#FIP-Frage: Habe einen Freifahrtschein für Frankreich. Dort steht aber SNCF drauf. Kann man damit Renfe-Züge innerhalb Frankreichs trotzdem nutzen?

Melted wax figures after a 1925 fire at Madame Tussauds in London.

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Are bribes 'earnings'?

... Wait! All TER? My map says no! So it is time for my dose of rural France.
Indeed, three TER towards Paris in the morning and from Paris in the evening are still Corail push-pull-sets with a Sybic. And here's the first one of tonight.
#LaFranceTractée

I did, however, not stop for a photo of the loco hauled TER200, as I wanted to make some kilometres today. Short 5 Minutes connection in Strasbourg on a Régiolis to Metz. Once past the Voges, France gets really empty. I counted 4 Mins without seeing a single house while going 150 km/h. Arrival at Metz perfectly timed for lunch.
#LaFranceTractée

I'm in France and - as the hashtag indicates - will try to find some of SNCF's last loco hauled trains the next few days. I did a little desk research before and tried to map all the loco hauled passenger services in France. Surely, there are mistakes in the diagram, so please let me know if you spot something.
#LaFranceTractée

Ihr wisst, was das bedeutet! Soon... 😁

En préparation. 👀

mutual aid request please 🌱

(i’m so sorry, but)
i had to stop working in may due to a serious deterioration in my health. things are pretty bad here now to the point where i need (and want! i miss it :bunhdsad:) to start again, but my thumb and shoulder keep dislocating and i’m sometimes too weak to stand. and it’s not even safe for the kiln/fire until this horrendous heat ends.



i’m a disabled, chronically ill and autistic nonbinary sculptor living with my husband and our two cats, one of whom also has chronic illness. my business has been decimated since the introduction of the tariffs last autumn and the global economic situation, and now my health is collapsing too.



i’ve finally, miraculously got a GP (hooray!) who's helping me apply for disability benefits. but it could be a year before i know if i'm approved, and i don’t know what we’ll do till then: she isn’t treating me as she doesn’t know how to deal with my illnesses. and there’s no cure anyway.



husband works as much as he can, but he can’t make enough for us both. rent and bills are due, the cat and i need health stuff, and our electricity bill’s going to be through the roof because we’ve had to keep fans on during the heatwave (we’ve had 43/110 this week). so if anyone is able send us a few currency units, we’d be very grateful.



thank you so much, and please take care, whatever the world is like where you are.

🍃🩵

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#MutualAid

- Warum nutzt fast niemand unser öffentliches Busangebot?
• Wie oft fahren die Busse denn?
- Vier Mal.
• Vier Mal pro Stunde ist nicht schlecht!
- Pro Stunde? Pro Tag! Montags bis freitags.
*Handgemenge*

Ohoh. What is Wordle up to today 😁

Das Sommerloch ist dieses Jahr rechteckig, 619x51m gross und voller Algen.

I miss Eudora mail. It had a clean interface, support for rules to direct incoming messages, and it wasn't constantly breaking or pushing me towards using "New Eudora."

It was all I ever needed in an email program. #Eudora

Die einzige Konstante bei den Briten ist Larry.

#MothOfTheDay

🎵 It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Muppet moth
On the Muppet Moth Show tonight🎵

They're back.

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH
Deilephila elpenor

Two visitors last night, and arguably our most colourful large moth.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #spring #June #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #pink #green #Muppets

A delight to see this. A Fiat 124S, immaculately kept. I suspect owned from new. Not just a car, a mass of memories and a direct tie to being young and starting out on life's journey.

#weirdcarmastodon #fiat

'Access to this train only after the first one has departed'

#rail

SNCF strikes again. Streicht in der Hauptreisezeit alle Corail-Intercités am Mittag, weil die Klimaanlagen "möglichrweise ausfallen" könnten. Wenn die Leute dann in überfüllten TER kollabieren, auf die sie ausweichen müssen, ist das ja nicht mehr Problem von Intercités. Elegant gelöst mit den Kund:innen im Fokus - wie immer. 🥰

Did I mention ants?

This is apparently Red Wood Ant (Formica rufa)

#ants #woodants #Switzerland