Eachann
@gillies.bsky.social
Shopping trolley theory enthusiast. 📍Glasgow, Scotland.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis... Find this so frustrating - surely a prime site for high density housing being so close to multiple train lines and local amenities?
dad: so whats the deal with the war me: *speaks for 5 min* dad: wow that is an impressive analysis me: thanks I took it from a person I follow online who is a subject matter expert dad: oh whats their name me: They are a cartoon dog wearing underwear as a face mask called Piss Prevail On Earth
'use your local butcher' is such a huge lie. How many times I've called around butchers near me looking for a cut of literally anything slightly unusual and it's 'we don't do that' every time. Recent examples include pork shoulder (?!), ham hock, and ox cheek. Off the supermarket I go, again.
On a walk around #Conwy yesterday, I spotted something I hadn't noticed before. This magnificent #Gothic railway arch, built in 1840, through the #Medieval walls. It even continues the castellated parapet! Zoom in, and you can see where bits were chipped away as trains got bigger! #photograph #photo
These authors reviewed 73 previous studies examining car touchscreens. Conclusion: They're awful "Touchscreens tended to have negative effects on driving performance, visual attention, and secondary task performance compared with voice control and physical controls." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
That's Dan Simmons dead. Rare to find someone who is such an incredible author with such rich ideas who also holds such banal, cruel thoughts about the world around us.
New research from @cathywu.bsky.social et al. confirms something I've long suspected: Navigation apps could save their users a lot of time — and tilt travel decisions toward transit and biking — if they showed users how long it takes to find parking.
Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions
By minimizing the need to drive around looking for a parking spot, this technique can save drivers up to 35 minutes — and give them a realistic estimate of total travel time.
news.mit.edu
Reading Crow Road by Iain Banks and fascinated by a world in which the West Highland line reaches Lochgilphead.
Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows glasgow.gov.uk/article/13887
Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows - Glasgow City Council
Glasgow is seeing a boom in active travel, with 4.65 million cycling trips recorded between January and August this year - a 43% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
glasgow.gov.uk
Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.
Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12mo agoin this week's newsletter! a rant against this weird sex culture we seem to now live in: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/everything...
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
It's about time these stories weren't accompanied by an image of someone frolicking in the water or eating an ice cream. It's not going to stop getting hotter, we really ought to fucking grow up and treat this seriously🤦🏻♂️
UK weather: Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row
Temperatures could peak at 33C on Friday to break Thursday's record for hottest day of the year.
bbc.co.uk
Slowly, ever so slowly, the British public is abandoning the idea that "hot weather = good", proving that the arc of history bends towards progress after all.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · last yr.Are you hoping that a heatwave does or does not happen in the UK in the next few weeks? Hope it does happen: 41% Hope it does not happen: 47% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
this is just the modern version of all those old ads where clumsiness or difficulty is utterly contrived in order to sell a gadget to fix it. Except we're wasting colossal resources to power this nonsense.
Elke Schwarz@elkeschwarz.bsky.social · last yr.You know that pasta sauce Galaxy + Gemini ad? It demonstrates something interesting about AI: it is an excellent illustration of the risk of "problem orphaning" with AI. A short thread 1/7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8W-...
The best thing about pronouncing Aristotle to rhyme with Chipotle is no-one can definitively tell you that it’s actually *wrong*.
Can't stop thinking about the scene on the porch in the most recent episode of The Last of Us.
Out for a cycle along Loch Earn south shore today. Counted over a dozen open fires burning. Astounding levels of stupidity - I don't think it's rained in close to a month! The countryside is tinder dry just now.
Not a rail or plane guy, but I do wonder whether Prestwick (or the Ayrport, as it should really be called) is the answer to the question about lifeline services for the islands. Closer to the west coast, decent connections by rail, likely has the capacity?
The Glasgow Bell@glasgowbell.bsky.social · last yr.Last month, rail engineer @GarethDennis set the cat amongst the pigeons when he said that Glasgow Airport would close by the 2040s. So we called him and asked him to explain to us his reasoning - and why he thinks that would be a good thing for the city. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/is-glasgow-a...
Set the "techbros reinvented the bus" timer back to zero
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · last yr.Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
It's still early days at a national level but proof of concept is so so important and these numbers are really encouraging.
Stephen Frost@sfrost.bsky.social · last yr.👍 “In countries which continue to invest in everyday cycling, more people travel by bike in towns, cities and rural locations. There’s no reason that the success seen in Amsterdam, Copenhagen — or more recently in Paris — can’t be replicated in Scotland” - @keithirving.bsky.social (Cycling Scotland)
👍 “In countries which continue to invest in everyday cycling, more people travel by bike in towns, cities and rural locations. There’s no reason that the success seen in Amsterdam, Copenhagen — or more recently in Paris — can’t be replicated in Scotland” - @keithirving.bsky.social (Cycling Scotland)
The next Copenhagen? Inside Scotland’s cycling revolution
Access to safe routes for commuters on bicycles increases the number of people using pedal power to get to work — whatever the weather
thetimes.com