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I learned a new word today, and had to look up how it was pronounced. Interesting thread about divisions within Switzerland.

KnowWhere: World Cities - Daily Fri, 23 Oct 2026 🏆 270 / 500 📍 🟩🟩🟩🟨🟥 🌍 3/5 countries ❓ 7/15 answers #KnowWhereQuiz knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/quiz/cities/

How crap is it that the Apple parental controls can only be managed from Apple devices? Google have a web app so parental controls can be managed anywhere you have access to a web browser (as well as iPhone and Android apps). Big tech really doesn't get to be this half-arsed about anything else.

I learnt what "Greenwich Lightvessel" was from this map. It's nowhere near Greenwich! (and is 0.0015949º west of Greenwich according to OpenStreetMap)

I'm sad to report that the bike lane in Ealing Broadway is closed temporarily while work is undertaken. Normal parking will resume as soon as possible.

Well done to the person who already added the West London Orbital proposal to OpenStreetMap, so one can see the exact route. www.openstreetmap.org/relation/172...

It's one of the absolute pinnacles of the art form, both this final series and the whole great tapestry of it. It is both a fantastic bit of social history and also in of itself an item of social history, and it happened in a lot of ways by accident and serendipity.

This must be one of the best documentaries ever made? I watched both these finale episodes back to back, regularly in tears.

Plans for Cycleway 9 West between Brentford and Hounslow Town Centre are well worth supporting. Make sure your voice is heard! Links to consultation and our summary response. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/cycleway-9-w... hounslowcycling.org/cycleway-9-w... @londoncycling.bsky.social

What I love about the people answering “negative” is they are basically saying “the last thousand years? I don’t care for them”.

It won’t stop these reprehensible, cowardly pieces of shit attacking the RNLI, but here is a handy link to donate rnli.org/support-us/g...

Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous

I've always wondered where this photo was taken. Can anyone help identify it? Almost certainly somewhere in the Swiss Alps near Luzern, maybe Pilatus, though I don't recognise it.

The reason why so many 'cycling campaigners' are up in arms about the latest attacks on cycling & floating bus stops are simple... 1. Now do cars. Seriously, if you want to discuss road danger, making a more inclusive environment for pedestrians, then I've got some side roads & zebras to point at...

Moral of the story: 1) Lime, fix your fucking brakes. I did recommend she try Forest next time, and would say the same to anyone. 2) Someone please buy my Electra Townie (ladies 7i, vanilla cream, mint condition). Need the money & garage space for a new freezer. This, without the shock fork. /end

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

UK transit nerds are next level.

Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue

That was a surprise! I nearly fell off my bike!

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

The essence of America is eating fast food on your own in your car parked at a gas station the size of a city block, and that's good

LOL Sony get to unilaterally redefine the meaning of the words "to buy" something.

Weekend book buyers. Here's what my latest is all about...

I'm going to end up centrist dad on the quiz because I don't know half the terminology. What are "alternative girls"? britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Have you seen this, @flipchartrick.bsky.social ?

This is very sweet from @roberthutton.co.uk - how the Abbey National ended up writing back to correspondence for Sherlock Holmes after they moved into 221B Baker Street www.ft.com/content/004c...

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

I guess tomorrow’s headline is ON TOP OF THE WORLD, LOOKING DOWN ON CROATIANS.

Switzerland voted "no" to the "No to a 10m Switzerland" (effectively, Swexit), though the canton I voted in voted 55% in favour, one of 10 of the 23 cantons to support the measure.

In 2 weeks, Switzerland will vote on the most radical far-right proposal so far. Wondering about the broader context? The FT (@mjruehl.bsky.social) has you covered: “While direct democracy can serve as a shock absorber, it can also propel radical ideas into the mainstream" bsky.app/profile/rfrb...

In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M). In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy