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Ian Loader
@ianloader.bsky.social
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I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC .. more

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 2d
I assume he thinks it’s a price worth paying for motorists not being upset!!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe the police could turn their mind to why people might cycle on the pavement here. Priorities!!!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 2d
While also picking a fight worth having with your opponents (who already hate you) while galvanising currently disillusioned supporters by showing your government believes in something and has the courage to battle for it.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 2d
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Person riding on the sidwalk next to a truck on the road DON'T BE ANGRY AT THE PERSON RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK DIRECT YOUR FRUSTRATION TO THE CITY THAT HAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE SAFE ROUTES. LET'S ATTACK THE PROBLEM NOT THE SYMPTOM

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 2d
How will @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social ensure that the number of killed and seriously injured people on our roads in Oxfordshire comes down?
Currently it stands at 270 every year.
Read our response to the government's Road Safety Strategy & our challenge to the Council
cohsat.org.uk/the-governme...

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 2d
The strategy passed unnoticed for the reasons you suggest: ‘we’ have normalised road harm. But also because it has nothing in it that would really move the dial or challenge motoring interests - national default 20mph speed limits in built up areas, for example. That would have gotten attention!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 3d
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 8d
Fossil fuel dependency proving once again to be a very dangerous condition.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 8d
'Unorthodox'

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11d
I’m sorry James. Keep up the great work that you do.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11d
Imagine be a party of 'the left' right now and treating Reform UK and the Greens as equivalent foes!!
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey. Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 11d
Well, that was fun.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey. Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 12d
🎥 "Gunners obliterate Villa to send title message" - Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa | On the Whistle

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"Gunners obliterate Villa to send title message" - Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa | On the Whistle
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 19d
Why didn’t he celebrate 🤔

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 20d
I too was shocked by the reporting. It’s so weird. Imagine reading this and thinking that the men’s ethnicity was the point to emphasise. Just a hunch, but maybe the thing they share in common is more salient!

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 23d
Interview with Oxfordshire’s active travel champion @emilykerr36.bsky.social

www.cyclox.org/index.php/20...
Interview with Councillor Emily Kerr – Cyclox
www.cyclox.org

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Dr Matthew Hardy @drmatthewhardy.bsky.social · 25d
Where's their open letter to motor manufacturers FFS?

Imagine if councillors got this worked up about the incredible destructiveness of motor cars #motonormativity
www.islington.media/news/dockles...
Dockless hire bike operators must take action – an open letter | Islington Council News
Hire bike operators must take action to address dangerous, unsafe parking and poor rider behaviour, Cllr Una O’Halloran and Cllr Rowena Champion have today said in an open letter.
www.islington.media

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 26d
Exactly. If there is a threat of 'civilisational erasure' in Europe, its agent-in-chief is Donald Trump. The BBC needs to grow a backbone, wake up to what's at stake, and fight this to the end.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 10
Just missing a Jesus goal to top it off

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Dec 9
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯

The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!

That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉

All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.

Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 180,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 8
No helmet though. Shocking behaviour!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 7
Lost rather understates it!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 7
We all blinked, and missed it

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · Dec 7
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) Dear Secretary of State, Active travel directly advances all five of the Government’s missions — improving health, creating opportunity, delivering safer streets, driving economic growth and meeting our decarbonisation commitments. To realise this potential, the forthcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) must move from good intentions to a clear, long-term, fully deliverable national plan comparable to other strategic transport programmes. Currently, CWIS3’s proposed objectives, “ensuring people are safe to travel actively” and “ensuring people feel it is an easy choice”, are open to interpretation and not measurable. List of signatories

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 6
Fastbuckleigh😉

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · Dec 2
In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.
Two women - one older; one elderly - cycling on a segregated cycle lane in the Netherlands.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Nov 29
Peter Drucker, a lecturer at Frankfurt University when the Nazis took over, recalled a faculty meeting where the new Nazi boss said Jews were banned and anyone complaining would be sent to a concentration camp. A professor then asked a question: “Will there be more money for research in physiology?”
Northwestern University agrees to pay $75 million as part of deal with Trump administration that restores frozen funds | CNN
Northwestern University has reached a $75-million deal with the Trump administration which restores frozen federal funding and ends an antisemitism investigation, the Department of Justice announced F...
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · Nov 28
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?

It's estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP this financial year.

That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️ buff.ly/s5mz97u
The chart shows where spending on social security is shown as a share of GDP. As this makes plain, total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP. This is 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than it stood on the eve of the global financial crisis in 2007-08. But since 2012-13 (the peak in the post-GFC recession), total welfare spending has fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP. Added to this, welfare spending is expected to rise by just 0.1 per cent of GDP across the forecast period until 2029-30 (after U-turns and before any decisions made at the Budget).