Chancer On A Bike
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Nottingham to SW France, not the moon and back (geddit?) It's strange where life takes you. Bsky account for Twitter ChancerOnABike The bsky account @ChancerOnABike is dead - forgot the login 🤦♂️
On the bright side... if they target schools, again, there's a chance they'll miss
Ouf This article doesn’t pull any punches itif.org/publications...
COMAC: China’s Looming Threat to the Global Aviation Industry
Boeing and Airbus have long dominated the global commercial aircraft industry in production and innovation. But the rise of COMAC—China’s government-created, mercantilist-fueled national champion—thre...
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The little bugger is at it again Hope our tree appreciated the 3.4mm of rain last night
Chancer On A Bike@darrenhayes.bsky.social · 5d agoRelated thought. I need to track down the fucker who has a cockerel nearby and wring it’s neck There are one or two farms nearby but too far away to be them
Come on, do your worst! I reckon it’ll miss us as usual and we’ll get 1.5mm Forecast vs radar It usually moves yp and east and west of us get we but we get nowt
Me, wading through the 79,218 comments on Facebook calling me an arsehole because of a headline I didn’t write that refers to a comment I didn’t make about a film I haven’t seen
Pourquoi le Tour de France Femmes n'est-il pas retransmis en intégralité à la TV (comme pour les hommes) ?
2h30 de direct minimum sont assurées chaque jour, mais seules les étapes 1, 8 et 9 sont retransmises en intégralité, au contraire du Tour homme, retransmis complètement.
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René Bugner@renebugner.bsky.social · 3d ago📺❌ Fans of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes will miss the first three mountain classifications (Cat. 1, 3 and 2) entirely during tomorrow’s stage. The live broadcast begins at 15:45. There will be no TV coverage of the first major mountain climb (Col de la Faucille)! 🧐 #TDFF2026
I think some of the local french farmers could do with this approach instead of watering crops in full sun at 35-40 deg heat and them complaining there’s no water
Chris von Simson@chrisvonsimson.bsky.social · 3d agoMore evidence on the agrivoltaics. Rejoice.
“The old choice between growing food and making power is starting to look like a false one. The sun, it turns out, can be asked to do two jobs at once.” If govt is looking for new jobs and economic activity as well as food security, this looks promising. (Veg yields up and water use down too!)
hoergen@hoergen.bsky.social · 3d ago*American farmers slid solar panels over 62,000 acres of farmland, and the biggest payoff had almost nothing to do with electricity* #Erneuerbare #Renewable #Solar #Photovoltaik energiesmedia.com/solar-panels…
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
WALKING THE HIGHLAND CHIEFTAIN! From 2nd September I will be walking from London Kings Cross to Inverness following the route of the famous Highland Chieftain service to raise money for Samaritans! Please donate what you can: www.justgiving.com/page/highlan... #ChieftainChallenge
I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d agoCovid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
Just been reminded of Starfish Hitler. You’re very welcome
Big fish and small fry at the Tour de France Femmes substack.com/@jeremycwhit...
Tour de France Femmes: Mahe's polka dot jersey shows innocence remains intact in race that pits small fry against the big fish
Big business and small start-ups race against each other in the women's biggest bike race
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It’s now official: June–July 2026 was the most anomalously warm two-month period ever recorded in France by a staggering margin. France is now virtually certain to record its warmest summer on record.
There’s a dude dressed in false fur coat, fur hat, tracky bottoms, high tops with wings, a Buddah tshirt A massive cigar It’s 35 degrees Playing frpm a speaker right said Fred “I’m too sexy” on loop… 😂 What a legend
Having a wander round Toulouse with the family Came across this old photo pf Place Capitol. Everything is better without cars There’s parking underneath the square now but only one route in and out so impact very limited these days
I've said it once and I'll say it again. These are gangs of armed, racist thugs, aided and abetted by their state.
Eamonn Noonan@duhallow.bsky.social · 4d agoA rare example of European media reporting the actual words of illegal settlers.
So this was a right wing misinformation campaign. He says Facebook and instagram. Who bought those ads and where does the money go back to? This boy’s face, it’s heartbreaking 💔
TheBossRoss 🧶@thebossross.bsky.social · 4d agoIf you watch anything on #Moroccans coming to #Ceuta, make it this report. CBS News have interviewed some of them & they confirm that social media posts on Facebook & Instagram told them Spain had opened its borders. They're playing with people's hopes & lives. It's awful. We must combat fake news.