corin_ja

corin_ja, 7 days ago to UKpolitics

Useful analysis from #FoE Friends of the Earth on how the #UKPolitics parties environmental policies stack up.

Unsurprisingly the #GreenParty scores highest but I agree with the comment here that more detail on policies to tackle #GlobalHeating would be welcome

#UKGeneralElection

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/system-change/green-policies-and-general-election-who-leads-pack

corin_ja, 1 month ago to scifi

Just finished season 4 of #ForAllMankind

Really love this show. It's not perfect and some of the plot decisions I could criticise, but it's one of the best #scifi TV shows I've seen. Great characterisation and brilliantly conceived #AltHistory

corin_ja, 1 month ago to random

I have to agree 100% with #JeremyCorbyn on this. Our leaders are all disgracefully leading us to war. Shameful especially in the west where it’s not our children being blown to pieces. I just wish the people of the democracies would wake up & chuck out the warmongers by the ballot box, & the people of the autocracies would rise up & overthrow theirs, whether Hamas, Putin or Iran

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/leaders-war-gaza-jeremy-corbyn?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

corin_ja, 1 month ago to climate

I mean, I have this horrible feeling of 'told you so' but about 4 years ago I said we've got about 5 years until crop failures start hitting as a result of #ClimateChange

Initially we'll cope with increased reliance on Russian & Ukrainian wheat (complicated) but eventually with our crops ruined by rain and theirs by heat, I'm afraid it's not looking good, folks

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/uk-food-production-down-record-rainfall-farmers

corin_ja, 2 months ago to bristol

#Bristol #GreenParty candidate has part of her finger bitten off by a dog while posting a leaflet through a letterbox. Ouch! The candidate seemed quite relaxed about it in reported comments, and I really hope the dog owners vote for her!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-68703087

Wen, 2 months ago to random

Whoever attached their bike (probably pricy given the look of the wheels) really should have paid attention to the frame 😳

#cyclingUK #Lock #Theft #cycling

ogili, 4 months ago to random

#ListeningClub this week I got a b*llocking for not being in a room I was actually in.

How's your week going.

paulisci, 5 months ago to random

Launching the Headline of the Year contest today. If you're not familiar, here are the first four winners (2018-2022)

Penguins ignore police return to sushi shop
Hospital angrily denies snake discovered in operating theatre, insisting there was only a monkey
When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That's a Moray

ogili, 5 months ago to random

#ListeningClub I know who this, but I've not heard this. I really liked Sledgehammer as a teen, and whilst I feel being a bit, err, tired and hungry, would improve this record (and I haven't even had a cigarette, let alone anything else since sept), I'm digging this.

corin_ja, 6 months ago to random

Tragic news for me today, of a friend's sudden passing. Although not someone I was massively close to they were a person I was getting to know and considered part of my circle. A real shock, leaving me feeling terribly sorry for them and their family but also reflecting on my own life and mortality.

corin_ja, 6 months ago to london

In my household we had a two-minute silence at 11am stopping the TV and housework to pause and reflect on all the dead from war.

Meanwhile in central #London those supposedly 'protecting' the #cenotaph rioted on Whitehall

corin_ja, 8 months ago to transit

In 15 years of trying to prolong my bikes' drivetrains by cleaning them I have still never understood the conundrum that if you degrease a #bicycle chain you then need to wash the degreaser off with water, and if you then apply lubricant to that chain you are surely trapping water in the links?

#cycling #BikeMaintenance

brunogirin, 8 months ago to london

As noticed by @sbrackenborough , there is a ridiculous number of orb-weaver spiders in #London at the moment and I ended up breaking at least 3 webs in order to get to the garden shed yesterday. This morning, they had rebuilt them and reattached the support threads in such a way that I didn't need to break any of them to get to the shed. Awesome engineering in the back garden!

corin_ja, 9 months ago to random

Good tribute to #BrianMcBride of the superlative #StarsOfTheLid here. I saw #SOTL live at the Barbican in London many years ago & it was one of the greatest musical experiences I’ve had. RIP Brian

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/30/brian-mcbride-the-stars-of-the-lid-musician-who-lit-up-the-ambient-firmament?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

juglugs, 9 months ago to random

How old were you when you first noticed the 8 in the middle of the 8 of diamonds card?

corin_ja, 10 months ago to fediverse

Are there different toot character lengths on different #instances in the #fediverse ?

I see toots like this which are way over the character limit I can toot

https://mastodon.social/@Voline@kolektiva.social/110783009020236563

#mastodon

corin_ja, 11 months ago to cycling

Got a sidewall tear on my nearly brand new #Continental Terra Speed tyre out cycling on a #gravel ride at the weekend. My friend repaired it using a gel wrapper as a boot. Should I just put this down to bad luck and get a straight replacement tyre? I have otherwise enjoyed the feel & performance of the tyre. Or is there another gravel tyre I should consider?

#cycling #punctures

corin_ja, 6 months ago to random

My starting position on this is an #inheritanceTax of 100% but I am willing to compromise in order for personal effects to be passed on.

Inheritance is one of the major causes of socioeconomic #inequality and should be minimised to promote social mobility & cohesion

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/17/jeremy-hunt-weighing-up-inheritance-tax-cut-autumn-statement?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other