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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

One night at the _other_ Reading music festival: Down At The Abbey. Gorgeous venue, weather, music and beer!

A music scene in front of what’s left of the Reading abbey. Gorgeous !

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So, if 19 August is Yesterday and 20 August is Tomorrow, what’s Today then? The 19 ¾ August? #MicrosoftTeams

Screenshot of Microsoft Teams calendar where 19 August is flagged « yesterday » and 20 August is flagged « tomorrow »

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In Paris, even the shop windows are angry at you!

The window of a shop, which says « We open at 18:55, FFS! »

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Weird encounter of the day while watering my tomatoes: a cute frog, which took shelter inside the can for a bit of water 🐸

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sometimes, I get close encounters during my bike commute. Although not always with vehicles! 🚲 🦅

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Really loved the atmosphere of "la fête de la musique" in Paris this evening, near canal St Martin. Mandatory accessories: fans 🪭 and water pistols 🔫

A band playing near Canal St Martin in Paris: guitar, bass, drums

The band Maxence Alexandre playing in the street

Canal St Martin in Paris, with huge number of people on each side, and a man diving into it from a bridge

A band playing near Canal St Martin in Paris

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New t-shirt, courtesy of Daughter1. I love it!

Me in a T-shirt saying « I was cycling before it was COOL »

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thank you Reading Bike Hub 🚲, for being there just when I needed a puncture repair! That was on my way back from the market, loaded with groceries. You rock 🥰

My bike, loaded with groceries at the back in a wooden crate and at the front in a bag, in front of the Reading Bike Hub

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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Today is the day! You can vote until 10pm. Don’t forget your photo ID! #VoteGreen

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🌡️ Europe is the fastest‑warming continent, warming at more than 2× the global average. Changing weather patterns, reduced air pollution, declining snow cover & proximity to the rapidly warming Arctic all play a role. ⬇️

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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Great day today at the Woodley precinct, chatting with people about our policies for the Wokingham local elections #VoteGreen

Gary Shacklady wearing a green bib, with a green rosette, standing proudly under a green gazebo in the Woodley precinct

People gathered under the green gazebo on Wooley precinct

Kester Bey, Stuart Simpson, Rhys and Gary Shacklady in front of the Green gazebo. Stuart wears a t-shirt claiming "Injustice is not inevitable"

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

We celebrated today our 14th anniversary of moving to the UK as a family! We did it in the most British way we could find: an afternoon tea 😋 🇬🇧 (Ok, and champagne too…)

A platter of fancy sandwiches and even fancier petits fours, with a glass of bubbly at the front.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I had an interesting evening yesterday, advocating for more 20mph zones at the Earley Town Council. I think it was useful. Thank you @20splenty.bsky.social for the very useful material!

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Saskia Heijltjes @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

🚲 There’s a new crowdfunder to support Kidical Mass rides across the UK, and it’s one of those small things that quietly makes a big difference. 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/km-insurance Image credit: @jamiebellinger.com 1/8

Girl cycling in middle of group. Image credit: Jamie Bellinger

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Anti-Suffragette postcard ca. 1910s Happy International Women's Day, bicycle friends!

Cartoon drawing featuring a woman in bright red bloomers and a men's-style blazer and bow tie riding a bicycle in the foreground, and an old man with a pitchfork losing hat and pitchfork in surprise. Over his head are the words, "What it will come to". At the bottom it says, "Then they WILL be satisfied".

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Slowly stopping to use services provided by companies supporting fascism 🚮 First was obviously X -> BlueSky 🚮 then GoodReads -> StoryGraph 🚮 and now Spotify -> Tidal Every little helps 🙂

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Wokingham Green Party @wokinghamgreens.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Welcome to the Wokingham Green Party Bluesky account! Follow us to keep up to date with the latest updates and events.

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Djonne 🇬🇱 @djonne.eurosky.social · 02/01/2026

Okay folks, I'll give you the ultimate cheat sheet to French food. Everywhere you go you'll be proposed something sounding like "des croubitchoux à la gableuse with a little glass of bounette". Every village has its own very local specialty. How to decipher that ? Very easy.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

It was a bit wet today, but we did it anyway! Thank you @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social

Kids on bikes, in the Palmer Park in Reading, with bubbles flying around

A very blurry picture of people cycling in the street

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Daughter has been stuck for 10 minutes, trying to create a password that matches all these rules 😅

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Reading, the town, needs to change it's name. To much confusion with reading a book

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

2 near misses in 2 days… This is the life I chose! #WarOnBikes

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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Last week Oxygen took potassium on a date and it was just OK. Then yesterday I saw Oxygen with a date with Magnesium and I was like OMg.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We had a great ride today in Earley at @kidicalmassreading.bsky.social and the bubble machine worked amazingly. Look at these happy people! 🫧 🚲

People on bikes looking happy surrounded by bubbles

More people on bikes - mostly children this time - following the bubble trail

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

OK, we forgot to eat a few artichokes and now they turned into these huge flowers… Bees look happy with them, though!

2 huge artichoke flowers, with bees having a feast on them, plus one not open yet in the background

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

We made a tiny human who bakes cakes for us #ProudDad

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I upgraded my bike this weekend. Cheers! 🍷

My bike, having a wooden crate of wine fixed as a pannier at the back. The box is empty though, I drank it all… It was Bordeaux Tutiac, if you must know.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Weird encounter on local streets. It's bed time for geese! 🪿🪿🪿

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 07/06/2025

Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!

Illustration of a woman with a helmet carrying a bicycle while boarding a blue and white train. The text reads: ‘Bikes on trains? You want it – EU got it!’ An EU flag is shown on the ground and in the top-left corner.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Sunny and joyful Critical Mass ride in Reading yesterday

Bikers riding on a street, one with a raised fist

Bikers riding on a street, with a big Critical Mass flag and a sunset

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I must say, I was expecting a bit better than this weather for my first day in Bologna, ITALY! In MAY! 🌧️

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Having fun taking pictures of door bells in Venice 😬

2 door bells next to each other on a wall, forming the shape of a face

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Currently on holiday in Naples. The cult of Diego Maradona there is impressive !

A mural painting with Diego Maradona in a small street

A pixelated mosaic on a wall depicting Maradona’s « hand of God »

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Despite appearances, this Parisian street is *not* closed to car traffic - I saw a few. Cars just happens to be the least efficient way, so no one uses them unless they have to. Simple!

The canal Saint Martin in Paris under a setting sun, with people walking everywhere and a few bikes on the street. No car in sight.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Leaving for a 2 week trip across Italy, all in trains 🚄 Thank you InterRail!

Map of a trip with stops in: London, Paris, Nice, 5 Terre, Napoli, Firenze, Venice, Paris, London

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

😳 You don’t see that kind of sign very often in the UK!

Sign saying:
CLOUD NATIVE
COMPUTING FOUNDATION
DOES NOT ALLOW
FIREARMS OR OTHER WEAPONS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE PERMITTED OR NOT, OR WHETHER THEY ARE CONCEALED OR NOT, TO BE BROUGHT INTO OUR EVENTS.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

We had a very enjoyable Kidical Mass ride today, despite the wet weather. But the hardest part was navigating the clumsy infrastructure.

A few dozen cyclists, half of them kids, on a street blocked by a big concrete block. Behind the block, two little hands of a kid who just fell onto the ground.

Kids on bike crossing a road, protected by a watchful marshal on his bike.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Classic 🙄 I'll see how high I can reach before giving up.

Screenshot from a conversation with a bot from Virgin Media. At 3:56pm, it annouced 42 minutes of waiting. At 4:04pm it was 46 minutes. At 4:14pm, 47 minutes.

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

20 changes in Paris in one minute – a part of a video I made in 2023 showcasing changes that were often quite recent at the time. Those same places now have much more greenery, so there will probably be a 2025 or 2026 version! ;) 1/2

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un Américain perdu à Paris @paris75009.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This used to be a highway with lots of loud polluting cars just driving through Paris. Now, it is a beautiful pedestrian & bike path along the Seine for all to enjoy on the first spring-like day of the year. #paris #urbanism #15minutecity #pedestrians #bikes

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Ever ask yourself why so many climate scientists are also cyclists?

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Nice walk in Henley today, with a rare sight lately : blue sky ! Don’t worry, the rain is back tomorrow 🌧️

View of Henley-on-Thames at dusk, from the path along the Thames

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Classic… Just a regular day with my bike. Driver then refused to acknowledge they made a mistake, let alone apologise.

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

What do you mean « addicted to the solar panel monitoring app »? Of course I’m addicted! We’re generating our own power!! 💪✊

Screenshot of a solar panel monitoring app, showing Watts flowing from the panels into the house and the battery

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

After graduating in Computer Science, my oldest daughter has been looking for a job. Barely any interview in sight, but countless forms with weird questions such as: "What specific moment in your personal growth journey led to you realising that a career in technology at <CompanyX> was for you?" 😳

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Samuel Langlois @squell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

After 30 years of (nearly) daily service, my electric shaver died this morning. 😔 There was a little smoke, which was probably its soul reaching heaven. 🪦

Open, old-fashioned, 2-rotor electric shaver

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