Karl-on-Sea
@karlonsea.bsky.social
Audax, underbiking & velomobiles. Occasional tallbiking. Genius who brought you SPD Crocs, inventor of the Meths Martini & no longer allowed unsupervised lab access. Upsetting in an oddly lingering kind of way.
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To be clear, this is "unsustainable" in the sense of financially unsustainable increase in cost to the individual.
Public transport is far more sustainable in virtually every other sense but if you depend on it (through choice or necessity) you get treated like shit.
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Public transport is far more sustainable in virtually every other sense but if you depend on it (through choice or necessity) you get treated like shit.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
To be clear, this is "unsustainable" in the sense of financially unsustainable increase in cost to the individual.
Public transport is far more sustainable in virtually every other sense but if you depend on it (through choice or necessity) you get treated like shit.
Image reposted with alt text.
Public transport is far more sustainable in virtually every other sense but if you depend on it (through choice or necessity) you get treated like shit.
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Car Culture ≠ Financial Freedom
FITCH: PEOPLE WITH LOW CREDIT SCORES ARE FALLING BEHIND ON THEIR CAR EMI PAYMENTS MORE THAN EVER BEFORE 6.65% OF SUBPRIME AUTO LOANS ARE OVER 60 DAYS LATE, THE HIGHEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Car Culture ≠ Financial Freedom
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Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
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Gove has been an extremely poisonous influence on our politics. Undermining expert consensus on Brexit [had enough of experts, etc] and lying his way through the whole process in the aftermath of the Referendum. A travesty that he is on this panel of judges assessing political writing.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Gove has been an extremely poisonous influence on our politics. Undermining expert consensus on Brexit [had enough of experts, etc] and lying his way through the whole process in the aftermath of the Referendum. A travesty that he is on this panel of judges assessing political writing.
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These stupid racists don’t seem to have clocked that the Jesus origin story is centred on a Palestinian family’s search for refuge. (To boot, Yeshua Ben Yosef was very much a practicing Jew.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inverness school's Christmas show cancelled after 'racist' abuse
Highland Council says some of the online messages were directed at staff at the primary.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
These stupid racists don’t seem to have clocked that the Jesus origin story is centred on a Palestinian family’s search for refuge. (To boot, Yeshua Ben Yosef was very much a practicing Jew.)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Who had 'Moving the M25' on their list of things that the 'committed to tackling climate change' Labour administration would do?
Heidi Alexander chooses larger of two options for Heathrow 3rd runway, requiring part of M25 to be moved - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Who had 'Moving the M25' on their list of things that the 'committed to tackling climate change' Labour administration would do?
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Ok, so I paused on each image and can't see any evidence of AI, thankfully. It's so annoying we need to bloody double-check.
I love that this seems like it can't be real, but they really are doing it! All the school streets are now either cut off entirely from cars, or about to be. I'm so jealous.
I love that this seems like it can't be real, but they really are doing it! All the school streets are now either cut off entirely from cars, or about to be. I'm so jealous.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ok, so I paused on each image and can't see any evidence of AI, thankfully. It's so annoying we need to bloody double-check.
I love that this seems like it can't be real, but they really are doing it! All the school streets are now either cut off entirely from cars, or about to be. I'm so jealous.
I love that this seems like it can't be real, but they really are doing it! All the school streets are now either cut off entirely from cars, or about to be. I'm so jealous.
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"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
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Cherwell School has a whopping 58% cycling mode share. We can actually achieve this stuff, it's just we've forgotten how.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Cherwell School has a whopping 58% cycling mode share. We can actually achieve this stuff, it's just we've forgotten how.
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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![Advertising poster promoting cycling for transport featuring four people in a row on bikes. At the top the text says, "You'd be better on a bicycle", and then in a bubble it says "Still [emphasized with big, red, italicized letters] the cheapest, handiest, healthiest way of getting about."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreihcp247ahol26isqxpjmh54kczqp6ieyycvhakzjug6ysgeqndpb4@jpeg)
Pftt. This is simply one of those "desire lines" I keep hearing about.
No?
No?
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pftt. This is simply one of those "desire lines" I keep hearing about.
No?
No?
I did RRTY (Randonneur Round the Year) a couple of years ago. Winter can be... challenging!
IIRC, the same year, @onetwotony.bsky.social did one of his rides on ice spikes, as it was -6ºC and rather icy up by Kielder. THAT'S hardcore.
IIRC, the same year, @onetwotony.bsky.social did one of his rides on ice spikes, as it was -6ºC and rather icy up by Kielder. THAT'S hardcore.
"Damn, it was cold. I think it’s maybe the coldest conditions I’ve ridden in in the UK. There was ice in my beard. My bottles turned to slush, valves froze. Not that I was sweating out a lot of water that I needed to replenish, luckily. I think I got through a bottle and a half in twelve hours."
The coldest conditions I’ve ridden in in the UK: Can I ride a 200km Audax 12 months in a row? Ride #9
Where have my fingers and toes gone?
road.cc
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I did RRTY (Randonneur Round the Year) a couple of years ago. Winter can be... challenging!
IIRC, the same year, @onetwotony.bsky.social did one of his rides on ice spikes, as it was -6ºC and rather icy up by Kielder. THAT'S hardcore.
IIRC, the same year, @onetwotony.bsky.social did one of his rides on ice spikes, as it was -6ºC and rather icy up by Kielder. THAT'S hardcore.
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Also came here to do a Kathy Burke joke.
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Also came here to do a Kathy Burke joke.
I've just watched this. And as a result, my belief is that yeah, he totally did.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I've just watched this. And as a result, my belief is that yeah, he totally did.
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We should absolutely be using anpr camera networks to automatically target illegal vehicles.
Refusing fuel to drivers of illegal vehicles is the quickest way to clean up roads though.
Refusing fuel to drivers of illegal vehicles is the quickest way to clean up roads though.
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We should absolutely be using anpr camera networks to automatically target illegal vehicles.
Refusing fuel to drivers of illegal vehicles is the quickest way to clean up roads though.
Refusing fuel to drivers of illegal vehicles is the quickest way to clean up roads though.
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The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tyne Tunnel restoration costs top more than £18m
The refurbishment cost £11m more than expected, the North East Combined Authority confirms.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Tyne walking and cycling tunnel refurbishment cost a total of £18 million.
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sounds expensive until you compare with nearby infra for driving:
Silverlink £75million
Lindesfarne £8 million
Testos £130 million
2nd tyne tunnel £240 million
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I've long suggested that as most filling stations have ANPR cameras, that automated MOT/Insurance/tax checks be performed before dispensing fuel.
IMO it is no different to me being aged checked when buying drugs/knives/alcohol/glue/fags at the local supermarket.
IMO it is no different to me being aged checked when buying drugs/knives/alcohol/glue/fags at the local supermarket.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I've long suggested that as most filling stations have ANPR cameras, that automated MOT/Insurance/tax checks be performed before dispensing fuel.
IMO it is no different to me being aged checked when buying drugs/knives/alcohol/glue/fags at the local supermarket.
IMO it is no different to me being aged checked when buying drugs/knives/alcohol/glue/fags at the local supermarket.
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Had an idea - since we now have the technology, how about speed cameras now send tickets out for not having tax, MOTs or insurance? With a 14 day right to appeal to allow for computer system lags on new purchases/change of owner records.
Let's make it impossible to drive an uninsured, untested car
Let's make it impossible to drive an uninsured, untested car
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Had an idea - since we now have the technology, how about speed cameras now send tickets out for not having tax, MOTs or insurance? With a 14 day right to appeal to allow for computer system lags on new purchases/change of owner records.
Let's make it impossible to drive an uninsured, untested car
Let's make it impossible to drive an uninsured, untested car
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This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
A movie that takes place where you are from:
[Couldn't find any set in Rochester or Chatham, so there's this that's set where I now live]
[Couldn't find any set in Rochester or Chatham, so there's this that's set where I now live]
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A movie that takes place where you are from:
[Couldn't find any set in Rochester or Chatham, so there's this that's set where I now live]
[Couldn't find any set in Rochester or Chatham, so there's this that's set where I now live]
Cab's microbiology threads are always worth reading. You (OK, I) may not understand every detail, but go with the flow, get to the conclusions. And soak up the enthusiasm.
Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Cab's microbiology threads are always worth reading. You (OK, I) may not understand every detail, but go with the flow, get to the conclusions. And soak up the enthusiasm.
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Crashed and abandoned, left obstucting the footway and cycletrack for at least nine days now.
Remind me where pedestrians and cyclists are in the heirarchy of road users.
Remind me where pedestrians and cyclists are in the heirarchy of road users.
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Crashed and abandoned, left obstucting the footway and cycletrack for at least nine days now.
Remind me where pedestrians and cyclists are in the heirarchy of road users.
Remind me where pedestrians and cyclists are in the heirarchy of road users.
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.