Sunday 9 January 2011

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A metaphor

That whole Gabrielle Giffords shooting and Sarah Palin’s map with gunsights on it thing is pretty amazing, in an obviously horrific way. But then you see something like this attempt at a defence from an aide of Palin’s and it gets even worse:

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Cyclists in the City: HGVs - Time to make common cause with pedestrians and motorcyclists?

Unfortunately, as you say, peoples' fears and demands are based on perception. I suspect that you can show them all the facts you like, but the perception is still that a lot of cyclists are jumping red lights, cycling on the pavement or going the wrong way down one-way streets.

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9 Jan 2011 at Twitter

  • 10:10am: TOO MANY BLUE, ROUND APPLICATION ICONS!
  • 10:12am: @mildlydiverting I misremembered the earlier tweet as "Bristol South", as in the parliamentary constituency. Which seems more appropriate.
  • 12:34pm: I go through Docklands so rarely, and every time I'm stunned that a place like this can be willed into existence.
  • 03:42pm: Things you never hear: "The O2 needs more advertising inside it."
  • 05:10pm: Having said that about the O2, I forget how much advertising there is in tube stations. And they don't have the compensation of fun rides.
  • 06:19pm: Futile, but: @jtaschek, @stevegillmor My tweet about Twitter's Mac app didn't say "#fail". Don't put dumb, knee-jerk hashtags in my mouth :)

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Music listened to most that week

  1. Throwing Muses (19)
  2. Brian Eno (18)
  3. The Mountain Goats (13)
  4. Sun Kil Moon (13)
  5. Girl Talk (12)
  6. Pantha du Prince (11)
  7. Darkstar (10)
  8. Warpaint (9)
  9. PJ Harvey (8)
  10. Terror Danjah (5)

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