was startled by an oncoming car. As a result, the van hit the bike.
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Even in NL:
A father riding a cargo bike with his daughter on Schieveensedijk in Rotterdam was hit by a car around 3:50 PM on Friday afternoon.
A van was trying to overtake the cargo bike, but according to a 112 correspondent, it was startled by an oncoming car. As a result, the van hit the bike.
A father riding a cargo bike with his daughter on Schieveensedijk in Rotterdam was hit by a car around 3:50 PM on Friday afternoon.
A van was trying to overtake the cargo bike, but according to a 112 correspondent, it was startled by an oncoming car. As a result, the van hit the bike.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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November 12, 2023 at 5:02 AM
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The War on Cars evolves.
Question: is giving the children pool noodles to whack cars that pass our bike too close a good idea?
a poster for pool noodle patrol by brian king
Alt: a poster for pool noodle patrol by brian king
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The War on Cars evolves.
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NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
NASA say that the crew member who was ill and returned to earth is doing well and now having a meal with colleagues.
It's weird that you link to X in your article.
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It's weird that you link to X in your article.
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Kemi, this is just a population density map
January 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Kemi, this is just a population density map
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The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
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BREAKING: Ofcom, the UK’s independent online safety watchdog, is launching an investigation into X under the Online Safety Act.
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
BREAKING: Ofcom, the UK’s independent online safety watchdog, is launching an investigation into X under the Online Safety Act.
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Rutte: NAVO-landen moeten Groenland beschermen
Rutte: NAVO-landen moeten Groenland beschermen
Het bondgenootschap zou werken aan 'stappen' om de veiligheid van Groenland te versterken. Volgens ingewijden gaat het mogelijk om een nieuwe militaire missie.
nos.nl
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Rutte: NAVO-landen moeten Groenland beschermen
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The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights
![[Cartoon strip pastiche of the Highway Code, with illustrations describing the text]
[Title panel]:
The Highway Code
Rule number 112b:
LED headlights
In recent years, many
new cars have been fitted with extra-bright LED headlights.
LED headlights increase safety by illuminating every detail of the road ahead
Including the face of the person driving a metal box towards you at a combined speed of 80mph
Whom you have just blinded with your LED headlights.
LED headlights must be fitted at eye-level on a great big murderous wall of car.
[Show a car crumpling into the front of a high-fronted SUV, bathed in light from the blinding headlamps]
They must be permanently on full beam, because you are insane.
And they should be bright enough to make other drivers think they are ascending into a blinding vortex of alien light
Like them old people in the classic Ron Howard film, Cocoon (1985).
[Show illustration of the final scene where the older people on the boat are being yoinked up into the blindingly-illuminated cloaca of the big spaceship]
So remember: you must use LED headlights
To prevent everyone from not crashing into you.
[Image shows this happening]
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidg3mni5yt6nxmwoqrv66uzimyblbekeeffqwtclshd42bl2cr4qa@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The Highway Code rule 112b: LED headlights
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Listen, we’ve been arguing about some silly stuff lately.
Let’s focus on the real divisive issues facing our cyclist community.
(Obviously the only real way to set up your bikes brakes is Right/Rear…)
Let’s focus on the real divisive issues facing our cyclist community.
(Obviously the only real way to set up your bikes brakes is Right/Rear…)
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Listen, we’ve been arguing about some silly stuff lately.
Let’s focus on the real divisive issues facing our cyclist community.
(Obviously the only real way to set up your bikes brakes is Right/Rear…)
Let’s focus on the real divisive issues facing our cyclist community.
(Obviously the only real way to set up your bikes brakes is Right/Rear…)
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Just a reminder that on the bike & footh paths here in Oulu 🇫🇮, 2 cm of new snowfall must always be gone within 3 hours, on entire 166 km main 🚲🚶 network, 24/7. Maintenance needs to be fast, reliable & efficient 👌 Join our Urbanism Masterclasses to learn more! 🤗
#MeanwhileInOulu #CityMasterclass
#MeanwhileInOulu #CityMasterclass
January 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Just a reminder that on the bike & footh paths here in Oulu 🇫🇮, 2 cm of new snowfall must always be gone within 3 hours, on entire 166 km main 🚲🚶 network, 24/7. Maintenance needs to be fast, reliable & efficient 👌 Join our Urbanism Masterclasses to learn more! 🤗
#MeanwhileInOulu #CityMasterclass
#MeanwhileInOulu #CityMasterclass