What is “the E-Bike Effect?”
“Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.”
Fewer car trips.
Via @lloydalter.bsky.social
OK fair enough. (TBH I've not even seen the user interface, but I guess from the popularity that it's easy to use, at least.)
I just can't imagine wanting to find out about specific things but not being bothered about the accuracy of what I learn. When is it not important?
(This isn't meant to be demeaning, I've never once deliberately chosen to use AI but try to keep an open mind.)
Alarming Net Zero disinformation from Ben Houchen’s TVCA
Report from TVCA on Net Zero meeting
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
This 18-year-old Afghan girl had offers from York and Reading – thanks to Shabana Mahmood, she will now never escape the Taliban | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...
Hooray - thought that might have been (another) singleton pick for me.
Time is nearly up to have your say over the future of the BBC! The consultation closes today, Tuesday 10th March, 23.59. Link below 👇🏽
Yes, except it's more of an SLM.
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character.
Wrong answers only.
I can tolerate, even accept, enthusiasts for the technology. Really can't abide those who enthuse wildly about the AI *industry*, as it stands.
Bad news, it's somehow still being burnt.
“HIELANMAN'S UMBRELLA” should be a new law of journalism, which states that if AI generated photos are used in a news article, all reporting from that publication should be instantly distrusted.
Maybe it's for a *different* war.
This shows the sort of misleading framing that 404 Media, which prides itself on reporting accurately and tech-focused, can provide to third parties. In this case, users who don't know the difference between privacy and anonymity, and that you can't expect the latter when paying with a CREDIT CARD
Isn't he desperate for a reason to cancel/postpone elections? I wouldn't say he's hoping for a major retaliatory act on US soil, but, well, who knows what goes through that head.
"If you could see her through my eyes..."
*Interesting aesthetic assessment there -- when contemporary AI slop becomes nostalgic dead-media, as of course it will
medium.com/ai-in-plain-...
Accept and send an 'Agent' in your place.
Oxfam is responding to the crisis in the Middle-East.
Donate whatever you can now 👉 bit.ly/DONATE_ME_Appeal
I realise that I've been, in your eyes, some kind of fool, but I've *loved* 2 or 3 songs from that LP for many years without even being aware of it. Until you pointed me in the right direction, thanks.
Curtain side drawbar trailer & 17t rigid combination
Like this
That's a euro drawbar trailer, doors front & rear and pulled by a rigid truck, not an articulated semitrailer pulled by a tractor unit. I'd expect the other half contains support kit that can be taken away from the danger area after setup.
🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION: BRITISH EGG FARM CRUELTY
Viva! Campaigns investigators went undercover at a caged egg facility at Heal Farm in Shropshire in 2023 and 2025.
➡️ metro.co.uk/2026/03/04/shocking-images-show-chickens-pecking-hens-corpse-egg-facility-27134702
Coral life inside out, cosmic anomalies, and iguana patrol.
Check out this month's sharpest science images, chosen by the Nature photo team: www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Just don't leave it 'til New Year's Day
Wonderful slip by Rachel Reeves in her statement to the Commons.
The ‘changes we promised’ morphed into the ‘promises we changed’.
Ah thanks very much.
It's not really my world, but I somehow thought *Chichester* was the place where you show off your fake tan, while in Dubai you can actually acquire a real one fairly easily.
Sounds perfect & thanks for the advice - in fact I might get my tent and camp out on the pavement tonight.
