At the Cycle-Race Track by Jean Metzinger, 1912 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137890

Good essay on the history of the AI industry, and its claims for the future 👇

Big fan of the monochrome version of this too! #criticalmass #cycling #bikes #edinburgh #activetravel #saferstreets

Adventures in the outdoors

I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there

Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!

It's been a year where I've had too many friends lose their wee buddies, and my own is teetering, this made me burst into hot cathartic tears. A lovely read, a tribute to the bonds that we make with these furry terrorists that deign to share their homes with us.

Looking forward to the acid remix of this one!

Not even raining! Come on for a last hurrah for the year - ending at the causey with various fun things on! #hwfg

Absolutely loved the Resistance exhibition at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social - inspirationally brave, angry, and persistent people who changed the world. This picture of Rosa May Billinghurst was a favourite, but many great photographs of people fighting for good - incredibly moving.

The route map for this Saturday's ride #CriticalMass #Edinburgh #cycling @edi.bike

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florence pew: thread

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

Laughs in cry.

Absolutely haunting

I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires. There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.

"The gigantic ballroom, crocodile moat, and Hard Rock Cafe: White House will strengthen our standing on the global stage as a pillar of democratic ideals."

The best short ghost story ever.

British.

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly 🧵

It's spooky month - I'd highly recommend grabbing if you want an atmospheric folk horror to kick start your seasonal heebie jeebies in fine style!

Scowling satsumas!

Finally very nearly home after seeing Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour. 500 mile round trip. Took us all 438 days to walk back (might have been quicker but Beryl wanted to take a detour to see Hereford Cathedral). We are all very tired, but happy, and wouldn’t have missed it for the world.

The shortest distance across the border from England to Scotland is over 130 miles

BROUGHTON GREY GONE MISSING IN BELLEVUE:—Please keep an eye out for American shorthair. Unafraid of heights. Respond either to family (contact details in image below) or Spurtle at [email protected] #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #cat

"The only appropriate time and place to ride a bike is a time beyond time and a place beyond place, where the space-time continuum is bent so strangely you are both everywhere and nowhere, eternal and nonexistent."

Fliers with dates for the year's rides - hit me up if you want some to give out!

Witnesses sought after cyclist attacked on Blackhall Cycle Path Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cyclist was seriously assaulted on Blackhall Cycle Path, near to Davidson Mains, Edinburgh. The incident took place around 6.05pm on Tuesday, 2 September, 2025. The cyclist, a…

This is nothing to do with how I feel about the writing: I believe it's my best non-fiction book. But my ex-publishers ran off with my (and other authors') earnings & almost completely derailed my career & life. Because of that, I'd like these out of my house. Any shares of this much appreciated.

A great ride with @edcriticalmass.bsky.social down to Porty today - weather held out for the most part!

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

Down to Porty tomorrow - will land down there for the Big Busk too - we had a samba band serenade last time we did this which would be hard to top!

Here's the route for tomorrow's ride down to Portobello!

"Your prayers are pointless, your thoughts petty. The problem of too many guns won’t be solved by more guns. Part of the mourning process must involve direct political action; otherwise, the dead are not properly mourned for."

"We did a review of all of the studies globally, which included half a million road traffic injuries, and that found that if you are hit by an SUV compared to being hit by a passenger car you are 44% more likely to be killed. Among kids it's higher - it's 82%” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Three people hurt. One week. Enough is enough, and the people of Edinburgh came out in agreement on Friday! youtu.be/yPUMatRhX1U

There’s been three crashes involving a driver hitting a cycling this August. They happened in the same week. This is unacceptable. We’re riding in protest of Edinburgh’s indifference toward cyclists this Friday 22nd August at 7pm. Meet at Middle Meadow Walk. Tell and bring everyone you know

A short short story I wrote, which I have now made free to read. You might like it if you like books, and bookshops - particularly the dusty secondhand kind. the-villager.ghost.io/old-litkinov/

digging this Barklay Shaw cover for the 1986 limited Phantasia Press edition of 'Neuromancer' always enjoy depictions of 'cyberpunk' before its visual identity solidified

It's been a rough time for games but one thing that's kept me going is the fact we're running a showcase for our student's games on the 7th of August at CodeBase Edinburgh! - Totally free to attend - 10+ locally developed games - Come support new devs 🧡 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...

hmmmmmmmmff 🍷

good morning

Fun ride today!