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achadwick

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Bike geek and computer toucher living in Oxford, UK. Will boost puns.

Alt: https://en.osm.town/@achadwick

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achadwick, to random
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wanted to know where that "felt that I was in this long dark tunnel" sample comes from, but it keeps saying "Origin Unknown"

CathyTuttle, to Netherlands
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Most people in the learn to as small children.

But more than 6,000 older learn to bike here every year.

This beautiful video shows how.

๐Ÿšฒ ๐Ÿšฒ

De meeste mensen in Nederland leren fietsen als kleine kinderen.

Maar ook jaarlijks leren ruim 6.000 oudere allochtone vrouwen fietsen.

Deze prachtige video laat zien hoe.

film by Fade Hindash / Mama Agatha โ€“ how migrant women learn to cycle in Amsterdam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdyTnO39fw&t=953s

achadwick,
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@CathyTuttle what an amazing film! I have to share it thru @cycling @mastobikes

https://social.ridetrans.itt=953s/@CathyTuttle/112337361548315817
"film by Fade Hindash / Mama Agatha โ€“ how migrant women learn to cycle in Amsterdam"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzdyTnO39fw

#BikeTooter #Dutch @bikenite

achadwick, to cycling
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I really like these panniers, though I'm glad that I found a quicker way of managing the shoulder carry strap than the rather daft built-in things @fedibikes @cycling

The same thing from the other side. The pic shows the clip that holds the roll-top, a briefcase style carry handle, the mechanism that the handle pulls on to release the bag from the bike, and how it adjusts to different racks. The panniers are Ortlieb Back-Roller XL Plus ones, I think. Had them for a few months, and they're pretty nice.

achadwick,
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@ravenbait Good, int they?

Makes sense: a more formal and tighter arrangement for long trips.

The ones on this model are right down underneath, to make space for the the pocket presumably, but the extra clip the pocket brings comes in handy for securing the strap in a sloppy but OK way

@fedibikes @cycling

achadwick,
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@Tippon you can use https://osmuk.org/cadastral-parcels/ as an overlay and work off of property boundaries. It's as close to perfect as you can really get using public layers, and it's becoming a bit of a standard round my patch for realignment jobs.

I use it for aligning Bing layers to cope with the tilt, and it's still handy as an overlay after that for jobs like chopping terrace rows into individual houses

achadwick, to cycling
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Sometimes the chance to to an urbanism (try and get some action on a really bad road crossing) just drops through your letter box

QR code: https://linktr.ee/bartonparkroadsafety @mastobikes

Please come along, bring your kids, tell your stories, make them listen! Just turning up and sharing your voice will make it clear how many of us are concerned and affected by the dangerous road & crossing situation here in Barton Park. Friday, 26 January 6 pm At Barton Park School. Scan the QR code [arrows to it] to sign the petition.

achadwick, to RSS
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is moving its feeds off of , in case you subscribe to it that way https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26398/Resubscribe-to-MeFis-RSS-feeds

achadwick, to cycling
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Considering handlebar covers/mittens for doing updates in cold weather. They're quite pricey though. Would they help?

It's fairly slow travel, with frequent stops near the footway=sidewalk to record data on the phone. Are they any good for that sort of thing, if I use them with a pair of insulated fingerless gloves underneath? @bikes @mastobikes @cycling

achadwick, to openstreetmap
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How would you map a refill shop on OSM? Those places you can go with containers and buy by weight.

@openstreetmap @openstreetmap

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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A marvelous ant in Micrographia.(1665) The ant gave Robert Hooke a lot of trouble since she wouldn't quit moving around as he tried to draw her. He ended up dipping her in brandy, ... though he does say that she woke back up and ran away. Gotta love this girl for surviving and escaping!

He supposes that the ant was drunk... But it probably was simply deprived of O2. I've seen ants who fell into water revive in a similar way when their spiracles (pores) dry off and they can breathe again.

achadwick,
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@futurebird "๐ŸŽต I believe in spiracles ๐ŸŽถ" [to the tune of You Sexy Thing] has been living in my head rent-free for years, and me confusing stomata with stigmata for a moment has just brought it all back. Aaa! ๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿ›

mcc, to random
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I have just discovered you can do len() on a Python enum.Enum and that is the most delicious sugar

achadwick,
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@mcc trying to remember if they can be iterated over too

achadwick, (edited ) to Horses
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I've been out mapping local bus routes recently. Some photos from the camera roll that aren't of bus stops @openstreetmap @openstreetmap

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achadwick,
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@evelyn @bikes I live in , so hell yes. Small gangs in white vans have been known to do the rounds

You know how bike locks are named after named after places with a lot of bike theft? Manhattan, New York and similar? Well,

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achadwick,
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That said, all of her friends in her age group use iMessageThings so "just replace email program with bubbles chat thing" might be a more reasonable goal, if it's sensible at all @delta

She's kind of change averse too, gets upset and confused easily, so anything different and new has to work straight away without any hitches @caregivers

achadwick,
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@delta a mere shower thought, and use case only. Thanks for the honest no bullshit reply. Delta seems an interesting project and I'll be keeping my eye on it! @caregivers

mcc, (edited ) to random
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This isโ€ฆ extremely, catastrophically bad. Like "stop using Google Maps" bad.

One of my primary reasons for originally ditching the iPhone is that Apple Maps didn't have transit directions in its early incarnation! Google Maps hasn't technically removed transit directions now, but they're now so incredibly useless that the only accurate way to describe the situation is "Google Maps no longer has a transit directions feature".

Details:
https://universeodon.com/@siderea/111172757173302219

EDIT: They fixed it

achadwick,
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โ€ฆ they're sort of OK though?

@mcc /e/OS bundles (the proprietary but seemingly privacy aware) Magic Earth, and I like the way that does transit and bike directions.

Never really got on with Organic Maps 'cos I couldn't get the TTS working๐Ÿ™ƒ I should give it another go really.

There's ร–ffi as well, but that's more a planning app that can do routing and has tube maps and stuff. I has some sort of experimental bike carriage mode, cool

achadwick, to random
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I wonder what happened to the (?) donkey I saw having a nice rest and a graze at the foot of South Park on my way in. It didn't turn up at the gathering, I guess St Clements was a bit daunting, what with the heavy motor traffic and narrow pavements. I wish I'd taken a photo.

Urbanism is streets you can get a nice donkey down safely ๐Ÿซ

avantmusicnews, to random

We built a following of 5400 weird music friends on Tw***er over the course of 15 years. We currently have a following of less than 200 - don't hesitate to direct anyone who might be interested to our feed.

achadwick,
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@alexanderhay @ajroach42 @avantmusicnews it's often used on Xtwitter to avoid weirdos turning up in your mentions who searched for hot topics. It's a lot less needed for that because search is opt in at its most intrusive. Also it's federated (patchier, aligned with whoever your home instance's people are watching, that's it, that's the "algorithm")

What we do have on the fedi is keyword filters to hide posts. Starring letters out breaks that, so it's actively counterproductive

achadwick, to random
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Ah, the smell is back. Hot bins, or agricultural treatment?

ClintonAnderson, to cycling

Hey folks

There has to be a community out here, people who hack and mod their bike trailers, right?

I have an Aosom Bike Cargo Trailer, and so far it's working great, but I want to make some mods.... The zippers should absolutely have 2 pulls each, so that they can open/close from/to either end...... And the "clip" that holds the handle up is for sure not very strong, so I either want to replace or reinforce it....

I can't be the only fella out here thinking of this kinda stuff, right?

So, wha cha got?

achadwick,
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@ClintonAnderson Maybe it's worth folks sharing in @fedibikes @cycling and similar to get the ball rolling. I've done a few to my Carry Freedom over the years:

  • Extra holes for the flatbed for more options

  • Bar tape on the supplied handcart handle instead of the BMX style handgrip

  • Secure the rubber caps over the axle QRs with a pair of zip ties

  • Modernize the trailer hitch to one that doesn't unscrew itself

davidrevoy, to Cat
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Brainfart of the day in my sketchbook: a cat vampire.๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ˜ผ

achadwick,
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@davidrevoy a draculnya, surely?

glightly, to cycling
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Tow truck company puts spikes on its hubcaps.

https://www.bizapedia.com/ca/willys-towing-inc.html

achadwick,
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@glightly jfc just look how utterly lethal that thing is to normal road users. How antithetical to safe road sharing it is - and then they go and add some ugly little spikes as well

achadwick,
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@ai6yr @glightly no. Just normalised and overlooked road violence, and this terrible fuck you, outta my way aesthetic on a dangerous machine that really should be operated with scrupulous care and duty to others at all times. Arg.

So, not basely hormone driven - lots of lovely chaps on T and all - but maybe the sort of reactionary and hypermasculine display that gives us truck nuts? idk (don't want to, horrified)

I'm still hoping they're squishy chrome-effect silicone or something similar

martinhowitt, to random
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No sure what this one is, (when I get more time I want to do a foraging class)

achadwick,
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@martinhowitt it looks distressingly like an oven-bottom muffin viewed from above

davidrevoy, to twitter
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Scary


#x

achadwick,
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@davidrevoy Ha, I just noticed the pictures in the background!

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