Reading some 20th century history of the left and the counterculture and I have renewed sympathy for people who look to the theories of the 19th century to avoid hippie bullshit.

The American left is just fucking awash with unrecognised hippie bullshit.....

Solidarity with the Sikh community, who are the latest ethnic/religious minority to have drawn the attention of gammons.

Reminder that you don't need to be an expert in a minority group to shut down people talking shit. Bigotry is wrong. Full stop.

Hey, what's a good bicycle repair place in or near the Paris 19th? I'm hoping there's some sort of collective or, idk, feminist thing? Asking for a friend whose bicycle needs a lot of work.

Je cherche un réparateur de vélos près de Paris XIX. Il y a une coopérative ou quelque chose de féministe peut être? J'ai un ami avec un vélo cassé.

#velo #bicycle #Paris19

Do you have a very bright, blinking bicycle light?

I know we all want to be seen by cars, but blinky lights can trigger seizures in people with epilepsy. If your light is making all the reflective street signs around you look like they're turning on and off, its too much.

Friends, consider a solid beam instead and then aim it to illuminate the road in front of you instead of the eyeballs of everyone in the region. I know it's hard to find non-blinding lights, so it may be that you need to put packing tape or some other semi transparent material over it or just point it down.

Our safety equipment has to actually be safe!

The Fuck Off AI Music Movement's FAQ is 👌

https://fuckoffaimusic.com/

If you go to a tiny local show with reasonable ticket prices, you don't need to commit to the entire duration. Turn up for the bands you like. Leave when you're done.

There are people worried about "splitting the vote" so that the Greens will act as a spoiler, denying Labour a victory and catapulting the Tories or Reform into power.

And, look, I have sympathy for this concern. Bit what I need cis people to understand is that (for some*) trans people, Reform isn't worse than Labour. They are both singing off the same hymn sheet.

* white, non-migrant, Christian/majoritarian atheist

Obviously, we have solidarity and oppose Reform, but the EHRC guidance is made up of the 'common sense' of the average gammon brexiteer.

Fellow dudes over 50: if we want other people to listen to us, we need to also listen to other people. If we're the only ones that get to hold the microphone, we lose all credibility and seem irrelevant.

All communication is a conversation. One sided conversations are boring. Boring people get ignored.

The only way that boring people can keep getting listened to is through the exercise of power and, if they're not listening, the power used is 100% likely to be unjust.