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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Zn...

Wheels4Me London- Jeremy's Story

YouTube video by Wheels for Wellbeing

www.youtube.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely

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Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk · 1d

So much of the conversation about cycling assumes two wheels and lycra. But it’s far broader. For many Disabled people, cycling is mobility. Trikes, recumbents, handcycles, e-bikes, tandems can be aids to freedom and independence.

Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 4d

In this clip, Wheels4Me loan recipient, Jeremy tells us how having access to cycling has helped him reconnect with his family & get back to doing things that were important to him.

Watch the full video on YouTube & find out how you can trial a cycle yourself at wheels4me.co.uk

youtu.be/q-ZnnXd3M2s

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

This is incredible.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Oct 14

Happy Columbo day to those who celebrates.

Life-sized bronze statue of Columbo, portrayed in his signature disheveled trench coat, standing and scratching his head in a thoughtful pose. In front of him, there is a smaller statue of his loyal basset hound, sitting and looking up at him. The statues are placed on a sidewalk in an urban area with trees and parked cars lining the street.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.

Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

I live 5min walking distance from 2 supermarkets, 2 pubs, a cinema and numerous restaurants, 10min from town, 15min from work, 30min bus ride to nearest city. Despite this, car-owing zealots seem to think I'm an idiot because I don't spend £200+ a month on a vehicle I don't need.

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 1d

If you continue to hold on to your X account..
If you continue to drive a Tesla...
If you continue using Starlink...

Remember who and what you’re supporting.
Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson’s legal costs.

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel

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Gerry Bolton @gerryb.bsky.social · 1d

Without any sense of iron he still publishes as if an expert

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously the irony being, most of these places are hot because people don't walk.

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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 6d

Is climate really a barrier to making cities walkable? Only if you listen too much to elites ... humantransit.org/2025/10/nobo...

"Nobody Walks Here. It's too Hot or Cold or Wet or Dry." — Human Transit

Almost everywhere I travel as a consultant, someone asks me whether it’s realistic to expect people to walk given the extremes of their climate. They don’t just ask me this in Edmonton and Singapore. ...

humantransit.org

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Bizarre. All my raincoats work. As does my umbrella. And guess what, my skin is mostly waterproof, it doesn't matter if I get a bit wet anyway.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Heh, I remember the speaking clock. Crazy times.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

It changed three times. 0663 first, then they added the 1 for trunk calls, then they added a 7 before the 42443 just before I moved out.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Most 'classics' are absolutely terrible. I'm looking at you, Ulysses. And don't get me started on anything from Ayn Rand, my god they were awful.

Footnote for any of the Da Vinci books, absolutely awful.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

There's something wrong with us isn't there?

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Nice. My first car reg was FND 515V

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

'An upgrade tape'. Say that to kids nowadays and they won't believe you.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

I think I can remember the password for Mercury's (remember them) telephone exchange archiving servers. It was the same on every single site. Eventually they got wise to us being able to logon to fault find so I created an upgrade tape which reset the password to the default.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

I'll tell you a little more. I can remember the IP addresses of devices I assigned going back 25 years. Obviously I can't remember their MAC addresses, I'm not a weirdo.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, he's top notch.

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

My phone number when I grew up was 01663 42443. This was 40 years ago.

I can also remember both my work mobile number, and my personal mobile number, not to mention my home phone number that hasn't been used for years. Can't everyone do this?

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

This title is terrible. Pog gave everyone a headstart of 6 minutes. Andrew is very fast but Pog gained 3 minutes on him.
Still. Yay for old people.

www.bikeradar.com/news/pogacar...

Pogačar beaten by 40-year-old lawyer in Pogi Challenge charity ride | BikeRadar

Four-time British hill climb champion Andrew Feather beats Pog on his home climb in Slovenia

www.bikeradar.com

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 1d

Might use one of my raspberry pi's to do the same thing, bin it.

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