When I attended the Downham Road drop in consultation a Hackney Council officer ranted against cycle lanes with lots of Vincent Stops inspired nonsense about danger to pedestrians, etc, then pointed out the window to Whitmore Road calling it "a great Hackney cycle lane". Utterly clueless.

May have bought a Carry Freedom Y trailer to go with my cargo bikes. Can't stop the options.

Claudia Cardinale and Robert Redford dying in the same week puts the world in a hotness deficit not seen since at least the 19th century

You cannot create a bread and circus society and then yank the bread AND the circus Yall gon learn

Dutch late night TV has its take

Over the weekend, the world's richest man appeared on screens in central London to call for a race war and for the UK government to be overthrown. No arrests were made in connection with that communication.

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

RIP Robert Redford, he looked good on a bike

The first three sign-holders charged plead not-guilty to ‘terror offence’. Today’s plea hearing comes as the United Nations Commission of Enquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Take action with over 1,500 others on October 4th: wedonotcomply.org

Israel murders three more Gaza journalists and dozens of civilians The Zionist entity has murdered at least 278 journalists and media workers during the Gaza genocide - and now, three more martyrs are added to that list www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Defuse the ugly tensions at mass far right English rallies by playing Black Lace's 'Music Man's, with extended Match of the Day and Dambusters coda. youtu.be/tyInHg2239I?...

US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.

How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala

Sam Neill is 78. Seen here, summing up how 2025 is making me feel.

"I said they are just ordinary people with legitimate concerns, peacefully protesting. What did I say Roy?" "You said they're a bunch of far right racist twats"

"Who funds you?" has the most cretinous answer it seems. Can't believe anyone, even far right meat heads want anything to do with shit stain Musk.

We're at a point now where a Fox News host can just casually suggests killing homeless people with a lethal injection on air and no one bats an eye but a MSNBC contributor gets fired for calling Charlie Kirk "divisive".

Personal success of the year for me, getting Sheffield stands and track pump donated and installed in my local park (Graham Street Park). @cycleislington.uk

Republican Flip Flop

it really is astonishing how quickly it goes from “civil war” and “blood in the streets” to “wow guys it’s just a sad tragedy” when it becomes inconvenient

I don’t know man. Something about the fact young guys spend so much time gaming and indoors getting irony poisoned to the fact they write video game memes on bullet casings makes me think we got a problem with aimless young men in society.

All this reads as is that there's very limited uptake among by fleet operators. Even one big player would transform uptake. But why are we only seeing small businesses taking advantage and not huge changes in fleet ops? It's because of procurement and trust.

Quick - look under your sofa cushions! We can buy David Lynch’s 10 bedroom, 11 bathroom compound for $15 million. (Yes, it is the house from Lost Highway.) www.realtor.com/realestatean...

Without comment:

While not banning, this very much looks like it could kill an industry through over regulation. Weirdly enough drivers not riders. Must have passed a dvsa theory test. No mention of anything to do with cycling training or competency or otherwise. share.google/CPq2XdEJQpeV...

Basically everything to do with ebikes / cargobikes in companies evokes the same response

Regardless of the infrastructure, cycling is a social skill. Discuss.

The finest response I've seen so far.

Amazed at the number of people, on all transport modes who just can't wait for a HGV to complete a complex reversing manoeuvre and just try to squeeze past. Such decision making leads to KSIs.

I am old. I’ve been through so many waves of hustle culture. Outside of occasional crunch times, the overwork is always unnecessary, performative nonsense that provides cover for some combination of bad ideas, abusive leadership, disorganization, a total lack of strategy etc etc.

Occasional reminder that bicycles are not inconvenient. They have been inconvenienced. Automobiles are not convenient. They have been convenienced. Paris convenienced bicycles and is reaping the rewards. #WindshieldBias

Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...

Just as with the AI Ghiblification stuff, this is being led by people who want to believe that wisdom is just something you can hack with enough data. Just as they think they can conquer art, they also believe that the entirety of the human experience can be substituted with enough data.

Dying at the book he's reading

This is absolutely worth 2 hours of your time. For humanity. youtu.be/QwpanShgOp4?...

On 7th Oct 2023, Hamas brutally murdered 1200 Israelis, including women and children. Since then, the Israeli government has killed over 60,000 people in Gaza. Israel's own figures say 83% have been civilians. Disproportionate numbers of journalists, medics & children have been killed. 1/5

The beacons are lit, Gondor calls for aid

67% of men not getting enough therapy.

Can anybody tell me when fashion turned into :dress like your dad/mum' and everything was oversized and the colour of shit?

'Is it time for the Government to drown innocent human beings for political advantage?' and other questions now apparently deemed acceptable in the British media

Oni Baba and Witchfinder General would make an excellent folk horror double bill. I need to be a cinema programmer.

Robot meets bollard. Nothing beats the #WorldBollardAssociation