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Cyclist, statistician, folk aficionado, alliteration addict

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm sad to inform you that my friend, colleague and comrade Mayer Hillman has died a month short of his 95th birthday. He made a massive contribution to our knowledge of many environmental and social issues. Appreciations will follow, for now condolences to sons Josh and Saul. 1/
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Heads up for those in the UK watching daily highlights of the Vuelta a España at 7pm on Channel 5: From Friday it switches to 5ACTION (me neither but it's Freeview channel 33) to make way for snooker. #LaVuelta26
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Exeter Cycling Campaign @exetercycling.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚲 For the first time in 10 years, we're asking for your financial support. 🔗 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dryden-roa... 🧵
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Dryden Road- Safe for Everybody
Fund specialist legal advice to keep Dryden Road safe
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The lyrics... "Get a girl at random, make like a tandem..." 🤣
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Low Traffic Future @lowtrafficfuture.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ensure new homes are located & designed to support travel by walking, cycling, public & shared transport! Joint letter with Better Planning Coalition to Steve Reed 👇@uk100.org @cprecountryside.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @transportaction.bsky.social www.transportxtra.com/publications...
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Ministers urged to ensure new homes reduce car-dependence
Local authority associations and other groups with interests in health, the environment and sustainable transport have urged ministers to do more to ensure new
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Dan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The best piece I’ve read from the Tour this year. Top work @cmbreports.bsky.social @cyclingweekly.com www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tour-...
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‘I was on the verge of crying’ – heartache and salvation inside the broom wagon on Tour de France queen stage
Cycling Weekly was inside the Tour de France’s broom wagon on stage 20. It was a day of tears, crashes and salvation.
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the PRSD @theprsd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Wake Up Exeter | venue vigilantes want something bigger for the city Exeter deserves to be a city it thinks it is. Wake Up Exeter is calling on residents to engage in an ambitious approach to culture
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Wake Up Exeter | venue vigilantes want something bigger for the city
Exeter deserves to be a city it thinks it is. Wake Up Exeter is calling on residents to engage in an ambitious approach to culture
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We're supporting our friends at @bettertransport.bsky.social calling for a national mode shift target and investment in the transport options people want to use. Email your MP and help make the case for change 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/smart-move/
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Smart Move: email your MP about the fuel price crisis
The fuel price crisis has brought the UK's transport problems into sharp relief. We urgently need better alternatives to driving: good, affordable public transport, safe walking and cycling, and more ...
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FormerNicePerson @nice-person.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“This is the standard tech playbook. Fire the engineers who know how the system works, fire the ones organizing labor, hope nothing catastrophic breaks before you can ship something splashy. Twitter did it. Meta did it. Salesforce did it. Google did it. We have all seen this movie.”
medium.com
Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Not many people previewing the Women's Giro - we are. Lizzie calls up the winner of the last two editions who joins us on FTLOC. If you are invested in women's racing please help us spread the word.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Repost with the Russian agent who spies on your posts
Russian cyclist and doper Denis Menchov sporting the leader's jersey and a sardonic grin at the start of stage 19 of the 2007 Vuelta a España with the castellated walls of Ávila in the background
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Sidmouth Folk Festival @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
National Youth Folk Ensemble Open Days and Auditions 2026 Open Days • Cecil Sharp House – 27 May 2026 • Exeter Phoenix – 28 May 2026 • Leeds Conservatoire – 30 May 2026 www.efdss.org/learning/you... @efdss.bsky.social
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Away from the depressing election news. The Giro D'Italia starts today. Nightly highlights will be on DMAX which is on Freeview and free to watch. Yeh! 1900.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Wearing protective gear is sensible if you're mountain biking through woodland, or if you're rally driving. For driving or cycling at normal commuter speeds on urban roads, the benefits are less clear, and both wearing and not wearing protective gear are both fine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Bolton mum: 'Surgeon said my son's bicycle helmet saved his life'
Charlie Harper, 12, suffered a broken nose, cheekbone and damaged vertebrae in his neck.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Cliffs at West Bay, oh mist rolling into the sea 🎶 www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vq7q8… What a photo! I never knew coastal mist could run in reverse
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Misty cliffs win South West Coast Path photography competition
Organisers say entries capture memorable moments along the South West Coast Path.
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𝕲𝖊𝖗𝖙-𝖏𝖆𝖓 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖐 @gwarrink.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Cyclists’ Alliance needs your support. For the first time since 2020, they are facing a funding crisis. More info via www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-c... #womenscycling #gofundme
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Donate to Save The Cyclists' Alliance - the future of women's cycling, organized by Grace Brown
Save The Cyclists’ Alliance Protect the Future of Women’s Pr… Grace Brown needs your support for Save The Cyclists' Alliance - the future of women's cycling
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
BBC News - New electric bike hire scheme to launch in Exeter www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy6ren…
bbc.co.uk
New electric bike hire scheme to launch in Exeter
The scheme aims to offer a cheap, reliable replacement after Co Bikes collapsed in 2023.
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Edward Pickering @edwardpickering.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is absolutely fascinating on English language, and I regret that letters such as 'thorn', 'ash' and 'yogh' have disappeared. substack.com/home/post/p-... (Lifted from @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social's newsletter Cultural Capital, which you can, and should, sign up to: jmarriott.substack.com)
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Interesting article about 996 (over)work culture, but aren't BBC News using this OECD data in precisely the way the footnote says you shouldn't? @robertcuffe.bsky.social @benchu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgn2k2…
UK works fewer hours than most comparable countries
Average number of hours worked annually per employed person, by country, 2010 to 

2024:
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
OECD
UK
US
Source: OECD
Note: The data are intended for comparisons of trends over time. Due to differences in sources and methods of calculation, comparisons should not be made within a given year
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Last night there was a vigil for the first cycling fatality of the year on London's streets. I was there. Here are some thoughts (no paywall). If this strikes a chord with you, please comment on the post and share. open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
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John Maguire @velobristol.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
#UAEWomensTour live on YouTube! ** No ill-timed ads from DiscoveryPlus either! ** www.youtube.com/live/pkd9JVW...
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UAE Tour Women Stage 3
YouTube video by UAETour
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Interesting article from #BBCDevon on Plymouth artist Beryl Cook: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Reporter got a bit confused over her bio – she lived in Africa in her 20s after marrying, not as a child, and she and her husband bought the Plymouth guesthouse, not her parents @johndanks.bsky.social
Cook was born in Surrey in 1926, and spent part of her childhood in Africa before moving to Looe, Cornwall and later Plymouth, where he parents bought a guesthouse on the Hoe.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
@lukemintz.bsky.social I honestly can't decide if "the race cycling industry" is referring to the cycle racing industry (does such a thing exist in Britain?) or the recycling industry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Luke Mintz
BBC News

It is a chilly October evening in 2021 that Adam Becket remembers most sharply. He was 26, and had moved to Bristol a year earlier to start a "dream job" in the race cycling industry. So far, he had struggled to make friends.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy Nearly at 70k, sign and share! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery @rammuseum.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The Exeter City Culture creativity survey is live: engage.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-cultu... How do you engage with creativity in Exeter? 🎨
engage.exeter.gov.uk
Developing Exeter's Culture Strategy
Exeter City Council is developing a Culture Strategy. The survey explores how you experience creativity and culture in the place you call home. The survey will only take a few minutes. Your feedback…
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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A two panel comic strip.

Panel 1: Holding a box of chicken wings, one monk asks another monk what's the best way to cook these?, to which the other monk replies try putting them in the air fryer.

Panel 2: the monk raises the box of chicken wings above his head, whilst the other monk looks on.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“The bike will transform anyone who is willing to let it happen.” – bicycle racer and team director Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Happy #BicycleBirthay, Ina-Yoko! Born October 28, 1974 📷Marty Melville
Photo of a woman riding a road bicycle very fast on a city street.
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Jonny Marshall @jonnymarshall.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
💡💡💡 New @resfoundation.bsky.social note out today on cutting energy bills – and how paying for some costs on bills differently will see the poorest households more than £100 per year better off 💡💡💡 1/ www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Splitting the bill • Resolution Foundation
This note looks at the factors behind stubbornly high energy bills and how ministers could act to ease pressure on households. It considers how change can be enacted to work for vulnerable families an...
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Zachary Leather @zackleather.resolutionfoundation.org · 14/10/2025
Salary sacrifice is a poor way of subsidising. More cash for those with higher tax rates (meaning more income) is the opposite of what we should be doing - getting solar panels onto the rooves of fuel poor families. Poorer families have less salary to sacrifice, meaning less or no subsidy for them
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Okay, that's enough @devonlive.com, I'm finally deleting your app. On the same day, you've published: * A sub-head stating HMRC is "the tax arm of the Labour Party" * An entirely one-sided article opposing a closure to through motor traffic that you admit to writing on commission Goodbye.
'Kicking the can' anger over Exeter road closure. Campaigners say it is not good enough.

This article contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from itHMRC sets strict deadline for UK households. HMRC, the tax arm of the Labour Party government, is imposing a Self-Assessment registration deadline on Sunday
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Why I prefer cycling to hiking
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Ace of Spades and Ace of Base in the same chart rundown ♠️ #totp 1993
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John Danks @johndanks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
How easy is it to cycle around some of our towns and cities? I got on my bike to find out www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Plymouth council lacks will to encourage active travel'
Plymouth City Council admits network gaps as a cyclist says people often ride on roads unprotected.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Interviewee on #r4today just said "doublingly troubling" and I'm sorry but I've no idea what he said after that
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
BBC Hull & East Yorkshire wrote a whole article around entirely predictable comments on their own Facebook post www.bbc.com/news/article... I've learnt to expect this from my local newspaper's website, but the BBC? I give up. The UK is doomed.
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Hull divided over 'share the road' campaign
The council is hoping the message will help make the city more cycle-friendly.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Pidcock's gold ever-so-slightly overshadowed by other cycle races and English winners of other European Championships www.bbc.com/sport/cyclin...
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Tom Pidcock: Olympic champion wins European mountain bike gold
Double Olympic champion Tom Pidcock produces a dominant display to win the men's mountain bike cross-country gold at the European Championships in Melgaco, Portugal.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"Très punchy"? French cycling vocab borrows a word from English?? Sacre bleu! 🫨 #TDFF #TDFF2025
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
By the end of tonight's Dawlish Grand Prix circuit race, some of the riders were literally in bits ...either that or I chose an inopportune moment to uncover a new camera mode on my cheap Chinese phone
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Hang on, article in my local rag headlined "road scheme gets £3.1m boost" turns out to be about money for active travel infrastructure😲 Am I dreaming, or have they got a new headline writer?! Anyway, good news for all in #exmouth & #eastdevon who walk, wheel or cycle😃 @exetercycling.bsky.social
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
A new cycle lane is among proposed changes with the aim of reducing traffic to be discussed by Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee today.😀 The make-up of the committee has changed since the May elections and now includes four Reform UK councillors 😢 www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
New cycle lane among planned traffic changes in Exeter
The changes are designed to increase the numbers of people on foot and cycling in the Devon city.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
BBC News - Indoor cycling changed my life after car crash www.bbc.com/news/article... No, indoor cycling helped her rebuild her life after a car hit her. Please do better @bbclondon.bsky.social CC @lauralaker.bsky.social
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'Indoor cycling changed my life after I was hit by a car'
Melissa Power, 39, thought she would never ride again after being hit by a car when she was cycling.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I'm happy Marlen Reusser won Stage 1 of the 2025 Tour de Suisse Women, mainly as she always gives such entertaining interviews youtu.be/_TW3srigk6c?... #tds2025 #tourdesuisse #tourdesuissewomen
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Marlen Reusser - Interview at the finish - Stage 1 - Tour de Suisse 2025
YouTube video by Cycling Pro Net
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Google's AI advises me that buying two bottles together for £4.50 rather than £2.20 each would save 40p #AIfail
Response to Google Lens query "is it worth buying two":
AI Overview

The image shows Sandford Orchards cider bottles on a shelf in a store, with a promotion offering any two bottles for £4.50, or £2.20 each. Whether it's "worth it" to buy two depends on individual preferences and consumption habits. If planning to consume two bottles, buying them together saves £0.40.
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Roger @rogerha.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The wonders of first past the post. Turns out Labour got more votes in #Exeter than any other party but ended up with none of the 9 County Council seats. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_De... (Thanks to an anonymous Wikipedia editor for doing the sums)
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Transport Action Network @transportaction.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Our challenge to the funding cuts to walking, wheeling and cycling under the Conservative government - which haven't been restored by Labour, despite previous claims - will be heard in the Court of Appeal later this month. Please help us raise another £11,000 www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th...
crowdjustice.com
Stop the cuts to walking and cycling
We support local communities seeking better and more sustainable travel solutions. We also help people campaign against active travel and public transport cuts and oppose damaging road schemes
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Exeter City Council @exetercouncil.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Waste and recycling crews have recently struggled to access several residential roads in Exeter due to cars parked on corners. The issue is preventing vital services from reaching homes—posing a risk not only to collections but also to emergency response. More: news.exeter.gov.uk/residents-ba...
Think Before You Park
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