Bryan Betts
bryangb.bsky.social
Bryan Betts
@bryangb.bsky.social
Analyst, engineer, wordsmith, early mediæval historian, qualified beer judge: I write, break, fix, make and drink things.😏
Also @bryangb@mas.to and yes, still bryan_gb@x
Blimey!! 😱
January 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Yep, this is far from a women-only problem. Pretty much *every* post I put on the ex-bird site (still used for work), the first like is from "fake pretty face and fake bio", trawling for lonely responses.
January 9, 2024 at 2:07 PM
It's the fudges for me - the pinkish wrappers, I think they are these days. But my teeth don't approve. 😢
December 21, 2023 at 4:20 PM
The far-right, I guess!
December 18, 2023 at 10:21 AM
Apparently those reports were "lazy and disrespectful" 😂
December 18, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Similarly, many US writers seem to believe we have a "British Labor party".
December 13, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Sort of similar, maybe a bit more social - and yes, still currently a bit quieter...
December 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM
I have this on a t-shirt. It's still funny...
December 9, 2023 at 12:34 PM
Just happiness, I think.
December 4, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Sure, and yes, much of the world needs to be less car-orientated, but I fear that stories like this are too simplistic. 🤷‍♂️
November 28, 2023 at 10:35 AM
What I've not found yet is their estimate of how big the problem actually is. When I'm on the autobahn, most vehicles aren't doing anything like 130 - although yes, there's a significant minority trying to do 200+.
November 28, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Yet the study cited in the story says that a general autobahn speed limit would also shift traffic back onto minor roads and increase pollution in towns and cities as a result.
November 28, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Oh, and while the right-wing pols & tabloids fulminate over benefit fraud & maybe saving the taxpayer "up to" £600m over 5 years, it's estimated that more than £15 billion a year in benefits goes UNclaimed, due to a complex & opaque system - plus of course fear of being portrayed as a scrounger.
November 24, 2023 at 11:16 AM