Stephen Forster 💙

Finance Director in commercial & not for profit settings. Cyclist and occasional cycle-tourist. Tweeting in a personal capacity. Dysgwr Cymraeg

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@TPScheme Still waiting for a response to my query and resolution to complaint 6 months on

[Proton Drive @ProtonDrive]

Luckily, Europeans can opt out of Meta's attempts to better understand and contextualize them in order to train their AI models.

Source: https://t.co/vKfWLZxEe8

4/4

[Paul Balsom @PaulBalsom]

Thanks for reading!

If you enjoyed it, can you do me a favor and leave Like/Repost of the post below if you can:

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@EatSleepCycle @TimMcKenna01 So very sad to read this. Tim’s vivid avcounts of his travels were always a joy to follow. RIP Tim

[GlobalCyclingNetwork @gcntweet]

CyclingMikey’s mission: catching distracted drivers and holding them accountable. 🚴‍♂️👮‍♂️
@conordunnealot joins him on the streets of London—but is this a good way to improve road safety?🤔

🎥Find out 👉 https://t.co/4SLBaA6sSO

[Bikery @Bikery1966]

Please add your support to the campaign for Presumed Liability. Presumed liability shifts the burden of proof to the insurance company in a collision, and is intended to compensate vulnerable road users more quickly and effectively. https://t.co/aB1PqJ2wRa

@horseandhound

[Hywel Dda UHB @HywelDdaHB]

Please help us to help you by choosing how you access our services carefully, so that we are only seeing people with urgent or emergency care needs in our emergency departments (A&E). Information when to access which service can be found here: https://t.co/VquqAbU0Wd
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[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@The_RHS I have tomatoes on the vine that are still ripening very slowly outside. I have head that you can uproot the plant and hang it upside down in a dark place and the tomatoes will ripen. Should I try this or just leave them alone?

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@hughjconsulting @MyBCU Interesting. Are you aiming for a nail biting thriller or horror story vibe here?

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@thetimes Some odd data in this article: ‘most EVs only achieve 3.3mi/kWh’; ‘avg charge costs 80p/kWh’. Did over 650 mi round trip - avg consumption 4.2mi/kWh. Most paid for public charging 75p, least 53p. Total cost abt same as my diesel Volvo - nowhere near double as claimed

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.
Peaceful protest is NOT a crime.

[Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @StayEuropean]

Whenever we link to the @MarchForRejoin fundraiser page, Elon Musk's X/Twitter hardly shows the tweet to anybody.

If you can see this, can you please retweet? 🙏🇪🇺

https://t.co/Nt41XfA5Fq

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

Last week, we launched the Kyiv Independent store!

We are incredibly grateful for your support and encouragement for our new project.

Our collaborative collection with artist Andrii Voloshyn showcases iconic Ukrainian symbols, all presented in a contemporary and vibrant style.

[Proton @ProtonPrivacy]

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🎭 hide your email with a @Proton_Pass alias
📬 confirm your email in your private @ProtonMail inbox
🌐 protect your browsing with @ProtonVPN
… and capture beautiful memories and store them privately on @ProtonDrive.

💜 comic by @ItchyfeetComic

[Daniel Lloyd @daniellloyd1]

Undoubtedly one of the most important videos we've* ever made.

Within the first minute, you'll be alarmed at the general public perception of the danger cyclists pose to them vs cars. It's incredibly enlightening, and shows how much needs to be done to change the way we all live.

•nothing to do with me, but a GREAT job by the team at GCN.

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

@WilliamNB Robin Neillands ‘Cycle touring in France’. Got me started with cycle touring - full of practical tips and well researched routes with hand drawn maps and accommodation options

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

Forgot to tag @WeAreCyclingUK

[Stephen Forster 💙 @sgforster]

Voted here in Aberystwyth #BikesAtPollingStations

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

Do you know what these pictures are of?
These are pictures of you walking past litter in the street and tutting, then going home to sweep up and burn all the leaves so your lawn looks tidy.
These are pictures of you complaining to the council that they haven't cut the stinging nettles growing alongside the path you use to walk your children to school.
These pictures are the results of our casual disregard for all lives except our own.
The first picture actually shows a poo from a hedgehog dying of starvation.
Yes, it's a poo.
It's made up of just grass and plastic - neither of which she can digest, but they filled her stomach for a while and stopped the pain.
The caterpillars that she should be eating didn't survive, because the stinging nettles they were living on were cut down, destroyed, just in case someone got stung.
The second picture is a bird's eye view of the starving hedgehog's nest. It's squashed in between the wall and the aircon unit at the back of a pub.
It's made of plastic bags and food wrappers.
The long grasses and spent foliage it should have been made of were cut down and thrown away, because they looked messy.
With no uncut verges, no hedges, no welcoming wild corner of a garden, no where left natural, everything cut, strimmed, tidied, controlled, this was the only place Holly could find.
This was where she had her babies.
And this was where they would have all died of starvation if not for Chris, the lovely publican who phoned me, voicing his concerns.
This little family, all severely malnourished and underweight, are now safe and sound in rescue, thanks to the lovely @pricklelodge .
But there are lots of Hollys out there, who don't get noticed.
Please, I beg you, leave some of your garden natural.
➡️If cutting the lawn, leave the edges for wildlife.
➡️Pick up litter when you see it.
➡️Write to your council and ask them to stop mowing and strimming and poisoning.
➡️Go into the kitchen now, sort through your cupboards and find a shallow wide dish, like the pyrex lid of a casserole pot, fill it with water and put it out by your front door, and refresh it every evening.
➡️Add kitten biscuits to your weekly shop and put out a dish full each night (see https://t.co/R5zzu7150b and https://t.co/17t0uiehuv).
This tragic tale can have a happy ending, for all the Hollies out there, if we all do our bit to help.