Yep, same here.

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should" 😅

There's something familiar about most of this 🤔

I see painted cycle lanes regularly being adopted by drivers as parking free here too 🙁 Unfortunately if people think they can get away with parking somewhere, they'll just do it.

Painting the road is not not enough when it comes to proper cycling infrastructure. The lanes need to be properly protected from the where the cars are and parking regulations need to be enforced properly as well. This includes people blocking good portion of a pavement with their car, another thing which is common here too 🙁

I can relate to this

Excellent news! Although the rest of the UK really needs to do this too.

Debian Stable.

I've used plenty of distros but Debian continues to give me a stable, predictable OS that allows me to get done what I need to get done with no real surprises. I have used it for many years and know how it works very well at this point.

Its my computing equivalent of a comfy and sturdy pair of well worn boots.