J.G. Bollard
@jamesnonchalant.bsky.social
Professional cargo cycle consultant and trainer. Cycling Instructor / Bicycle 🔧
Retired pseud. Rather be watching 🎥. All views my own. www.cyclelondon.org #London #Islington
Retired pseud. Rather be watching 🎥. All views my own. www.cyclelondon.org #London #Islington
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People wonder why going No Contact is a "trend."
On “The Necessary Conversation” podcast, Chad’s Trump supporter parents tell him the military should follow Trump’s illegal orders and kill everyone in LA if Trump commanded it — even with him and his sister in the city😳
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
People wonder why going No Contact is a "trend."
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Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars https://theonion.com/report-it-pretty-incredible-that-americans-entrusted-w-1819574734/
Wake Up Dead Man could have been called Knives Out: The Greater Good. So many echoes of Hot Fuzz, and Johnson has his groove, same as Edgar Wright. Another classy smart / silly genre pic
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Wake Up Dead Man could have been called Knives Out: The Greater Good. So many echoes of Hot Fuzz, and Johnson has his groove, same as Edgar Wright. Another classy smart / silly genre pic
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The only time I will absolutely be glued to my phone in a film screening is during the endless roll of trailers for cars and other shit.
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The only time I will absolutely be glued to my phone in a film screening is during the endless roll of trailers for cars and other shit.
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Just a reminder, this fuckin alcoholic dope is the guy sending the US military out to do “war-maker” stuff. Crimes, to be honest.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Just a reminder, this fuckin alcoholic dope is the guy sending the US military out to do “war-maker” stuff. Crimes, to be honest.
Introduce yourself with five cargo bikes you've owned:
GSD gen 1
eBullitt
Kona Ute
GSD gen 2
Pashley Millennium (yes it counts)
GSD gen 1
eBullitt
Kona Ute
GSD gen 2
Pashley Millennium (yes it counts)
Introduce yourself with five pedal cycles you've owned
Bright yellow Ofo hire bike
Arcade Cafe Tandem
Christiana box trike
Batavus Personal
Tern Link
All currently in use
Bright yellow Ofo hire bike
Arcade Cafe Tandem
Christiana box trike
Batavus Personal
Tern Link
All currently in use
Introduce yourself with five pedal cycles you've owned
Alpha 7 Velomobile
Brompton M6L (a bastardisation conversion from an S2)
M*ulton TSR30
Tall Bike - DIY build
Bamboo café racer - DIY build
Alpha 7 Velomobile
Brompton M6L (a bastardisation conversion from an S2)
M*ulton TSR30
Tall Bike - DIY build
Bamboo café racer - DIY build
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Introduce yourself with five cargo bikes you've owned:
GSD gen 1
eBullitt
Kona Ute
GSD gen 2
Pashley Millennium (yes it counts)
GSD gen 1
eBullitt
Kona Ute
GSD gen 2
Pashley Millennium (yes it counts)
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The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The markets are staying afloat right now on the hope that AI will destroy American workers. What a bleak thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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“Get out of my fucking seat.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Get out of my fucking seat.”
This government...
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This government...
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Back to back in my feed: video exists of two Venezuelans boat strike survivors struggling in the water being blown up by the US military, and video exists of two Palestinians with their hands up ordered to lie on the ground and being executed by the Israeli military.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Back to back in my feed: video exists of two Venezuelans boat strike survivors struggling in the water being blown up by the US military, and video exists of two Palestinians with their hands up ordered to lie on the ground and being executed by the Israeli military.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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How to deal with your conservative relatives at Thanksgiving:
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
How to deal with your conservative relatives at Thanksgiving:
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
- keep to non controversial topics, like who should own the means of production
- focus on common ground, like how left communism is an infantile disorder
- remind them that Stalin was trapped in a game of realpolitik, and had few options
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After Frankenstein I would genuinely love @realgdt.bsky.social to tackle The Keep, previously by Michael Mann. Keep the soundtrack, bring Ian McKellen back as actually old rather than make up, the the monster a story etc etc. usual stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
After Frankenstein I would genuinely love @realgdt.bsky.social to tackle The Keep, previously by Michael Mann. Keep the soundtrack, bring Ian McKellen back as actually old rather than make up, the the monster a story etc etc. usual stuff.
Love how close to the line this crest flies in aping City of London. 👀
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Love how close to the line this crest flies in aping City of London. 👀
I guess publicly ransacking your dignity comes well paid? Tool.
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I guess publicly ransacking your dignity comes well paid? Tool.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The classic from John Rogers
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The classic from John Rogers
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
After Frankenstein I would genuinely love @realgdt.bsky.social to tackle The Keep, previously by Michael Mann. Keep the soundtrack, bring Ian McKellen back as actually old rather than make up, the the monster a story etc etc. usual stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
After Frankenstein I would genuinely love @realgdt.bsky.social to tackle The Keep, previously by Michael Mann. Keep the soundtrack, bring Ian McKellen back as actually old rather than make up, the the monster a story etc etc. usual stuff.
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So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Evaluation of the Cycle to Work Scheme: quantitative and qualitative research
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So it looks like Rachel Reeves has *not* abolished or cut back the cycle to work scheme. Perhaps she has read the Treasury's own 2023 assessment of the scheme, which found that in terms of creating modal shift, and thus boosting public health, it is very, very effective.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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For everyone that says “but 14 years of the Tories” or anyone that has to listen to it👇🏻
When you see "14 years of x" line, it tells you you're dealing with someone who can't analyse politics without a party lens.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
Britain's been governed by the same overarching philosophy since 1979, regardless of which party was in power. And without understanding that, you won't understand anything.
How should Labour tackle 14 years of mismanagement? I'd like to hear some realistic alternatives, considering the available resources in law professionals, university places and tutors and physical spaces. All I've read so far here is 'throw money at it' without considering the resource implications
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
For everyone that says “but 14 years of the Tories” or anyone that has to listen to it👇🏻
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Rachel Reeves announcing the budget
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Rachel Reeves announcing the budget