World: "The Dutch are so ridiculously progressive on bike culture - what will be next? Bike escalators?!"
@BicycleDutch in Rotterdam in 2018:
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🧵 1/7. The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result.
Mandatory adult bicycle helmet laws might appear like a sound idea on the surface but once you start digging you realize they actually end up do far more harm than good.
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🚨Hot savings tip 🚨: You can catch a train from Sydney to Melbourne for $0 this week because of @Dom_Perrottet's week of fare-free travel
Come back by Friday and it's $0 return or $78-$94 to come back on Saturday or Sunday.
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THREAD: At 6.24pm a train lost traction at the end of the Grange Railway Station & connected with a bumper stop causing carriage derailment adjacent to Military Rd. No passengers or staff onboard were injured.
Ever since I left your time zone, Aus twitter, I discovered the world is fucking precious about swearing. It's ridiculous. Know that your foul mouths are something to be proud of.