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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 19h
With alt text. I know someone who actually did this
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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me. What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on. After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 13h
*of of rain and gloom
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 13h
would recommend following @jagrimshaw.bsky.social there was an exhibition of his work at Leeds art gallery recently and some of the work is jaw dropping
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 15h
Moonlight on the Lake by John Atkinson Grimshaw.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 18h
How cool
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
"Super Intelligence."
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is coming for your pension! By... er... increasing it by slightly less. Whereas Reform will scrap it completely.
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 14h
we rode bikes what a glorious afternoon, after a morning or rain and gloom
panorama photo on Baildon moor

gravel bike leaning against the trig pointmy shadow on Baildon moor

gravel bike leaning against the trig point
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 16h
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Say Whaaat
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 21h
being allowed to “mod” self-driving software paired with AI software development tools is a recipe for disaster and is going to get people killed #CarsRuinEverything
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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Ben Franklin’s ghost @ben-franklin-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They (GOP) know this to be true and it will always be true.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It only feels “radically progressive” because we’ve spent 40 years normalising radically regressive ideas. This was broadly how Britain worked from 1945–79, when average GDP growth was 2.6% a year — compared with 1.9% in the post-Thatcher years. It works www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’
PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
about time
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darthstar.bsky.social @darthstar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The fact that Tesla drivers NEED to be told this tells you all you need to know. Look at this dipshit.
Dipshit sleeping in his Tesla as it drives itself in traffic.
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Is It A Bike Lane? @isitabikelane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
UK: “street furniture must be set back 45cm onto the pavement in case it is hit by careless drivers” France: “you’d better not drive carelessly”
Photo of a French village street. Bollards actually in the carriageway, rather than on the pavement. And they’re not even painted yellow and reflective. Although the pavement’s not exactly great for pedestrians still tbqh
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Ivor Tymchak @ivor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Observing the rash of negative news articles about the British pension (one of the lowest in Europe) it's brought it home to me how legacy media operates like an organised crime gang. The gang heads meet and decide what their strategy and methods are before ordering foot soldiers into action.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ffs
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
sign changed from”beware of cyclists” to “beware of lists”
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
do you think that they realise they’ve been hoodwinked when a bike goes speeding past their performative monster truck?
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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Driving instructor is one of my volunteer gigs. 😄 When you drive a single occupancy pickup truck, it's important to understand how wide and wasteful your transportation choice is. Your mirrors are included in your vehicle width. #Bike #Bicycle #BikeLane
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 28/09/2026
If you look real close you can see where cutting off that cyclist made a big impact on your quality of life.
Galaxy with arrow point out “those 3 seconds you saved while risking someone’s life”
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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i knew it! “According to a recent study, driving for more than two hours each day can steadily decrease the IQ of middle-aged drivers.” this explains a lot 😁 www.readersdigest.ca/cars/road-tr...
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There’s a Shocking (and Scary) Link Between Driving and Your Mental Health, According to Science
If you drive long hours for your daily work commute, you might want to think again after reading the results of this 2017 British study.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What fantastic news
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026
I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
RepubliKKKans Are Bad For America, Vote Accordingly.......💙
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
this
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"I need others to be injured, ill or dead to build a successful business" may not be the winning argument he thinks.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it’s almost as if, and bare with me on this one, it’s almost as if Johnson is a liar who will say anything in order to further his own disingenuousagenda
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AB: "I don't think you get the welfare bill down with crude cuts. It plunges people into crisis and they show up in other parts of the system which end up costing more." LK: "Yeah, you've said this before, but I'm looking for a specific commitment you will cut the bill by the next election." WOW
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These are words to describe a vehicle designed to be operated in public space: "Everything else about the TRX is so aggressively in-your-face, from its additional 20 centimetres of width and blood-red badging to the T-Rex on its tailgate and the banshee wail of the engine’s supercharger."
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
LTNs make London unsuitable for wealth-creating entrepreneurs 😂🤣 🤪
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
well worth a listen podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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How Big is Elon’s DOGE Death Toll?
Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 25 September · 24min
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today was the third day in a row I came within a yard of a car hitting me while I was walking in a crosswalk, and today was way too close. I realize we have some drivers out there, but I think we need to ban cars until we can figure out what's going on.
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Johnson is repellant
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cyclist ca. 1926 🎨 Enzo Benedetto
Modernist painting of a person riding a bicycle, emphasizing the motion.
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rob @robpatrick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
why are they allow to get away with this? aren’t there consumer protection laws that they are breaking? #AltmanForPrison www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents
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