Is that a bad thing?

Nice threat.

Ah yes, troglodyte diplomacy.

fwiw I think you are completely right for asking this. Violence-loving freaks around here, sometimes.

I mean… The Fediverse, for one!

Well. That was a fun read.

These men are filth. And completely getting away with it.

Oh. Whups.

…people use Geocities?

Well… Not quite, unfortunately. A heavily car-centric right-wing party has been the ruling party here for decades now. Fortunately, they know trying to get rid of our bicycle culture would be bad for votes.

Thanks for writing all this! I have to mention that @notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com argues that weather is not (or should not?) be a big factor in infrastructure choices around bicycles, though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDP9WQe0io&t=0

I’m not sure! It’s not just Utrecht, the Netherlands as a whole has arguably the best bicycle infrastructure in the world.

There is a very successful “Fietsersbond” (bicyclists’ union) that’s been around since the fifties, I believe, which probably helped. And the country is very flat, though that shouldn’t be an excuse for cities.

I suppose in the past we must’ve had quite progressive governments, too. Though these days the biggest centre-right party would rather form a coalition with nazis than anything left-wing…

I live in Utrecht… I sometimes see how it is in car-centric countries. It really is a relief to come back home. I don’t even have a driver’s license, I use my (folding) bicycle+public transport for everything.

Unless you do it all yourself? What more do you need? An unlocked bootloader means custom roms and rooting are possible, right?

Very nice!

I suppose we could all band together and send them email after email asking for it… I suppose…

Wow, very interesting. But being able to root it is pretty much a must, for me. I wonder if this will give users that freedom.