RickChasey
@rickchasey.bsky.social
Still a City worker, still following cycling too much like a religion.
Now has more opinions on ESG & sustainable investing than your average.
Now has more opinions on ESG & sustainable investing than your average.
Pinned
For the next fortnight, this will predominantly be an Olympics fan account, especially the speed skating.
(You can take the boy out of Heerenveeen, but you can’t etc)
(You can take the boy out of Heerenveeen, but you can’t etc)
Turned my attention to TR49 (the new computer game) and it’s confirming a real trend in my preference.
Smaller, creative indie games are just so much more fun and interesting and thought provoking.
TR49 maybe takes what - 5-10 hours, but what a 5 hours for £6.
Smaller, creative indie games are just so much more fun and interesting and thought provoking.
TR49 maybe takes what - 5-10 hours, but what a 5 hours for £6.
February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Turned my attention to TR49 (the new computer game) and it’s confirming a real trend in my preference.
Smaller, creative indie games are just so much more fun and interesting and thought provoking.
TR49 maybe takes what - 5-10 hours, but what a 5 hours for £6.
Smaller, creative indie games are just so much more fun and interesting and thought provoking.
TR49 maybe takes what - 5-10 hours, but what a 5 hours for £6.
Netherlands ahead of USA in the medal table.
Haha 🖕🏻🖕🏻
Haha 🖕🏻🖕🏻
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Netherlands ahead of USA in the medal table.
Haha 🖕🏻🖕🏻
Haha 🖕🏻🖕🏻
Good work everyone.
🏭 The share of the UK public who say the country needs to reduce carbon emissions to net zero sooner than 2050 has nearly halved since 2021.
📉 29% of the public now say the UK should achieve net zero before the government's 2050 target – down from 54% in 2021, when this question was last asked.
📉 29% of the public now say the UK should achieve net zero before the government's 2050 target – down from 54% in 2021, when this question was last asked.
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Good work everyone.
Glad to see it wasn’t my first fears: mini reactionary-right-wing-populist-bolt-hole-propped-up-by-facilitating-corruption-worldwide
Fantastic to see my Mini Switzerland idea covered by the BBC.
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Mini Switzerland' plan for Peak District transport network
The idea would see buses arriving before trains pull into stations to improve connectivity.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Glad to see it wasn’t my first fears: mini reactionary-right-wing-populist-bolt-hole-propped-up-by-facilitating-corruption-worldwide
My current walk to the train through all the puddles
Royal Marines recruitment Cinema commercial
YouTube video by Mackenzie Rough
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
My current walk to the train through all the puddles
I think is is spot on fwiw.
New substack: politics is not about cosy debates or soundbites on silly TV shows. It’s about conflicts of interest. chrisdillow.substack.com/p/economic-g...
Economic growth as social change
Raising economic growth requires the government to defeat some vested interests.
chrisdillow.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I think is is spot on fwiw.
Skeleton is just inferior luge , isn’t it?
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Skeleton is just inferior luge , isn’t it?
FEMKE
a blue and white flag with red hearts on the diagonal
ALT: a blue and white flag with red hearts on the diagonal
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
FEMKE
The one thing the govt actually managed to do lol moronic
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The one thing the govt actually managed to do lol moronic
NGlL I thought indoor trainers were for the mentally unwell, and I still maintain that, but I also believe riding in rain when it’s sub 5 degrees is for the masochists so wtf no riding it is.
February 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
NGlL I thought indoor trainers were for the mentally unwell, and I still maintain that, but I also believe riding in rain when it’s sub 5 degrees is for the masochists so wtf no riding it is.
I don’t know enough about Zelensky’s corruption charges, and perhaps I’m falling for the Obama trick of being a good speaker and crap politician, but I swear the West doesn’t deserve a speaker with the balls and articulation of Zelensky.
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I don’t know enough about Zelensky’s corruption charges, and perhaps I’m falling for the Obama trick of being a good speaker and crap politician, but I swear the West doesn’t deserve a speaker with the balls and articulation of Zelensky.
These winter mass start races - the cross races and short track; they’re fun and all to watch but come on, it’s never gonna be a real sport when someone taking you out is an enormous risk, and races are often decided by the jury.
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 AM
These winter mass start races - the cross races and short track; they’re fun and all to watch but come on, it’s never gonna be a real sport when someone taking you out is an enormous risk, and races are often decided by the jury.
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Jens van ‘t Wout zodra ie op kop rijdt:
a man with a beard and the words " you shall not pass " on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard and the words " you shall not pass " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Jens van ‘t Wout zodra ie op kop rijdt:
Can we ban these pathetic men proposing to their Olympian girlfriends at the Olympics?
For everyone’s sake.
For everyone’s sake.
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Can we ban these pathetic men proposing to their Olympian girlfriends at the Olympics?
For everyone’s sake.
For everyone’s sake.
I wonder which of these lads had the injected swollen wang
February 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I wonder which of these lads had the injected swollen wang
Getting up to 61kph down the back straight still not enough for the gold in the 500m men’s skating 😲
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Getting up to 61kph down the back straight still not enough for the gold in the 500m men’s skating 😲
I see today we’re still in the sum zero attitude to net zero.
The hairshirt lot are just the other side of the “we can’t afford net zero” lot.
Idiots, all of them.
The hairshirt lot are just the other side of the “we can’t afford net zero” lot.
Idiots, all of them.
February 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
I see today we’re still in the sum zero attitude to net zero.
The hairshirt lot are just the other side of the “we can’t afford net zero” lot.
Idiots, all of them.
The hairshirt lot are just the other side of the “we can’t afford net zero” lot.
Idiots, all of them.
Not the quad god tonight
February 13, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Not the quad god tonight
*Always* mention how much you rate the “whatever it takes” speech to Italian finance types.
🤌🏻
🤌🏻
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
*Always* mention how much you rate the “whatever it takes” speech to Italian finance types.
🤌🏻
🤌🏻
Ah, beers and a burger with colleagues I actually like ☺️
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Ah, beers and a burger with colleagues I actually like ☺️
(It won’t surprise you that) I spent most of my teens being beaten up by various bullies at school. No running away there. Beat em once though…
The below is good advice for anything that occurs in the street but it won’t cover you in car vs bike as you can’t run away (I have broken ribs to attest)
The below is good advice for anything that occurs in the street but it won’t cover you in car vs bike as you can’t run away (I have broken ribs to attest)
My dad sat me down as a kid and very sombrely said to me, "Ian, need to have a chat about what to do in a fight."
I was surprised since even at 7-8 years old I'd seen these in films and was aware we'd never had one.
And then he said, "There's nothing wrong with running away. Nothing at all."
I was surprised since even at 7-8 years old I'd seen these in films and was aware we'd never had one.
And then he said, "There's nothing wrong with running away. Nothing at all."
Is it time for my self-defense lecture again?
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
Lots of folks ask me what the best self-defense thing is to train. I always answer: track and field.
The best thing you can do to defend yourself is not be where someone can hurt you. Running away is ideal.
February 12, 2026 at 3:25 PM
(It won’t surprise you that) I spent most of my teens being beaten up by various bullies at school. No running away there. Beat em once though…
The below is good advice for anything that occurs in the street but it won’t cover you in car vs bike as you can’t run away (I have broken ribs to attest)
The below is good advice for anything that occurs in the street but it won’t cover you in car vs bike as you can’t run away (I have broken ribs to attest)
NGL I have some experience with both Nuveen & Schroders and I can’t help but be sad about it.
I guess this is all the evidence you need that I’ve spent too long in the City
I guess this is all the evidence you need that I’ve spent too long in the City
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
NGL I have some experience with both Nuveen & Schroders and I can’t help but be sad about it.
I guess this is all the evidence you need that I’ve spent too long in the City
I guess this is all the evidence you need that I’ve spent too long in the City
Omg who cares about Ratcliffe, he’s a jumped up chemicals serial acquirer who got lucky with a BP divestment.
Honestly, if you meet anyone in the physical materials/chemicals world, you’d realise they’re best sticking to their knitting and not opining on stuff.
Honestly, if you meet anyone in the physical materials/chemicals world, you’d realise they’re best sticking to their knitting and not opining on stuff.
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Omg who cares about Ratcliffe, he’s a jumped up chemicals serial acquirer who got lucky with a BP divestment.
Honestly, if you meet anyone in the physical materials/chemicals world, you’d realise they’re best sticking to their knitting and not opining on stuff.
Honestly, if you meet anyone in the physical materials/chemicals world, you’d realise they’re best sticking to their knitting and not opining on stuff.
I do think, in general, given the populist mood across the world, which is being exploited by increasingly corrupt elites (as in, tech bros, the Epstein crew etc, Trump etc) billionaires and associates are in real danger of causing some serious anger that they can’t stop.
Yeah don’t diagree.
They could also just stfu.
I wonder that the risk to elites that was obvious in the first half of 20thC is so distant they feel they can spout off.
Why not keep a low profile - what do they get from spouting off?!
They could also just stfu.
I wonder that the risk to elites that was obvious in the first half of 20thC is so distant they feel they can spout off.
Why not keep a low profile - what do they get from spouting off?!
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I do think, in general, given the populist mood across the world, which is being exploited by increasingly corrupt elites (as in, tech bros, the Epstein crew etc, Trump etc) billionaires and associates are in real danger of causing some serious anger that they can’t stop.