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Kilometer780 (aka mattingham)
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This is a LGBT+ safe space 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Trains, Germany, Cycling, Public Transit & ÖPNV
Neurodivergent
The Rhein-Haard-Express [RE2] has seen a drop in performance from the mid 80% to less than 40%... It's a very depressing sign of things in NRW.
Ich hab mal die Pünktlichkeit der wichtigsten Regional-Express-Linien in Nordrhein-Westfalen aus dem SPNV-Qualitätsmonitor gezogen und über die Jahre dargestellt. Schwellenwert ist in NRW übrigens 3:59 Minuten, ab wann ein Zug als unpünktlich gilt.

Schon eine traurige Entwicklung...
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Dutch raise petrol prices by 5.6c per litre and diesel by 3.6c per litre so to fund public transport. This will avoid service reductions & fare increases
Da schaut man neidisch auf die Niederlande: Kraftstoffsteuer wird etwas teuer (5,6 ct/l bei Benzin, 3,6 ct/l bei Diesel), durch die Mehreinnahmen sollen Angebotskürzungen und Fahrpreiserhöhungen im ÖPNV verhindert werden 🥲
Dat het OV draconische bezuinigingen bespaard blijft, is echt heel erg goed nieuws!

@rover-online.bsky.social heeft samen met anderen gewerkt om het voorstel van @christenunie.bsky.social te steunen. Super dat het gelukt is🎉🎉🎉

www.rtl.nl/nieuws/polit...
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Back to Crewe behind this beast of a loco as my meeting finished early. This is good because the idea of rushing back for a 14:00 meeting was stressing me out!
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I thought that a piece of work being done for the industry wasn’t going to include AI videos…

Nope. Somewhat disappointed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reposted by Kilometer780 (aka mattingham)
What happens when a minority decides for the majority?

On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD.

In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thanksgiving? Yeah. Thank fuck I’m not an American. What a mess of a country.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Bielefeld doesn’t exist. Gelsenkirchen though… 😂
Bitte nicht tanzen
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Neither Herr Riebmann or @riokuart.bsky.social have been hiding in my walls yesterday… Bit difficult in a house as old as mine to do so!

Coming up live this evening with some Digimon. Hopefully with Ryuji there too. And the occasional mention of “Scheißendreck!” 😂
Flexin’ into another fluffy week! 🐉💪

Mon, 5PM – Silksong: Cursed Roots
Wed, 5PM – Digimon Story Time Stranger
Thu, 6PM – Art & Chatting
Sun, 2PM – Windblown /w @brixxy.live!

👉 Catch the chaos live: twitch.tv/riokuart

#vtuber #furry #musclefur
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Didn’t realise:

A) BLS is active on this site
B) New route opening to Basel operated by them from timetable change

Nice! The trains they’ll be using are the same as the Greater Anglia ones serving London to Norwich/Stansted and the rural Anglia routes. Sehr bequem 🥳
Sali Basel 👋
Das ändert sich auf den Fahrplanwechsel am 14. Dezember 2025 in der BLS-Region:
www.bls.ch/de/unternehm...
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That’s about as much of a tree I can cope with these days. My old artificial tree departed my house for a home unknown yesterday!
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Any notification on my phone and I dive to check it… Getting angsty about finding out some news
two older women are sitting next to each other in a living room with the words waiting for the news written on the screen .
ALT: two older women are sitting next to each other in a living room with the words waiting for the news written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Leider nicht in der Schweiz... Either way a 25% discount on Interrail is a good deal!
🥳 Der große Interrail-Sale zum Jahresende ist da! Bis 17. Dezember (10 Uhr MEZ) erhaltet ihr 25 % Rabatt auf alle #Interrail Globalpässe und viele Ein-Länder-Pässe.

Und auch im Sale gilt: Die Pässe können bis 11 Monate nach Kauf aktiviert werden.

zugpost.org/interrail-sa...
Interrail Sale 2025: Alle aktuellen Rabattaktionen
Welche Rabatte gibt es bei Interrail in 2025? Wann startet der nächste Sale? Die Zugpost hält euch auf dem Laufenden über aktuelle Angebote.
zugpost.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reposted by Kilometer780 (aka mattingham)
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.

“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”

over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Reposted by Kilometer780 (aka mattingham)
Good evening!
The stream schedule this week is:
(Time in CET)
- Thu. 7 PM - Whiskerwood

Stream will be exceptionally on Thursday!

🐦
www.twitch.tv/bryza_brushe...
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The problem with Christmas trees is putting the fairy on top, and then removing them when the festivities are over.

Plus I don’t like heights. Nor sitting on a tree for a month or so… 🤪

(here all week, try the Schnitzel)
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Certainly made a mess of the cab of the train there. Glad nobody was seriously injured!
Car transporter in collision with a Trenitalia TPER train on a level crossing this morning.
Minor injuries to 4 in the incident on Suzzara–Ferrara line, Emilia-Romagna, north east Italy.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ah good. Windows doing Windows things: time for a restart right in the middle of a Teams call… 🤬
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Uhoh…
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is absolutely bonkers...
Australia simply loves to "protect" active mobility

- Extremely long waits for pedestrians at traffic lights

- Bike helmet laws decreasing life expectancy by effecting hardly anyone cycles and making bikeshare impossible

- Further ""bike safety"" legislation (helmet fines start at 230€ in NSW)
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Lower Saxony plans subsidies for solar farms on land which cannot be reused due to contamination such as old factory sites or landfill sites. Makes a lot of sense!

www.ndr.de/solaranlagen...
Ungewöhnliche Nutzung: Diese Pläne hat das Land für mit Schadstoffen verseuchte Flächen
Niedersachsen will Photovoltaik-Anlagen auf belasteten Flächen fördern. Es geht um Areale, die mit Schadstoffen verseucht und kaum nutzbar sind - etwa alte Müllkippen oder stillgelegte Fabrikgelände.
www.ndr.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People who come off weight loss drugs and put weight back on then suffer from the health problems they had previously…

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Shop small, shop honest businesses too. I don’t trust bigger businesses to be honest about Black Friday “deals” so unless it is something that I really need & know the price of, I’ll get it.

Respect for Gail! 🥳
I’m not doing Black Friday this year.
I’d rather be honest with you than try to compete with big brands.
Every purchase genuinely makes a difference to my tiny business.
Shop independent this Christmas.

www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
That look of “Err, what are you doing?!” 😂

Always love seeing them live when Joe streams!
Because Juniper doesn’t like her photo being taken as much as the glamour puss of Tonic, I don’t share as many pictures of her.

However, have this beautiful one that sums this up well as I stopped stroking her belly to take a photo of her looking cute….
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Be more Tonic! 😍
Tonic staring off into deep space like a mindless floof 🫶
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM