Posts by jonpsp@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AbD5pkcSmStcpEQE0O by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2023-10-27T22:52:49Z
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#Islabikes to cease productionhttps://www.islabikes.co.uk/pages/cease-of-sale'Founder Isla Rowntree stepped back from the day to day running of Islabikes via an MBO in January 2021, handing majority ownership to current MD Tim Goodall. Since then, it has been a turbulent and difficult time for the cycle industry as a whole and neither Tim nor Isla wish to continue.'#bicycles #cycling #BikeTooter
(DIR) Post #ActtoV9Li92je9boZM by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2023-12-17T12:36:58Z
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@itnewsbot I think I would have preferred this #Sinclair #laptop: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9574086@N02/829341753/in/album-72157600856913881/
(DIR) Post #Ai5bPYDkKVXdPF2Rhg by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2024-05-20T17:24:53Z
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'The British government estimates it will spend at least 4.7 billion pounds (€5.5 billion) on implementing post Brexit border arrangements, after repeated delays in setting new rules, parliament’s spending watchdog said on Monday (20 May).'https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/uks-post-brexit-border-arrangements-to-cost-6-billion/'Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but, such was the scale of the task to untangle supply chains and erect customs borders, that it is only this year setting new rules.'#Brexit #UK #economy #imports #EU
(DIR) Post #AiD6uW1V0W1oFlH4pE by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2024-05-24T08:15:15Z
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#BikeIsBest 'Advocacy Digest - Edition No. 117Is anyone else bored of the culture wars?''Is anyone else bored of the culture wars? If you believe what you read, contrary to any facts, cyclists are apparently a major cause of injury and death on the roads.'https://www.bikeis.best/p/bikeisbest-advocacy-digest-edition-deb#BikeTooter #biketodon #transport #travel #cycling #UK #CultureWar #CultureWars
(DIR) Post #AiD6uXL27NFQKdQBua by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2024-05-24T08:18:05Z
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'Spinning out of control? Cyclists say MPs are peddling fears over road safety'https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/17/spinning-out-of-control-cyclists-say-mps-are-peddling-fears-over-road-safety'But for many who ride bikes, this week’s debate around “killer cyclists” has been frustrating and disproportionate, given the very small numbers of casualties from cyclists compared to the 30,000 killed and seriously injured each year by motor vehicles in the UK.'#BikeTooter #biketodon #transport #travel #cycling #UK #CultureWar #CultureWars
(DIR) Post #AigzrTz7wnnvkXpWKm by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2024-06-07T18:10:02Z
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@androidarts #Psion ported Linux to the NetBook and Series 7 (originally released in 1999/2000) but pulled out of the consumer market before it could be finished https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_netBook
(DIR) Post #AoQzxwgpUzip4vCK5A by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2024-11-26T11:33:55Z
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@FeralRobots @GrahamDowns @carnage4life or worse - when management decide they can employ people of lower skill level and not provide training because they think that AI will save them from having to pay for people who understand anything
(DIR) Post #AqtOUkMS5H0HjozCfA by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2025-02-07T23:26:47Z
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I thought Trump was against immigrants coming to the United States as refugees?"The White House said Trump is also going to announce a program to resettle white South African farmers and their families as refugees."https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-apartheid-musk-1be10eb4e443682501f2d7bc5aa0b893#SouthAfrica #USA #uspol #refugees #immigration #Trump #DonaldTrump
(DIR) Post #AvUdqzyjQUznUTRrg8 by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2025-06-25T15:39:17Z
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Odd/annoying problem logging on to @mstdn @stux using @librewolf #Librewolf (a #Firefox fork) - it won't accept my username and password. I can't remember if it ever worked, but definitely not this week. I just tried disabling any relevant extensions and even ResistFingerPrinting in case they were interfering, but nothing helped.It's fine in Chromium-based browsers - e.g. Edge and Vivaldi, where I had either logged off or had never logged on before.
(DIR) Post #Axxhetx05s8W1YH6MS by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2025-09-07T11:53:48Z
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@rms There were a lot more rail ticket types before rail privatisation, and they varied by region!I am not convinced that nationalisation will fix the railways - investment deoended on the ideology of the Party in charge, and also used to be cut if there was a more exciting transport project (e.g. Concorde) to spend money on. The railways were also asset-stripped whilst they were nationalised. Given our current Austerity-focused Government, I think it will just lead to cutbacks again.
(DIR) Post #Az2Z74wprsP9tBM3P6 by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2025-10-09T18:00:05Z
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@internetarchive Obviously you already know about this - before Netscape:-http://home.mcom.com/http://mosaic.mcom.com/highres/mission.html
(DIR) Post #B06XVoxDY0FgvhI2fA by jonpsp@mstdn.social
2025-11-10T13:56:44Z
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@publius @cstross that sounds like the only bit of cycling infrastructure in my area that actually meets the post-Johnson Government standards. It doesn't link with anywhere useful, ends on a dual carriageway, doesn't have a crossing to the nearest school, so hardly anyone uses it, giving great justification to obstruct any future cycling infrastructure.