Christopher K.
@rotovator.bsky.social
Ski-ing, Cycling, Cricket, Arsenal, Europe & Dogs (& my fam, ofc). Centrist and vegetarian. Call me woke if you like, I won’t be offended. 🏴🇧🇪🇪🇺🇩🇪
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This has got to be one of Gavin Newsom's best...
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This has got to be one of Gavin Newsom's best...
Could the WiFi be any worse on @eurostarnews.bsky.social ? 20 minutes out of St Pancras, and barely been able to load a page on the internet. Reverted to mobile hot spot.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Could the WiFi be any worse on @eurostarnews.bsky.social ? 20 minutes out of St Pancras, and barely been able to load a page on the internet. Reverted to mobile hot spot.
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Provisional estimates for road casualties in GB in 2024 released today.
1,633 fatalities (over 30 people a week)
29,537 killed or seriously injured (around 80 people a day)
Couldn't be clearer that a new approach to road danger reduction is needed in the UK's promised road safety strategy.
1,633 fatalities (over 30 people a week)
29,537 killed or seriously injured (around 80 people a day)
Couldn't be clearer that a new approach to road danger reduction is needed in the UK's promised road safety strategy.
May 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Provisional estimates for road casualties in GB in 2024 released today.
1,633 fatalities (over 30 people a week)
29,537 killed or seriously injured (around 80 people a day)
Couldn't be clearer that a new approach to road danger reduction is needed in the UK's promised road safety strategy.
1,633 fatalities (over 30 people a week)
29,537 killed or seriously injured (around 80 people a day)
Couldn't be clearer that a new approach to road danger reduction is needed in the UK's promised road safety strategy.
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🧵 A brilliant story:
German Foreign Sec Baerbock about her 1st conversation w/ the Russian Foreign Sec, trying to test & intimidate her.
The Russians intentionally scrambled her line, so it was terrible, but he pretended it was perfect.
Bluffing, she said... 1/2
German Foreign Sec Baerbock about her 1st conversation w/ the Russian Foreign Sec, trying to test & intimidate her.
The Russians intentionally scrambled her line, so it was terrible, but he pretended it was perfect.
Bluffing, she said... 1/2
December 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
🧵 A brilliant story:
German Foreign Sec Baerbock about her 1st conversation w/ the Russian Foreign Sec, trying to test & intimidate her.
The Russians intentionally scrambled her line, so it was terrible, but he pretended it was perfect.
Bluffing, she said... 1/2
German Foreign Sec Baerbock about her 1st conversation w/ the Russian Foreign Sec, trying to test & intimidate her.
The Russians intentionally scrambled her line, so it was terrible, but he pretended it was perfect.
Bluffing, she said... 1/2
Delicious vegan pistachio pastry from British Patagonia, before a disappointing match at The Emirates
December 16, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Delicious vegan pistachio pastry from British Patagonia, before a disappointing match at The Emirates
#mindfulmurders on Netflix is excellent. That is all.
November 21, 2024 at 1:09 PM
#mindfulmurders on Netflix is excellent. That is all.
Apparently only the wealthy should be tax exempt
for some reason I’ve remembered what Jeremy Clarkson, who said he bought land to avoid inheritance tax, said on live TV about striking public sector workers (extra marks for use of ‘us’)
November 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Apparently only the wealthy should be tax exempt
This is so true. Cycling outside of the cities in the UK is where I feel most vulnerable, get hooted and sworn at, and drivers are at their most threatening. The #Netherlands just gets it right.
When discussing #cyclinginfrastructure, we often focus on urban areas, but in most countries, it vanishes outside city limits. In the #Netherlands, however, the best #cycling infrastructure is found beyond urban areas, making long-distance travel between cities by #bike very convenient.
November 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
This is so true. Cycling outside of the cities in the UK is where I feel most vulnerable, get hooted and sworn at, and drivers are at their most threatening. The #Netherlands just gets it right.
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If you feel the same, spread the word.
November 18, 2024 at 7:46 PM
If you feel the same, spread the word.
Vegan lunch in Verbier/Le Châble. Great company and great food at Le Kôti.
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Vegan lunch in Verbier/Le Châble. Great company and great food at Le Kôti.
Too true
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Too true
This:
If the farmers break the law tomorrow we better see the same response we see to Just Stop Oil.
No two tier justice.
No two tier justice.
November 18, 2024 at 6:32 PM
This:
So frustrating that one cannot take pets on #eurostar trains. It’s really tricky (& expensive) to take pets across the Channel as a foot passenger.
November 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
So frustrating that one cannot take pets on #eurostar trains. It’s really tricky (& expensive) to take pets across the Channel as a foot passenger.
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You’re never too old to learn.
I’ve learned from the Tory media that when the Tories increased taxes for 14 years, to the highest levels since WW2, it was all manageable.
However, now Labour has increased taxes on billionaires who bought land to avoid inheritance tax, it’s an existential threat.
I’ve learned from the Tory media that when the Tories increased taxes for 14 years, to the highest levels since WW2, it was all manageable.
However, now Labour has increased taxes on billionaires who bought land to avoid inheritance tax, it’s an existential threat.
November 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM
You’re never too old to learn.
I’ve learned from the Tory media that when the Tories increased taxes for 14 years, to the highest levels since WW2, it was all manageable.
However, now Labour has increased taxes on billionaires who bought land to avoid inheritance tax, it’s an existential threat.
I’ve learned from the Tory media that when the Tories increased taxes for 14 years, to the highest levels since WW2, it was all manageable.
However, now Labour has increased taxes on billionaires who bought land to avoid inheritance tax, it’s an existential threat.
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Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄
November 16, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Cars in the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of cars on the U.K's roads as there were 30 years ago, but the media are still running articles claiming that a handful of cycle lanes and LTNs 'cause congestion' in London...🙄
An excellent set of civil(ised) transport accounts to follow.
HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
An excellent set of civil(ised) transport accounts to follow.
The arrogance, the smug self-satisfaction, the lack of understanding all make me shudder and worry for the US for the next 4 years - or until the fallout with his boss.
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The arrogance, the smug self-satisfaction, the lack of understanding all make me shudder and worry for the US for the next 4 years - or until the fallout with his boss.
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Every day is better when @bryansgunn.bsky.social has a new masterpiece out. 👏
November 16, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Every day is better when @bryansgunn.bsky.social has a new masterpiece out. 👏
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If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
November 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM
If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
If there’s no snow, might as well go for a bike ride.
November 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM
If there’s no snow, might as well go for a bike ride.