lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Still not seeing any parallels with Israel (not least in the Occupied Territories)? 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And I would say that activities such as Orange Order marches and ‘loyalist’ paramilitary activity (in order to maintain dominance) are not particularly progressive either. 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Okay, I admit that the use of the term “UK” is a misnomer. The Plantation of Ulster took place prior to the UK being a ‘thing’. 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Iran and North Korea are subject to sanctions, and not being provided with arms by the UK. 220
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I believe there are many other countries (including the UK in Northern Ireland) that have used the importation of preferred groups to manage the issue of demographics. It is not usually considered a good look. 210
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And they’re going to try their damnedest to make sure it stays that way. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Well, fortunately apartheid South Africa has already passed on. 320
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And Burnham wants to give these stupid Northern monkeys more money? 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Or there’s this version (with apologies to David Miller): m.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW1...m.youtube.comDavid Millar biffing his bikeYouTube video by Richard Duchemin 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What’s your practice area? Defending intellectual property theft? 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m not sure why you’re thanking “Ronald” - what you described is stealing from people, not your corporate overlord. Was it because “he” gave you the opportunity to do so? 0130
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The headline seems to have been corrected in the article itself, and there is a bit more nuance in the text. 211
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We need something like this on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square. 050
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You see the big west-east gap between Hammersmith and Hyde Park, where Kensington High Street is? How about doing something about that? 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We have a peculiar (and dysfunctional) system in London that allows local authorities for particular areas to block otherwise continuous bike routes. Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster, are particularly bad. 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Those same losers are desperate for Hammersmith Bridge to be rebuilt so that Barnes can receive its ’fair share’ of traffic sewage. They can get in the bin. 102
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I only recently realised that Vernon Wells, who played Bennett, was also Wez in Mad Max 2. According to the actor, Wez was not gay - the character’s passenger was supposed to be his son… 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ew. Blood, soil and… spunk? Oh well, I guess someone is needed to populate the targeted lebensraum. 001
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 03/09/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=mC75...m.youtube.comBill Paxton Aliens Scene 04 Hudson confronts BurkeYouTube video by Odds&ends1234 110
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A “phased” cycling network. One that takes forever to get anything actually built then. Yeah, that sounds about right. 210
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Do you know who the compensation was being paid to? Hint: it wasn’t the slaves. 2110
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Hard to say. Greg Hands seemed pretty ghastly to me. The poisonous ‘Royal’ Borough of Kensington and Chelsea takes up part of the space. The ‘Hammersmith and Fulham’ end is more Labour-oriented, apart from some Tory lunatic counsellors in Chiswick like Biddolph. 110
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 31/08/2026You’re describing Richmond there. There seems to be more Tory sympathy over the river. 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My dwarf fighter is the most basic bitch ever, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Spells? P’tuh! 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Have you seen what the other side are proposing? 021
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 17/08/2026People still complain about this! (Paywall and rubbish article / “newspaper”, but cited as proof: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...)telegraph.co.uk 120
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Here in the UK, typically the first time you get caught on a speed camera (as long as you weren’t going too much over), you have the option of attending an (online) course to remind you of the rules, safety aspects etc. It costs, but doesn’t affect your insurance. 140
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuH...m.youtube.comTomorrow belongs to me - CabaretYouTube video by nibelungenstar 100
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026You’re absolutely right to have me pegged as Porkins /nerdstuff 110
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Outgrouping. Standard BBC practice for people on bicycles. 030
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Noooooooo! I’ve had speed wobbles on a Brompton at half that speed. I should have been in AG2R La Mondiale shorts at that point. 130
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I love this poem. You could suggest Hilaire Belloc next if they haven’t come across his verses before. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I get some of the romanticism here, but there’s no benefit to importing pub turf-out / kebab-shop queue time etiquette from godawful market towns to the capital. Avoiding that nonsense is one of the perks of living here. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026You need to use whatever powers you have to reduce these people’s ability to degrade and damage other people’s lives. The same goes with the likes of the tories in Kensington and Chelsea blocking safe, continuous cycle routes. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Hopefully Ford goes the same way as his brother sooner rather than later… 020
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That cunt needs to go the way of his brother. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I’m sure the driver feels terrible. Now. Maybe not so much when they were doing whatever they were doing immediately before the ‘incident. 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 14/08/2026But hey, the government’s fine with more North Sea gas extraction, third runway at Heathrow, freezing fuel duty etc. What climate crisis? 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026m.youtube.com/watch?v=OYtp...m.youtube.comMad Max Fury Road Do not, my friends, become addicted to waterYouTube video by You _Tube 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It’s a bit north of the South Downs (near Haslemere), but Lickfold always made me snicker childishly when cycling that way. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I love my Shimano SPD sandals, still going strong after many years. I did find I got hot spots after the Ditchling Devil audax, but that is quite a long way. 010
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 12/08/2026See also the Thames Barrier. I don’t believe anything is going to be done about upgrading / replacing it until after a serious inundation. The Dutch would have been on top of this already. 150
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Hopefully the twat ends up killing himself, and nobody else, but I wouldn’t count on it. 000
lowgears.bsky.social @lowgears.bsky.social · 11/08/2026When I lived in suburban east Tokyo, local restaurants would collect dishes etc from outside your front door next morning. It was awesome. 000
