does anyone know any sites that measures distance via road/rail routes rather than as the crow flies?

i think one of the most skilled jobs in the world is being a bus driver in rural cornwall

it’s 6am and i’ve just seen a sign saying i’m in cornwall, and only now i’m finally understanding why everyone keeps saying to me that this trip is mad

i literally don’t understand how anyone can think playing any loud audio from your phone on the train is fine. ESPECIALLY when the thing you’re playing is a set from live at the apollo.

the seat setup for southeastern trains is bananas. 2x3 seats with the 3 seaters facing each other?? and the tables are so tiny 😭

nothing has made me feel like i’m travelling to the south more than seeing someone in the seat in front of me on this train deshell an avocado

when you book train tickets there should be the window seat option and then a sub option for if you actually prefer to look out of the window so that those people can actually have a proper window seat

omg i just went through the morpeth curve for the first time!! you can really feel it!!

the variation of accent i’ve heard in my trip so far has been great (this will be ruined once i start going to the south)

who needs to listen to podcasts on the train when you can just have 4 middle aged brummies very loudly talk about pubs

good morning, last night i went down a rabbit hole on czech heraldry, and i found this incredible bit of niche complaining which i’m still thinking about

help i've fallen in love with the early modern versions of the coat of arms for Lestkov, Czechia

i can see a non-uk number plate from my office window but it’s not close enough for me to tell exactly where specifically it’s from. if that car can still be parked there in the next 2 hours so that i can have a look during my lunch break that’d be great.

still thinking about earlier when i saw a hospital note stating the patient was currently in Hewell Prison, but it was spelt as Huel

it feels like it wasn't even that long since i was yearning for the sun to set past 5pm, now it's not too far til it sets after 6!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🌞🌞🌞

not surprising that sal won, and very well deserved, but not by much of the overall vote??? wow #sanremo

such a long break just to say that sal has won #sanremo

the PERFECT and CORRECT top 3!!! #sanremo

well the jump in energy from arisa's song to ditonellapiaga's in that recap woke me up #sanremo

listen we know sal's winning so sayf getting 2nd will make me very happy #sanremo

stop showing the artists in the green for their reaction!! i don't wanna see it! #sanremo

27th for dargen!!!!!! wow!!!! #sanremo

stop giving close ups of dargen's feet!!! #sanremo

so many lads getting emotional about their mums tonight 🥲 #sanremo

tu mi piaci tanto is my personal fave this year, it's the perfect combo of catchy song with performer who dances like a teenage boy who's being made to do a drama lesson #sanremo

emigrato (the song the sanremo intro tune is from) is great btw #sanremo www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8To...

this is the first year i've really noticed how different arisa's speaking voice vs singing voice is and it's blown my mind #sanremo

andrea bocelli on a horse? why not i guess #sanremo

per sempre si has been the biggest grower for me this year, now i *finally* get the hype #sanremo

the orchestra's gone all yeehaw!!! #sanremo

sanremo always does a good job of somehow getting a song in my head even when i'm not really that fussed over it (e.g. animali notturni) #sanremo

raf is 66 years old??? fuck off #sanremo

genuinely didn't recognise chiello without the cat ears lol #sanremo

is alfa reading the lyrics off prescription instructions paper? #sanremo

my article on how #eurovision fans navigate complicity re israel’s participation in the contest is out now in @risjnl.bsky.social relevant if you’re interested in the politics of mega-events, fan consumer practices, and the politics of enjoyment. read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

[in italian] yeehaw #sanremo

so far the best songs have been sung by young men who really should not have the haircuts they have #sanremo

me atm as i'm outside and noticing the flowers are starting to bloom

i don’t think i’ve ever fully seen those screens on a west midlands railway train that tell you the train stops at a non-mirrored angle

say old man yells at cloud to me if you must, but i cannot comprehend how anyone can have their phone speaker blaring on the train, ESPECIALLY a relatively empty one

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please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro

absolutely did not take note of the time i put something in the oven so i guess i'm just gonna stare at it until i think it's done

can’t even have towns in berkshire anymore, cos of wokingham

god being able to go to a good comedy gig then go straight home afterwards is the best thing

whenever i babysit my niblings there’s always a moment where they do something innocuous and it makes me realise that i have no memory of doing that as a child, e.g. drinking water

just found out about Miroslav Šutej, the artist behind the modern design of the croatian flag/coat of arms, and you know what yeah this is the guy to trust with a checkered pattern

we are getting so close to sunsets starting past 5pm now i can taste it

my niblings seem to be having a Miffy phase atm, which means that every time i talk to them they start going on about her, and honestly it's one of the best things about life for me right now

just spotted a work colleague search for something in which the answer was “Industrial Death Metal”