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sbarlster

@sbarlster.bsky.social

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Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 1h

When you know your gov hates you… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Calls to quash convictions of islanders who refused to pay Skye Bridge toll

More than 100 people received criminal convictions after refusing to pay tolls on the Skye Bridge.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 6h

Right, that's Stormont sorted 😄

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 2h

😬

Just reopen the road as fast as possible… bsky.app/profile/sbar...

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 1d

And as predicted and judging by the reporters photo. They’ve only gone and opened the road with no changes! 😬

The exact same system that resulted in 4 victims in hospital, including baby and toddlers.

Because remember traffic flow is THE priority.

Road opened where 4 victims were put into hospital. No changes needed.

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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 5h

Hit someone with a car inside the workplace and a Health & Safety investigation is launched, to ensure it doesn’t happen again

Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…

“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄

The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 8h

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was…

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where staff describe his condition as serious. The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and their enquiries into the incident are continuing…

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 2h

Now do the same for the 4 people including baby and two toddlers put into hospital in Dumfries earlier this week?

Or is that not the same?

@policescotland.bsky.social ?

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 2h

And to do that we need to vote for political parties who are not scared of billionaires.

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 2h

Just requires wiping out. Tax it out of existence. We and our govs don’t need billionaires money. We just need it not to exist.

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 3h

Said the austerity and war enabler. 😬

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 4h

Jacqui: “We had journalists fishing for our bank details - our kids were followed by News of the World to school. The people you’re investigating are private investigators. They invade people’s lives and I’m not doing it again”

#TheHack

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 12d

Hopefully - but also an opportunity to repurpose wasted hatching in the middle and widen at bus stops / pavement more generally.

Ideally needs a bus gate to improve reliability Leith St - Cameron Toll. It’ll be needed anyway for tram (eventually).

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 4h

WTAF

This council behaving like it’s 1965. True to form. Too scared to face up to the damage drivers do to our city.

Failing to observe alternative paths that London and Paris have demonstrated.

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 4h

Both live in the same sewer.

#TheDirtyDigger

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 4h

Exhibit 1 😬

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 4h

The most fun, laziest and fastest way to get into town. I present to you… the e-bike. 😜

6.2km in 16min average speed about 22km/hr

Or about 50min on a bus end to end. Or 30+mins in a car including finding parking.

Ride into town on a Strava map. 6.2km in 16mins

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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · Aug 10

We are riding LEJOG to remember @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social who tragically took his life earlier this year. We wanted to do a ride he would have loved in a way he would have done himself: plenty of stops, lots of food, & good beer.

You can support/donate here: www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

Ride for Tim

In January 2025, our friend Tim McKenna lost his battle with his mental health and took his life. He was a wonderful man, friend and father, and was an inspiration to many, through his cycling adventu...

www.givewheel.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5h

my girl, my girl....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm...

Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live On MTV Unplugged Unedited)

YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Sinclair Research @sinclairresearch.bsky.social · 10h

It’s always the 1980s.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 12h

Not even slightly related. At least our GDP went up. 😬

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 12h

EasyJet pr release?

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 1d

🤣👍

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.