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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

winds me up so much that this system has been updated in the last year and yet it’s SO FAR from being good enough

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

well that was short lived

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

my brain isn’t capable of comprehending what this means

screenshot of tweet with photo of mta subway screen showing riddle

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i’ve just seen this picture and i’m sorry but is this really how fuel prices are represented in the US? why is there a fraction? it’s already in decimal… 😐

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I AM ABSURDLY EXCITED THAT THIS EXISTS (but can you tell why?)

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

weird bit of minutiae but there are two versions of the tfl lift pictogram with differently sized up/down arrows: the bigger arrowed one seems to be original and is in the 2009 pictogram standard whereas smaller used consistently recently

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

got a thing making another cushion

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

sometimes (but very rarely) i will buy myself a Nice Thing™ today was one of those days

iconic transit maps book by mark ovenden

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i always used to think it was odd how creators would find themselves obsessed with stats but now it makes perfect sense i’ve half a mind to turn it off (but also intensely flattered)

screenshot of blog dashboard showing subscriber graph

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the way the text is never quite aligned with the screen’s pixels. Look at how the white isn’t actually white but seemingly R G and B all together. Maybe you won’t see the difference. 🤷 (2/2)

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

things that were probably actually as big a deal as they felt at the time

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

just found the original file for my "pacers of the north" calendar i made as a joke christmas gift for various friends in 2014 (and printed and bound and everything) actual masterpiece

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

it’s like i’ve died and gone to hell #euston

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

mmm yeah maybe i’ll stand

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

couldn’t have done it without me

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

curious little tidbit that can’t be a coincidence SL12 going toward Rainham announcing Leytonstone on iBus now the W16, which goes nowhere near Rainham but does go to Leytonstone, is showing destination as Rainham on apps

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

if anything was learnt today it was that in the case of the SL12, SL does indeed continue to be for slog. except on this bit:

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

apparently this was six years ago today, blimey

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

some day i will write about the time i manufactured a custom impeller to fix an air conditioner that the manufacturer said wasn’t repairable but unfortunately my blog is not the place for it