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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 1h

this person posted an AI video (the reporter has three arms, for a start) and then turned off comments when people pointed it out, so i have to insist everybody block them. block this account right now and i'll give you a thumbs up in your mind

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 5h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 45m

Why people don't trust mainstream politics is a mystery...

Two headlines in a row

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 18h

Just one more.

The Study
Every Study Ever:
Reliable transit, safe active transportation options and fewer cars will improve cities.
City:
Hmm, can we really trust every study ever done?

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 18h

"It's terrible now they've put that bus lane in! I don't even go by car anymore; I take the Metro."

Lmao going to let her carry on thinking she's got one over on, presumably, me and/or the council by doing exactly as intended.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's currently a legal requirement many places but I think emphasising the need to pedal as a fundamental distinguishing factor between ebikes & emotos is a mistake. If it behaves like an ebike, why does it matter if someone's pedalling? But not needing to would make ebikes more accessible.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot of the arguments against them sound similar to the arguments against ebikes in general - but often come from people defending pedal assist ebikes. And I don't care if people who could pedal choose not to - that's their business & I care about including people who can't pedal far more.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not really interested in the semantics of it & I'm not saying all or most throttle ebikes meet these criteria currently but if it behaves like pedal assist ebikes (comparable speed & acceleration, roughly the same weight range), what harm does is do to anyone else if that person isn't pedalling?

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's currently a legal requirement many places but I think emphasising the need to pedal as a fundamental distinguishing factor between ebikes & emotos is a mistake. If it behaves like an ebike, why does it matter if someone's pedalling? But not needing to would make ebikes more accessible.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

Certainly seems that way!

Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 3d

My mum has been told there's a year long waiting list for an audiology appointment. I still haven't got an appointment for the 6 month review I was supposed to have for a medication I started 10 months ago. Seems like the NHS is creaking at the seams. ☹️

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re always playing the race card”

Anyone who says this has no idea how power dynamics work.

Race is not a card I can play. It is a hand I’m dealt.

Black people have never had the power to keep white people from voting, reading, or writing. If anyone’s had a race card, it’s white people.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

1. Riding a bike on the road.
2. My mum riding a bike on the road.
3. Being too sick to ride a bike or walk or drive (even if I had a car) and having to attend medical appointments that take forever to get to by public transport.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

The Labour Party: Making health services more hostile to people who are unwell.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 1d

I think we need to consider what it is that makes throttle bikes a problem & address that, rather than get hung up on definitions. In my experience, aside from speed, it's acceleration - which could also be controlled. I recognise that this adds complexity but it would greatly improve accessibility.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

If we had responded to Covid by normalizing masking, providing respirators in healthcare & adopting clean air standards…we could have beaten the virus.

We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.

We would all be healthier.

I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · Sep 19

Lost faith in the online medical dictionary I was using when I tried to look up burr hole (as in trepanning) and it not only didn't have an entry but asked if I'd intended to search "butt hole."

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 2d

For my Italian homework, I have to write a sentence using a specific idiom. The idiom exists in a very similar form in English except now I've thought about it so hard I can't use it in a sentence in English either.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 2d

Annoyed but unharmed!

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 2d

I've been too unwell to ride my bike for a while and a few people have been like "bet you've changed your mind about bike lanes now!" and I have not - both because I want others (and hopefully me soon) to be able to cycle without dying and also, as a bus user, out of self interest.

Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 3d

When you’re on the bus you really notice that congestion is caused by cars.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

COVID-19: Lack of surveillance leaves UK in dark as hospital admissions rise, experts warn.

"The UK’s current method of recording covid-19 cases “is not a sensible approach to managing the spread of infection,” virologists have warned."

Paywall free link: archive.md/NWj87

Covid-19: Lack of surveillance leaves UK in dark as hospital admissions rise, experts warn

The UK’s current method of recording covid-19 cases “is not a sensible approach to managing the spread of infection,” virologists have warned. Latest data showed an uptick in the number of UK covid c...

www.bmj.com

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 3d

Hell yeah!

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 3d

The people in replies being like "I too would run over a teenage girl on a crossing and then yell at her for it." 🙃

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 3d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 3d

Average wait times at nearby trusts are longer and presumably in my case I'd go to the back of the queue.

Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 3d

My mum has been told there's a year long waiting list for an audiology appointment. I still haven't got an appointment for the 6 month review I was supposed to have for a medication I started 10 months ago. Seems like the NHS is creaking at the seams. ☹️

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 4d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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