sbarlster
@sbarlster.bsky.social
Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
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Can you imagine a similar headline in #Edinburgh?
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
Mind Blowingly Good Cycle Lanes planned
That’s a bold statement. I like it
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
That’s a bold statement. I like it
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Inside ‘mind-blowingly good’ plans for new cycle lanes in central London
The West End’s traffic-congested streets could get a radical redesign.
www.timeout.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Can you imagine a similar headline in #Edinburgh?
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
Truly one of the saddest stories I’ve read this year. And entirely preventable. Only allowed to happen because our gov is too weak to limit drivers freedoms.
Current gov explicitly refused to implement graduated licences which would have prevented this tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Current gov explicitly refused to implement graduated licences which would have prevented this tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teenage driver cleared of causing deaths of his best friends
Jayden McConnell and Kyle Marshall died in the car driven by Charles Gray when it crashed near Stirling.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Truly one of the saddest stories I’ve read this year. And entirely preventable. Only allowed to happen because our gov is too weak to limit drivers freedoms.
Current gov explicitly refused to implement graduated licences which would have prevented this tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Current gov explicitly refused to implement graduated licences which would have prevented this tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
Is the Land Rover Defender the biggest star of Celebrity Traitors?
Is the Land Rover Defender the Celebrity Traitors' biggest star? With almost 12million people tuning in, search results have surged 35% for JLR's best selling 110.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Why was #CelebrityTraitors one big SUV ad?!
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
SUVs like the Defender are three times more likely to kill a child under 10 in the event of a crash, compared to a small car.
This form of advertising needs challenging. #AirPollution #RoadDanger
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The official investigation into the January 6 riots concluded Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack" in an effort to halt the peaceful transfer of power.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
No billion dollar lawsuit can change reality.
The BBC should call this convicted criminal’s bluff.
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@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social as my MP and councillor, what can we do about the promotion of illegal violence being promoted in our local newspaper?
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social this feels wrong.
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social this feels wrong.
The Edinburgh Evening News printed these lines on a story about antisocial bike use.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social as my MP and councillor, what can we do about the promotion of illegal violence being promoted in our local newspaper?
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social this feels wrong.
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social this feels wrong.
The Edinburgh Evening News printed these lines on a story about antisocial bike use.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Edinburgh Evening News printed these lines on a story about antisocial bike use.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
‘police were allowed to run them off the road. Better still if other road users were allowed to do it’
I don’t think this is acceptable. The normalising, publishing, promoting of illegal acts towards a group.
#bbcnews scotlands once again binfire of road violence. Normalising death on our roads. 😢
@policescotland.bsky.social @snp.org is there ANYTHING you can do about this?
Maybe trying more than asking for dashcam footage?
@policescotland.bsky.social @snp.org is there ANYTHING you can do about this?
Maybe trying more than asking for dashcam footage?
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#bbcnews scotlands once again binfire of road violence. Normalising death on our roads. 😢
@policescotland.bsky.social @snp.org is there ANYTHING you can do about this?
Maybe trying more than asking for dashcam footage?
@policescotland.bsky.social @snp.org is there ANYTHING you can do about this?
Maybe trying more than asking for dashcam footage?
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@familydrone.bsky.social at @crushingdeathcb.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebrations in Cambridge at the weekend. Friends raved about their incendiary gigs when I lived in London, but I've only just now managed to see them. That drumming in the round, noise jazz doom experimentation...
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
@familydrone.bsky.social at @crushingdeathcb.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebrations in Cambridge at the weekend. Friends raved about their incendiary gigs when I lived in London, but I've only just now managed to see them. That drumming in the round, noise jazz doom experimentation...
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If developments in the United States take a more radical and violent turn then you can now pretty much guarantee that the BBC will only report the full extent of these escalation spirals long after their consequences have become too obvious to play down.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If developments in the United States take a more radical and violent turn then you can now pretty much guarantee that the BBC will only report the full extent of these escalation spirals long after their consequences have become too obvious to play down.
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I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election.
You know. For balance.
You know. For balance.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Apparently in this story there were ZERO drivers in the car. The car crashed. No driver involvement.
But there were two occupants of the car. Mysterious.
Maybe there are good reasons why the BBC are not trusted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But there were two occupants of the car. Mysterious.
Maybe there are good reasons why the BBC are not trusted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Apparently in this story there were ZERO drivers in the car. The car crashed. No driver involvement.
But there were two occupants of the car. Mysterious.
Maybe there are good reasons why the BBC are not trusted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But there were two occupants of the car. Mysterious.
Maybe there are good reasons why the BBC are not trusted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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Surely we should be having a permanent green for pedestrians and motorists should have to leave their car and press a button to cross it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Surely we should be having a permanent green for pedestrians and motorists should have to leave their car and press a button to cross it.
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“F***ing hell…” Is this the scariest near miss you’ve ever seen?
“Buy a lottery ticket!” Cyclists “nearly flattened” after speeding driver loses control and crashes into oncoming car in horrifying footage
“Everybody walked away – just,” said cyclist George Fox, a record-breaking time triallist who avoided the “flying” sideways motorist “by a matter of centimetres”
road.cc
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“F***ing hell…” Is this the scariest near miss you’ve ever seen?
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If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you were looking at a newspaper (or its website) this morning and didn't see this iconic photo, it was an intentional choice to pander.
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Let me sum up the new "everything else seems old fashioned" campaign from BYD: Cars are cool everything else isn't. (breakthrough stuff here 🙄)
The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.
The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Let me sum up the new "everything else seems old fashioned" campaign from BYD: Cars are cool everything else isn't. (breakthrough stuff here 🙄)
The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.
The only thing more old fashioned than riding a horse is positioning a car as the better way forward.
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Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
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Will this woke nonsense never end? Safer streets are an attack on common sense, human rights, froth, froth, froth…
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
21 Edinburgh roads where the speed limit is to be reduced from 30mph to 20mph
Many of Edinburgh’s residential and shopping streets have had a speed limit of 20mph for years now.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Will this woke nonsense never end? Safer streets are an attack on common sense, human rights, froth, froth, froth…
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/21-edin...