Stephen McManus
@zynks.bsky.social
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Leisure & utility cycling
Dublin, Ireland
#LiveableCities #SocialEnterprise #Inclusion #Sustainability
Leisure & utility cycling
Dublin, Ireland
The debate about building safe cycling infrastructure always seems to be about those who cause the pain and destruction opposing protection for those they hurt. How is this even tolerated?
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The debate about building safe cycling infrastructure always seems to be about those who cause the pain and destruction opposing protection for those they hurt. How is this even tolerated?
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
(screenshot of @dublininquirer.com's Collision Tracker)
Cryptocurrencies are a huge backwards Game of Chicken that can wipe out 3.84 TRILLION US Dollars overnight. Not enough to sink the global economy, but enough to hurt a lot of greedy people. It is a question of when it will happen.
October 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Cryptocurrencies are a huge backwards Game of Chicken that can wipe out 3.84 TRILLION US Dollars overnight. Not enough to sink the global economy, but enough to hurt a lot of greedy people. It is a question of when it will happen.
Even the worst movies about banana Republic dictatorships wouldn't come up with something so poorly thought out.
October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Even the worst movies about banana Republic dictatorships wouldn't come up with something so poorly thought out.
The issue with free speech, the thing that the manipulators have figured out that they can use to undermine any society with a poor education system just by deploying bots online, the reason why democracy is irretrievably broken in the US - with the UK not far behind:
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The issue with free speech, the thing that the manipulators have figured out that they can use to undermine any society with a poor education system just by deploying bots online, the reason why democracy is irretrievably broken in the US - with the UK not far behind:
I didn't expect either... and so disappointed to see MM exposing his lack of backbone so publicly. We deserve better.
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I didn't expect either... and so disappointed to see MM exposing his lack of backbone so publicly. We deserve better.
Perfect sense, Roger Waters, 1992
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Perfect sense, Roger Waters, 1992
Someone has been partying
September 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Someone has been partying
Dude borrows $1 bn to buy shares in the company he already owns $230 bn worth of shares. Prices raise as a result and his stake value is up by $23.1 bn.
$23.1 billion dollars in value made out of thin air.
$23.1 billion dollars in value made out of thin air.
September 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Dude borrows $1 bn to buy shares in the company he already owns $230 bn worth of shares. Prices raise as a result and his stake value is up by $23.1 bn.
$23.1 billion dollars in value made out of thin air.
$23.1 billion dollars in value made out of thin air.
After listening to the awesome #12 last night, I went for #8. BIG mistake. It's a drop, a big one.
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
After listening to the awesome #12 last night, I went for #8. BIG mistake. It's a drop, a big one.
Spotted this on a wall, just over the size of a €2 coin, not moving. Anyone know what it might be?
September 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Spotted this on a wall, just over the size of a €2 coin, not moving. Anyone know what it might be?
The RSA is in line with them, same culture of victim blaming
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The RSA is in line with them, same culture of victim blaming
"Those ebikes are a law unto themselves, we need safety, say drivers". Meanwhile, innocent machines like these could be on our roads, unhindered, soon...
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Those ebikes are a law unto themselves, we need safety, say drivers". Meanwhile, innocent machines like these could be on our roads, unhindered, soon...
Milei just had his derriere served to him in a plate in Buenos Aires local elections. Peronistas (left of centre, but populists) won. Progress nonetheless.
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Milei just had his derriere served to him in a plate in Buenos Aires local elections. Peronistas (left of centre, but populists) won. Progress nonetheless.
Red & the moon, last night
September 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Red & the moon, last night
Went to the Dublin Port greenway this evening to, unsuccessfully, capture the lunar eclipse. I almost missed this happening behind me while I waited.
September 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Went to the Dublin Port greenway this evening to, unsuccessfully, capture the lunar eclipse. I almost missed this happening behind me while I waited.
#4 today, it's getting worse
September 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#4 today, it's getting worse
Saturdays are my bike fixing days. I have a shift at @thebikehub.ie's workshop in Dun Laoghaire. It's my way to stay in touch with the locals and to keep it fresh about why I'm doing this job. I can't think of many jobs that would be more rewarding.
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Saturdays are my bike fixing days. I have a shift at @thebikehub.ie's workshop in Dun Laoghaire. It's my way to stay in touch with the locals and to keep it fresh about why I'm doing this job. I can't think of many jobs that would be more rewarding.
37.4% of the Irish population (2,010k out of 5,374k)) is under 30, this headline is not news unless they are suggesting that it is a safe cohort.
August 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
37.4% of the Irish population (2,010k out of 5,374k)) is under 30, this headline is not news unless they are suggesting that it is a safe cohort.
I love how drivers complain about how ugly these are, without acknowledging that these are a side effect of drivers' ugly manners.
August 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I love how drivers complain about how ugly these are, without acknowledging that these are a side effect of drivers' ugly manners.
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972). A very fine album that I only discovered recently.
August 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
J.J. Cale - Naturally (1972). A very fine album that I only discovered recently.
Reads like a threat
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reads like a threat