Karl-on-Sea
@karlonsea.bsky.social
Audax, underbiking & velomobiles. Occasional tallbiking. Genius who brought you SPD Crocs, inventor of the Meths Martini & no longer allowed unsupervised lab access. Upsetting in an oddly lingering kind of way.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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European Countries Smaller Than The Land Used For Roads & Parking In The US
brilliantmaps.com/europe-vs...
brilliantmaps.com/europe-vs...
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
European Countries Smaller Than The Land Used For Roads & Parking In The US
brilliantmaps.com/europe-vs...
brilliantmaps.com/europe-vs...
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Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines
Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that when the company's robotaxis encounter unusual situations, they may switch control to the remote drivers. While some of...
www.techspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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All the granite curling stones in the Winter Olympics are quarried on Ailsa Craig, a small volcanic island off Scotland's west coast. A chain of these geological relics stretches across the Central Belt as far as the North Sea. And they're the theme of a ride in m'new book Lost Lanes Scotland.
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
All the granite curling stones in the Winter Olympics are quarried on Ailsa Craig, a small volcanic island off Scotland's west coast. A chain of these geological relics stretches across the Central Belt as far as the North Sea. And they're the theme of a ride in m'new book Lost Lanes Scotland.
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Personally I think Michael Caine was wasted in Muppet Christmas Carol, what we should have had was Muppet Italian Job, it even had a great song already written for Muppet Voices.
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Personally I think Michael Caine was wasted in Muppet Christmas Carol, what we should have had was Muppet Italian Job, it even had a great song already written for Muppet Voices.
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Encouraging more people to cycle for more of their everyday journeys isn't going to work when your cycling infra still places this kind of nonsense in the way.
February 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Encouraging more people to cycle for more of their everyday journeys isn't going to work when your cycling infra still places this kind of nonsense in the way.
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Wealthy individuals paid large sums to hunt civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, targeting primarily women and children, in what has become known as the Sarajevo Safari. At least one suspect has been identified as of February 2026. #OpDeathEaters
Clip from Miss Sarajevo (1995)
Clip from Miss Sarajevo (1995)
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Wealthy individuals paid large sums to hunt civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, targeting primarily women and children, in what has become known as the Sarajevo Safari. At least one suspect has been identified as of February 2026. #OpDeathEaters
Clip from Miss Sarajevo (1995)
Clip from Miss Sarajevo (1995)
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I’m old enough to remember when people argued the UK should not have a proportional electoral system because it would lead to weak and unstable governments like in Italy or Belgium.
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I’m old enough to remember when people argued the UK should not have a proportional electoral system because it would lead to weak and unstable governments like in Italy or Belgium.
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Stand down! I found it www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Changing the priority for cyclists at separate bicycle crossings, when planning main routes for cyclists, requires at least an elevated crossing, or a hump before the crossing"
"Changing the priority for cyclists at separate bicycle crossings, when planning main routes for cyclists, requires at least an elevated crossing, or a hump before the crossing"
Car Driver and Bicyclist Behavior at Bicycle Crossings Under Different Priority Regulations
In order to improve traffic safety, the Finnish Traffic Code concerning rights of way at bicycle crossings changed on the first of June, 1997. This st…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Stand down! I found it www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Changing the priority for cyclists at separate bicycle crossings, when planning main routes for cyclists, requires at least an elevated crossing, or a hump before the crossing"
"Changing the priority for cyclists at separate bicycle crossings, when planning main routes for cyclists, requires at least an elevated crossing, or a hump before the crossing"
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Help me, traffic psych world, you're my only hope. There was a study (early 2000s?) of interventions to make junctions safer where cycle paths cross (in Finland?? Heikki Summala??). it found the only intervention that made a difference to safety was a hump that slowed drivers down. Ring any bells?
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Help me, traffic psych world, you're my only hope. There was a study (early 2000s?) of interventions to make junctions safer where cycle paths cross (in Finland?? Heikki Summala??). it found the only intervention that made a difference to safety was a hump that slowed drivers down. Ring any bells?
I got the window seat guys!
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I got the window seat guys!
"....and in its final act it turns into Triumph of the Will".
Kermode deserves a knighthood for this. Or possibly a Nobel prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Kermode deserves a knighthood for this. Or possibly a Nobel prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"....and in its final act it turns into Triumph of the Will".
Kermode deserves a knighthood for this. Or possibly a Nobel prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
Kermode deserves a knighthood for this. Or possibly a Nobel prize.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
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Make anyone with the ability to control a vehicle have to have a licence from the area they are controlling the vehicle.
A taxi licence would be appropriate as well.
A taxi licence would be appropriate as well.
Cities will micromanage an e-bike, but are fine with multi-ton cars being beta tested on our streets by remote workers overseas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines
Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that when the company's robotaxis encounter unusual situations, they may switch control to the remote drivers. While some of...
www.techspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Make anyone with the ability to control a vehicle have to have a licence from the area they are controlling the vehicle.
A taxi licence would be appropriate as well.
A taxi licence would be appropriate as well.
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If your first draft of an academic paper is free of profanity and rudeness, you're doing it wrong and the final version will be affected. This new trend of professors watching the process from start to finish in an futile effort to thwart AI is going to ruin everything.
February 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
If your first draft of an academic paper is free of profanity and rudeness, you're doing it wrong and the final version will be affected. This new trend of professors watching the process from start to finish in an futile effort to thwart AI is going to ruin everything.
Given the current state of the world, it’s not unreasonable for @theonion.com to have just given up on satire and transitioned into mainstream reporting.
Study: Majority Of Humans Happiest When Rest Of Family Still Asleep https://theonion.com/study-majority-of-humans-happiest-when-rest-of-family-1819579602/
February 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Given the current state of the world, it’s not unreasonable for @theonion.com to have just given up on satire and transitioned into mainstream reporting.
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The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THESE BICYCLES!!
Bollards save lives. End of story.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THESE BICYCLES!!
“Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
The scientists are mostly happy, engineering are confident. But this decision is way above my pay grade, so although it’s my recommendation to go ahead, YOU need to decide.
The scientists are mostly happy, engineering are confident. But this decision is way above my pay grade, so although it’s my recommendation to go ahead, YOU need to decide.
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
"You're on mute, Dave."
"You're on mute, Dave."
"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
We should be able to test at a higher frequency next week, again (reader, we have still not been able to test at a higher frequency)
We should be able to test at a higher frequency next week, again (reader, we have still not been able to test at a higher frequency)
February 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
“Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."
The scientists are mostly happy, engineering are confident. But this decision is way above my pay grade, so although it’s my recommendation to go ahead, YOU need to decide.
The scientists are mostly happy, engineering are confident. But this decision is way above my pay grade, so although it’s my recommendation to go ahead, YOU need to decide.
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Memories reminding me 3 years since Look Mum No Hands closed. I miss that place, I miss taking half days to watch GT stages (The closest I'd ever get to footy supporters watching in the pub). Son had his first coffee there. It shook me when it closed & tears were shed when I broke my mug
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Memories reminding me 3 years since Look Mum No Hands closed. I miss that place, I miss taking half days to watch GT stages (The closest I'd ever get to footy supporters watching in the pub). Son had his first coffee there. It shook me when it closed & tears were shed when I broke my mug
I see your mother has discovered Fesshole.
I was just having a good ball scratching session, and hit a spot that made me involuntary shake my leg in the air. I've never felt closer to my animal roots.
February 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I see your mother has discovered Fesshole.
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Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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Bloody cyclists
Bollards save lives. End of story.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Bloody cyclists