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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 5d

We're back! We've teamed up with @cyclinguk.bsky.social for a Glow Ride on Friday 24th October. Like us, they want to see more women cycling, and for councils to provide more safe infrastructure to enable that.
Light up your bike with lights and sparkle and join us at Middle Meadow Walk at 7.30pm.

A campaign poster for InfraSisters x Cycling UK. Showing an image of 3 silhouettes of women riding bikes.
Light up your bike and join us!
To call for better cycling infrastructure, safer for women at night.
Friday 24th October
7.30pm
Middle Meadow Walk
Together with a QR code linking back to our website.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Mar 10

My wee car has 360° cameras at low speed, and audible warnings of any adjacent object/person. It also has automated braking if i drive towards a stationary object without braking. The tech is there, it just needs to be utilised.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Mar 10

I wonder if there will be better diversion signs than provided for the closure of Rosebery Crescent?

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Mar 3

Zelensky may have been speaking in his 2nd/3rd language, yet he still came across as more articulate with a wider vocabulary than the sneering bully boys sat opposite him.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Slytherin @shimminykricket.bsky.social · Mar 2

Calling the tech oligarchs the "Nerd Reich" is nasty work 😂😂😂

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Feb 14

@infrasisters.bsky.social campaign on this specific point in Edinburgh- create safe nighttime infrastructure for women and girls and you've made it safe for everyone.

Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Feb 14

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Just starting the first of them...

Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Feb 14

On Valentines Day, time to go adventuring with my beloved. We found the legendary Highland Explorer bike carriage, what started start to the weekend!

A train carriage with a mural depicting acyclist riding through famous Scottish landscapes.

A Bike with front bar bag leans against a pillar with a train behind.

Through tree branches, a bright white hotel can be seen on the opposite side of the loch, under dark hills topped with snow.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Feb 14

On Valentines Day, time to go adventuring with my beloved. We found the legendary Highland Explorer bike carriage, what started start to the weekend!

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Feb 14

As opposed to his answers on anything else?

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 18

maps.app.goo.gl/uHK2RPUAYinu... get to the airport. You might not always get that particular light, but that's exactly how it looks.

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 13

flanciactivewear.co.uk/collections/...
Flanci do brilliant fun leggings and skorts.

Women's Leggings | FLANCI Activewear – Every Body Out There

Finally, running leggings with as much personality as you have!

flanciactivewear.co.uk

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 12

There's an option in settings for it to prompt you when you attach an image that doesn't have alt text. It's a lovely little helper.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 8

Not 'all' of you....

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 8

I think you've completely misread my post and the context within the thread. It was a response to the suggestion that "cheap Chinese ebikes" were a good buy. Good legal ebikes are great, I have a couple of them.

Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 8

In the height of winter, green shoots of hyacinth bulbs promising spring.

A plant pot. A tiny green shoot can be seen poking through the soil, and an even smaller white one also.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 8

What flaw? I choose to buy safe products from reputable manufacturers/retailers and operate them as directed. Are they then 100% safe? No, but the fire risk is significantly minimised.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

It's an imitation of how Putin has behaved in Russia; expand the area of control, dominate neighbouring territories to bend to your interest not their own.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

About 60% of the LFB figures. Buy a cheap ebike from Halfords or Decathlon, just steer clear of cheap conversions or unknown brands from Amazon/Alibaba/Temu etc

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Eilidh Murray @letsgetcracking.bsky.social · Jan 7

Join the LCC Women’s Network on Thursday 6 February for an after dark ride. Are our cycle routes fit for night riding ?

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

www.gov.uk/government/p....
I'm a great fan of ebikes. I'm also a great fan of not setting my home on fire.

Fires in e-bikes and e-scooters – 2022 and 2023

www.gov.uk

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

And a whole lot of Riesling! Hic 🍷

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

If you watched that abomination of Panorama last night, here's the reality of real legal ebikes and why people ride them safely.

Is It A Bike Lane? @isitabikelane.bsky.social · Jan 7

This thread is for non-electric cyclists, or non-cyclists, who are e-curious or just don't see the point yet

Why is it that so many people are riding e-bikes now? After 10,000km on mine, let me explain what you may be missing out on:

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Picture of a Gazelle Avignon e-bike. It's a big solid dutch-style upright step-through bike

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 7

Oh hell no. Just look at the statistics on ebike battery fires. Buy a reputable bike from a reputable dealer.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Jan 2

Traitors fact that changes how you watch it. The edit is done in two sections. The first edit is of the round table. Once that’s locked, they go back and make the round table seem inevitable, by editing the day’s footage to set up what you see at the end. That’s why it seems narratively strong.

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Julie Duchess @julieduchess.bsky.social · Jan 1

That requires further explanation....!

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