sbarlster
@sbarlster.bsky.social
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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"If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset."
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"If the President doesn’t want to be called a Russian asset, perhaps he should stop acting like a Russian asset."
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Oh my word, what a day it's been!!!! 😀 Cairngorms at their best 🙂
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh my word, what a day it's been!!!! 😀 Cairngorms at their best 🙂
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In the 2 months since the counter was reset, nearly 650,000 cycling journeys along here, averaging about 9,700 trips a day.
Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019.
Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving
Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019.
Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In the 2 months since the counter was reset, nearly 650,000 cycling journeys along here, averaging about 9,700 trips a day.
Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019.
Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving
Cycling has increased by 12% since last year, 1,500,000 daily journeys, a 43% rise from 2019.
Those who complain about congestion are the ones driving
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Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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That's not a car she's driving, it's a tank.
Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
That's not a car she's driving, it's a tank.
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Out tree planting with some of the crew and giving previous years saplings some TLC. Many starting to establish well now despite the brutal drought last year. 👍
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Out tree planting with some of the crew and giving previous years saplings some TLC. Many starting to establish well now despite the brutal drought last year. 👍
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
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All my years working in Real Ale and Craft Beer this is without doubt the best Pale Ale ever produced from within the British isles.
In my extremely humble opinion, Obviously.
@kernelbrewery.bsky.social
In my extremely humble opinion, Obviously.
@kernelbrewery.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
All my years working in Real Ale and Craft Beer this is without doubt the best Pale Ale ever produced from within the British isles.
In my extremely humble opinion, Obviously.
@kernelbrewery.bsky.social
In my extremely humble opinion, Obviously.
@kernelbrewery.bsky.social
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Yup. When I saw this wonky AI-generated bicycle in a cycling advocate’s presentation recently I reached for the FFSs.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yup. When I saw this wonky AI-generated bicycle in a cycling advocate’s presentation recently I reached for the FFSs.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Have you ever seen a bike lane sweeper - pulled behind a bike?
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Volunteers in Kirkland have a new tool that attaches to the back of an e-bike. It's good for protected bike lanes, sidewalks, and narrow trails.
My @kuow.org story: www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
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Least they stopped at the red light.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Least they stopped at the red light.
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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A reckoning for the Far Right.
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A reckoning for the Far Right.
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The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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It's a story as old as time itself.
People with a £2 million house complaining they can't afford an extra £5k a year. And then you read down the article and they're also whinging that their *second property* that they rent out, might be due for extra tax too!
Cry me a river.
People with a £2 million house complaining they can't afford an extra £5k a year. And then you read down the article and they're also whinging that their *second property* that they rent out, might be due for extra tax too!
Cry me a river.
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It's a story as old as time itself.
People with a £2 million house complaining they can't afford an extra £5k a year. And then you read down the article and they're also whinging that their *second property* that they rent out, might be due for extra tax too!
Cry me a river.
People with a £2 million house complaining they can't afford an extra £5k a year. And then you read down the article and they're also whinging that their *second property* that they rent out, might be due for extra tax too!
Cry me a river.
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“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
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So much of #Edinburgh’s streetscape has been converted into private car storage.
Without consultation, gradually over time we’ve become numb to ever increasing number and size of private belongings stored in public space.
Cars ≠ thriving streets or successful public space
We need #StreetsNOTroads
Without consultation, gradually over time we’ve become numb to ever increasing number and size of private belongings stored in public space.
Cars ≠ thriving streets or successful public space
We need #StreetsNOTroads
I spent most of Tuesday following the "Singing Street" around to take photos of the filming locations. It was very hard not to be struck by streets that were once playgrounds now being car parks. In other places there is still a bustle of life, but it is now tourists playing, not skipping girls
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
So much of #Edinburgh’s streetscape has been converted into private car storage.
Without consultation, gradually over time we’ve become numb to ever increasing number and size of private belongings stored in public space.
Cars ≠ thriving streets or successful public space
We need #StreetsNOTroads
Without consultation, gradually over time we’ve become numb to ever increasing number and size of private belongings stored in public space.
Cars ≠ thriving streets or successful public space
We need #StreetsNOTroads
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Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it.
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I'm guessing Orban pays well.
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm guessing Orban pays well.
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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This road is now 30mph
Since the legacy “design speed” of the road remains high, it needs at least an average speed camera & red light camera
In the meantime, WAIT and check everything is stopped before crossing
@davidfkey.bsky.social
@rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
Since the legacy “design speed” of the road remains high, it needs at least an average speed camera & red light camera
In the meantime, WAIT and check everything is stopped before crossing
@davidfkey.bsky.social
@rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
Am always wary of this crossing on the Western Approach Road, but yesterday took it to a new level.
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This road is now 30mph
Since the legacy “design speed” of the road remains high, it needs at least an average speed camera & red light camera
In the meantime, WAIT and check everything is stopped before crossing
@davidfkey.bsky.social
@rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
Since the legacy “design speed” of the road remains high, it needs at least an average speed camera & red light camera
In the meantime, WAIT and check everything is stopped before crossing
@davidfkey.bsky.social
@rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
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Am always wary of this crossing on the Western Approach Road, but yesterday took it to a new level.
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Am always wary of this crossing on the Western Approach Road, but yesterday took it to a new level.
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs
At least we have speed and power limits on ebikes, though.
#TheyDriveAmongUs