Common Ninja
@commonninja.bsky.social
A garden variety ninja, trying to go unnoticed. Mostly.
Likes: Reading, walking, cycles, cycling, amateur radio, music, Hi-Fi
Dislikes: Neoliberalism, death by car, death by climate change, prospect of WW3
Likes: Reading, walking, cycles, cycling, amateur radio, music, Hi-Fi
Dislikes: Neoliberalism, death by car, death by climate change, prospect of WW3
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Introduce yourself with 5 motorcycles you’ve owned
Kawasaki KMX 125
Suzuki Bandit
Honda Fireblade
Kawasaki ZXR 400
KTM 540 EXC
Kawasaki KMX 125
Suzuki Bandit
Honda Fireblade
Kawasaki ZXR 400
KTM 540 EXC
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned
Toyota Starlet
VW Golf
Smart Coupe
Mercedes C Class
Skoda Octavia
Toyota Starlet
VW Golf
Smart Coupe
Mercedes C Class
Skoda Octavia
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 motorcycles you’ve owned
Kawasaki KMX 125
Suzuki Bandit
Honda Fireblade
Kawasaki ZXR 400
KTM 540 EXC
Kawasaki KMX 125
Suzuki Bandit
Honda Fireblade
Kawasaki ZXR 400
KTM 540 EXC
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned
Toyota Starlet
VW Golf
Smart Coupe
Mercedes C Class
Skoda Octavia
Toyota Starlet
VW Golf
Smart Coupe
Mercedes C Class
Skoda Octavia
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you’ve owned
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
MG Metro
Ford Escort Mk IV
VW Beetle
VW Type 2
BMW E36
Introduce yourself with 5 cycles you've owned:
Raleigh Totally Extreme
Peugeot Audax
Brox Quadcycle Pedicab
Trek District 4
Specialized Tarmac SL7
Raleigh Totally Extreme
Peugeot Audax
Brox Quadcycle Pedicab
Trek District 4
Specialized Tarmac SL7
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 cycles you've owned:
Raleigh Totally Extreme
Peugeot Audax
Brox Quadcycle Pedicab
Trek District 4
Specialized Tarmac SL7
Raleigh Totally Extreme
Peugeot Audax
Brox Quadcycle Pedicab
Trek District 4
Specialized Tarmac SL7
Good to see another road safety campaign both informed by actual research and targetting the source of the danger on the public highway.
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Good to see another road safety campaign both informed by actual research and targetting the source of the danger on the public highway.
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
Being off work, dog's walk times have all slipped back a bit.
Twice I have seen a mum and her three daughters cycling, presumably on nursery/school trips.
Youngest ~4. Oldest ~8.
Total admiration from me. Especially with the youngest riding her own bike.
Even in car-centric places it's possible.
Twice I have seen a mum and her three daughters cycling, presumably on nursery/school trips.
Youngest ~4. Oldest ~8.
Total admiration from me. Especially with the youngest riding her own bike.
Even in car-centric places it's possible.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Being off work, dog's walk times have all slipped back a bit.
Twice I have seen a mum and her three daughters cycling, presumably on nursery/school trips.
Youngest ~4. Oldest ~8.
Total admiration from me. Especially with the youngest riding her own bike.
Even in car-centric places it's possible.
Twice I have seen a mum and her three daughters cycling, presumably on nursery/school trips.
Youngest ~4. Oldest ~8.
Total admiration from me. Especially with the youngest riding her own bike.
Even in car-centric places it's possible.
Who, earning the NL Wage, can afford an EV?
Never mind the shaky set of assumptions this budget is based on. Inflation receding to 2%? Not likely.
Interest rates forecast to remain high. Investment (corporate and public) remaining low.
The façade depicting stability will give out before long.
Never mind the shaky set of assumptions this budget is based on. Inflation receding to 2%? Not likely.
Interest rates forecast to remain high. Investment (corporate and public) remaining low.
The façade depicting stability will give out before long.
How will changes in the Budget impact different types of households?
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Who, earning the NL Wage, can afford an EV?
Never mind the shaky set of assumptions this budget is based on. Inflation receding to 2%? Not likely.
Interest rates forecast to remain high. Investment (corporate and public) remaining low.
The façade depicting stability will give out before long.
Never mind the shaky set of assumptions this budget is based on. Inflation receding to 2%? Not likely.
Interest rates forecast to remain high. Investment (corporate and public) remaining low.
The façade depicting stability will give out before long.
Car manufacturers are banks, or rather lenders, that just happen to sell cars.
Bigger margins on the finance than the cars themselves.
I don't think they actually like it when customers roll up and buy them outright. At least not in my experience.
Bigger margins on the finance than the cars themselves.
I don't think they actually like it when customers roll up and buy them outright. At least not in my experience.
Almost nobody driving a car can afford it either: they're all financed up to the eyeballs and held to ransom every 5 years to either make a massive balloon payment on a now-worthless car, or trade it in and restart the cycle with another new car 😂
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Car manufacturers are banks, or rather lenders, that just happen to sell cars.
Bigger margins on the finance than the cars themselves.
I don't think they actually like it when customers roll up and buy them outright. At least not in my experience.
Bigger margins on the finance than the cars themselves.
I don't think they actually like it when customers roll up and buy them outright. At least not in my experience.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Radiohead
My Bloody Valentine
Chemical Brothers
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Radiohead
My Bloody Valentine
Chemical Brothers
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Gary Numan
Royal Blood
The Prodigy
Deftones
Alice Cooper
Gary Numan
Royal Blood
The Prodigy
Deftones
Alice Cooper
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Intrpduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Radiohead
My Bloody Valentine
Chemical Brothers
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Radiohead
My Bloody Valentine
Chemical Brothers
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Gary Numan
Royal Blood
The Prodigy
Deftones
Alice Cooper
Gary Numan
Royal Blood
The Prodigy
Deftones
Alice Cooper
November 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Intrpduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
Radiohead
Evanescence
David Gray
Elbow
Err thats it. Unless we can count supporting acts/festivals.
So where is the BSky Zwift Cycling Club at?
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So where is the BSky Zwift Cycling Club at?
Reposted by Common Ninja
I'm so sorry my existence delayed your next red light by 10 seconds.
a man wearing a helmet is riding a bike
ALT: a man wearing a helmet is riding a bike
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm so sorry my existence delayed your next red light by 10 seconds.
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I am so sick of this lie being sold to the public. It's economically illiterate. Yes indeed we DO have a magic money tree. We're a sovereign nation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I am so sick of this lie being sold to the public. It's economically illiterate. Yes indeed we DO have a magic money tree. We're a sovereign nation.
I need an e-bike for zwift
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I need an e-bike for zwift
Energy companies should be nationalised and profit should be taken out of the equation.
Privatise energy companies making £billions in profit as the less well off freeze is not okay.
As for reducing energy costs for manufacturers - more corporate welfare from Labour.
Privatise energy companies making £billions in profit as the less well off freeze is not okay.
As for reducing energy costs for manufacturers - more corporate welfare from Labour.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Energy companies should be nationalised and profit should be taken out of the equation.
Privatise energy companies making £billions in profit as the less well off freeze is not okay.
As for reducing energy costs for manufacturers - more corporate welfare from Labour.
Privatise energy companies making £billions in profit as the less well off freeze is not okay.
As for reducing energy costs for manufacturers - more corporate welfare from Labour.
Email address validation should support sub (plus) addressing.
People who don't understand '[email protected]' is a valid email address should not be allowed to implement validation on web forms.
/rant
People who don't understand '[email protected]' is a valid email address should not be allowed to implement validation on web forms.
/rant
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Email address validation should support sub (plus) addressing.
People who don't understand '[email protected]' is a valid email address should not be allowed to implement validation on web forms.
/rant
People who don't understand '[email protected]' is a valid email address should not be allowed to implement validation on web forms.
/rant
Hell riding a non e-town-bike at a decent pace is enough to get tarred as an e-biker by the ignorant IME.
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is how when a driver does something wrong, the public and media don't smear all drivers as reckless assholes. But when a cyclist — and especially an e-biker — does something wrong, all bicyclists get attacked and blamed.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Hell riding a non e-town-bike at a decent pace is enough to get tarred as an e-biker by the ignorant IME.
Active travel and public transport should be the defacto modes.
Driving is the alternative.
Lets stop calling active travel and public transport alt travel.
Driving is the alternative.
Lets stop calling active travel and public transport alt travel.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Active travel and public transport should be the defacto modes.
Driving is the alternative.
Lets stop calling active travel and public transport alt travel.
Driving is the alternative.
Lets stop calling active travel and public transport alt travel.
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So in some not news, this week I shall hopefully become a Zwifter.
I start a new job soon, which means being on call one week in three.
This means I can be on call and still get the miles in.
Going to celebrate by going for a pootle on the town bike.
I start a new job soon, which means being on call one week in three.
This means I can be on call and still get the miles in.
Going to celebrate by going for a pootle on the town bike.
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So in some not news, this week I shall hopefully become a Zwifter.
I start a new job soon, which means being on call one week in three.
This means I can be on call and still get the miles in.
Going to celebrate by going for a pootle on the town bike.
I start a new job soon, which means being on call one week in three.
This means I can be on call and still get the miles in.
Going to celebrate by going for a pootle on the town bike.
TIL today.
Jarvis Cocker's Pulp was first formed in 1978 as 'Arabicus Pulp'.
Jarvis Cocker's Pulp was first formed in 1978 as 'Arabicus Pulp'.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
TIL today.
Jarvis Cocker's Pulp was first formed in 1978 as 'Arabicus Pulp'.
Jarvis Cocker's Pulp was first formed in 1978 as 'Arabicus Pulp'.
Driven onto the footway / cycleway in front of us, ignoring predestrian priority at a junction. Next to an empty car park. @bauermedia.bsky.social @bauermediagroup.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Driven onto the footway / cycleway in front of us, ignoring predestrian priority at a junction. Next to an empty car park. @bauermedia.bsky.social @bauermediagroup.bsky.social
More people should have proper hifi and spend more time consciously listening to music.
The world would be a better place for it.
The world would be a better place for it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
More people should have proper hifi and spend more time consciously listening to music.
The world would be a better place for it.
The world would be a better place for it.
Capping the value of the cycle to work scheme achieves one solitary objective.
It reinforces a false narrative.
That is it.
It reinforces a false narrative.
That is it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Capping the value of the cycle to work scheme achieves one solitary objective.
It reinforces a false narrative.
That is it.
It reinforces a false narrative.
That is it.
Rolling out career frameworks and professional development plans when employess have <0 slack time because company won't staff teams appropriately will not improve productivity.
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rolling out career frameworks and professional development plans when employess have <0 slack time because company won't staff teams appropriately will not improve productivity.
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Does anyone remember Dan & Dan from the internet old days (loved the Daily Mail song!). Well they're back! 😀 youtu.be/7V1KDXmPmlQ?...
Dan & Dan: The Elephant in the Room
YouTube video by dananddanfilms
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Does anyone remember Dan & Dan from the internet old days (loved the Daily Mail song!). Well they're back! 😀 youtu.be/7V1KDXmPmlQ?...