Josh Thompson
@pianofights.bsky.social
Cycling, reading, video games, ttrpgs, active transport, town and street design, anime, socialism, comics and art, sustainable homes, green energy, music, and the war on cars.
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train worker waking me up to check my ticket
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
train worker waking me up to check my ticket
Sometimes I see artists do little tutorial sketches for how to properly draw folds in clothes and stuff. I'd love to see one for how to faithfully reproduce the way Trump's soft, doughy neck is pulled taught and gathered at the knot of his tie.
Trump is not too pleased with the photo they used of him in TIME Magazine
October 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sometimes I see artists do little tutorial sketches for how to properly draw folds in clothes and stuff. I'd love to see one for how to faithfully reproduce the way Trump's soft, doughy neck is pulled taught and gathered at the knot of his tie.
Cycling home from work I passed a field of cows and the young ones watched me and I said "hey!" to them like you might to a dog and they stopped chewing to think about what I'd said and I guess that isn't really anything at all but I'm glad I wasn't in a car.
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Cycling home from work I passed a field of cows and the young ones watched me and I said "hey!" to them like you might to a dog and they stopped chewing to think about what I'd said and I guess that isn't really anything at all but I'm glad I wasn't in a car.
I'm getting some absolutely stellar customer service from @galibiervelo.bsky.social at the moment. Their kit is some of the best performing I've used, and easily the best value. What a cool company.
September 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm getting some absolutely stellar customer service from @galibiervelo.bsky.social at the moment. Their kit is some of the best performing I've used, and easily the best value. What a cool company.
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
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My wife actually suggested to ME that we watch the new Tour de France: Unchained season! Then a few minutes in the monkeys paw curls as she insists we keep it on dubbed...
July 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My wife actually suggested to ME that we watch the new Tour de France: Unchained season! Then a few minutes in the monkeys paw curls as she insists we keep it on dubbed...
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At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act.
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide.
This is a dark day for our democracy.
Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth.
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
Thank you @beetlemoses.bsky.social for the finishing touches to my office room! Monkey quadfecta 👌
June 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thank you @beetlemoses.bsky.social for the finishing touches to my office room! Monkey quadfecta 👌
Journalist speaking to a Trump supporter who is becoming concerned about the economy.
"You voted for Trump?"
"I did... I did..."
"And what do you think now? Do you still support him?"
"Well I'm not a quitter..."
Fuck sake dude. Change your mind. What is this attitude?
"You voted for Trump?"
"I did... I did..."
"And what do you think now? Do you still support him?"
"Well I'm not a quitter..."
Fuck sake dude. Change your mind. What is this attitude?
April 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Journalist speaking to a Trump supporter who is becoming concerned about the economy.
"You voted for Trump?"
"I did... I did..."
"And what do you think now? Do you still support him?"
"Well I'm not a quitter..."
Fuck sake dude. Change your mind. What is this attitude?
"You voted for Trump?"
"I did... I did..."
"And what do you think now? Do you still support him?"
"Well I'm not a quitter..."
Fuck sake dude. Change your mind. What is this attitude?
Asking "willst though grant me succor?" to my colleague when I want to borrow their USB-C charging cable.
February 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Asking "willst though grant me succor?" to my colleague when I want to borrow their USB-C charging cable.
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Today thing that you are likely not going to see in your usual news channel:
February 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today thing that you are likely not going to see in your usual news channel:
Did a big Audax today and had to navigate this. Water came up to the wheel axles.
February 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did a big Audax today and had to navigate this. Water came up to the wheel axles.
Heard on the news this morning that some guy killed his daughter by withholding her insulin, and he was acquitted of murder (got manslaughter instead) because he "believed god would save her". What the fuck. Where does that argument end?
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Heard on the news this morning that some guy killed his daughter by withholding her insulin, and he was acquitted of murder (got manslaughter instead) because he "believed god would save her". What the fuck. Where does that argument end?
"How the fuck do I turn off the AI assistant" is a phrase that is coming to define my existence. I'll be saying this every hour or so, every day, for the rest of my life.
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"How the fuck do I turn off the AI assistant" is a phrase that is coming to define my existence. I'll be saying this every hour or so, every day, for the rest of my life.
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There's this set of 4-way traffic lights on my commute. Their default is all lights on red until they detect traffic. Unfortunately, they use an induction loop. On my bike at 06:00am, they don't detect me. I either have to wait several minutes until a driver arrives for my direction, or go on red.
January 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There's this set of 4-way traffic lights on my commute. Their default is all lights on red until they detect traffic. Unfortunately, they use an induction loop. On my bike at 06:00am, they don't detect me. I either have to wait several minutes until a driver arrives for my direction, or go on red.
Just tried TrainingPeaks Virtual as it's free at the moment. Found it to be... complete garbage. UI is awful on phone. It stopped changing thing resistance on my trainer part way through (could be my trainer), and it won't sync data in either direction with other apps. Account deleted after one ride
December 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Just tried TrainingPeaks Virtual as it's free at the moment. Found it to be... complete garbage. UI is awful on phone. It stopped changing thing resistance on my trainer part way through (could be my trainer), and it won't sync data in either direction with other apps. Account deleted after one ride
Rode my bike a bunch!
December 12, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Rode my bike a bunch!
My Garmin is dead 😔
Was working totally fine previous ride, and now simply won't turn on.
2 years out if it seems rubbish, and would ordinarily seek a different brand now... But the thought of yet another sign up and another app... I guess that's me, a mug, stuck in the ecosystem like they wanted.
Was working totally fine previous ride, and now simply won't turn on.
2 years out if it seems rubbish, and would ordinarily seek a different brand now... But the thought of yet another sign up and another app... I guess that's me, a mug, stuck in the ecosystem like they wanted.
December 11, 2024 at 8:36 PM
My Garmin is dead 😔
Was working totally fine previous ride, and now simply won't turn on.
2 years out if it seems rubbish, and would ordinarily seek a different brand now... But the thought of yet another sign up and another app... I guess that's me, a mug, stuck in the ecosystem like they wanted.
Was working totally fine previous ride, and now simply won't turn on.
2 years out if it seems rubbish, and would ordinarily seek a different brand now... But the thought of yet another sign up and another app... I guess that's me, a mug, stuck in the ecosystem like they wanted.
I guess I do think that people should feel some form of shame or embarrassment for choosing to drive something that takes up more of our public space and has greater destructive power. If their own conscience doesn't do that for them, imposing mild rejection towards them seems like leadership?
Bravo Cardiff. Absolutely the right thing to do. Local parking reforms have a big role to play in reducing the number of large cars on our roads with all the benefits this brings - for safety, climate, air quality, space in our crowded public realm and, as mentioned here, road maintenance
November 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM
I guess I do think that people should feel some form of shame or embarrassment for choosing to drive something that takes up more of our public space and has greater destructive power. If their own conscience doesn't do that for them, imposing mild rejection towards them seems like leadership?
Maybe the article is just cursory here, but if you want to find out if B is more effective than A, then doing a trial with groups recieving A and A+B respectively seems odd? Too much risk to those involved in removing access to the frontline charities I guess?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
November 24, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Maybe the article is just cursory here, but if you want to find out if B is more effective than A, then doing a trial with groups recieving A and A+B respectively seems odd? Too much risk to those involved in removing access to the frontline charities I guess?
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
At Three Trapped Tiger's farewell show at Electric Ballroom in Camden!
November 22, 2024 at 9:20 PM
At Three Trapped Tiger's farewell show at Electric Ballroom in Camden!
Go out and live your life vs. stay home and get fed.
November 22, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Go out and live your life vs. stay home and get fed.