Andy
@drvxd.bsky.social
Fetchie. parkrun #250club+#v250club, 4x26.2, 1 ultra, #LongCovid, twiddler of bits, counter of clock-cycles, orderer of the disordered, cycle a bit. 317ppm
Low tolerance for bullsh*tters.
Low tolerance for bullsh*tters.
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The solution is for the city to invest in secure bike lockers. Not persecuting the unhoused, but not ignoring the problem either.
A Seattle Times editorial board member had his $3,500 bike stolen, immediately called the King County Prosecutor's Office (because his bike is so expensive, "it's a felony," he noted), then concluded that police need to spend more of their time tracking down bikes stolen and used by homeless people.
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The solution is for the city to invest in secure bike lockers. Not persecuting the unhoused, but not ignoring the problem either.
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Siri, show me British understatement: "There is scepticism about the party’s infrastructure and its ability to vet suitable candidates." ~AA
Reform UK councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
www.ft.com/content/de36...
Reform UK councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
www.ft.com/content/de36...
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Siri, show me British understatement: "There is scepticism about the party’s infrastructure and its ability to vet suitable candidates." ~AA
Reform UK councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
www.ft.com/content/de36...
Reform UK councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
www.ft.com/content/de36...
If you get this butthurt about criticism, then maybe publishing isn't for you.
I'm an author. Everyone who gives my books a 1-star review, which, not to be cocky, is rather rare, I use their name to create a terrible, hated character in my next book who gets killed off most gruesomely. You've been warned.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If you get this butthurt about criticism, then maybe publishing isn't for you.
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
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Concrete barriers also work against waymos.
I read this story while preparing a recent talk examining what robotaxis mean for biking.
Really puts the "AVs are bicyclists' best friends" claims in perspective.
www.jalopnik.com/1895643/cycl...
Really puts the "AVs are bicyclists' best friends" claims in perspective.
www.jalopnik.com/1895643/cycl...
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Concrete barriers also work against waymos.
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Very pleased to be one of the signatories on this. We called for really bold ambition, including 50% of trips under 5 miles to be made actively soon
Exclusive: More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Very pleased to be one of the signatories on this. We called for really bold ambition, including 50% of trips under 5 miles to be made actively soon
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PSA
Autism is a spectrum because it includes autistic people who have no visible signs of autism, autistic people who have every stereotypical visible sign of autism & autistic people who fall everywhere in between.
We all exist. We are all valid. And we are all deserving of support.
Autism is a spectrum because it includes autistic people who have no visible signs of autism, autistic people who have every stereotypical visible sign of autism & autistic people who fall everywhere in between.
We all exist. We are all valid. And we are all deserving of support.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
PSA
Autism is a spectrum because it includes autistic people who have no visible signs of autism, autistic people who have every stereotypical visible sign of autism & autistic people who fall everywhere in between.
We all exist. We are all valid. And we are all deserving of support.
Autism is a spectrum because it includes autistic people who have no visible signs of autism, autistic people who have every stereotypical visible sign of autism & autistic people who fall everywhere in between.
We all exist. We are all valid. And we are all deserving of support.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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🧵1/ Many, but far from all health professionals working with gambling harm called for an industry funded levy to support their work. Now the legislation is in place, the money isn’t, and their services are in crisis
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Gambling addicts risk losing ‘life-saving’ help due to funding overhaul, say UK charities
Specialist clinics and support groups call for government emergency support due to delays caused by new levy system
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🧵1/ Many, but far from all health professionals working with gambling harm called for an industry funded levy to support their work. Now the legislation is in place, the money isn’t, and their services are in crisis
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The US State Department wants to deny visas to anyone engaged in online activity like combatting misinformation, fact checking or compliance.
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The US State Department wants to deny visas to anyone engaged in online activity like combatting misinformation, fact checking or compliance.
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They want state sanctioned media.
They want propaganda
Anyone who speaks the truth is at risk.
Keep speaking out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Commercial ( for profit) operation charging more than motorist’s who use the £1.2 billion Silvertown tunnel ( £25/mile)
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Commercial ( for profit) operation charging more than motorist’s who use the £1.2 billion Silvertown tunnel ( £25/mile)
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Nigel Farage’s little tantrum on TV about the BBC is very much like Trump and his whines when asked questions he didn’t like. Farage is literally copying the tactic for himself. But if he boycotts the BBC then he’ll have very little TV coverage. lol
December 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Nigel Farage’s little tantrum on TV about the BBC is very much like Trump and his whines when asked questions he didn’t like. Farage is literally copying the tactic for himself. But if he boycotts the BBC then he’ll have very little TV coverage. lol
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Ban Right Turn on Red
"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
🙌🙌
🙌🙌
"The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turning vehicles are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions ... If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years."
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ban Right Turn on Red
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Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hempstead animal shelter #1 thing they're looking for in an adopter for MELIA.
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
"Hello, we would need an applicant that has experience with resource guarding and stranger issues, as she does have a bite history with both those behavioral issues."
(516) 785-5220
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🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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If the bike lane requires you to be at "peak human" performance to survive, it's a failed design.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If the bike lane requires you to be at "peak human" performance to survive, it's a failed design.
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We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We are now at the stage where all those who knew him in the past have warned us that Nigel Farage is unfit to be PM. About the same stage as when those who knew him in the past warned us that Boris Johnson was unfit to be PM.
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I have stickers…
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have stickers…
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Learn to ride with free cycling lessons
@islington-council.bsky.social is offering free Bikeability training for children and teens aged 5–17 at Highbury Fields.
Courses run on 22- 23 December, from 10am to 12pm.
@cycleislington.uk
islingtonlife.london/things-to-do...
@islington-council.bsky.social is offering free Bikeability training for children and teens aged 5–17 at Highbury Fields.
Courses run on 22- 23 December, from 10am to 12pm.
@cycleislington.uk
islingtonlife.london/things-to-do...
Islington Life - Cycling lessons for kids and teens
Free cycling lessons for children aged 5–17: 22 - 23 December
islingtonlife.london
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Learn to ride with free cycling lessons
@islington-council.bsky.social is offering free Bikeability training for children and teens aged 5–17 at Highbury Fields.
Courses run on 22- 23 December, from 10am to 12pm.
@cycleislington.uk
islingtonlife.london/things-to-do...
@islington-council.bsky.social is offering free Bikeability training for children and teens aged 5–17 at Highbury Fields.
Courses run on 22- 23 December, from 10am to 12pm.
@cycleislington.uk
islingtonlife.london/things-to-do...
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If this driver hadn't managed to plead hardship when facing a ban for phone use, then he may not have later killed someone when using phone whilst driving.
Clearly a habit.
I hope the magistrate/judge who gave him leniency thinks long & hard about their decision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clearly a habit.
I hope the magistrate/judge who gave him leniency thinks long & hard about their decision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Family mourns Farnham cyclist after man jailed over his death
Cyclist Aran Potkin's wife pays tribute to her husband, after a motorist is jailed for causing his death by dangerous driving.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If this driver hadn't managed to plead hardship when facing a ban for phone use, then he may not have later killed someone when using phone whilst driving.
Clearly a habit.
I hope the magistrate/judge who gave him leniency thinks long & hard about their decision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Clearly a habit.
I hope the magistrate/judge who gave him leniency thinks long & hard about their decision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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A lot of words, and sadness. 😢 Not one mention of removing drivers freedoms to kills or manufacturers freedoms to sell 150+mph vehicles or govs fear of limiting speeds like they do for e-bikes.
Just an interview with a drivers organisation. 😬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just an interview with a drivers organisation. 😬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A speeding driver killed my parents - there needs to be a cultural change
Claire Corkery wants attitudes to change on road safety after her parents were killed by a speeding driver.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A lot of words, and sadness. 😢 Not one mention of removing drivers freedoms to kills or manufacturers freedoms to sell 150+mph vehicles or govs fear of limiting speeds like they do for e-bikes.
Just an interview with a drivers organisation. 😬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just an interview with a drivers organisation. 😬
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I understand driving for Uber is a hustle, but I have zero tolerance for reckless driving. If you endanger my family or others on our streets, I absolutely 1-star and report it, unapologetically. A gig economy job is not a license to gamble with other people's lives.
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I understand driving for Uber is a hustle, but I have zero tolerance for reckless driving. If you endanger my family or others on our streets, I absolutely 1-star and report it, unapologetically. A gig economy job is not a license to gamble with other people's lives.
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Hate to say we told you so.
Waymos felt very safe in the past, but absent very strict regulations they can crank up the aggressive driving at any time.
Waymos felt very safe in the past, but absent very strict regulations they can crank up the aggressive driving at any time.
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hate to say we told you so.
Waymos felt very safe in the past, but absent very strict regulations they can crank up the aggressive driving at any time.
Waymos felt very safe in the past, but absent very strict regulations they can crank up the aggressive driving at any time.