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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 41m

If youre gender swapping....

Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 5h

Looks like 2024, @100climbs.bsky.social

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 15h

This photo was dated 1900, but that can't be right - look at those rim brakes. I'd guess 1930s.

"Photo shows a competitor on the 1 in 5 gradient during the climb."
40th Annual Hill Climbing Championship of England
Brasted Hill, Kent
1900 (???)

Photo of a man struggling up a hill on a bicycle.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 14h

Watership down

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 15h

Bad drivers. Nothing else. I don't mind sharing a road with good drivers.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 15h

wee

Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 15h

My day at work.

a little boy in a blue shirt is talking to a woman

Alt: a little boy in a blue shirt is talking to a woman

media.tenor.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 15h

Liberals in America are right wingers. The political term they struggle with is 'socialist', which they also confuse with communist.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

theonion.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 15h

Looks like the latest Jared Leto film (Tron), is a flop.

Maybe it's something to do with him, the reason films he's in keep flopping....Just saying. Maybe stop hiring him, because he's shit.

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The Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social · 23h

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it’s bollocks buff.ly/ErXmEBi

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 23h

Oh I don't like that picture of the man on one, it looks like he's in a race. And I think even the most frothy-mouthed gate fan would admit these are not racing bikes.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

You might hate your job. But at least you're not a russian general invited to a meal & drinks with Putin next to an open window.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's good at that. It'd be my fault if it drove over someone though.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

America but same principle. Don't forget, the tech bro's who own these things are all dead set against socialism, and here it is giving them a free service which is stretching the public tax to the limit.

Nothing exists without the public paying for it.
futurism.com/future-socie...

First Responders Are Being Overwhelmed by Data Center Fires

First responders in a small Ohio town have answered 84 emergencies between two Amazon data centers, all on the taxpayer's dime.

futurism.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

We're all on the edge of our seats now. I'm still saying wheel bearings.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

The other things that are really bothering me is the 9am drop off which is half way through the day, and no courtesy car for services. This is a sub-optimal experience. Honda were *much* better.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

1st world problem but very disappointed with my BMW service arrangements. The car has grassed me up twice to the dealers for going past a service date, so I login to BMW to book a service, now apparently they know nothing about me

If the car is telling them everything, I just want to press a button

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 2d

He's literally proved the point against AI.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 2d

I'd guess wheel bearings

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 2d

holy shit

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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 2d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints - BBC News

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 2d

CRYING 😭

thomas skinner on strictly with a union jack flag and ladder

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 3d

Mixture i think. Maybe one day off grid, next day find a campsite with facilities.

Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 3d

I want the bike fit to be easy to use and not drag the doors down. Maybe a towbar fit.

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