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dave cykl 🇺🇦 @davecykl.bsky.social · Jan 5
The true cost of #Brexit: billions of pounds and still rising, and still crippling the UK economy. #BrexitBreaksBritain #RejoinSingleMarket #RejoinOurEU
Image of figures of some of the shockingly large costs of Brexit. Data in text form in linked Independent article in next post.
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ianvisits.co.uk
All your base are belong to us.
heawood.bsky.social Sophie Heawood @heawood.bsky.social · 3h
I don't understand what is written on the screen in this photo, but it gives me life. Is it Dostoevsky?
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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parodypm.bsky.social
No Reform representative was available to appear on the Laura Kuenssberg show, due to a fear of being asked about me being a Nazi at school or my senior colleague being a convicted traitor.
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
davecykl.bsky.social
It’s taken them long enough (too long) to finally realise…

Did we repeatedly warn that #Brexit would be a disaster for us? Yes, yes, we did.

We need to #RejoinSingleMarket and eventually #RejoinOurEU
mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15h
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Delivery Driver Treat Box is underway!

We've been doing this a few years now and it's always good fun.
A box full of snacks (Wagon Wheels, Jammie Dodgers, Mini Cheddars, Mini Cookies, Mini Rolls & Fish & Chips) sits on an orange plastic chair in a front porch.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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edinburgh4eu.bsky.social
The elections to the next Scottish Parliament are on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Any resident of #Scotland, 16 or older (of any nationality), who has the legal right to stay here, can vote.

Are you registered to vote?

www.mygov.scot/voting-in-el...

#ScotParl #ScotParl2026
Infographic reminding you to register to vote. Key points are in post text
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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ianvisits.co.uk
The Design Museum is paying homage to Wes Anderson’s pastel perfection in its new exhibition about the filmmaker’s design-focused movies.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-v...
A Very Wes World: Design Museum’s pastel-hued dive into Anderson’s cinematic universe
The Design Museum is paying homage to Wes Anderson's pastel perfection in its new exhibition about the filmmaker’s design-focused movies.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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angusrobertson.bsky.social
Scotland's first ‘Stolperstein’ memorial for a Scottish Holocaust victim has been unveiled in Edinburgh to Jane Haining who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Thanks to Haining family, faith leaders, civic representatives, diplomats and all who attended. #Stolperstein
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
European Movement UK polled Britons on how to fund the NHS and public services, and 76% backed joining the Single Market and Customs Union as the best way to bring in the money those services need.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
davecykl.bsky.social
Dozens of other people have already observed that this is yet another almost entirely pointless #gadgetbahn, but that’s not going to stop me from doing exactly the same… 🙄
ec.europa.eu European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 4d
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.

A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆

Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?

📸© Monocab Owl

#WorldSustainableTransportDay
This image shows the interior of a compact, modern vehicle cabin with wooden paneling and large windows. The seating area features blue upholstered seats with a small table or surface nearby. The design is minimalistic and cozy, with natural light coming through the windows, revealing a grassy outdoor scene with a building and trees in the background. This image shows a gyro-stabilized monorail cabin. The cabin has a reflective, metallic exterior with large windows on the sides with one of them being open and revealing a cozy interior with seating and wood accents. It is situated outdoors on a patch of grass, with residential houses in the background and a clear sky overhead. This image shows a modern, gyro-stabilized monorail cabin on a narrow gauge track, traveling through a green, outdoor area near a bridge or tunnel. The carriage is white with a red logo on its back, and has a sleek, futuristic design with large windows. The setting includes trees, indicating a rural or semi-rural environment.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
European Movement UK polled Britons on how to fund the NHS and public services, and 77% backed joining the Single Market and Customs Union as the best way to bring in the money those services need.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
The OBR could not be clearer today. Weak growth is tied to Brexit, which they now expect will leave UK trade 15% smaller in the long term.
Weak growth over the medium term reflects a more restrictive global trade environment as well as the ongoing impact of Brexit, which we continue to expect to reduce the overall trade intensity of the UK economy by 15% in the long term.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
The OBR is clear that the UK’s trade slump is being made worse by Brexit, which continues to drag on growth at the very moment we need the opposite.
UK trade intensity has stagnated since 2008, and we expect it to fall in the coming years due to the recent resurgence in global protectionism on top of the enduring effects of Brexit.
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
The Chancellor wants to "boost trade, increase investment, and champion innovation", but is failing to fix one of the principal causes of the economic crisis: Brexit. The Government must urgently repair our relationship with Europe, or else forthcoming Budgets will continue to bear the brunt.
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
davecykl.bsky.social
Of course, trade between the UK and the EU would be a •lot• easier if

1. Some of our countrymen hadn’t made the stupid decision to leave

2. We had the common sense to recognise the huge problems this has caused, and #RejoinSingleMarket

#BrexitBreaksBritain #BrexitStillBreaksBritain
europarl.europa.eu European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 3d
🇪🇺🇬🇧 The European Parliament debates its second evaluation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, in force since May 2021

It reviews what works, what needs attention and what requires ongoing monitoring with civil society involvement.

Watch live 👉 www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Two flags - the European Union flag and the United Kingdom flag - flying against a blue sky. Overlaid text announces a live European Parliament plenary debate on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, taking place on Wednesday 26 November. The European Parliament logo appears in the bottom right corner.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.
New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes
Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
Ministers may keep dodging the topic, but the Treasury's own figures prove that Brexit was a mistake. Weaker growth and higher costs are embedded in every forecast, and the economic wreckage is now impossible to hide.
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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europeanmovement.co.uk
As the Budget concludes, Sir John Major's words are more relevant than ever. Both the Labour Government and Conservative opposition are being wretchedly timid in their policy aspirations. They must confront the consequences of Brexit if they want to prevent further damage.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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ianvisits.co.uk
I urgently require a pack of stick on letter Ts to, ahem, enhance this advert.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
davecykl.bsky.social
Hehe, @theregister.com is now back online to be able to report on #Cloudflare outage (just in case anyone hadn’t noticed), but ironically their forum site is still afflicted! 🙃

Hopefully standard snarky commenting capability will be restored again fairly soon… 😈

www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/c...
Cloudflare coughs, half the internet catches a cold
Breaking: Outage leaves users staring at error pages while recovery crawls along
www.theregister.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
davecykl.bsky.social
This frantic feathered frenzy must have been a dastardly experience…

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chicken escape forces partial closure of busy A9 trunk road
The birds had to be rounded up after their trailer overturned on the A9 near Dunblane on Thursday afternoon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
davecykl.bsky.social
I don’t quite think that Edinburgh’s planned tram line ext’n will be using heavy main line trains (like the ScotRail Turbostar in the photo!) on city streets, somehow… 🤦‍♂️

@spurtle.bsky.social 😉

(Also, the Bridges did have trams over them in the past, albeit w/ smaller tramcars than modern LRVs.)
heraldscotland.bsky.social The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 17d
'Engineers and heritage groups have raised questions over whether the city’s centuries-old structures could - or should - bear the weight and vibrations of light rail'

www.heraldscotland.com/news...

@turvill.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
davecykl.bsky.social
This isn’t even Quaintly Irregular, it’s Quacking Idiotic…
ukma.org.uk UK Metric Association @ukma.org.uk · 17d
For a TV show @qi.com in 2025 to be using #inches to measure a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range is #QuiteInteresting.

FUN FACT: Since the first UK radio stations began broadcasting in the 1920s, wavelengths have been given in #metres.

#metricsystem #SI #QI

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Screenshots with subtitles from Episode 4 of Series W of QI, first broadcast on 11 November 2025. They show a complete jumble of measurements units being used, with a wavelength in the millimetre-to-metre range being described using using inches.
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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anonopin.bsky.social
The sign of a good social media user is that their Post count is small and their Reply count is big. It means they spend their time participating in discussions rather than constructing zingers to harvest likes.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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emilykerr36.bsky.social
Just read the below on Zohran Mamdani, NY's new mayor who actually understands the increasing risks and danger of SUVs and other larger cars on our streets. Fascinating.

Thanks @timmorton2.bsky.social
awalkerinla.bsky.social Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 26
Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets.

He'll make a great mayor
In February, 7-year-old Dolma Naadhun was crossing the intersection of Newtown Road and 45th Street in Astoria with her mother and sister when the driver of a 2021 Ford Explorer blew through a stop sign, striking and killing Dolma. One month later, New York City Department of Transportation commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez visited the crash site with other officials, met with community members demanding a traffic signal be installed, and promised to make changes to the street - including "daylighting" the intersection using curb extensions and plastic bollards. State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani also visited the scene that day and realized that something else needed to change. "When you take a step back and think about traffic violence in New York City," he said, "you start to understand that this is a systemic issue that is incentivized by the policies that we have in place with regard to the design of our streets and what kind of vehicles we allow to be on our roads." Whether a driver runs a stop sign or a red light, statistically, certain cars - namely, bigger SUVs and trucks - are more likely to kill a 7-year-old. This is why Mamdani is co- introducing legislation for a weight-based vehicle-registration fee intended to discourage people from purchasing heavier vehicles. "The car industry is pushing the sale of heavier and larger vehicles," he says. "The state has to make it clear that these types of vehicles come with a certain kind of cost." soar above adult shoulders. But there may be another way to disincentivize the purchases of such vehicles, says Edwards. "One other potential idea would be for someone, maybe a city's DOT, to start keeping a list of the different makes and models of vehicles that are killing pedestrians and cyclists, or kids specifically, and post that publicly," he says. "That could bring awareness to which cars are more dangerous and also potentially affect insurance rates, which would possibly convince people not to buy certain cars." There's a bit of accountability in New York's bill, which would require the State DOT to track all fatal crashes by vehicle weight. But the other encouraging aspect of the proposal is that the collected fees stay local, by county, and, after the annual dedications to highway, bridge, and transit trust funds are met, a full 75 percent of the funds raised will go toward safety improvements like bike lanes, bollards, road diets, pedestrianization of streets, and raised crosswalks. This means the neighborhoods most impacted by large vehicles are likely to see the biggest changes. And that might be the most important part of the legislation, says Mamdani. "This is an initiative to make our streets safer for our children," he says. "And we are making sure a significant portion of this funding goes toward creating the very streetscapes that we know will save their lives."
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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esquiver.bsky.social
Better Living Through Masonry?

Spotted at Western General Hospital, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.
White van advertising “Fat Boy Skim” plastering services.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM