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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 5h

well that was short lived

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 9h

people using AI and i'm writing out my program structure in a notebook to make sure it makes sense

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 13h

love the 6am “oh god i better re-read this before hundreds of people come to look at it” half asleep panic

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 19h

five years of GCSE german finally paying off!

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 21h

just reading this - my very first post, from over a year ago - and can’t help but be amused by how i’m such a single issue obsessive nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/countdown-...

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Countdown: Useful, but only some of the time.

Thoughts on London's legacy bus countdown system.

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 22h

meanwhile i’m standing to the side thinking “is that the guy? i think that might be the guy” 🤔

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

having it pointed out that you've gone from Totally Calm to Super Anxious and back again despite ZERO CHANGE IN ANY MATERIAL FACTS is quite funny, actually 🧠

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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 · 02/10/2026

i spend two days programming and find myself worrying i've abandoned my writing

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

apparently when a tfl bus goes on diversion it’s supposed to serve the intermediate stops on the diversion route but nobody seems to have told the drivers that

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

there’s a genuinely massive loophole of cars being in uk on foreign plates and staying pseudo-permanently without registration, testing and potentially insurance and i’m not sure why it’s just being ignored

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

i hope i’ll be excused for being a touch sensitive about that

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

tfl api suggesting that the bus will come in 5 min for the last 10-15, occasionally jumping up to 6. bus hasn’t left terminus or even reported for 20 minutes THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GET MUGGED AT BUS STOPS WAITING FOR BUSES THAT AREN’T COMING MANAGE EXPECTATIONS DON’T JUST GUESS

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

surprising how many people seem to think oxygen masks drop for any random old reason on an aircraft not a drop of understanding

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"visual studio code would like to access the microphone" would it indeed

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

touched some code properly for the first time in years today and yesterday this may not bode well for my career as a professional not-about-transit writer

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

just had beans on toast for the first time in an eternity if and if there’s one thing i’m sure of it’s that my italian friends with their food snobbery don’t know what they’re missing

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

today i am somehow a railways commentator and i have to say, i’m not completely sure how it happened

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW POST: Why liveries aren’t important for GBR right now. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/gbr-liveri...

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GBR IS NOT ABOUT LIVERIES.

On my soapbox again.

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ngl but i have to say i really like the presentation of the GBR rolling stock and infrastructure doc very clean and smart

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Ryan @ryanbate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

scheduled for 1430 today on nowletsbeclear.substack.com

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

today i rescheduled a dentist's appointment that was cancelled in early july what is executive function

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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 · 28/09/2026

heathrow third runway discourse is genuinely tiring and has been going on my entire life just make a decision and GET ON WITH IT (or don’t, as applicable)

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

clearly i have become a slave to the statistics dashboard and i'm not happy about it

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

i really wish substack had better ways to visualise the change in performance of individual older posts, see where views are going each day, etc currently trying to piece together a picture from random old posts getting likes and comments

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

actually, secret draft link nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/1ee4e6fa-b...

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

IT IS NOT A TRANSIT BLOG

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

it’s out on tuesday at 1430. trying to pace myself and have a post in the bank

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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

Very much enjoying that this post seems to have also broken containment and taking every like, comment and susbcription as SWEET VINDICATION of my long held hatred for these screens

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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 · 26/09/2026

I might just do that when I have something relevant to write about

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

can’t help noticing that my mood meant going to something i should have taken time to enjoy this morning yet ending up leaving of general apathy (although i’ve seen it before)

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

had I have done my sleuthing beforehand I would’ve had many, many questions for you as my blog has ended up very transit-communications-themed of late. oh well! safe travels

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

Somewhat regret not having been more conversational but hope you enjoyed the museum depot!

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

@doug.city wildest of shots in the dark but if you are the Doug I unexpectedly recognised and met this morning then nice meeting you once again! (if not, as you were)

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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 · 25/09/2026

there’s like a tingling anxious unease and impatience that i just want to shake out of my finger tips and i cannot

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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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doublearrow.co.uk @doublearrow64.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Important because sensory overload is prevalent right now; that said, some TOCs have been much better than others with CIS but there has to be a joined up approach under GBR

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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 · 22/09/2026

The glasses thing was just to reference the sensation of having dirty lenses, not that it will appear differently to glasses wearers. Next time you’re in Vic have a close look at the older ones on one side and how crisp they are, and then these newer ones. Look at the Southern logo. Look at (1/2)

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

NEW POST: Let’s not be clear. In which I REALLY BITE MY TONGUE while explaining why these colour departure boards aren’t good enough. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/lets-not-b...

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Let’s not be clear.

I think they got a bit carried away...

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The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · 22/09/2026

A workthrough of the latest crop of railway station departure boards by @ryanbate.bsky.social on his Now Let’s Be Clear site. Have someone explain why you’re vaguely discomfited by them in ways you can’t explain yourself. nowletsbeclear.substack.com/p/lets-not-b...

nowletsbeclear.substack.com

Let’s not be clear.

I think they got a bit carried away...

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