Urbane Cyclist
@urbanecyclist.bsky.social
Bike commuter for over 35 yrs; last 19 in London; also road, gravel and mtb. Also commenting on #brexshit. 🍉
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"My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine."
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine."
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
Sounds like TNT as a channel are in trouble. Hopefully it can't get worse for UK cycling fans, only better? #GCN comeback?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sounds like TNT as a channel are in trouble. Hopefully it can't get worse for UK cycling fans, only better? #GCN comeback?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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For as long as I live, I will never forget that the whole world watched Israel starve 2 million innocent people in Gaza, killing children on a daily basis and did nothing to stop it, even worse, punished those trying to end it.
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
July 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For as long as I live, I will never forget that the whole world watched Israel starve 2 million innocent people in Gaza, killing children on a daily basis and did nothing to stop it, even worse, punished those trying to end it.
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
My UK passport still has 3 yrs to go, but so full of EU entry/exit stamps its now too full for visas. New passport time.
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
My UK passport still has 3 yrs to go, but so full of EU entry/exit stamps its now too full for visas. New passport time.
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
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Have you ever encountered something similar while riding?
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Have you ever encountered something similar while riding?
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Labour has started lying about stuff in the way the Conservatives routinely lied. That’s a problem if we’re to have any hope of a healthy discussion about a lot of things and try to stave off, rather than pander to, the worst liars of all, who may form the next government.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Labour has started lying about stuff in the way the Conservatives routinely lied. That’s a problem if we’re to have any hope of a healthy discussion about a lot of things and try to stave off, rather than pander to, the worst liars of all, who may form the next government.
Whatever the question is, Wes Streeting isn't the answer.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Whatever the question is, Wes Streeting isn't the answer.
If you can't recognise how to use AI to improve your productivity, switch over to the slow lane. I am now 5 to 10x more efficient in my job.
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you can't recognise how to use AI to improve your productivity, switch over to the slow lane. I am now 5 to 10x more efficient in my job.
On the tube to LHR. Reckon 80% of my fellow travellers don't speak English as their mother tongue.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On the tube to LHR. Reckon 80% of my fellow travellers don't speak English as their mother tongue.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Avoid #VOI ebikes in London. 1st time and last time on a voi bike. Very patchy coverage, gps tracker constanly cutting the motor off when cycling on a boundary. Cluncky automatic gearing.
Parking zones yes, but riding zones? Fix or will disappear soon.
Never again.
Parking zones yes, but riding zones? Fix or will disappear soon.
Never again.
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Avoid #VOI ebikes in London. 1st time and last time on a voi bike. Very patchy coverage, gps tracker constanly cutting the motor off when cycling on a boundary. Cluncky automatic gearing.
Parking zones yes, but riding zones? Fix or will disappear soon.
Never again.
Parking zones yes, but riding zones? Fix or will disappear soon.
Never again.
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Spotted in London...
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Spotted in London...
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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#bbc #tim-davies #bias #gaza #israel #zionism #zionist #trump #Palestine
Let’s have no more bias in favour of Israel or Zionist hasbara from this genocide enabler and influencer. Bye bye Davies… and good riddance to bad rubbish!
Let’s have no more bias in favour of Israel or Zionist hasbara from this genocide enabler and influencer. Bye bye Davies… and good riddance to bad rubbish!
BBC bosses quit after corporation admits doctoring Trump video
An impartiality row rocked the national broadcaster after an internal report accused it of bias, censorship and doctoring footage of Donald Trump.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
#bbc #tim-davies #bias #gaza #israel #zionism #zionist #trump #Palestine
Let’s have no more bias in favour of Israel or Zionist hasbara from this genocide enabler and influencer. Bye bye Davies… and good riddance to bad rubbish!
Let’s have no more bias in favour of Israel or Zionist hasbara from this genocide enabler and influencer. Bye bye Davies… and good riddance to bad rubbish!
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Andrey X:
Israeli settlers throw broken glass onto a Palestinian football field where children play
Yet, the community prevails
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank 🇵🇸
Israeli settlers throw broken glass onto a Palestinian football field where children play
Yet, the community prevails
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank 🇵🇸
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Andrey X:
Israeli settlers throw broken glass onto a Palestinian football field where children play
Yet, the community prevails
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank 🇵🇸
Israeli settlers throw broken glass onto a Palestinian football field where children play
Yet, the community prevails
📍Umm al-Kheir, West Bank 🇵🇸
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Laurence Fox is never again going to be able to threaten to sue anybody for calling him, an increasingly overt racist, racist
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Laurence Fox is never again going to be able to threaten to sue anybody for calling him, an increasingly overt racist, racist
Just a thought: surely it shouldn't matter what team victims support?
#NFFC
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#NFFC
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Nottingham Forest owner vows to help fan seriously injured in Huntingdon train stabbing
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has vowed to help fund medical care for any fan involved in the Huntingdon train knife attack
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Just a thought: surely it shouldn't matter what team victims support?
#NFFC
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
#NFFC
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The Cottingley Fairies appear in five photos taken by cousins Elsie Wright (age 16) & Frances Griffiths (9), from Bradford, UK. Their 1917 images caused many to believe the magical creatures were real....even fooling Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #WomensArt
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Cottingley Fairies appear in five photos taken by cousins Elsie Wright (age 16) & Frances Griffiths (9), from Bradford, UK. Their 1917 images caused many to believe the magical creatures were real....even fooling Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #WomensArt
Of course when I was a student and young professional in the 90s, everybody rented mansions with studies, libraries and billiard rooms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Houses without lounges are a reality for renters
Nearly a third of homes advertised on a property sharing website had no living room.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Of course when I was a student and young professional in the 90s, everybody rented mansions with studies, libraries and billiard rooms.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...