Fietser Steve
@fietsersteve.bsky.social
@FietserSteve@mastodon.green
youtube.com/@cyclingsteve
Tring-tring not ding-ding.
Computer whisperer, utility cyclist, Hackney and Newham, London, UK.
AI offers opinions not facts, it doesn't know fact from fiction.
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Tring-tring not ding-ding.
Computer whisperer, utility cyclist, Hackney and Newham, London, UK.
AI offers opinions not facts, it doesn't know fact from fiction.
Post before you follow me.
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As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Why we - and the Home Secretary - disapply the ECHR at our peril
By Jessica Frank-Keyes
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Saw this earlier. The Newham Greenway will be closed by Thames Water for 3 years. There's no mention of who is closing it or for how long on the signs. The proposed detour is going to kill people and the council is silent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Saw this earlier. The Newham Greenway will be closed by Thames Water for 3 years. There's no mention of who is closing it or for how long on the signs. The proposed detour is going to kill people and the council is silent.
Wow, the reason many US states have a drinking age of 21 is highways funding.
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow, the reason many US states have a drinking age of 21 is highways funding.
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
www.congress.gov/bill/98th-co...
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Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) on the Fourth Plinth is a collective portrait of the trans community.
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
What's on the Fourth Plinth now
Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) by Teresa Margolles is the current artwork on the Fourth Plinth.
www.london.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Mil Veces un Instante (A thousand times an Instant) on the Fourth Plinth is a collective portrait of the trans community.
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Made up of plaster casts of the faces of 726 trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people.
#TransgenderAwarenessWeek
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Meet 26 yr old Leicester man and neo-Nazi, Matthew Gravill, ex Buckingham Palace warden guiding visitors around state room whilst also acting as an underground organiser of an International fascist group
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Revealed: The Neo-Nazi who worked inside Buckingham Palace
Matthew Gravill, a 26-year-old fascist linked to two far-right groups, worked as a warden for Buckingham Palace, ITV News can reveal.
news.stv.tv
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Meet 26 yr old Leicester man and neo-Nazi, Matthew Gravill, ex Buckingham Palace warden guiding visitors around state room whilst also acting as an underground organiser of an International fascist group
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
Who does the security vetting
news.stv.tv/world/reveal...
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When the right complain about left-wing bias at the BBC, they mean there are occasions (though rare) when Nigel Farage isn't given a soft interview and Tommy Robinson isn't being treated like a visionary political leader.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When the right complain about left-wing bias at the BBC, they mean there are occasions (though rare) when Nigel Farage isn't given a soft interview and Tommy Robinson isn't being treated like a visionary political leader.
Never pick the quiet exit at Stratford platform 11, it only goes to busier platforms, and in the other direction, the busy exit you avoided.
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Never pick the quiet exit at Stratford platform 11, it only goes to busier platforms, and in the other direction, the busy exit you avoided.
Saw this, laughed and closed the tab.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Saw this, laughed and closed the tab.
It was not London's dream, it was Ernest Marples dream, he was also the minister behind the Beeching Report who eventually fled to Monaco to dodge paying taxes. It's a shame the Ringways project got as far as it did, destroying parts of Epping forest and the Roding valley.
The map accompanies the history of the Ringways project, covering the story of London's motorway dreams from the start of the twentieth century to the point, in the 1960s, where a system of concentric motorway rings came within moments of being built. You can read it at www.roads.org.uk/ringways/
Ringways
The story of an incredible plan to reshape London into a city of motorways, with the history from creation to cancellation and details on every unbuilt road.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was not London's dream, it was Ernest Marples dream, he was also the minister behind the Beeching Report who eventually fled to Monaco to dodge paying taxes. It's a shame the Ringways project got as far as it did, destroying parts of Epping forest and the Roding valley.
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Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures.
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
'Shocking ableist nonsense': Reform UK MP slammed for Motability car claims
A REFORM UK MP has been panned over "nonsense" calls to replace Motability cars with banned three-wheel vehicles from the 1960s
www.thenational.scot
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures.
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558529...
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I can't help feeling that if Gordon Brown had confirmed that woman was a bigot none of this would be happening.
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I can't help feeling that if Gordon Brown had confirmed that woman was a bigot none of this would be happening.
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"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
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The gov should all get out of X ( as everyone else tbh), the fact that Starmer is still there is incomprehensible.
Musk has transformed one of the world’s largest social media sites and source of news into an attack platform to assist a hostile foreign power during the biggest and bloodiest war in Europe since World War Two.
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
X - Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The gov should all get out of X ( as everyone else tbh), the fact that Starmer is still there is incomprehensible.
What is driving digital sovereignty?
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam
One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI.
www.zdnet.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What is driving digital sovereignty?
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
AI, increasing prices, the U.S. CLOUD Act (2018) which allows U.S. law enforcement to compel U.S. tech companies to provide requested data stored on their servers, regardless of the data's physical location, oh and Trump.
www.zdnet.com/article/euro...
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Something is amiss with the lift contractor appointed by RBG *seven*years ago.There’s been no accountability, no recognition of this crucial transport link where no others exist for active travel east of Tower Bridge. Please sign the petition
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
October 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Something is amiss with the lift contractor appointed by RBG *seven*years ago.There’s been no accountability, no recognition of this crucial transport link where no others exist for active travel east of Tower Bridge. Please sign the petition
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
www.change.org/p/transfer-g...
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...the amount of public space occupied by private cars.
Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
...the amount of public space occupied by private cars.
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WTAF? Some enforcement and some filtering please Camden. HT @cycleoptic.bsky.social
Why don't people who choose to cycle, use the infrastructure provided ? #C50 Randolf Street, Camden, contraflow @camdencouncil.bsky.social @camdencyclists.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
WTAF? Some enforcement and some filtering please Camden. HT @cycleoptic.bsky.social
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Here we go... it was only a matter of time, as the far-right gets ever more vocal without check
Homophobic Christian Nationalist mob targets London’s gay district
A homophobic religious mob calling themselves the ‘King’s Army’ organised an intimidating mob in the streets of London’s Soho – the heart of London’s LGBT+ community, home to many LGBT+ bars, clubs, a...
humanists.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Here we go... it was only a matter of time, as the far-right gets ever more vocal without check
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🖋️ And if you agree the Greenwich foot tunnel is a useful transport connection for people getting around London and that the lifts should be properly managed and that TfL should take this role on then sign here:
c.org/rhMk9MgJgY
c.org/rhMk9MgJgY
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Transfer Greenwich Foot Tunnel management to Transport for London
c.org
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🖋️ And if you agree the Greenwich foot tunnel is a useful transport connection for people getting around London and that the lifts should be properly managed and that TfL should take this role on then sign here:
c.org/rhMk9MgJgY
c.org/rhMk9MgJgY
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Great campaign from the @escalatenow.bsky.social team who got TfL to fix the escalators at Cutty Sark.
Now pushing TfL to fix the lifts in Greenwich foot tunnel built by London County Council 113 years ago for dock workers to cross the river.
When TfL was set up they got road not foot tunnels. 🤦♀️
Now pushing TfL to fix the lifts in Greenwich foot tunnel built by London County Council 113 years ago for dock workers to cross the river.
When TfL was set up they got road not foot tunnels. 🤦♀️
Campaigners have launched a petition calling for control of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to be transferred from Greenwich Council to Transport for London.
The tunnel was originally run by London-wide government, but control was handed to Greenwich in the 1980s.
The tunnel was originally run by London-wide government, but control was handed to Greenwich in the 1980s.
Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition - The Greenwich Wire
Campaigners have launched a petition calling for control of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to be transferred from Greenwich Council to Transport for London.
greenwichwire.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Great campaign from the @escalatenow.bsky.social team who got TfL to fix the escalators at Cutty Sark.
Now pushing TfL to fix the lifts in Greenwich foot tunnel built by London County Council 113 years ago for dock workers to cross the river.
When TfL was set up they got road not foot tunnels. 🤦♀️
Now pushing TfL to fix the lifts in Greenwich foot tunnel built by London County Council 113 years ago for dock workers to cross the river.
When TfL was set up they got road not foot tunnels. 🤦♀️
You are designing an age verification system, do you keep images of those IDs after they have been verified? Why?
If your intention is to only provide age verification there is no reason to keep that data beyond verification of age.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/d...
If your intention is to only provide age verification there is no reason to keep that data beyond verification of age.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/d...
Discord: Attackers accessed about 70,000 user photo IDs
: No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place
www.theregister.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
You are designing an age verification system, do you keep images of those IDs after they have been verified? Why?
If your intention is to only provide age verification there is no reason to keep that data beyond verification of age.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/d...
If your intention is to only provide age verification there is no reason to keep that data beyond verification of age.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/d...
Now we just need North Woolwich not to be a cycling hell hole.
A look at Woolwich Charlton cycle lane works which have commenced.
It'll extend Cycleway 4 to Woolwich ferry when complete in 2027
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...
It'll extend Cycleway 4 to Woolwich ferry when complete in 2027
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...
Work underway on cycle lane and street changes between Woolwich and Charlton - Murky Depths
Work has begun on major street changes for a new cycle lane named Cycleway 4 for two miles between Woolwich and Charlton
www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Now we just need North Woolwich not to be a cycling hell hole.
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With leaf fall well underway & twigs/branches from storm damage lying near the edge of the road it’s time to remind drivers that bike users will be taking the lanes.
This is national #roadsafety week but our road safety agencies are silent on this hazard.
This is national #roadsafety week but our road safety agencies are silent on this hazard.
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
With leaf fall well underway & twigs/branches from storm damage lying near the edge of the road it’s time to remind drivers that bike users will be taking the lanes.
This is national #roadsafety week but our road safety agencies are silent on this hazard.
This is national #roadsafety week but our road safety agencies are silent on this hazard.
The hidden costs of motoring. 'Close inspection of the heap shows it is made up of car gaskets and other vehicle scrap.'
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The hidden costs of motoring. 'Close inspection of the heap shows it is made up of car gaskets and other vehicle scrap.'
www.itv.com/news/westcou...
www.itv.com/news/westcou...