CalumOnWheels
@calumonwheels.com
Cycle mechanic and educator, cycle tour guide, delivery worker. Read my blog if you like www.calumonwheels.com
I see gen ai content, I block
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I see gen ai content, I block
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Wow that was way cheaper than I expected. I thought all the copies would be over the sea.
I'm more of a book borrower than a book buyer but I can always give this to someone once im finished. Thanks for the nudge, should be with me soon!
I'm more of a book borrower than a book buyer but I can always give this to someone once im finished. Thanks for the nudge, should be with me soon!
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Wow that was way cheaper than I expected. I thought all the copies would be over the sea.
I'm more of a book borrower than a book buyer but I can always give this to someone once im finished. Thanks for the nudge, should be with me soon!
I'm more of a book borrower than a book buyer but I can always give this to someone once im finished. Thanks for the nudge, should be with me soon!
Historical medicine was gnarly as hell, albeit also just outright bananas.
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Historical medicine was gnarly as hell, albeit also just outright bananas.
First aid organisations always have the most elite quizzes, very glad I got to get one in even if work kept me late
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
First aid organisations always have the most elite quizzes, very glad I got to get one in even if work kept me late
"The challenge for this government — and for politics generally — is to convince voters the system works for them"
surely the challenge should be to deliver a system that does this because it flies in the face of the data. One can't tell people that the trickling down their necks is rain forever.
surely the challenge should be to deliver a system that does this because it flies in the face of the data. One can't tell people that the trickling down their necks is rain forever.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The challenge for this government — and for politics generally — is to convince voters the system works for them"
surely the challenge should be to deliver a system that does this because it flies in the face of the data. One can't tell people that the trickling down their necks is rain forever.
surely the challenge should be to deliver a system that does this because it flies in the face of the data. One can't tell people that the trickling down their necks is rain forever.
There's a lot of deficiencies with Our World in Data but the accessibility of the data is very good and I leaned a lot on it during my last degree.
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
There's a lot of deficiencies with Our World in Data but the accessibility of the data is very good and I leaned a lot on it during my last degree.
Good news: created a bookmark using collage today.
Bad news: finished my book so can't use it.
Good news: I can go to the library tomorrow and get another
Bad news: finished my book so can't use it.
Good news: I can go to the library tomorrow and get another
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Good news: created a bookmark using collage today.
Bad news: finished my book so can't use it.
Good news: I can go to the library tomorrow and get another
Bad news: finished my book so can't use it.
Good news: I can go to the library tomorrow and get another
Very niche item of interest for me is email newsletters in languages you don't speak you don't mind getting anyway.
Mine is emails from the Belgian randonneuring association which is about their upcoming long distance bike riding things. It has two halves: one in flemish, one in french.
Mine is emails from the Belgian randonneuring association which is about their upcoming long distance bike riding things. It has two halves: one in flemish, one in french.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Very niche item of interest for me is email newsletters in languages you don't speak you don't mind getting anyway.
Mine is emails from the Belgian randonneuring association which is about their upcoming long distance bike riding things. It has two halves: one in flemish, one in french.
Mine is emails from the Belgian randonneuring association which is about their upcoming long distance bike riding things. It has two halves: one in flemish, one in french.
Always a striking moment when you're walking on a towpath, and your eye is caught by a lime bike yeeted into its watery grave.
You wonder if they might still work after being dredged up.
You wonder if they might still work after being dredged up.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Always a striking moment when you're walking on a towpath, and your eye is caught by a lime bike yeeted into its watery grave.
You wonder if they might still work after being dredged up.
You wonder if they might still work after being dredged up.
People stop migrating to countries for the same reason moths stop flying around lights that, once glowing, are now dimming. And this island is still full of people who will see this is as good news for the outlook.
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
People stop migrating to countries for the same reason moths stop flying around lights that, once glowing, are now dimming. And this island is still full of people who will see this is as good news for the outlook.
Death to all abominable intelligence
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Death to all abominable intelligence
I wonder what it means to 'offer your facilities to the forces of law and order' in England in the 1980s. Does it mean letting the police use the loos or something else?
thanks for sharing.
thanks for sharing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I wonder what it means to 'offer your facilities to the forces of law and order' in England in the 1980s. Does it mean letting the police use the loos or something else?
thanks for sharing.
thanks for sharing.
If you ever want to take a trip down memory lane of what it was like to use appallingly slow computers at school, go to any library in Islington and live it out in real life. I think I've been at a black screen after trying to log in to print stuff for about 5 minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you ever want to take a trip down memory lane of what it was like to use appallingly slow computers at school, go to any library in Islington and live it out in real life. I think I've been at a black screen after trying to log in to print stuff for about 5 minutes.
please it will be different this time it won't induce more demand there are different strains please finance it including the maintenance works costs
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
please it will be different this time it won't induce more demand there are different strains please finance it including the maintenance works costs
Every week specifically when I finish a tempo or interval run workout i look at the data. On one hand it would be great to faster. On the other - i didn't think this would be in a million years.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every week specifically when I finish a tempo or interval run workout i look at the data. On one hand it would be great to faster. On the other - i didn't think this would be in a million years.
Dont know what it is about me but when i do this woodwork malarkey i start using inches, which i dont feel like is normal and lowkey feels quite brexity.
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Dont know what it is about me but when i do this woodwork malarkey i start using inches, which i dont feel like is normal and lowkey feels quite brexity.
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Bonus video of my timber starting to set fire as I put it in the pillar drill
Did my first bit of dt today in a workshop since secondary school and it was terrific.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Did my first bit of dt today in a workshop since secondary school and it was terrific.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
I forgot to note down what kind of wood I used but it made the pillar drill start smoking when I was going through it. Seems great though.
bad news: I lost my shokz headphones. They were really good and I thought id put them safely away in my bum bag but theyre now gone
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
bad news: I lost my shokz headphones. They were really good and I thought id put them safely away in my bum bag but theyre now gone
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
Good news: my slow runs at a sustainable rate are actually lowkey getting quite quick even after an evening in which I had 2 beers and 2 oily rags.
anyway did it.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
anyway did it.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Tempo sessions are really hard. I dont mind being the person who says they really find them difficult. The fact theyre only once weekly does help but theyre still hard.
Trying to hype myself up to go for a run by reading about 'porosity' which explains small pinholes in welds on cheap bicycle frames, so interesting.
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Trying to hype myself up to go for a run by reading about 'porosity' which explains small pinholes in welds on cheap bicycle frames, so interesting.
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
www.twi-global.com/technical-kn...
Relatedly this was a practice of using a tourne-key on my down jacket. Amazing how tight it enables one to fit a tourniquet to stem severe bleeding.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Relatedly this was a practice of using a tourne-key on my down jacket. Amazing how tight it enables one to fit a tourniquet to stem severe bleeding.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Note the 'anti pinch card' fitted under the fabric to enable one to tighten it faster. It isnt essential but it is good.
Both of these triangle bandages are the same size. But one is an ex army compressed cube, and the other is in a more modern plastic sterile dressing. Interesting to note the difference. The cube is a bit more compact but then is somewhat less sterile and waterproof than the plastic one.
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Both of these triangle bandages are the same size. But one is an ex army compressed cube, and the other is in a more modern plastic sterile dressing. Interesting to note the difference. The cube is a bit more compact but then is somewhat less sterile and waterproof than the plastic one.
'I hope this email finds you well'
How the email finds me:
How the email finds me:
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
'I hope this email finds you well'
How the email finds me:
How the email finds me:
You're next is a genuinely goated film and really worth watching, real kino.
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You're next is a genuinely goated film and really worth watching, real kino.
It seems like a pretty pro Mamdani article to me? What am I getting wrong?
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It seems like a pretty pro Mamdani article to me? What am I getting wrong?