£10 off British Cycling membership when you download the Shell App. Feels so wrong!
Mel_outdoors
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Enjoying all things cycling, walking, swimming, paddle boarding, gardening and covid dodging. Interested in education and legal issues.
CarveHerName#OnThisDay, 20 Nov 1908, suffrage campaigner Millicent Fawcett became the first woman to speak at the Oxford Union debating society. Fawcett was the leader of the non-militant campaign for votes for women.
The Oxford Union was founded in 1823, and women were barred from being members until 1963.
#WomenInHistory #BritishHistory @histodons #histodons
Prof Nisreen Alwan ☀️
Brent ToderianNever forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via #StreetsblogUSA, read their article linked below. #bikelanes #bikes #cities #transportation #mobility #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanplanning
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
Now at @The thing about Twitter is that it really lacks a lot of the features you'd expect from a true Mastodon replacement.
For example, there's no way to edit your toots (which they, confusingly call "tweets"—let's face it, it's a bit of a silly name that's difficult to take seriously).
"Tweets" can't be covered by a content warning. There's no way to let the poster know you like their tweet without also sharing it, and no bookmark feature.
There's no way to set up your own instance, and you're basically stuck on a single instance of Twitter. That means there's no community moderators you can reach out to to quickly resolve issues. Also, you can't de-federate instances with a lot of problematic content.
It also doesn't Integrate with other fediverse platforms, and I couldn't find the option to turn the ads off.
Really, Twitter has made a good start, but it will need to add a lot of additional features before it gets to the point where it becomes a true Mastodon replacement for most users.
Apologies to the flying rabbit - couldn’t move fast enough to stop my dog weeing on it due to slow covid recovery.
Dr Emma Hodcroft 
Remember: it's not just #SARSCoV2 - there are many other viruses that can make our winter/autumn difficult by stretching hospital capacity, keeping staff home sick, & threatening the vulnerable.
Get a flu shot as well as the booster, stay home if sick, help to break chains!
A snapshot of 2022-23 influenza testing at the Johns Hopkins Hospitals compared to the previous 5 influenza seasons... #influenza
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/andrewpekosz/status/1591184852690534400
David J WhitePOLL: If you've been on #Mastodon for over a week and used it each day, how likely are you to go back to using Twitter on a regular basis?
Boost for a larger sample size please.
I will use both platforms equally.
I will use Mastodon more
I will use Twitter more
Poll ended at .
Isabella EckerleIt's great when people who are sick test for #SARSCoV2. But when they tell you not to worry because they tested negative: I don't want that other virus either!!! If you are sick with a respiratory illness: Stay at home & get some rest (for you and for others)