After some really weird mental images, TIL that "walking stick" is en_US for "stick insect".
@Edent@mastodon.social Are they using Bluetooth? Apparently that's a thing...
Today I have been mostly pedal-car bothering at Curborough. Not racing this time, likely related to several of the Apollo team's cars being _hors de combat_. <pedalcarracing.info/>
It's the ten year anniversary of XKCD 1425, one of the all-time greats and one that resonates slightly differently today. Wrote up some notes on that here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/24/xkcd-1425-turns-ten-years-old-today/
Just so @quixoticgeek@social.v.st doesn't feel left out, I bailed to a train home on the basis that I didn't want to ride through ~5 hours of pish with an iffy front tyre. Train was fine (in a broken seats sort of way) until Mordor Central, where instead of joining another 4 carriages for the […]
FX: Thunder
Loitering within tent with the #AssociationOfLightweightCampers at the Shiny! New! Nottingham club site. 6 hours of headwind and one p*nct*r* to get here. But only about an hour of rain. Thing about camping in September is it gets dark by 8pm...
I generally steer clear of UK rail topics on social media, but I’m always happy to read Garry’s explainer threads. Read this, and follow him if you’re interested in railways! https://mas.to/@25kV/113148887580035741