Elisabeth Anderson :bt:

Level 8 Human Bike Rider. Ex-racer. #Vegan for the animals. Interested in #Cycling, #CargoBikes, #CitiesForPeople, #ActiveTravel, #NoNationsNoBorders, and equity for all. #BikeTooter. Lives on a boat with a small dog.

#BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights
#CitizenOfNowhere
#TofuEatingWokerati

Also tooting about metal over at @haustsdottir.

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2024-09-20 11:20:42

Walking into the Post Office there was a woman coming out and I waited for her. A guy behind me pushed straight past me and past the woman trying to walk out.
I spoke to him in the queue and asked if he'd seen me or the woman and he said, nonchalantly, "no, I don't care".
I pointed out calmly that it is nice to be aware of others and he called me a bully.
"You're only calling me a bully because that's what you are" I replied to him.

2024-09-03 20:15:28

People.
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/113/075/450/711/113/910/original/513e3df576003c75.png

2024-08-14 22:27:35

Is it just me that doesn't get the hype around Banksy? Like, I appreciate him but there's so much art out there and I really don't get the absolute hype around his work.

2024-06-19 17:37:15

Today in Wow...Shocker News. Rich family are terrible people.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm55gzvv1dro

2024-06-09 11:06:58

Today I learned that [it isn't true that] the voice that asks "What were the skies like when you were young?" on #TheOrb's #LittleFluffyClouds is #LeVarBurton!
(See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fluffy_Clouds which explains it's not LeVar Burton)
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/112/586/334/777/505/816/original/817818a81b065145.mp4

2024-06-06 15:23:46

Hey, internet old timers. Can you remember those old homepages that you could customise and add RSS feeds to panels and create your own homepage?
I used one for years and loved it but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. This would have been like 2005/10 or something.
Any ideas? I know of Feedly nowadays.

2024-05-24 20:00:22

Last night somebody set fire to our local 5G mast, taking out our internet and emergency communications in the area.
All day I've been thinking about how disappointing it is that people get so far down the rabbit hole that they start to believe that radio waves cause viral illness.
What can you say really.
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/112/497/822/036/845/459/original/4f580ff59b250f8c.jpg

2024-05-19 10:35:24

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-69026059

2024-05-13 14:18:35

My back is slowly getting better each day but I'm still uncomfortable and sore.
But I feel absolutely miserable at the moment. Really miserable. 🫤

2024-05-11 22:58:43

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@npub1hqx…944s The right-wingers had a goal tonight.

2024-05-11 22:58:20

Really pleased for #Nemo and for #BambieThug representing non-binary people so amazingly tonight! ☢❔👾💣 #Eurovision

2024-05-11 22:56:08

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@npub1hqx…944s No, it always really is.

2024-05-11 22:50:16

Well, as is often the way I'm a bit confused but not very surprised. #Eurovision

2024-05-11 19:51:09

Spain is the sort of synth-banger you'd hear in a Balearic gay club. #Eurovision

2024-04-29 20:57:13

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@npub1y5h…7m3c nut-tella, as in hazelnut.

2024-04-29 19:51:15

It was only recently I stopped calling Nutella "noo-tella".

2024-04-24 18:17:36

Oh no, I was still waiting for a Stages crank for Ekar!
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/stages-has-ceased-operations-and-laid-all-its-staff-308011

2024-02-10 11:45:29

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@npub1hqx…944s You know me pretty well by this point! 😁

2024-02-10 11:24:24

Idea for a movie: The Pre-dater. A muscular member of an elite paramilitary rescue team contacts a woman he met on Tinder to check she was ok with a date in the jungles of Central America before it actually happens.

2024-01-24 11:59:09

30 years of #CriticalMass London!
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/01/24/30-years-of-critical-mass/

2024-01-05 17:55:46

Rarely do you get to see the roots of post boxes like these ones waiting to be re-potted.
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/704/622/734/793/371/original/d1c9f8180a62d5f9.jpg

2023-12-19 14:54:42

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@npub1hqx…944s They didn't ask me although it could have been because I was very clear why I cancelled my membership! 😉

2023-12-19 11:18:22

I'm no longer a #BritishCycling member but I still got an email from them via a BCC. They also attached this 2.6Mb PNG image as an utterly pointless waste of resources.
Firstly somebody actually made that (on what I can only assume was MS Word) with a spelling mistake then they thought "Yeah, that looks great, send that out to people that don't want it".
Merry Chistmas! 🤦‍♀️
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/606/791/487/067/030/original/a4ff5638a8b311d2.png

2023-11-23 22:23:58

Ex-cop who oversaw a police force rife with sexism, racism, misogynists, and abusers says stupid stuff about cycling.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/cyclist-bike-london-danger-police-escooter-pedicab-lord-hoganhowe-b1122397.html

2023-11-15 21:51:59

Tom has loads to say behind people's backs but then when he has the chance he never says a word but tries to get other people to do his dirty work for him.
He's like that guy on the Fast Show who says something and if anybody disagrees with him he immediately changes his opinion and says the opposite.
#BBUK

2023-10-19 08:07:56

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@npub1hqx…944s It left me down on the floor!

2023-10-19 08:07:09

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@npub1hqx…944s It left me on the floor!

2023-10-18 21:21:21

Holy crap, I've just learned that DJ Beats from #PeopleJustDoNothing is Hugo Chegwin; Keith Chegwin's nephew!! 🤯
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/258/108/390/484/228/original/660cf92620c7076d.jpg

2023-10-13 21:36:03

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@npub1hqx…944s Still nice to see!

2023-10-13 21:28:47

Fungi from my walk today.
I think they are:
Amanita Muscaria / Fly Agaric
Primrose Brittlegill
Yellow Stagshorn
Amanita Caesarea
#FungiFriday
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/229/816/636/817/500/original/34111c5163a523a4.webp
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/229/816/678/350/343/original/4e92d6d6c30f3b2e.webp
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/229/816/664/694/483/original/1bba57bea59cb4e1.webp
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/111/229/816/660/834/529/original/c7ddfecc026e504b.webp

2023-09-30 10:45:38

If I had a company selling concrete to prevent waves and also wooden panels for fences my strapline would be:
"We have everything from cedar fences to sea defences!"

2023-08-16 16:15:49

Wild take of the day was somebody suggesting I want to "kill off disabled people" because I posted a TfL poster showing how many people could fit in a bus to make the point that this is still a thing that people say.
Let me be clear. Disabled people's transport needs should be considered first. This is why we need to remove private car driving in cities. Those who *need* to use a car are often prevented from doing so because others just choose to drive.

2023-08-16 09:19:35

This poster is from 1965.
(Via jordanbhx on what was the birdsite)
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/898/539/714/916/778/original/7788cf9b6ccb3135.jpg

2023-08-11 20:38:41

I'm old enough to remember when it was called "picking blackberries" rather than "foraging".

2023-08-03 10:35:26

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@npub1hqx…944s
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/825/237/532/365/569/original/5daf788362486e82.mp4

2023-08-03 09:42:34

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@npub1t3r…6knd He lives in Croydon!
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/825/021/528/946/563/original/31df1848cc852290.png

2023-08-03 09:18:39

Imagine you are an engineering manager (who looks after an engineering department) and wanted to have an engineering strategy meeting would you invite:
a) The actual engineers?
b) Only managers?
Sheesh. #RhetoricalQuestionReally

2023-07-05 21:44:27

Check out this absolute hero at the #TourDeFrance #BaiseLesTories #FuckTheTories #TdF #TdF2023
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/663/651/981/637/569/original/303e10347280cb07.png
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/663/658/844/666/676/original/7eb334b0c4ad2b0c.png

2023-07-02 21:20:42

#Shell is still trading Russian gas more than a year after pledging to withdraw from the Russian energy market.
They are ot only profiting from the destruction of the planet but Shell is also funding the invasion of #Ukraine!!
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66021325

2023-06-29 10:41:20

"Large-scale car infrastructure is a fundamentally broken system, which we're now trying to fix by slapping batteries into the cars, and calling it a day".
Electric Cars Won't Change Anything, Here's Why...in fact EVs make things WORSE!
TL;DR cars are helpful in remote areas but in cities rail + cycle infrastructure is so much better than electric and combustion vehicles. EVs will not solve these problems; it's just green-washing.
https://youtu.be/V1kOLhhSjl8

2023-06-05 18:53:52

What the HELL is wrong with people??
"Cyclists with helmets were perceived as less human compared to those without, while cyclists with safety vests and no helmets were perceived as least human."
https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-wearing-helmets-seen-less-human-301661

2023-05-27 08:40:16

A man came on here and mansplained how women's cycling works and how British Cycling haven't actually changed much blah blah blah.
Fuck off. I literally am a female cyclist who has raced until BC changed the rules and excluded people.
I wish these people would stop finding it necessary to try to prove how clever they are and instead listen to people affected.
That's all really.

2023-05-19 17:06:39

Bicycles don't need traffic lights.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jgacSmLBSIQ

2023-05-13 21:14:52

I just hope this is the moment that aliens tuned in to planet earth! #Eurovision
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/363/441/591/158/465/original/2306c7b5cf56adf7.jpeg

2023-05-13 20:17:48

Yeah, Finland is an ABSOLUTE BANGER!!! #Eurovision

2023-05-12 18:36:46

What Else Musk is doing by stepping away as CEO and employing a women is likely a sign that Twitter is in real trouble and he needs, well, a fall...girl.
This has been seen before and is termed the #GlassCliff where companies who are in crisis employ a woman to blame when she eventually can't fix all the issues and the company inevitably fails.
If so, Twitter will likely be filing for bankruptcy within a couple of years.
There's no way Musk will be doing this because it's a positive thing.

2023-05-10 09:28:00

Recently a neighbour looked at one of my bikes and said "you must have lots of money".
He owns a soft-top Audi and a new city van which he's just bought.
It's amazing how people can erase/ignore the cost of motor vehicles from their minds. It's a really impressive trick. You hear the same when people comment about cargo bikes which could actually replace a car!

2023-05-09 13:00:55

https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/338/848/649/926/721/original/0718cd6418bc29ba.png

2023-05-05 14:49:43

#Conservatives this morning. #ToriesOut
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/316/625/620/944/321/original/c08fae74e6b62a68.jpg

2023-05-04 12:42:30

https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/310/461/605/085/459/original/91e43777e433627c.jpeg

2023-05-03 15:52:57

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@npub1fef…s5yt @npub1879…etq8 I'm the same, I'm not a fan of football but I really appreciate clubs like St Pauli etc!

2023-05-03 15:21:22

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@npub1fef…s5yt @npub1879…etq8 Exactly this, thanks for the brilliant reply!
Also some football clubs like St Pauli have taken an anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-homophobic and anti-sexist stance too.
Yes, Antifa Hooligans is such an iconic song and they are indeed Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice! ✊

2023-05-01 20:07:40

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@npub1fef…s5yt #Antifa Hooligans!! #LosFastidios #SHARP

2023-04-30 16:14:17

I swear that I will never pay #allegiance to any monarch, or their heirs and successors according to law which allows the oppression of people. No gods, no masters. #coronation

2023-04-16 11:07:31

The difference between searching for "France" on #[0] and #[1].
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/208/164/823/860/431/original/2eb28005a15ab395.png
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/208/165/690/950/991/original/f03d02d5feadba92.png

2023-04-03 12:18:02

It's incredible how much space is given to a few people in motor vehicles vs so many more people on foot or wheels. It's a vast inequity.
Nowhere is this more stark than #[0]; the world's busiest pedestrian crossing with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. Compared to around 12 cars fromone direction of the junction in one sequence. #[1] #[2]
https://toot.bike/system/media_attachments/files/110/134/824/537/805/583/original/c62013787f492759.mp4