Lindsay 👩🔬🚲
@llbroadwell.bsky.social
PhD candidate. Bike nerd. Train enjoyer. Possibly BlueSky's leading expert on outrigger monorails. Nuclear power is pretty cool. Support my research: https://www.patreon.com/m/BroadwellElectrics - https://paypal.me/luusb
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my decision to purchase Chinese DTC e-bike components but do so via a company (Yose) that wants to be in business long-term and has a reputation to protect has turned out to be a wise one.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
my decision to purchase Chinese DTC e-bike components but do so via a company (Yose) that wants to be in business long-term and has a reputation to protect has turned out to be a wise one.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
they're not the cheapest, but they're safer than God knows what off of Aliexpress.
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This is, of course, tragic, and a damning indictment of these technologies, but this is also how every reference to credentialism about higher education sounds to the rest of us, fwiw.
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
This is, of course, tragic, and a damning indictment of these technologies, but this is also how every reference to credentialism about higher education sounds to the rest of us, fwiw.
sign of progress that I look back on some of the earliest bikes I built and wondering how I ever accepted such low standards of fit and finish
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
sign of progress that I look back on some of the earliest bikes I built and wondering how I ever accepted such low standards of fit and finish
Last year I built up a little electric bike as a quick-and-dirty project, then left it outside for six months.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last year I built up a little electric bike as a quick-and-dirty project, then left it outside for six months.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
By some miracle, it never got stolen, and it also still works. In the middle of rebuilding it and cleaning all the bits, and I think it's gonna be very cool indeed.
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
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An actual must-read article, as pretty much all of Malik's are. I genuinely worry how long she can keep up being the single British commentator who can say any of this stuff.
On Shabana Mahmood's contemptible attempt to mobilise her identity in support of her sadistic immigration policies, this from Nesrine Malik is exactly what needed saying.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
An actual must-read article, as pretty much all of Malik's are. I genuinely worry how long she can keep up being the single British commentator who can say any of this stuff.
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Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
| Nick Kemp
| Nick Kemp
Kerala shows the way: why the North East must go beyond child poverty
Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Kerala demonstrates that with political will, meticulous planning, and community engagement, poverty is not inevitable—it can be eradicated
| Nick Kemp
| Nick Kemp
watching TV from the early 2000s is such a trip. it's a Russian roulette of:
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
watching TV from the early 2000s is such a trip. it's a Russian roulette of:
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
- better than you remember it being
- far worse than you remember it being
- surprise blackface!
- surprise transphobia!
- "haha isn't men being sexually assaulted funny"
- "haha women are sexy lamps shut up darling"
- him
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It's a pain to book and the station locations aren't great. But man the China-Laos railway is nice!
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It's a pain to book and the station locations aren't great. But man the China-Laos railway is nice!
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
I'm traveling business class (2 kinds, randomly allocated) from Luang Prabang to Vientiane today. Price? 40 euro for the 2 hour journey.
Very expensive for locals, but a real treat for this trip 🚄🇱🇦
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i think some of us (or at least, myself) are to blame for creating a culture where it's sort of treated as a personal failing if you haven't seen/played/listened to the classics, but yeah, this. it's fine to say "idk it"
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
My even more unpopular opinion is unless you have personally experienced the thing, you should probably refrain from having an opinion on it.
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
We need to return to shaming people for parroting YouTube/TikTok with stuff like "When I want your opinion, I'll just find the YouTuber who gave it to you."
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
i think some of us (or at least, myself) are to blame for creating a culture where it's sort of treated as a personal failing if you haven't seen/played/listened to the classics, but yeah, this. it's fine to say "idk it"
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
ppl who "read" by having chatgpt summarize books are cut from the same cloth
xbox 360 turned 20 years old yesterday
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
xbox 360 turned 20 years old yesterday
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
still my favorite console of all time. the gamecube was my first (and Wind Waker was a hell of a disc for the last owner to to leave in the drive) but the 360 for me was formative.
my hottest of hot takes is that not every game needs a sequel. in fact, it can even take away from the original.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
my hottest of hot takes is that not every game needs a sequel. in fact, it can even take away from the original.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
Portal 2 built on and expanded the original. It's a masterpiece.
Meanwhile... Frostpunk 2 takes a world that felt raw and desperate and deeply human and abstracts all that away.
which one
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
which one
blursed things are happening
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
blursed things are happening
One of my favorite places in Leicester, Northside Bikes, is doing a community bike benefit and they need to raise £5000!
It'd mean a lot to me if people could chip in!
www.spacehive.com/bikes-for-all
It'd mean a lot to me if people could chip in!
www.spacehive.com/bikes-for-all
Bikes for All
Bikes for All: providing free bikes for those who need them in Leicester.
Thats right, free bikes along with locks, lights and a helmet for local people who can't afford their own.
www.spacehive.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of my favorite places in Leicester, Northside Bikes, is doing a community bike benefit and they need to raise £5000!
It'd mean a lot to me if people could chip in!
www.spacehive.com/bikes-for-all
It'd mean a lot to me if people could chip in!
www.spacehive.com/bikes-for-all
it almost looks vaguely professional, my god
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
it almost looks vaguely professional, my god
"lindsay why are you single"
probably in part because I am surrounded by people who are poly to at least some extent, while I am very much *not* that at all.
probably in part because I am surrounded by people who are poly to at least some extent, while I am very much *not* that at all.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"lindsay why are you single"
probably in part because I am surrounded by people who are poly to at least some extent, while I am very much *not* that at all.
probably in part because I am surrounded by people who are poly to at least some extent, while I am very much *not* that at all.
me learning to braze is going to be a dangerous skill, I can tell
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
me learning to braze is going to be a dangerous skill, I can tell
put the spoil board and dust shoe on my CNC machine. anti-vibration mat, homing switches, full enclosure, and emergency stop button still to come.
it's gonna be lit.
it's gonna be lit.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
put the spoil board and dust shoe on my CNC machine. anti-vibration mat, homing switches, full enclosure, and emergency stop button still to come.
it's gonna be lit.
it's gonna be lit.
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Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
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I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
Half-Life 3: Official Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Valve
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
something something to be loved is to be changed something something also wow who the fuck was 2020 me anyway
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
something something to be loved is to be changed something something also wow who the fuck was 2020 me anyway
I don't like the idea of using a flame to braze stuff so guess who's working on seeing if an insulated jig so the part can be electrically heated with 48VDC and nichrome wire instead to exactly the correct temperature is possible instead
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't like the idea of using a flame to braze stuff so guess who's working on seeing if an insulated jig so the part can be electrically heated with 48VDC and nichrome wire instead to exactly the correct temperature is possible instead
I still like Big Big Train a lot, but there really was something special about David Longdon's vocals. Anyway. Enjoy how good they were live:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZX...
Big Big Train perform Hedgerow live at the Hackney Empire, London
YouTube video by Big Big Train
m.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I still like Big Big Train a lot, but there really was something special about David Longdon's vocals. Anyway. Enjoy how good they were live:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZX...