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When wanting to safely cycle to work gets really out of hand. Stockport and Manchester.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 48m

The royalty to the author's estate would likely be a percentage of the cover price.

My working theory is that there is a link between low margins, endless mergers, fewer authors breaking through and fewer publishers willing to take risks.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 56m

That said:

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

Books are too cheap.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

Exhibit A. This book cost 45p(!) in 1977. Adjusting for inflation, it should cost £27 in 2025.

Waterstones has a new edition listed at £12.99.

The Tombs of Atuan, Puffin Books, 1977 printing.

The cover is mostly browns. A man stands leaning against a wall in a gloomy stone passageway, with disturbing carven faces looming out of the stone.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

'Oh no, we're fiction!'

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

Books are too cheap.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

The Real World Cinematic Universe!

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1h

D'you ken Gav Thorpe?

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 2h

Says more about estate agents' ability to game journalists than anything else.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 15h

Oh dear, is someone moaning about the forthcoming ANPR in Stockport?

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 17h

I love it when my feed is two apples discussing the tastiness of apples 🍎 🍏

@orchardnotes.com
@adapples.bsky.social

Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com • Replied to Adam

I'm going to say "probably", based on personal experience. Egremont Russets from the supermarket are often dry, soft and bland. Whereas the ones I was picking at work yesterday are juicy, crunchy, sharp-sweet, with a definite honey note, absolutely delicious

Adam @adapples.bsky.social • I got a little butterscotch.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 18h

Should this be January 2027?

Runs September 1 2025 to 4 January 2026

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 4d

Making it easier for ppl to be active as part of everyday life should be a public health priority

“The best medicine isn’t found in a pill bottle or an operating theatre – it’s movement”

“Exercise is good medicine for the whole body: it has documented benefits across more than 26 chronic diseases”

Joint pain or osteoarthritis? Why exercise should be your first line of treatment

Globally, osteoarthritis affects nearly 600 million people. Yet fewer than 50% are offered the one proven treatment: exercise.

theconversation.com

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 19h

I'm confident it's all over the Rethink GM Facebook page too.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 20h

As you'd expect from a recovering professional pedant, I checked the plural before posting.

Delighted to learn that one suggested option is memento moris, which has the potential to be something even more sinister.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 20h

I realise this is probably a sign of internet poisoning, but I'm beginning to see these Paddington statues as memento mori.

Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 20h

The new 2km route Connects to 3 other Cycleways and includes:
🦓🚦new zebras & new signalised pedestrian crossing points
🚲 protected tracks on George Street
💈💈Traffic filters

And I love the new Paddington Bear Statue!!

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 20h

'Politically correct' rather than woke – how retro!

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Macc Sustainable Travel @fhvjhvgvb.bsky.social · 22h

CEC opens consultation on the Local Transport Plan.

Local Transport Plan share.google/MKrTiAgGbgG7...

Local Transport Plan

Submit your views on the latest vision for transport in Cheshire East and view transport development plans for your local area.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 22h

Visiting Dinorwig Power Station felt like we were descending into a Bond villain lair.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 23h

Orange: existing Bee Network routes
Red: Poor NCN route that requires a dismount, a narrow alley and no protection along a rat run
Green: Proposed Seymour Grove scheme

A map showing the Seymour Grove proposals alongside the existing Talbot Road and Chorlton Cycleway Bee Network schemes and the poor-quality NCN 55 route. The Seymour Grove route would be more direct, much safer and more likely to be used by people especially at night.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 23h

I own eight Animal Collective albums but know about four songs by name. Clicked on the video just to see if I recognised it (I did!).

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

Is this the wrong moment to remember that the Nobel Prize for Economics is not, in fact, a Nobel Prize?

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

PS I've chosen option one (lanes on either side of the road), because there's evidence that bidirectional cycle lanes increase collision risk for cyclists where they cross side roads.

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

Please, if you live nearby, travel this way or would like to travel this way, respond to the consultation by this Wednesday (there are multiple conflicting deadlines and this is the soonest).

Let's get this one over the line.

Seymour Grove: A Street for All - Trafford Council's Citizen Space - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by Trafford Council

trafford.citizenspace.com

Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 1d

Seymour Grove – it's a missing link in the walking and cycling Bee Network.

The good news: it's getting another consultation, with two good options proposed.

Bad news: it's getting the usual kneejerk backlash.

Two images showing the different design options for Seymour Grove.

In option one, there are protected cycle lanes on either side of the road. In option two, there is a two-way (aka bidirectional) cycle lane on the right-hand side of the image.

Both images show a Cyclops junction.