Roger
@rogerha.bsky.social
Cyclist, statistician, folk aficionado, alliteration addict
Hebridean Queen didn't sell so well at the time but is now a collector's item
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hebridean Queen didn't sell so well at the time but is now a collector's item
African wildcat (Felis lybica)
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Cats became our companions way later than you think
In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to join us on the sofa.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
African wildcat (Felis lybica)
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The hill that I am prepared to die on is that the phrase should be either "the hill that I am prepared to die on" or, if you insist on not ending English sentences with a proposition, "the hill upon which I am prepared to die" but not "the hill upon which I am prepared to die on" #grammarpedant 😉
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The hill that I am prepared to die on is that the phrase should be either "the hill that I am prepared to die on" or, if you insist on not ending English sentences with a proposition, "the hill upon which I am prepared to die" but not "the hill upon which I am prepared to die on" #grammarpedant 😉
With subspecies Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla (the Western lowland gorilla)
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 AM
With subspecies Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla (the Western lowland gorilla)
Personally I think it'd be better to call this machine learning and avoid the term 'artificial intelligence' completely here. It's not mimicking human intelligence, it's mimicking physics-based computer models.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Personally I think it'd be better to call this machine learning and avoid the term 'artificial intelligence' completely here. It's not mimicking human intelligence, it's mimicking physics-based computer models.
The percentage increase in cycling trips per person in the whole of the UK between 2019 and 2024 was less than or equal to zero
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November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Devon County Council says estimated costs have increased by £700,000 and it will be spending the grant funding elsewhere in Devon
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Promise of new £1.1m Exeter quayside bridge disappears
A business owner says the bridge is the "missing piece of the jigsaw" for cyclists and walkers.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Devon County Council says estimated costs have increased by £700,000 and it will be spending the grant funding elsewhere in Devon
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The percentage increase in cycling trips per person in the whole of the UK between 2019 and 2024 was less than or equal to zero
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The percentage increase in cycling trips per person in the whole of the UK between 2019 and 2024 was less than or equal to zero
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
You talkin' to me, Mrs Robinson?
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You talkin' to me, Mrs Robinson?
I've started riding in a position to discourage overtaking when I'm the *oncoming* cyclist, especially as I'm often travelling faster than the motorist may realise
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I've started riding in a position to discourage overtaking when I'm the *oncoming* cyclist, especially as I'm often travelling faster than the motorist may realise
Guess I need more lights then bicycles rather than vice-versa 😉
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Guess I need more lights then bicycles rather than vice-versa 😉
Plastic stretchy handlebar strap broke on my Lidl front light. Bit of a weak point in the design imo. Maybe should've left it on the bike all the time as so cheap to replace but then if someone did nick it I'd be walking home in the dark
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Plastic stretchy handlebar strap broke on my Lidl front light. Bit of a weak point in the design imo. Maybe should've left it on the bike all the time as so cheap to replace but then if someone did nick it I'd be walking home in the dark
Elite races will be widely geo-blocked 🙁 others only geo-blocked in Czechia 👶
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November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Elite races will be widely geo-blocked 🙁 others only geo-blocked in Czechia 👶
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Yes Elite races will be widely geo-blocked including in UK 🙁 others only geo-blocked in Czechia 👶
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November 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yes Elite races will be widely geo-blocked including in UK 🙁 others only geo-blocked in Czechia 👶
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Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé chez moi à bicyclette! (dans un pannier, et sans fleurs)
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé chez moi à bicyclette! (dans un pannier, et sans fleurs)
Thanks, I guess that makes sense, though if that's the motivation @bsky.app should've quote-posted with an explanation as it was far from obvious to many of us
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thanks, I guess that makes sense, though if that's the motivation @bsky.app should've quote-posted with an explanation as it was far from obvious to many of us
Bill's gone? Poor Billy, poor, poor dear Billy!
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Dear, dear Larry and dear, dear Johnny have tea. Spitting Image sketch
Dailymotion video by Teena Zapata
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Bill's gone? Poor Billy, poor, poor dear Billy!
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Oh, you're right 😢
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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh, you're right 😢
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