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twobiscuits

@twobiscuits@graz.social

Irish bloke living in Graz. An obsessive interest in bicycles and cycling will be apparent. Early Gen X. Sitzschaden. Begeisterter Pilates- und Physiopatient. Naturwissenschafter. Übersetzer. Radfahrlehrer. Fachtrottel in recovery. Has a fondness for software developers, but isn't one. Integrationsüberschuss. So long in Graz that all the pubs I knew at first have closed. Toots in English or German.

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twobiscuits, to random German
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A welcome feeling has crept over me within the last hour, the feeling that maybe the arseholes don't get away with everything all the time. I shall savour it quietly.

garius, to random
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On 9th May 1386 the Treaty of Windsor was signed between Portugal and England, uniting the two countries in a perpetual alliance.

It remains the oldest remaining alliance in the world.

In WW2 it would TWICE play a quiet but critical part in the allies' victory over the Axis, to the watching disbelief of Roosevelt and the Americans.

Here's how the treaty came about, was lost, almost got cancelled, then helped Britain in its darkest hour. /1 🧵 #history #histodons #portugal #uk

twobiscuits,
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@garius footnote, i wonder if the fact that salazar and franco were of a clerical-fascist bent rather than an anticlerical one (mussolini, though he did come to an arrangement with the vatican, and hitler) was a factor in them staying neutral. see also: de valera, who decided at the last minute not to be a fascist, had an even more, if possible, holy catholic vision of his country, and was also neutral (with a few canny exceptions, implemented quietly).

FraumitFahrrad, to random German

Liebe ,
wie lauten eure Empfehlungen für eine Regenjacke? Anforderungen: Möglichst kleines Packmaß (sollte in Trikottasche passen), leicht und rennradtauglich. Wassersäule sollte mindestens bei 5000 liegen.

twobiscuits,
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@FraumitFahrrad meine Endura MTR Shell is extrem super, ich glaube das Modell gibt's nicht mehr, aber der Stoff heisst Exoshell40. Erste Jacke, in der ich nicht verschwitze.

sinnundverstand, to random German
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Bisschen uffjeregt: heute gönne ich mir mein erstes Bikefitting. Dabei werden Körper und Fahrrad überprüft und ausgemessen. Beim Körper zum Beispiel Fußstruktur, Knieposition, Wirbelsäulenform, Schulterstand, Hüftbeweglichkeit und Beinlänge. Die Einstellungen des Fahrrads werden dann möglichst so angepasst, dass auch auf längeren Touren kein Schmerz durch Verspannungen oder Fehlhaltungen entsteht.

Kurz gesagt: Einfach schön(er) Radfahren!

twobiscuits,
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@sinnundverstand Wir hören gespannt zu! 😊

twobiscuits,
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@sinnundverstand Sehr fein 😊
Ich glaube, ich lerne gerade am Rad neu sitzen. (Noch) kein Profi-Bikefitting; wie immer bevorzuge ich den umständlicheren DIY-Zugang 🤪
Aber was ich sagen kann: der 50+-Körper kann sich sicher in Sachen Kraft und Mobilität verbessern. Parallel zum Bastelprozess meines neuen alten Radls hab ich ein Jahr Solo-Pilates-Stunden gemacht und hab jetzt ein ziemliches Repertoire an Übungen. Füße, Rücken, Schulter, Hüften, Mitte, alles kann ein bisschen besser werden 😊

twobiscuits,
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Die Pilates-Einzeltrainings waren fantastisch. Da hab ich gelernt, Muskeln anzusteuern, die ich noch gar nicht kannte. Und der sachlich-freundlich-zuversichtliche Umgang der Trainerin mit meinem Bewegungsapparat tut auch psychisch gut 🥰

jon, to random
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This is the start of the Day 07 thread

I’ll post the video and data as soon as I can, but the mobile network is patchy here in the train near Verviers

But I’m 😡🤬 this morning. Because of Deutsche Bahn, and then the German police…

twobiscuits,
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@jon they're bored and/or arseholes by nature and/or want to make sure they bothered at least one white person per shift ... 😬

twobiscuits,
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@jon one of the few situations where u can be a token white guy 😬😬😬

cstross, to random
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CAPITALISM MUST DIE (pt 5673410): Evidence: the TacSac—TruckNutz for your AR-15:

https://www.thetacsac.com/products/the-tacsac/

twobiscuits,
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@cstross whatever lifts your luggage

stadtstreunen_at, to random German
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Mit der Aktualisierung eines Plug-ins habe ich erfolgreich den Blog gecrasht, shit

twobiscuits,
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@stadtstreunen_at wordpress macht immer bissi stress wenn man's grad ned braucht 😬

carlosfroh, to fedibikes_de German
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Die Gegend um Triest, ist die schon einmal jemand von euch gefahren? Ich überlege von Slovenien einen Abstecher an die Küste zu machen, weiß aber nicht, ob sich das lohnt. @fedibikes_de

twobiscuits,
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@carlosfroh @fedibikes_de Lohnen tut sich das prinzipiell schon. Eigene Erfahrungen habe ich nur im Friaul (Cormons-Gorizia-Palmanova-Cividale) und um Grado. Grundsätzlich sehr nett. Du denkst vermutlich südlich von Triest, da weiss ich dass es zB die Parenzana-Route gibt, kenne sie aber nicht.

jon, to random
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Welcome to #CrossBorderRail Day 06

A lot of re-planning, due to a rail replacement bus!

Borders
🚲 Aachen (DE) – Montzen (BE) – active freight line
🚲 Aachen-Vetschau (DE) – Bocholtz (NL) – active line
🚲 Avantis (DE) – Spekholzerheide (NL) – planned line
🚲 Eynatten (BE) – Ronheide (DE) – dismantled tramway
🚲 Kelmis (BE) – Bildchen (DE) – dismantled tramway
🚲 Moresnet (BE) – Preuswald (DE) – dismantled line
🚲 Raeren (BE) – Sief (DE) – dismantled tramway

Video
https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/90c8ef7c-0ed6-4543-a226-7f060633117f

twobiscuits,
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@jon that looks even grimmer than the Klinikum Großhadern. At some point Germans decided hospital architecture didn't need to be uplifting to the soul 😉

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Very poetic!

twobiscuits,
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@Radical_EgoCom I guess that's the traditional way they have filled potholes for such events going back to Roman times. It's part of the ceremonial 😋

kapellosaur, to random
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I know I have some folk following me, and tourist sites are awful for finding this sort of info:

Does anyone have recommendations for places that are on a train line, are relatively quiet, have beautiful scenery (ideally some ancient woodland) and a bunch of places to walk (not necessarily Named Routes) for, say, four or five hours?

twobiscuits,
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@kapellosaur you could do worse than Blair Atholl (walk up a little bit of Glen Tilt), Bridge of Allan, or for more coastal scenery there's an excellent walk from Arbroath towards Auchmithie

carlosfroh, to fedibikes_de German
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Ich suche so einen kleinen Adapter, den man auf einen Schaltzug schiebt, um den Zug als Querzug an einer Cantibremse zu benutzen. Weiß jemand den richtigen Begriff nach dem ich googeln kann? @fedibikes @fedibikes_de

twobiscuits,
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@crazy2bike @carlosfroh @fedibikes @fedibikes_de Jein. Kommt darauf an. Was ich im Bild sehe ist ein Endstück, das sich im Bremsarm drehen würde, und wenn das gut funktioniert (geschmiert halten), reicht ein dünnerer Seil, lt. Jan Heine https://www.renehersecycles.com/straddle-cables-done-right/

garius, to random
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Crazy that a law designed to let the Met Police do what they want without consequence is being used by the Met Police to do what they want without consequence.

I don't see how anyone could have predicted that.

twobiscuits,
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@garius sus is back with a vengeance, it seems

enobacon, to random
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This screw is in line with the chain pins on the smallest sprocket. Retainer or liability? 🧐

twobiscuits,
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@enobacon if you can, I'd cut it to length.

twobiscuits,
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@enobacon i'm the cut it already guy. I can't have exactly the right length screws for everything, I have a routine for cutting them down.
I often put that one in the other way round, but sometimes there isn't even room for a low-profile head on the inside of the dropout.

paulmison, to random
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‘Jeff Shoell, a GOP state delegate, said new-flag proponents “want to have a version a kid can draw…. Talk about dumbing down our society.”’ wat.

twobiscuits,
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@paulmison hm, white mountains on blue 🤔

Flag of Slovenia: cutout of the small shield with the three peaks of the Triglav in white against a deep blue background

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    twobiscuits,
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    @LauraKT me to the job centre: "stop bothering me. I'm in training for a gig I'm gonna get 19 years from now."

    Renata, (edited ) to random

    A while ago, a fellow translator here was looking for other translators to follow. It’s been 5 months since her post, so I thought I’d ask the same thing: translators, where are you? Boost if you know any translators or professionals working in the translation industry. I’d love to meet fellow translators here so we can get discuss our routines, our joys, CPD, and everything in between.

    #Translation
    #Translator
    #Translators
    @translators
    #Localization

    twobiscuits,
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    @Renata @translators I started it a couple of years ago at the insistence of herself (who is a lecturer in an English dept & teaches English teachers) & I have basically developed the course out of the hobbyhorses I had collected in my brain from 20 years of translating & editing stuff by German speakers. Also borrowing ideas from Joseph Williams & Gregory Colomb. >

    twobiscuits,
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    @Renata @translators My students are software developers, their English is generally quite advanced, but what they're missing is what it takes to make a coherent paragraph in English. Heading for the 4th run of the course this fall, I hope I've got it worked out now. It's been a bit chaotic & experimental so far 🤪

    twobiscuits,
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    @Renata @translators I hope to turn the basic course concept into something I can offer to company clients. What was my normal translating business is more or less comatose atm; I want to relaunch it in a much more targeted way. >

    twobiscuits,
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    @Renata @translators People usually look for a translator too late in their project cycles. Everything is done & dusted & then they want the translation quickly. I'm bound to be an expensive, complicated pain in the ass at that point. I have to get to ppl in a phase where they're not thinking about ordering a translation yet, & get into a conversation about how English texts need to be different if they're to work well. >

    twobiscuits,
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    @Renata @translators The ideal job might be if they will let me work as an English-first copywriter (with briefings in German); that's high value and actually faster for me than struggling to rescue something out of a German text that's already been signed off ... <>

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