Humanist Patron Suzanne Moore, today, spreading "truth, love, and kindness" "mob" "deranged" "angry" "violent" "oddballs" "warped ideology"

Knew that gen AI had to be somewhere near that BBC Titanic docudrama from the second I saw the promo image

I once politely didn't acknowledge Bill Bailey waiting outside the Early Learning Centre as I walked through the Old St James Centre.

Nope, American poltics has firmly crossed the rubicon. There will likely be significant turmoil before you can wipe your ass on Trumps legacy if at all.

Hope we can all find something in life we love as much as Brigitte Bardot loved getting convicted and fined for inciting racial hatred by a French court.

What's it about our country that many of our Christmas films have to be so emotional devastating before they get to the happy ending. I'm not crying honest. 😭

We have had ferries and briefly a hovercraft but perhaps a cable car across the Forth is the answer for Fife commuters? The longest one in the world is 8km, Burntisland to Granton just so happens to be 8km so it would be slightly longer. Kinghorn to Leith via Inchkeith would be 11km.

Santa told us that people that don’t add alt text are getting coal in their stocking this year.

If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...

Since everything is awful and it’s nearly Christmas, who’d like some pictures of ship’s cats? Don’t worry dog lovers, a canine thread’s coming soon! Let’s start with Tiddles, sitting in his favourite spot on the carrier HMS Victorious in 1943 (he liked playing with the bell rope) 📷 IWM A 10646 🧵1/17

Article 10 of the EHCR protects your right to hold your own opinions and to express them freely without government interference. This includes the right to express your views aloud (for example through public protest and demonstrations) So she can get fucked.

A repost... 'Dieter's Spoon' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Mahogany with dried rose thorns and also a thorn from the Silk Floss tree. #spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #woodenspoon #carving #whimsical #wood #object #thorn

Nope get fucked Rich Stockdale, dodgy oligarch backers, loans up the wazoo. No one should own that much land. Nationalise all the estates and charge the toffs stupid rents to clear them out...

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

🚲 edi.bike | issue 124 | 22nd Dec '25 TRO Sub pass ‘South area’ travelling safely schemes, make much ado about Rose St; Integrity of vote on Greenbank to Meadows questioned; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-124-22nd-dec-25/

Tom Nicholas hit it out the park with this one. It's his message to Keir Starmer about how he might be able to save Britain before he's forced to resign The line that Morgan McSweeney should start the rumour that he's a Russian asset, as it would be less embarrassing than the truth, is perfect!

Wish I lived somewhere that I could have the excuse to own one of the vintage snow cats or preferably the smaller kitten.

Huh Ice Station Zebra has a Entr'acte in the middle. Correcting a blind spot for my obsession with submarine films.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

Pluribus appreciation post

Very disappointing that this amendment fell today, after it was opposed by Labour, Lib Dem & Conservative councillors. None of those opposing it had any suggestions for how to speed up the traffic orders process, suggesting they're not interested in delivery of the City Mobility Plan at all.

The Dangers of Rose Street .. & Transport Sub --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/12/the-... @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @leftwing66.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @alexstaniforth.bsky.social

A bit less dermatic than Davids last few, but this driver did the classic MGIF despite me indicating to change lanes. She then proceeds to film me after advice was given and drives (badly) with the mobile phone clearly in hand. Followed by some unheard abuse as our paths diverged. #DNRPoliceScotland

A bit less dermatic than Davids last few, but this driver did the classic MGIF despite me indicating to change lanes. She then proceeds to film me after advice was given and drives (badly) with the mobile phone clearly in hand. Followed by some unheard abuse as our paths diverged. #DNRPoliceScotland

Another lovely video from Beau, and he's on a bike for once. He commutes up the alps on a city bike while dressed for kayaking on the way to interview and kayak with Nouria Newman.

This is what happens when you prioritise 'growth' over the environment. We need to things differently, and now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Silver lining.

The person that founded windy.com has made mapy.com which seems have plenty features for those of us on bicycles. Like you can pick what sort of bike you are on so it gives a route appropriate for slow touring rather than a fast road bike or vice versa for example.

#BraidsEstate 👍 Council quite right to put this scheme on pause pending case against Cllrs Marie-Clair Munro (Con) & Neil Ross (LD) It should then be scrapped, and traffic filters retained, to keep the quiet area for N-S *and* E-W 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 movement with no need for the controversial 🚲 lane @edi.bike

Options for the future of the collapsed Spey viaduct were raised at First Ministers Questions today. We recognise the importance of the crossing for the Moray Coastal Trail as well as the National Cycle Network and support action to ensure a crossing in this location. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Basque Government/Biscay provincial government have just agreed to finance the FIFTH new Bilbao metro line covering a population of roughly that of Leeds and Bradford. Every station and platform is fully accessible and the current maximum fare is 0.76€ per journey.

Green councillors have an amendment at full council tomorrow which would have the effect of abolishing #edincouncil TRO Sub-committee. This committee has been a block to progress on #activetravel & sustainable transport for too long, making decisions contrary to policy. It must go. 1/2

Now. I'm wishing for a light up holiday tram in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Council yesterday. “Taxi drivers should be allowed to drive through red lights injuring pedestrians with out real consequences,“ Today “No way to cycling on Rose St. Pedestrians could get hurt“

Things like this shouldn't be with the subcommittee but with the transport & environment committee proper. They should just be dealing with the minor, trivial stuff. It's the tail wagging the donkey. Decision based on feelings and misinformation. Never mind that every study says the opposite, FFS

In 2024 there was one fatality after a pedestrian / bike collision - in the entire UK. Meanwhile 265 pedestrians died after being hit by a car. So why was there huge focus on bikes using this one #Edinburgh street, but little about the vehicles using it? #motornormativity @ianwalker.bsky.social?

#EdinWebCast Cyclist one-ways exemption Cllr Graham proposes postpone Rose St decision, seconded Cllr Osler 🙄 Vote 4-4 then casting vote postpones Rose St Weird voting: 1 Libdem for, one against Spokes view: 🙄 crazy lengthy debate re 🚲'dangers' despite existing cycling; no talk of the 🚘🚚dangers

FFS, disgraceful 😡 (Thanks to @edinburghminute.bsky.social for a link to story) news.stv.tv/east-central...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

The Scottish govt has dropped plans to lower the national speed limit on single carriageway roads to 50mph because it was unpopular. It's a govt's job to do what's right, not what's popular. Reducing the limit would have reduced danger and KSIs in those roads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What’s your top piece of advice for someone new to cycling? Ours would be that you don’t need special clothes or a specific physique — cycling is for everyone. #Cycling #CycleTips #Travel

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Bah a good seed supplier has started selling Charles Dowding endorsed products. Just emailed them to ask if they also think the government controls the weather & that I can't in good consciousness use them when they llegitimise dangerous views even indirectly. Premier Seeds Direct is to be avoided.

During a speech to the EU Parliament, interpreter cannot contain her emotions as an 11 year old Ukrainian boy talks about russian strike in Vinnytsia, where he lost his mom. The boy suffered severe burns and underwent more than 30 operations, spoke in Strasbourg about his journey back to life. 💔

Sometimes existing on a bike on a road is too much for some people while behind the wheel of the car. The world should get out of their way because they are centre of the universe in SUV on a Thursday afternoon.

edi.bike is disappointed to see LSEG once again rallying against forms of sustainable transport that are more compatible with pedestrian spaces, instead of the permitting of motor vehicles allowed into this 'pedestrian' space.

I have a problem. Every time I do a big burp, I'm compelled to say the following. Oh my gosh, argh, what do I do? Donk! Does anybody have any recommendations to help with this?