Alan Paxton
@alanpx.bsky.social
Cyclist, software person, interested amateur, servant of Labrador
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For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For taxpayers, every piece of cycling infrastructure is a gift that keeps on giving.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
An asset that returns annual savings in congestion, pollution, maintenance, safety and healthcare over its lifetime.
Stop asking whether your city can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether it can afford not to.
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There's nothing inherently wrong with climate change. It's just that the ecosystems and built environments that we depend on as life support systems aren't equipped to handle the rapid changes. So if we want to live, we should deal with climate change ASAP.
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There's nothing inherently wrong with climate change. It's just that the ecosystems and built environments that we depend on as life support systems aren't equipped to handle the rapid changes. So if we want to live, we should deal with climate change ASAP.
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Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
NOTHING can destroy a Cyber Truck….😎😏
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Griffon Vultures crossing The #Straits yesterday- pure migratory magic! ….or youth dispersal magic 😉 1,687 Griffon Vultures crossed over our heads!
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Griffon Vultures crossing The #Straits yesterday- pure migratory magic! ….or youth dispersal magic 😉 1,687 Griffon Vultures crossed over our heads!
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
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There now follows an open letter to the BBC.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT FUCKING FARAGE WOULD DO IF HE WAS IN POWER FOR THE SAME REASON I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I FLEW TO FUCKING MARS UNAIDED. STOP FUCKING PLATFORMING HIM, YOU FASCIST ENABLING CUNTS, THEN JUMP OUT A FUCKING WINDOW! Matt
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT FUCKING FARAGE WOULD DO IF HE WAS IN POWER FOR THE SAME REASON I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I FLEW TO FUCKING MARS UNAIDED. STOP FUCKING PLATFORMING HIM, YOU FASCIST ENABLING CUNTS, THEN JUMP OUT A FUCKING WINDOW! Matt
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There now follows an open letter to the BBC.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT FUCKING FARAGE WOULD DO IF HE WAS IN POWER FOR THE SAME REASON I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I FLEW TO FUCKING MARS UNAIDED. STOP FUCKING PLATFORMING HIM, YOU FASCIST ENABLING CUNTS, THEN JUMP OUT A FUCKING WINDOW! Matt
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT FUCKING FARAGE WOULD DO IF HE WAS IN POWER FOR THE SAME REASON I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I FLEW TO FUCKING MARS UNAIDED. STOP FUCKING PLATFORMING HIM, YOU FASCIST ENABLING CUNTS, THEN JUMP OUT A FUCKING WINDOW! Matt
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People think that “fed up with the status quo” means angry, oppressed people fighting back when it usually means bored, privileged people causing chaos while thinking they'll be safe from the consequences.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
People think that “fed up with the status quo” means angry, oppressed people fighting back when it usually means bored, privileged people causing chaos while thinking they'll be safe from the consequences.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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Scrap the "temporary" fuel duty cut, and reintroduce the fuel duty escalator and help under 22s with discounted fares.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Scrap the "temporary" fuel duty cut, and reintroduce the fuel duty escalator and help under 22s with discounted fares.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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This.
Also ditch the hardship excuse. If you tot up enough points then you've had several chances. Touch tits.
Also reduce the drink driving. Any more than trace amounts is drink driving. No excuses.
Also ditch the hardship excuse. If you tot up enough points then you've had several chances. Touch tits.
Also reduce the drink driving. Any more than trace amounts is drink driving. No excuses.
You should lose your licence after 6 points, rather than the current 12. You should also have to take your test again to get it back after the ban ends. We've got too many shit drivers on the roads, this might go some way to getting rid of them.
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This.
Also ditch the hardship excuse. If you tot up enough points then you've had several chances. Touch tits.
Also reduce the drink driving. Any more than trace amounts is drink driving. No excuses.
Also ditch the hardship excuse. If you tot up enough points then you've had several chances. Touch tits.
Also reduce the drink driving. Any more than trace amounts is drink driving. No excuses.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it?
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it?
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
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this unremarkable knob routinely sets unholy gobs of money on fire to pretend his boomer sneaker ad company is innovative and interesting, and the press just endlessly normalizes it
Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter
The Reality Labs business, focused on virtual and augmented reality, lost $4.4 billion loss in third quarter while recording $470 million in sales.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
this unremarkable knob routinely sets unholy gobs of money on fire to pretend his boomer sneaker ad company is innovative and interesting, and the press just endlessly normalizes it
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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honestly probably good for society
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
honestly probably good for society