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🇺🇸 engineer in the 🇬🇧 . Orioles fan. Occasional photographer. Rottie parent. Brompton enjoyer. “It’s pronounced nuc-u-lar” ☢️❤️
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· Sep 16
I feel incredibly grateful to re-experience the sudden feeling of liberation that comes with bicycle ownership.
A Dan Kaszeta thread: ✅
A sauce thread: ✅
You know it’s going to be fun to read and informative!
A sauce thread: ✅
You know it’s going to be fun to read and informative!
I'm going to reproduce a saucy thread I did some years ago in the other place. It is divisive and produces many odd statements and flushes out parochial opinions.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A Dan Kaszeta thread: ✅
A sauce thread: ✅
You know it’s going to be fun to read and informative!
A sauce thread: ✅
You know it’s going to be fun to read and informative!
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From a social sciences research perspective, may I just say mumsnet is lit.
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
From a social sciences research perspective, may I just say mumsnet is lit.
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Also Penelope: explain the part where you spent seven years hanging out on a Mediterranean island with a super hot goddess. And the year with the super hot witch before that.
Odysseus: let us agree to move forward.
Odysseus: let us agree to move forward.
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Also Penelope: explain the part where you spent seven years hanging out on a Mediterranean island with a super hot goddess. And the year with the super hot witch before that.
Odysseus: let us agree to move forward.
Odysseus: let us agree to move forward.
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Put bluntly, net migration fell because 400,000 fewer foreigners arrived, and 200,000 more foreigners left the UK. This is precisely what Reform, the Mail, and the new, nastier Tory Party have claimed – again and again – they wanted to happen. And now that it has, they have ignored it entirely.”
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Tax flying (level playing field) and use the money to upgrade rail/subsidise tickets.
December 2, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Tax flying (level playing field) and use the money to upgrade rail/subsidise tickets.
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Why do trains in the UK cost so much at peak hours?
It's mostly NOT due to privatisation
It is because the UK state has not invested enough in its network to up capacity, and even today does not subsidise operations very much
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POUR IN MORE MONEY
It's mostly NOT due to privatisation
It is because the UK state has not invested enough in its network to up capacity, and even today does not subsidise operations very much
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POUR IN MORE MONEY
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Why do trains in the UK cost so much at peak hours?
It's mostly NOT due to privatisation
It is because the UK state has not invested enough in its network to up capacity, and even today does not subsidise operations very much
Want to be like 🇨🇭, 🇦🇹, 🇳🇱?
POUR IN MORE MONEY
It's mostly NOT due to privatisation
It is because the UK state has not invested enough in its network to up capacity, and even today does not subsidise operations very much
Want to be like 🇨🇭, 🇦🇹, 🇳🇱?
POUR IN MORE MONEY
you love to see it!
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
you love to see it!
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While we consider what has caused our society to go so far off the rails we should consider that everything important and/or good now costs a full year's median income while everything stupid and/or evil has the illusion or reality of being free
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
While we consider what has caused our society to go so far off the rails we should consider that everything important and/or good now costs a full year's median income while everything stupid and/or evil has the illusion or reality of being free
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I want a better president.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I want a better president.
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Generally speaking, getting a driving licence makes you a better cyclist, and being a regular cyclist makes you a better driver.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Generally speaking, getting a driving licence makes you a better cyclist, and being a regular cyclist makes you a better driver.
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A man heads to a window seat in a pub. He puts his pint on the table. He takes off his bicycle helmet and places it beside the drink. He sits down. He opens his bag and gets out a book. He turns to a page. He takes a sip of his pint. His shoulders relax.
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A man heads to a window seat in a pub. He puts his pint on the table. He takes off his bicycle helmet and places it beside the drink. He sits down. He opens his bag and gets out a book. He turns to a page. He takes a sip of his pint. His shoulders relax.
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he never looks at JD that way
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
he never looks at JD that way
Very neat! Hope I’ll be able to catch games from overseas! Big up, WPBL ⚾️
I wrote up the latest happenings with the WPBL and recapped last night's inaugural draft!
The WPBL Has Teams and Players Now
And though the players are clearly the real deal, it remains to be seen whether the league will be.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Very neat! Hope I’ll be able to catch games from overseas! Big up, WPBL ⚾️
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The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
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ready for baseball season
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 AM
ready for baseball season
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Part of the problem with public discourse on immigration in the UK is British people being totally ignorant of the process and terms and making silly assumptions, as Chris rightly points out
if someone can show me where the automatic settlement and citizenship exists, can we have our fourteen grand in fees back please
genuinely infuriating www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Part of the problem with public discourse on immigration in the UK is British people being totally ignorant of the process and terms and making silly assumptions, as Chris rightly points out
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In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
In retrospect it’s pretty fucking terrible for my mental health that the sun starts setting at 4 pm every year right when the baseball season ends.
my boy understands the assignment
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
my boy understands the assignment
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*taps mic*
If Dems are in “the files,” then they should be prosecuted too. I don’t give a damn how important they are, how much money they have, or what their politics are. If they are in there, PROSECUTE THEM!!
It's not complicated. All we want is equal justice. NO ONE is above the law. ⚖️
If Dems are in “the files,” then they should be prosecuted too. I don’t give a damn how important they are, how much money they have, or what their politics are. If they are in there, PROSECUTE THEM!!
It's not complicated. All we want is equal justice. NO ONE is above the law. ⚖️
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
*taps mic*
If Dems are in “the files,” then they should be prosecuted too. I don’t give a damn how important they are, how much money they have, or what their politics are. If they are in there, PROSECUTE THEM!!
It's not complicated. All we want is equal justice. NO ONE is above the law. ⚖️
If Dems are in “the files,” then they should be prosecuted too. I don’t give a damn how important they are, how much money they have, or what their politics are. If they are in there, PROSECUTE THEM!!
It's not complicated. All we want is equal justice. NO ONE is above the law. ⚖️
current gripe with cars… and I say this as someone with an MPV/minivan!
small cars rule (and I miss my F55 Mini which was ‘big’ anyway)
small cars rule (and I miss my F55 Mini which was ‘big’ anyway)
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
current gripe with cars… and I say this as someone with an MPV/minivan!
small cars rule (and I miss my F55 Mini which was ‘big’ anyway)
small cars rule (and I miss my F55 Mini which was ‘big’ anyway)
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing