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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had to put the shower on a warmer setting this morning. We’re on the slippery slope towards winter. Cartoon by @mooseallain.bsky.social

Cartoon by Moose Allain with slippers on a hill. Caption reads “It’s a slippery slope I’m afraid”.

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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No bike lane ever “forced” a single driver out of their car, but lack of safe bike infrastructure has literally forced people to stop biking.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I misread it - Happy Birthday for tomorrow!

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Masato Jones @masatojones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

ko-fi.com/masatojones my birthday tomorrow Monday October 5th if you are able to support my small community based business supporting as many #fairtrade #indieartists as possible please buy me a coffee As it’s a fund raiser we don’t pay VAT with exception of fees from PayPal & ko-fi #ukgiftam

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today is @masatojones.bsky.social birthday. He’s always promoting small indie businesses & he’s also the most fantastic designer and maker of garments. If you’ve ever had the joy of receiving one of his parcels, pls send him a b’day treat! ko-fi.com/masatojones

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I could see a child approaching from the opposite direction, and as we were on a narrow road I wanted to deter the driver from overtaking me into the child’s path. This was unreasonable according to the driver who I caught up with at the lights. Neither driver would’ve got any further if I’d moved.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week I’ve already had 2 drivers honk their horns at me just because I didn’t get out of their way & held my position in the lane to ensure my safety. (I was trying to prevent a close pass/avoiding the door zone). Their journeys were clearly more important than mine. In one instance 1/2

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every morning I have to psych myself up before setting off. My route has different hurdles at each stage. I know where I’ll get close-passed, overtaken then blocked, beeped at for daring to be there, pinched off approaching a junction, and blocked from an ASL. At least they are predictable!

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Drivers when they have to pay to park at the hospital (usually with exemptions for long admissions, disabled parking, etc.) vs Drivers when people who don't or can't drive have to pay as much or more for a bus that goes near but not to the hospital or have to pay several times more for a taxi

Shot from The Simpsons of entire town marching holding burning torches and looking furious

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My mum’s partner had a disability & travelled everywhere in his “chariot”. Dropped kerbs which sloped from the residence to the road were very problematic for him. He informed me that the slope should be steep & not the entirety of the pavement. I would happily interfere with non-compliment ones.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If I worked on a factory floor operating a bandsaw I’d use a guard. I wouldn’t expect all other workers to wear protective armour so that I could use my saw without a guard. We need to start putting the onus for safety on the ones who cause the danger.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Getting to work by bike every day is just enough exercise for me, yet people think I should take a longer, more hilly route to avoid heavy traffic and fumes. I stubbornly refuse because I shouldn’t have to.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m in the UK. The only thing I hate about cycling to work when it’s pissing down is that drivers act as though it’s them who are getting wet. They are more impatient, more agitated, and therefore more dangerous. If the infrastructure kept me away from them I’d have no qualms about the bad weather.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When I moved to Canada I became a citizen so that I could vote & have a say in how my taxes were spent. Therefore, even though I could still vote in the UK I decided that it would be wrong as I was no longer paying into the country & also not fully aware of the concerns of residents who were.

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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

100 years ago today: A cyclist replies to a motorist's complaint that cyclists don't pay road tax and cycle two or more abreast, holding up drivers. How things have changed.

MOTORISTS AND ROADS
MAY I humbly point out to your correspon-dent, Colin M. G. Ross, that were in existence before motoring commenced, and if only cyclists had used them they would probably have lasted for ever? It was the ad-

vent of motor-cars that made a tax neces-sary owing to their destructiveness.
With regard to cyclists riding three and four abreast, this is the exception, not the rule; and the practice is usually confined to irresponsible local youths.
Cyclists as a rule never ride more than two abreast and are quite willing to ride single file where the road is narrow, but they cannot fade away for every motor-horn.
С. Т. С.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tears up membership card. Please explain how this puts more money in my pocket? I walk or cycle to work, and drive an electric car for those trips where I can't walk or cycle.

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Jon PENNYCOOK @jonpsp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Can you also discount the costs of buying ecargobikes, whilst providing adequate funding for cycling infrastructure and public transport, at the same time?

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’d forgotten how tired it makes you.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

They don’t want to hear it if it’s inconvenient.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The guilt of calling in sick over a weekend 😞

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This method of avoiding double yellows is becoming very popular.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why does he get a platform? Was there someone on with the opposing view?

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was looking to see if anyone knew this as I was contemplating submitting some recent footage to OpSnap. Parking in a cycle lane is apparently okay too. When does wilfully endangering other people become an offence? 🤷‍♀️

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Low with Covid. A colleague told me that it’s “replaced the common cold”, implying that I’m making a fuss. Tell that to my nausea, achy body, chills, hot flushes & fatigue. She also told me that I don’t have to take a test. I KNOW that! I had one tucked in the bathroom cabinet & was curious. Grr

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Alex @alexh666.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cyclists sharing the road: holy shit holy shit please don’t kill me holy shit is it safe to go holy shit please don’t kill me im just trying to get home Drivers sharing the road: GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY RIGHT NOW I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU I WILL BREAK EVERY TRAFFIC SAFETY RULE TO SAVE 5 SECONDS

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Masato Jones @masatojones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Prove we can still gain sales from social media in 2026 #shopindie use coupon X15 at the checkout www.masato.co.uk

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This happens so many times - the driver often only stops because I did.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I took this in while working in Riga Latvia years ago. A busy arterial road cutting off the downtown from the waterfront, and this is the way to get to the water for pedestrians. On the one hand, at least they have a “connection”…on the other hand it turns pedestrians into mole people. #WarOnWalking

A busy highway/arterial road separating Riga, Latvia’s beautiful historic downtown with its public waterfront. The pedestrian connection is an underground walkway, with stairs downward, and a tight, dark connection under the road, raising issues of safety and comfort and relegating pedestrians to second class citizens with all the priority going to cars and drivers. #UrbanTruth

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Good luck to all non-drivers trying to get to work today. The parents are back on the road transporting their precious cargo to school, but to some of them the rest of you will be expendable.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

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Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Can anyone recommend an email account provider? I want to ditch my gmail accounts.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There's enough drivers on the UK's roads. It should be 'one out, one in'. Maximum driving age of 75. As the OAPs get pruned off the top, new drivers are let in. Numbers remain just about manageable. Public transport & cycling get boosted. Helps carbon targets. Sanity maintained.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’m the same. I worry about what I’m encouraging.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When you're riding a bike there are too many drivers who don't see you as a person, only as an inconvenience.

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Cycling in term time: 😱😨🚗🚗😠😬💀🥊🤬💨💩 Cycling during school holidays: 👋🚲🤗🤫😊⌚🌼🫶

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digitalfurball.bsky.social @digitalfurball.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A bit like how people driving cars will slow to a crawl to make it through those width restriction bollards in case the scratch their car, but happily blast past at the same distance if it’s flesh and bones

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Campsites really need to start giving discounts to people who arrive on foot or by bike.

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Apart from that time Rory left the tap running for a couple of minutes, our local data centre uses very little water, but it does offer exceptionally accurate information and well-written, original literature. It's also free for everyone.

A picture of Worthing Library - it's not very pretty on the outside - concrete was all the rage when it was built, but inside it's a treasure-trove of the imagination and somewhere my boys love to visit

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is true. We sometimes go to a field near us and wave at trains!

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you need a quick injection of happiness go and wave at people on a steam train. It’s sheer joy watching the old and young having a small but uplifting interaction with another human being. Makes me tearful.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You'll enjoy a real painting by a local artist much more than a print of a painting by a famous one. And you'll have absolutely made their day/week/month.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Football is a potentially good game, ruined by the people who play it and the people who watch it

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Purple Mouse @purplemouse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I’ve been meat/dairy free for years, but PETA always manage to make me feel a little bit embarrassed about it.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Half of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.

Half of England officially in "exceptionally serious" drought

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