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Award-winning active travel campaigner Stockport and Manchester

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It was the adjacent Jysk that confirmed it.

11.03.2026 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, they can't let everyone find the Death Star plans!

11.03.2026 22:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Begun, the Wookipedia years have.

11.03.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had a chat today with a family member who'd just been to the Stockport Wickes. My excitement died when it turned out they hadn't seen Small Prophets.

11.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Full disclosure: I'm using a 27" retina screen, and honestly I think that makes a big difference.

11.03.2026 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What's My JND? Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?

My eyes hurt now.

0.0039

11.03.2026 19:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone forgot Paterson's Law.

11.03.2026 19:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a close up of a person eating french fries on a bed Alt: Honey Monster, an old-timey mascot of the UK cereal Sugar Puffs. Big, zany, lots of yellow hair.

They said animals, not monsters.

11.03.2026 19:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given the current state of the Conversatives, I don't think the Lib Dems need to do very much except remind people that they exist. Which this does, but negatively.

11.03.2026 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I live in one of the yellow bits of Greater Manchester, so yeah it's not landing well with me. n=1 etc.

11.03.2026 18:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even after the Tories have been monstered for this?

11.03.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alternatively:

'The badgers have moved the goalposts'

11.03.2026 18:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's also a bit of a Jim Hacker performance, I hate to say.

11.03.2026 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brock-en Britain

11.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This video was posted 18 minutes ago. It doesn't take more than a cursory read of today's political posts on Bluesky to establish that the Tory position on this made them a laughing stock โ€“ so why on earth would you make the same error?

11.03.2026 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ed's chosen the wrong sett to die on.

11.03.2026 17:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A quick check on Google Scholar confirms there is a *lot* of research on this subject. Most of it appears to be behind a paywall, unfortunately, and my studies didn't focus on buses so all I can say with any certainty is: tread carefully.

11.03.2026 17:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Euston: worse than Dubai.

11.03.2026 17:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would hope there has been research as to the impact on older users.

An alternative would be to have two categories of bus stop: stopper and express, with express services only serving those stops. Would allow for a comprehensive network with decreased travel time.

11.03.2026 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you know of any overviews of the Higher Road scheme? I've seen a few pics but not videos, and a LOT of moaning from the usual suspects.

11.03.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I very much enjoyed my trip along the Loop Line last year. Less so the route from Lime Street to get there.

And the less said about everything south of the Halewood Park Triangle, the better.

11.03.2026 12:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dunno why the MEN has done multiple stories about a chain cafe opening in Didsbury. It's not like there hasn't been a Costa and Nero there for 15 years.

11.03.2026 11:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my favourite parts of the paper!

11.03.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Comms people, repeat after me:

SIGNS ARE FOR CRUNCH NOT FLUFF

11.03.2026 10:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fossil fuel lobby never sleeps.

11.03.2026 10:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really don't like them adding fluff ('Proud to connect the North') to signage.

11.03.2026 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letters to the Guardian are often excellent at pointing out the failings of its content.

11.03.2026 09:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'John Sipher' quoted in that story.

11.03.2026 09:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not going to expend too much energy on this, but Helen Pidd and Felicity Cloake have both written books about cycling as well.

11.03.2026 08:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@peterwalker99.bsky.social would disagree.

11.03.2026 08:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0