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  This is a very bizarre story with a surprisingly large fine. South Yorkshire Police are very reluctant to prosecute and driver for endangering the life of a cyclist. Close pass a cyclist? Pulling out into the road without looking? Driving or even swerving into a cycle lane? You will be unlucky to even get a warning letter. SYP are much keener to prosecute less subjective offences, eg. mobile phone use, blocking a junction, stopped in a dangerous location. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9w...

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  Was just burgling the neighbour's house when a passer by filmed it all, and now I am up in court. It's so unfair. This is a toot about drivers getting caught using mobile phones by cyclists. #Cycling #BikeTooter

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  There is almost no wind over the whole of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. https://renewables-map.robinhawkes.com/#5.24/53.629/0.322 #WindEnergy

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  Debian 12 (Bookworm) is now in LTS (until June 2028). You don't need to change your apt sources, but you can expect fewer updates and you should be moving to Trixie where possible. https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using #Debian #Linux

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  The victim and the perp. #Sheffield #Gardening

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  Riverdale Rd, Sheffield closed to motor vehicles this morning due to tree pruning. A huge crane holding a chainsaw wielding operator in a basket up in the trees. #Sheffield

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  I wonder of Brian is about to have a heart attack and need his children's support. #TheArchers

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  A57 between Hollow Meadows and Rivelin Dams still closed, but progress is getting made. Retaining wall foundation is in place. Tarmac to be done before the road opens. The road will open soon, and the wall will get finished with temporary traffic lights. #Sheffield #A57 #Cycling #BikeTooter

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  Day out to Saltaire to see recorders

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  Quite slow, but no errors. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, May 30th 2026 (Hard), in less than 24 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

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  Having lunch in a car park. Of course there is some twat in their car with their engine on. SUV wanker too. I still don't get the whole engine idling thing. It is not that warm, just wind down the window. Engines are super inefficient when idling and the load on some parts is particularly high. Local air quality drops significantly when you do this. Please don't sit in your stationary car with the engine on. #VisionZero #NetZero

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  If you know something about tape cassettes but don't know how good AI is a generating content, spend 5 minutes watching this video and take note how well cassette tapes are portrayed. That is how good gen AI is at other things too, superficially looks ok, does not stand up to scrutiny. https://youtu.be/jk70HYNWlUU #AI

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  The super distinctive chirp of a greenfinch also stands out visually on the Merlin App. Passing cars swamp any other sound. #Birds #Yorkshire

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  Auto play video: brought to your device by the same clowns who thought paste with formatting was a good default. #UX

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  The state of active travel in Sheffield. A 250m journey. Journey time 152 seconds. Time moving: 52 seconds. Time waiting at traffic lights: 100 seconds. #Sheffield #Cycling #BikeTooter #ActiveTravel

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  True to form, last week's BBC Any Questions jits the jackpot on a pointless uninformed rant about solar panels on agricultural land. Nobody talks about the amount of land used to grow biofuels.

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  Joyful cycle last night. Sunny ✅ Road closed for motor vehicles ✅ Almost no cars ✅ Curlews ✅ Oystercatchers ✅ Goslings ✅ Massive tail wind in one direction ✅ Massive head wind in other direction 🙁 #Cycling #BikeTooter #Sheffield #Birds

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  @kim@fedi.social Haha! I am already listening though, so why do I need instructions on how to listen?

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  Dear BBC Radio 4 continuity announcers, Please give us a break with instructions about how to listen to Radio 4 on a smart speaker. How about telling us how to restore our grandfathers AM valve radio and tune into Radio 4 long wave?

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  Sheffield Canal street art. #Sheffield #StreetArt

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  Hawthorn showing well in Sheffield this week. #Sheffield #Bloomscrolling

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  Common sandpiper at Rivelin Dams, and another look at the A57 closure. Some progress since Wednesday evening. #Sheffield #Birds

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  18mm of rainfall for April 2026. Almost twice as wet as April 2025 (10mm). Cumulative rainfall for 2026 still twice as much as for 1st May 2025. #Sheffield #Weather

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  When is Tom going to suggest to Natasha that she could earn a bit more cash if she turned to prostitution. #TheArchers

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  I've been to look at the road works on the A57 Manchester Road just west of Sheffield. There is a trench in the road and lots of fencing, but the route is open for pedestrians and cyclists. #Sheffield #Cycling #BikeTooter

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  I have a proposal to prevent this. 1. The most senior UK google exec takes the ponts and fines for any offence. 2. The fines are proportional to income. 3.once banned from driving, the next most senior exec has to take the points. https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo #Cycling #BikeTooter #VisionZero

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  This is what is in my mind every time I see a comment on a rage bait post about cycling and someone says "Cyclists should be made to use a cycle lane if one is provided." #Cycling #BikeTooter #Sheffield

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  The BBC specialise in making a mess of unit systems. Distant and speed are expressed as Imperial unit value (Metric unit value), but temperature is worthy of Metric unit value (Imperial unit value). The editors/authors and standard setters clearly have no idea. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr51z54d5rpo #BBC #Units #Metric

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  Betteridge's law of headlines comes to play again. https://youtu.be/etwt75kYYhk #Cycling #BikeTooter

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  Rainbow over a tower block, Sheffield. #Weather #Sheffield #Rainbow