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Katy
@theblueulysses.bsky.social
cycling and walking, science nerdery, food & drink. PhD (medical physics). she/her
📍Stockport, UK
Wonderful. Who can resist a mash up of the best of Italian and Austrian food and drink? I am hankering for a trip to the Dolomites now!
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Maybe anyone can afford to pay for £50 bike upfront... but if a high earner can get an income-free, tax-deductable loan for a bike they could buy out right, why can't a low earner?
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I didn't say you couldn't get a cheap bike, but I doubt any of those bargains are one of the three types I explicitly specified in my post.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
But that won't make money. And that's what Labour are in desperate need of to avoid breaking their manifesto pledge.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Simultaneously useless *and* cruel. Incredible waste of a majority.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Manchester!
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
although riding without lights on Oxford Rd is a lot less silly than riding on a rural A road without lights and I've seen that a few times this week.
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
maybe the many, many idiots riding without lights (how does it happen 1.5 weeks after the clocks have changed??) got killed off.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ha, the queue would stretch back to Crewe!
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Oh totally. And trans women *should* be included in both the awards and the campaigning. I get why folk are angry, especially given what BC did... But this is fear of litigation from some fairly deep pocketed bigots.
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Yeah, all of this covers what I reckon too. Thankfully it looks like some of the subsequent analysis is leaning towards this all being legal overkill but without a formal clarification, organisations will play it safe to avoid JK and her dollars.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My reading is that they've had legal advice which suggests (on the extremely "safe" side) that the ruling means a women's award *cannot* be trans inclusive. And they feel that they are big enough to need to abide by that in case the Potter woman throws cash at a court case.
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
you've lost me.
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm not sure what your issue is? you can still save money by buying an advance for a specific train if you don't need the flexibility.
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
yep they've apparently built a temporary bridge!
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM