mastodon 4.6.8Toots about Sheffield, cycling, IT, UK politics, gardening and flowers.
I have a proposal to prevent this.
https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo
This is what is in my mind every time I see a comment on a rage bait post about cycling and someone says "Cyclists should be made to use a cycle lane if one is provided."
Joyful cycle last night.
Sunny ✅
Road closed for motor vehicles ✅
Almost no cars ✅
Curlews ✅
Oystercatchers ✅
Goslings ✅
Massive tail wind in one direction ✅
Massive head wind in other direction 🙁
The victim and the perp.
Auto play video: brought to your device by the same clowns who thought paste with formatting was a good default.
The super distinctive chirp of a greenfinch also stands out visually on the Merlin App.
Passing cars swamp any other sound.
True to form, last week's BBC Any Questions jits the jackpot on a pointless uninformed rant about solar panels on agricultural land.
Nobody talks about the amount of land used to grow biofuels.
A57 between Hollow Meadows and Rivelin Dams still closed, but progress is getting made. Retaining wall foundation is in place. Tarmac to be done before the road opens. The road will open soon, and the wall will get finished with temporary traffic lights.
The state of active travel in Sheffield.
A 250m journey.
Journey time 152 seconds.
Time moving: 52 seconds.
Time waiting at traffic lights: 100 seconds.
Having lunch in a car park.
Of course there is some twat in their car with their engine on. SUV wanker too.
I still don't get the whole engine idling thing. It is not that warm, just wind down the window. Engines are super inefficient when idling and the load on some parts is particularly high. Local air quality drops significantly when you do this.
Please don't sit in your stationary car with the engine on.
Day out to Saltaire to see recorders
I wonder of Brian is about to have a heart attack and need his children's support.
Riverdale Rd, Sheffield closed to motor vehicles this morning due to tree pruning.
A huge crane holding a chainsaw wielding operator in a basket up in the trees.
If you know something about tape cassettes but don't know how good AI is a generating content, spend 5 minutes watching this video and take note how well cassette tapes are portrayed.
That is how good gen AI is at other things too, superficially looks ok, does not stand up to scrutiny.
Quite slow, but no errors.
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, May 30th 2026 (Hard), in less than 24 minutes
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