True story: It's strictly forbidden to overtake in 🇨🇭 Gotthard tunnel. But it's long & warm, so a UK biker sped up. 🇨🇭 police pulled him over. He had overtaken 2 lorries & 45 cars - & each counts as an individual traffic violation! So that's a total of £11k fines & life-long driving ban in 🇨🇭
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

21 years ago today

Performance politics in action - almost 15 minutes to cross the NL-DE border this afternoon

Wow! Aurora in East Kent

Tomorrow, we start a new Traveling Turtle adventure. We’re going long-form and literary. In April 1891, the most famous fictional Londoner set off on what his creator hoped to be his final journey, to an appointment with nemesis at Reichenbach. We’re following his footsteps. #FinalProblem2024

A very moving event this morning for the placement of a „Stolperstein“ in memory of Leni Timm - a 12 year old girl murdered by the NS regime because of her handicaps resulting from an earlier scarlet fever infection. Never forget, never allow it to happen again.

The Cyber truck is basically an Austin Princess