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Rob H&ynes
@robonabike.bsky.social
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stats. Oxford, UK
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 2m
Aristophanes writing about Dionysus getting annoyed by frogs.
(I had to look it up.)
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 12m
You simply don't get replies of this calibre on X.
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Petrus Crinitus @petruscrinitus.bsky.social · 15m
Βρεκεκεκὲξ κοὰξ κοάξ
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Gray Frights! @clickgate.bsky.social · 17m
Shoutout to one of my fave tweets ever of all time
Martin Leahy tweets: “There was a bus going through Béal na Bláth once and the bus driver announced to the passengers, 'This is where Michael Collins died' and someone on the bus said 'Tis a bad bend alright'.”
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 20m
"We all stand together", was right there.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 12h
I love this image.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 21m
Even when I typed it, I feared it was unlikely to be original.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 22m
Excellent haul.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 25m
Just half an hour ago, I passed an oncoming rider (student age, female appearance) holding the phone in one hand and typing with the other in heavy traffic.
I mean, fair play to her if she was in complete control, but appearances suggested otherwise.
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Shai @shaiuk.bsky.social · 15h
The man didn’t research so you don’t have to.

3kg of sweets in 3 days is likely bad for your health.

Important pre-Halloween EBM.
Barnsley man in hospital after three-day cola bottles binge
Nathan Rimmington ate his way through 3kg of sweets - and doctors were shocked he survived.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Daniel Tunnard @danieltunnard.bsky.social · 15h
Have you ever heated a pork pie? Someone did it in a novel and now I'm hot pork pie curious.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 15h
Shared with Hagley Road locals elsewhere, thank you.
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@brumcyclist @brumcyclist.bsky.social · 15h
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Hagley Road
Have your say around improving transport on Hagley Road.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 15h
Must investigate. I've loved what little I've heard of hers.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 15h
No way, Sis.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h
Zarah Sultana has compared herself and Jeremy Corbyn to Liam and Noel Gallagher as she insisted 'the show is back on the road'
Zarah Sultana compares her and Jeremy Corbyn to Oasis in unified appearance
www.thenational.scot
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 21h
Small point: Weeping willows have pretty extensive root systems. Hell of a digging job, and not good for the tree.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 21h
@kirkdalebooks.bsky.social
For your records. No queue.
A crumblery, moments ago. There is no queue.
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 2d
"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became the chief designer. #WineHistory`
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d
Respect and fair play to all the gifted teachers who, according to Nigel Farage, are poisoning our kid's minds with race issues.
I had great difficulty teaching some of the little buggers about triangles.
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Richard Blandford @rblandford.bsky.social · 1d
Got Kraftwerk tickets! Disappointingly, did not have to tick a box confirming I was a robot.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
Maybe. In which case, Street is named after the church, and Road after the college, which fits with the original owner of the land it was built on.
So I guess it's that way round. In theory.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
I've only heard Ensham locally. See other replies for traps, but mostly Maudlen and Charwell.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
It's pedant-level stuff. I've been here 30 years and never heard Mag-da-len in the wild from a local for the college or either road name.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
That one's more of a Town/Gown shibboleth. Gown seems to maintain it's "Charwell", in the same way that Berkshire is pronounced "Barkshire", but everyone else seems to stick with "Cherwell".
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
I've only ever heard Enn shum from locals, but I haven't met all the locals yet, so I won't claim it's definitive.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
I've mostly heard Een shum or Ine shum.
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.bsky.social · 1d
Yeah, apart from that, obviously.
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