Fietser Steve
@fietsersteve.bsky.social
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Computer whisperer, utility cyclist, Hackney and Newham, London, UK.
AI offers opinions not facts, it doesn't know fact from fiction.
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Tring-tring not ding-ding.
Computer whisperer, utility cyclist, Hackney and Newham, London, UK.
AI offers opinions not facts, it doesn't know fact from fiction.
Post before you follow me.
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When the Pope catches you on a short-haul flight that could have been a 2-hour train ride.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
When the Pope catches you on a short-haul flight that could have been a 2-hour train ride.
This is quite disturbing, not one of those people tried standing or sitting on it like a cat on a Roomba.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is quite disturbing, not one of those people tried standing or sitting on it like a cat on a Roomba.
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The U.K’s guilty men want you to forget that the 2008 bankers’ crisis, 14 years of austerity, Brexit, and Covid failures are the cause of our woes.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The U.K’s guilty men want you to forget that the 2008 bankers’ crisis, 14 years of austerity, Brexit, and Covid failures are the cause of our woes.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
Instead, they want you to think renewable energy, which costs your household 47p a day, is the problem.
They think you’re idiots.
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Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion.
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more!
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When can you declare an emergency over?
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
The 5p “emergency” petrol tax cut was introduced in March 2022, to offset a spike in prices
They are now about 30p down on that month, & about 50p down on the absolute peak
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Reeves looks set to keep the "emergency" fuel duty cut.
That's £3bn a year not being spent to improve public transport.
Funny too the one thing planned in London she backs (though not funding) is the worst in the capital - the Thamesmead DLR extension which hinders more new homes than it helps
That's £3bn a year not being spent to improve public transport.
Funny too the one thing planned in London she backs (though not funding) is the worst in the capital - the Thamesmead DLR extension which hinders more new homes than it helps
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reeves looks set to keep the "emergency" fuel duty cut.
That's £3bn a year not being spent to improve public transport.
Funny too the one thing planned in London she backs (though not funding) is the worst in the capital - the Thamesmead DLR extension which hinders more new homes than it helps
That's £3bn a year not being spent to improve public transport.
Funny too the one thing planned in London she backs (though not funding) is the worst in the capital - the Thamesmead DLR extension which hinders more new homes than it helps
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Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Because people *still* don’t understand that overseas students subsidise home students. This is punishing everyone involved.
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Motonormativity
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
About as bad as it gets. People driving into deers resulting in their own deaths is framed as 'deers killing people'.
@ianwalker.bsky.social
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
About as bad as it gets. People driving into deers resulting in their own deaths is framed as 'deers killing people'.
@ianwalker.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Motonormativity
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
About as bad as it gets. People driving into deers resulting in their own deaths is framed as 'deers killing people'.
@ianwalker.bsky.social
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...
About as bad as it gets. People driving into deers resulting in their own deaths is framed as 'deers killing people'.
@ianwalker.bsky.social
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As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Why we - and the Home Secretary - disapply the ECHR at our peril
By Jessica Frank-Keyes
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Saw this earlier. The Newham Greenway will be closed by Thames Water for 3 years. There's no mention of who is closing it or for how long on the signs. The proposed detour is going to kill people and the council is silent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Saw this earlier. The Newham Greenway will be closed by Thames Water for 3 years. There's no mention of who is closing it or for how long on the signs. The proposed detour is going to kill people and the council is silent.
Wow, the reason many US states have a drinking age of 21 is highways funding.
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow, the reason many US states have a drinking age of 21 is highways funding.
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
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Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) on the Fourth Plinth is a collective portrait of the trans community.
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
What's on the Fourth Plinth now
Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) by Teresa Margolles is the current artwork on the Fourth Plinth.
www.london.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) on the Fourth Plinth is a collective portrait of the trans community.
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Meet 26 yr old Leicester man and neo-Nazi, Matthew Gravill, ex Buckingham Palace warden guiding visitors around state room whilst also acting as an underground organiser of an International fascist group
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Revealed: The Neo-Nazi who worked inside Buckingham Palace
Matthew Gravill, a 26-year-old fascist linked to two far-right groups, worked as a warden for Buckingham Palace, ITV News can reveal.
news.stv.tv
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Meet 26 yr old Leicester man and neo-Nazi, Matthew Gravill, ex Buckingham Palace warden guiding visitors around state room whilst also acting as an underground organiser of an International fascist group
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
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When the right complain about left-wing bias at the BBC, they mean there are occasions (though rare) when Nigel Farage isn't given a soft interview and Tommy Robinson isn't being treated like a visionary political leader.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When the right complain about left-wing bias at the BBC, they mean there are occasions (though rare) when Nigel Farage isn't given a soft interview and Tommy Robinson isn't being treated like a visionary political leader.
Never pick the quiet exit at Stratford platform 11, it only goes to busier platforms, and in the other direction, the busy exit you avoided.
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Never pick the quiet exit at Stratford platform 11, it only goes to busier platforms, and in the other direction, the busy exit you avoided.
Saw this, laughed and closed the tab.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Saw this, laughed and closed the tab.
It was not London's dream, it was Ernest Marples dream, he was also the minister behind the Beeching Report who eventually fled to Monaco to dodge paying taxes. It's a shame the Ringways project got as far as it did, destroying parts of Epping forest and the Roding valley.
The map accompanies the history of the Ringways project, covering the story of London's motorway dreams from the start of the twentieth century to the point, in the 1960s, where a system of concentric motorway rings came within moments of being built. You can read it at www.roads.org.uk/ringways/
Ringways
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was not London's dream, it was Ernest Marples dream, he was also the minister behind the Beeching Report who eventually fled to Monaco to dodge paying taxes. It's a shame the Ringways project got as far as it did, destroying parts of Epping forest and the Roding valley.
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Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures.
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
'Shocking ableist nonsense': Reform UK MP slammed for Motability car claims
A REFORM UK MP has been panned over "nonsense" calls to replace Motability cars with banned three-wheel vehicles from the 1960s
www.thenational.scot
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures.
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
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I can't help feeling that if Gordon Brown had confirmed that woman was a bigot none of this would be happening.
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I can't help feeling that if Gordon Brown had confirmed that woman was a bigot none of this would be happening.
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"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
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The gov should all get out of X ( as everyone else tbh), the fact that Starmer is still there is incomprehensible.
Musk has transformed one of the world’s largest social media sites and source of news into an attack platform to assist a hostile foreign power during the biggest and bloodiest war in Europe since World War Two.
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
X - Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The gov should all get out of X ( as everyone else tbh), the fact that Starmer is still there is incomprehensible.
What is driving digital sovereignty?
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam
One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI.
www.zdnet.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What is driving digital sovereignty?
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
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Something is amiss with the lift contractor appointed by RBG *seven*years ago.There’s been no accountability, no recognition of this crucial transport link where no others exist for active travel east of Tower Bridge. Please sign the petition
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Something is amiss with the lift contractor appointed by RBG *seven*years ago.There’s been no accountability, no recognition of this crucial transport link where no others exist for active travel east of Tower Bridge. Please sign the petition
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
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...the amount of public space occupied by private cars.
Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
...the amount of public space occupied by private cars.