OneBigMonkey
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OneBigMonkey
@onebigmonkey
If you're a scientifically illiterate Apollo denier, anti-vaxxer, flat Earther, fascist or Elon Musk, just assume I called you a moron. It saves a lot of time.
เข้าร่วม Ocak 2012
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Project Hail Mary. Should I read the book before seeing the film? Never got round to reading it when it first came out.
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Flat Earth Dave highlights no real photos of Earth exist. The iconic 'Blue Marble' was created by Robert Simon, combining data and adding visually pleasing elements, even as iPhone wallpaper.
They paint clouds and stitch images… “Because it has to be.” Several data sets from several different instruments, remove the clouds and color the oceans—space graffiti.
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@2wheelsgoodBrum I very rarely filter on the right, unless I'm absolutely certain of a light sequence & the left route is blocked - it puts me too close to oncoming traffic for my comfort. Much better to filter left & slot in when you can.
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Isn't it safer to filter on the right, rather than the left?
That's sometimes true, especially if filtering past HGVs with poor visibility, but even the road designer assumes cyclists will filter left. The entry mark for this ASL is on the left.
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Why did the cyclist do that?
This video of a reckless driver endangering a cyclist, attracted replies claiming the problem was the cyclist.
Understanding why cyclists ride as they do helps good drivers. If you have an open mind here's the reason ...
1/10 x.com/SaferRoadsYork…
Safer Roads Yorkshire@SaferRoadsYorks
What to do? See a cyclist filtering on your left and you want to turn left. Clue: don't overtake the cyclist cutting across their path as they signal right.
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@LisaForteUK Flew from the UK to Schiphol once. It landed somewhere in Belgium and the taxi to the gate took longer than the flight.
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Twitter is a funny old place. The number of people who didn’t get the sarcasm in the “8.5km” was an interesting twist 😂😂😂 honestly 🤦🏼♀️
Lisa Forte@LisaForteUK
Amsterdam airport is hilarious to watch ppl with an imminent connection get off the plane, look at the transfer board, note the gate & then realise “to make your connecting flight it is a simple 8.5km walk” If you’re not savvy to the Schiphol ways you’ll do some epic running 😂
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@BikeabilityUK @ITVCentral I have a new, separate, lane on my commute. It's not great - it crosses a few rat run junctions that need care and a degree of hope. Waiting for my priority light signals slows me down compared with the on road route, but overall not being in traffic is so much better.
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Brilliant to see our own Beccy Marston on @ITVCentral highlighting why protected cycle routes matter 🚲
“The number one reason people don’t cycle is because they don’t feel safe.”
Safe infrastructure + quality training = confident, independent riders.
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@FlatEarthDaveX Please explain the existence of radioactive marker layers in soil and bioaccumulation of isotopes in the human body from atmospheric testing.
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@but_cyclists Regardless of the legalities, that bike had plenry of "I might die if I don't slow down because that truck's turning" time. Never assume they've seen you. When you assume, you get your ass in a&e.
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I'm sorry but what the fuck? Aren't motorcycles meant to ride on the road in the US?
40+ mph along the sidewalk is insane.
Suzee Q@SusieM414141
This e-bike rider is moving at a very high speed on the sidewalk. As you can see, the truck turns into a parking lot—and that’s where things go wrong. So who had the right of way? In my view, it was the truck, since sidewalks aren’t meant for vehicles moving that fast and the rider should have seen the truck turning in.
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@ClarkeMicah @timreay That's electrical power, not electrical assistance.
My morning's cycling was fuelled by baked goods. Was it not at all green?
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.@timreay. It does not enable them to cycle. It enables them to ride around the roads on unregistered fast, heavy motor vehicles, without needing to pass a test or take out insurance. To do so they must use power from the grid, which is largely proivided by burning gas. So not green.
Tim Reay@timreay
@ClarkeMicah @gadboit True. But electrical assistance has enabled many more people to cycle, particularly in hillier regions. If it enables them to cycle instead of drive, if they couldn't otherwise cycle, that's green.
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They tell us a rocket can push through nothing. No medium, no resistance, no air… yet somehow propulsion. In every real-world experience, movement requires something to push against, but suddenly physics changes when it leaves the ground. We’re asked to ignore our senses and trust animations instead. At some point faith isn’t in God anymore… it’s in institutions.
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I don't think we actually landed on the moon.
There, I said it.
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At my direction, early this morning federal agents arrested Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy, in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
More details soon.
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@bretfebibljesus @AllbrightHunter It has to be because it's the best way of blending images taken in low earth orbit, which is what he did.
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🤣 @AllbrightHunter Good meme brother! Gold! 🏆 Mr Blue Marble tried to tell the NASA Globlins. #nasalies #flatearth It’s photoshopped but it has to be because their CGI globe and outer space are fake.
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@DOGE__news Yeah she really shot that wall in the face and called it a fucking bitch.
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@hshLauraJ Because it's bullshit fabricated by fascists attempting to justify murder carried out by masked thugs, swallowed whole by morons?
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@AVGirl4Life For the same reason I'm calling you a nazi apologist: because it's true.
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@_Haruspex2025_ Yes, and also cgi prior to 1958 because of the movie, Vertigo (1958). John Whitney is credited for creating abstract computer graphics for the opening credits, one of the first feature film uses.
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An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response.
Chris Murphy 🟧@ChrisMurphyCT
1. ICE must leave Minneapolis. 2. Congress should not fund this version of ICE - that is seeking confirmation, chaos and dystopia.
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An armed leftist went out with a gun to deliberately interfere with legitimate law enforcement operations, and I’m seeing some “conservatives” on this site claim that it might be ICE’s fault that the guy is now dead. Insane. Some of you people will never fucking learn.
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