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Alan
@r0thar.bsky.social
Still an Irish, cynical, freewheeling, engineer.

Found all you Xitter refugees using 'Sky Follower Bridge'
Same handle there and mastodon.ie

“Better to talk to people than communicate via tweet” - E.Musk

A follow with 0 posts = blocked.
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New Social Site appeal:

I will donate my first born (cycle) to whomever can get red-lights-are-yield-signs for bicycles into law.

It would make commuting so much easier and finally remove the red-light whataboutism we hear from recalcitrant drivers.

#IdahoStop #StopAsYield #freethecyclelanes
I looks like I need to drop my child off to Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien #darraghobrienTD

"to allow for the trialling of a French-style yielding system for people cycling at traffic lights. "

irishcycle.com/2025/10/11/r...

@irishcycle.com @dublincycling.bsky.social
Raft of legal changes to back new cycling infrastructure signed into law
A wide range of legal changes relating to cycling and other transport-related changes have been signed into law by the Minister for Transport, Darragh O’Brien. The changes range from giving l…
irishcycle.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
That reddit ratio, no notes 😙🤌
September 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
tl:dr "After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made Ian Paisley."
June 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Five Years later and now we are petitioning Dublin City Council to trial the 2020 Strand Road cycle path for 12 months.
You can sign too: my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...

@irishcycle.com
@ibike.ie
@uplift-ireland.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unexpected #MiriamMargolyes in Gaucín, Andalusia
April 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New bicycle counters added along the #C2C part of #S2S this week! Hopefully it will illustrate the numbers of people using these ‘empty’ (aka uncongested) routes, and freeing up space on roads and seats on public transport.
March 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"so long as we don’t reverse the policies that got us to this point and can be patient" - they already know the risk
December 23, 2024 at 10:23 PM
The latest from #astro-pettit from the #ISS on Dec 5th 2024
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Since this is getting re-re-posted from reddit, pinterest, tt, etc, we may as well enjoy this 2018 'classic' from @dsenneff.bsky.social here on bsky

#webdesign #UX #funny
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
My friday night in: Unfollowing people on 𝕏itter as I re-follow them on #bsky

I will depart leaving an empty husk.

(thx to kawamataryo.bsky.social )
November 29, 2024 at 9:34 PM
> Ben Stein was a traditional Republican

He wrote speeches for Ford and Nixon! before going on to teach law.
November 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The photo may not have the human feeling, but the recreation video using their location and voices has it in spades:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHbF...
Earthrise in 4K
YouTube video by NASA Goddard
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
After 30 years of cycling that road, it finally has a complete, segregated cycle path outbound as well as inbound #C2CC
November 23, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Plenty of room there for bikes!
From the country that brought you these stairs
November 19, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Follow me.

And thanks
November 14, 2024 at 11:49 PM
New Social Site appeal:

I will donate my first born (cycle) to whomever can get red-lights-are-yield-signs for bicycles into law.

It would make commuting so much easier and finally remove the red-light whataboutism we hear from recalcitrant drivers.

#IdahoStop #StopAsYield #freethecyclelanes
October 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM