Roger

@rogerha

Cyclist, statistician, folk aficionado, alliteration addict

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Roger@rogerha· 24d

Have you decided when and where John Kirkpatrick & Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne will be on? I don't want to miss the world’s first duet for bass Anglo concertinas sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/artists/john...

John Kirkpatrick & Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

A unique intergenerational duo – both virtuoso players – John Kirkpatrick and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne are an exciting new musical combo exploring the possibilities of concertina music in an entertaining and joyous celebration of their art. Both energetic and charismatic performers, this duo highlights their kindred passion for English traditional music and song, whilst both also finding inspiration from a range of other musical genres as part of their sets.

Expect visceral performances of traditional songs and tunes and a few surprises along the way. Spoiler alert: get ready for the world’s first duet for bass Anglo concertinas!

Date: Coming soon
Time: Coming soon
Venue: Coming soon

Roger@rogerha· 27d

I've heard of #weatherporn but I wouldn't've thought of it as including charts of 1000 hPa geopotential

Roger@rogerha· Jul 2

Only reason GFS is still widely used is it's easily available. Appears to be particularly poor at T850 beyond 6 days https://wmolcdnv.ecmwf.int/scores/mean/850_t/score=rmsef

Roger@rogerha· Jun 11

Less a secret sauce than a patent potion https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/high-density-pumped-hydro-could-be-installed-on-thousands-of-small-hills

RheEnergise said it invented the new high-density fluid, known as R-19. Chief executive Stephen Crosher told Professional Engineering that the liquid is a fine-milled suspended solid in water, with low viscosity and low abrasion characteristics. The base material is used in oral medication applications, in a similar way that chalk is used as a bulking agent for pills and tablets. He said the raw materials are common and available, including in the UK, and the fluid could either be manufactured on-site or at a depot.

Roger@rogerha· May 25

Repost with the Russian agent who spies on your posts

Russian cyclist and doper Denis Menchov sporting the leader's jersey and a sardonic grin at the start of stage 19 of the 2007 Vuelta a España with the castellated walls of Ávila in the background

Roger@rogerha· May 14

https://aboutus.ft.com/press_release/ft-makes-change-to-style-guide

Roger@rogerha· May 4

I had a striking view of the boundary at 4pm from the train heading up Exe estuary near Starcross. Exeter had sunshine the entire afternoon 😎

Roger@rogerha· Apr 29

Crowded House tribute act?

Roger@rogerha· Apr 25

Photos of a wide range of more recent styles of rowing bikes at http://rowingbike.free.fr/ including:

Roger@rogerha· Apr 12

Thanks! I'd like to take a look at the plans myself, but www.devon.gov.uk/.../transp..... gives "403 Forbidden nginx" 🙁

https://www.devon.gov.uk/.../transp.../a379-bridge-road-mrn/

403 Forbidden
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Roger@rogerha· Apr 9

Well, it's certainly an original take.... Oh. www.wsj.com/opinion/four... #r4today

Four More Years of Trump May Make America Normal Again

Our age of bizarre ideological conceits—climate-change alarmism, transgender ideology, immigration extremism—is reminiscent of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes.’

By Gerard Baker
Nov. 18, 2024 11:59 am ET

Roger@rogerha· Mar 2

Very reminiscent of one of Robert Saunders' single-hoop designs, specifically the Spacepacker. I guess they were less revolutionary than this obit claims https://myoutdoors.co.uk/gear-news/lightweight-pioneer-robert-saunders-remembered (I still use my slightly more spacious 30-year-old Satellite)

A Saunders Spacepacker – small green tent with a single hoop

Roger@rogerha· Feb 13

Beef is indeed more traditional, as @doctorhutch.bsky.social recounts www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-...

And there is, of course, next to nothing you can do about it. In the 1930s, riders used to attempt a cure by putting a steak down their shorts and riding on that, with the additional benefit that it tenderised the steak to perfection.

Roger@rogerha· Feb 13

Me too! I bought Zazu on the strength of Magic Smile. And the album cover #totp

Roger@rogerha· Feb 13

Before Cerys was in Catatonia, she was in Catalonia #totp #truefacts www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/200...

Cerys first showed signs of her musical talents aged nine when she learned to play the guitar, teaching herself Welsh and Irish folk songs, and blues music. After leaving school she spent time working as a nanny in Spain - where she learned to speak Spanish and Catalan - before she eventually moved back to Cardiff.

Roger@rogerha· Feb 9

Interesting article about 996 (over)work culture, but aren't BBC News using this OECD data in precisely the way the footnote says you shouldn't? @robertcuffe.bsky.social @benchu.bsky.social https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgn2k285ypo

UK works fewer hours than most comparable countries
Average number of hours worked annually per employed person, by country, 2010 to

2024:
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
OECD
UK
US
Source: OECD
Note: The data are intended for comparisons of trends over time. Due to differences in sources and methods of calculation, comparisons should not be made within a given year

Roger@rogerha· Feb 7

Glad you liked them – here's some more https://readingmedievalbooks.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/jeanne-de-montbaston/

Illuminated medieval manuscript with a nun picking penises from a tree

Roger@rogerha· Feb 7

Interesting article from #BBCDevon on Plymouth artist Beryl Cook: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Reporter got a bit confused over her bio – she lived in Africa in her 20s after marrying, not as a child, and she and her husband bought the Plymouth guesthouse, not her parents @johndanks.bsky.social

Cook was born in Surrey in 1926, and spent part of her childhood in Africa before moving to Looe, Cornwall and later Plymouth, where he parents bought a guesthouse on the Hoe.

Roger@rogerha· Jan 26

@milesodavis.bsky.social I appreciate your reporting on Devon for the BBC. But Heavitree Road is not "*the* main road in and out of #Exeter" as there was several others and it's not even a route signposted from the M5. Also why put 'traffic island' in scare quotes? It's hardly a new term.

The main road in and out of Exeter will be closed for works to improve bus routes

Miles Davis
Devon political reporter

The main road in and out of Exeter will be closed for major works in February, only months after a previous closure.

Devon County Council is putting in new traffic lights and a new "traffic island" on Heavitree Road with the intention of making bus journeys easier

Roger@rogerha· Jan 16

Rover

John Kemp Starley
English industrialist and inventor (1855-1901)

John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855[1] – 29 October 1901[2]) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle,[3][4][5][6] and also originator of the tradename Rover.

Roger@rogerha· Jan 16

Thanks! Not exactly easy to use though – after logging in, filling in a form and confirming my email address I still can't use it as apparently although I've been editing Wikipedia since 2007 I'm not even a 'basicuser'. Is there a waiting list?? I just want refs I add to be archived automatically

Permission error
The action you are trying to perform requires the analyzepage permission.

This permission is obtainable with the following groups: basicuser, user, admin, root, bot

Roger@rogerha· Jan 14

Naughty psychologists. Not like economists, who never mislead us en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Brian Wansink (US), former John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, was found in 2018 by a University investigatory committee to have "committed academic misconduct in his research and scholarship, including misreporting of research data, problematic statistical techniques, failure to properly document and preserve research results, and inappropriate authorship."[315][316][317] As of 2020, Wansink has had 18 of his research papers retracted (one twice); seven other papers have received an expression of concern, and 15 others have been corrected.[318][319][320

Roger@rogerha· Jan 13

Also beware of trying to remove snow from roofs! www.osha.gov/sites/defaul...

HAZARD ALERT
Falls and Other Hazards to Workers Removing Snow
from Rooftops and Other Elevated Surfaces

Every year, workers are killed or seriously injured while performing snow or ice removal from rooftops and other building structures, such as decks. OSHA has investigated serious injuries and fatalities – all of which could have been prevented.

Roger@rogerha· Jan 12

Paid £2.99 (YouTube on mobile). Not exactly expensive and coverage was better than nothing but not really worth it. If they don't tell us about other coverage we'll get over the next couple of months I'll cancel later this week, as there's no point paying while there's nothing to watch

Roger@rogerha· Jan 12

Elisa can be hilariously honest 😆 There's a small mistake in the subtitles that makes alters the meaning: she said "If we have to race *like* losers", not "if we have to race losers"

Roger@rogerha· Jan 9

www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/m... #totp

"When you have six hours to create a dance routine you had to make it work," Colby explained in an interview, "so I suppose I should apologise for the routines which didn't make sense." One of the dancers, Cherry Gillespie, remembered: "If the record we'd been rehearsing all week went down in the charts, we couldn't do it, so a whole new creation had to take place. I thought Flick would have a heart attack. We used to call it Frisbee Day because she would throw the singles around."

Roger@rogerha· Jan 9

#totp

Publicity photo for Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Roger@rogerha· Jan 7

Or at least straighten your legs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AA...

Mên-an-Tol is supposed to have a fairy or piskie guardian who can make miraculous cures. In one story, a changeling baby was put through the stone in order for the mother to get the real child back. Evil piskies had changed her child, and the ancient stones were able to reverse their evil spell.[7] Another legend is that passage through the stone will cure a child of rickets (osteomalacia). For centuries, children with rickets were passed naked through the hole in the middle stone nine times.

Roger@rogerha· Dec 31

Who's "we"? I can see several NCN routes in Leicestershire. Your website says "We’re a *county‑wide* network of residents, campaigners and professionals". Is that wrong? leicestershireactivetravelalliance.org.uk

Opencyclemap of Leicestershire area showing several NCN routes in red

Roger@rogerha· Dec 22

Appears there's nothing to celebrate from 2025??