Self-defence

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cyclist Jean Brunier after riding 120.958 km/h behind a motorcycle at the Montlhéry Autdrome, France, October 1925 #BicycleBirthday Jean Brunier October 9 (1896-1981)

Here’s how you report a fatal tragic incident with a cyclist Via France3

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I’ve been telling my wife for months to stop reading every article in Le Monde as she gets so stressed, most of which she can’t do anything about A week ago, she uninstalled the app and stopped her subscription. Her stress levels have dropped massively

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

Given recent events in cycling, this is worth a read on how the UAE is using Colombian mercenaries to fight a proxy war in Sudan having done the same in Yemen.

😂 I think i’d be volleying this thing out the window

Evri seem to be sending out a bunch of feedback forms at the moment. If you get sent one I'd appreciate it if you'd take a moment to let them know that the working conditions of the couriers is a priority when choosing a courier service. It's especially important in the run up to Christmas.

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

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Folks joke about wanting their cat’s life, and that wouldn’t be bad, but give me the life of a Canadian goose anytime. Summer home, winter home, free flight. Eat what you want, shit where you want, nobody fucks with you and god help them if they try. Yeah, that’s the life for me.

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring." -Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist #BicycleBirthday October 7 (1931 -2021)

Fini Tribe will be in Glasgow on Sat 11th, 1pm in our shop! They will have records and CDs to sell and for the first time EVER you will be able to order their Limited Edition T-shirt number too before it goes online. Four of the band are going to play some 45s and have a blether. Let The Tribe Grow.

This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Quite thought provoking www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

One thing I love about Rastafari is what a giant hermeneutical "Fuck You!" it it to ALL mainstream Christian denominations. Christians just can't deal with ganja smoking, natty dread sporting, poor, country Bible-thumping Biblicists telling THEM how to read their Bibles. /1

Tadej Pogačar even rode with one arm tied behind his back today, in an attempt to give the others a chance.

Just like Hitler was...

Goosebumps.... And something in my eye

I know this is obvious when you think about it but we don’t think about it enough: fascists have to cow & persecute decent journalists to prevent them from reporting exactly what they, the fascists, are doing. Fascist-adjacent ‘journalists’ help by insisting that we shouldn’t call fascists facsists.

85km ride with group 2 of the club this morn out to another club. Was struggling to hold wheels at 37-40kph on the flat. Just don’t have the motor. Legs are a bit sore now too S

On this day 1605 Guy Fawkes began his journey to London. It would take him several weeks because his legs were made of old tights stuffed with newspapers.

How exactly is this different from Kristallnacht?

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

Just because you're a woman doesn't give you the right to grope me in a club. I have had to stop 3 women from doing this to me on my way to the dj booth in clubs in as many weeks. What the actual f***

Stephen the Waxy Lemon

🔴NEW🔴 Thread 🧵 @bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

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Ouf! Drinking my last birthday beer present. 11 deg quadruple beer 🤪

Hmmm, not sure Adam Hansen understands the nature or purpose of protests. Does he think thousands were on the streets yesterday in France because there were TV cameras?

Possibly the most forgotten viaduct in England… Calstock viaduct is amazing and definitely worth a visit!

She’s gone to the great Brodge club sky.

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨 She still sits in the House of Lords. She must be stripped of her peerage and removed. Sign and share our petition 👇 chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

My work has a risk register. Cycling to work is a risk to the companies HSE stats as any accident to and from work is counted as a work accident 🤷‍♂️ For cycling, they’ve covered the risk by “wear a helmet, hi viz, obey the road code, make sure your bike is services once a year, use cycle paths” 😂

Perennial tweet

Over 10 years old, but very much worth reading today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. E-bikes support fewer car trips. V @lloydalter.bsky.social

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him. Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership." SHARE!

#CatsArwTwats #397 She bites me for over stroking her, 2 mins later Oi shifts your arm, i’m going ro sleep

My old work iphone can take Cor’s WVA pic and click on it and make a WVA sticker! 🤯

Here you go... Probably the last time David drew Mr Benn. It's a treasured souvenir.

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