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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 4d

We need to figure out how to transmit that historical memory so that we can continue to experience the benefits of our children surviving childhood. It's actually a new challenge, which is why we haven't figured it out yet. I am trying to stay hopeful.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 4d

It's an increasing problem in rich countries with comfortable health care systems. I try to remind myself that this is the first time in history we have been confronted with the wonderful problem of not having enough people alive who remember the ravages of the prevaccine era.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 6d

If you haven't treated yourself to Sinners yet, I loved it. The cast and the soundtrack are on fire. I laughed, I cried, I loved how much it loved music.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 11d

Hahahaha thinking so hard, can't come up with anything hmmmm

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 13d

Are you familiar with the excellent work of Jessie Singer? 'There Are No Accidents': jessiesinger.com/book.html

Jessie Singer

jessiesinger.com

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely shamefully bad science communication.

Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 15d

Genuinely shocking levels of institutional rot going on in the US. The push to 'both sides' every question has left fucking National Public Radio to say "hey maybe tylenol really does cause autism, many people are asking questions"

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 17d

100% yes. The correct incentives. Also, important that all parking revenue is used for visible improvement in, for example, quality of pavements, public transport, so that it is ever easier not to take the car.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 17d

Hmm, I know that congestion pricing in New York City has immediately improved bus journey times by reducing the number of cars on the streets, and there is data for that. I don't have something to link to for Paris but I would be surprised if the same didn't hold true.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 17d

Yeah I would support this too. It is also an important strategic move.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 17d

It can't be stressed enough: this kind of city is MORE accessible, with MORE choices for everyone. Reducing the number of cars driven by people who don't need to drive leaves more space for mobility vehicles and reduces journey times. Cars are expensive!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17d

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 18d

The Nightingale hospitals famously flopped because there was no one to staff them

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19d

LibDem Lisa Smart,

"We're calling on the Labour government to declare the asylum backlog a national emergency"

"And set up Nightingale processing centres, just like the Nightingale hospitals during the pandemic"

"We need Labour to clear the asylum backlog within six months"

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · 28d

Herd immunity is important.

alison (she/her) FREE LINK @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 28d

THIS is why you get the MMR vaccine.

It's "rare" in no small part because everyone has been vaccinated. It'll become a lot less rare if people start getting infected with measles again.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 28d

A school-age child in Los Angeles has died of a rare complication from measles, years after being infected with the virus.

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Artists On The Frontline @artfrontline.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sara Shaarawi from Welcome To The Fringe speaks out against the Home Office’s denial of visas to international artists #edfringe including part of the team behind And Here I Am.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/playwri...

@artsprofessional.co.uk

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes dude! So good to see actors like Hugh using their platform for good.

Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh man, bad news about Spotlight. Can't believe they immediately emailed us as a sort of tone deaf victory lap. Read the room guys.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yeah!

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 30

Why are we throwing money away on fossil fuels when endless (and obvious) renewable energy is here for the taking? Let's stop letting the oil barons rob us.

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Aug 30

For 98% of days in the year in Britain, it’s either windy or sunny. Well-balanced for clean power — plotting this on a calendar shows how #wind and #solar power complement each other across days and seasons.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 30

Haha nah save the solar for roof space! Every non-listed building as standard plz! So inefficient to have them on the ground. 100% reclaim the golf courses though, a win-win solution.

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 16

Scottish Councils demanding that trans children out themselves to their classmates is obviously institutional transphobic abuse, and schools should absolutely refuse to comply. The obsession with policing children's bodies is disturbing.

Nine @jinxremoving.bsky.social · Aug 16

Wow, this is vile. Shame on Edinburgh Council. goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...

‘What have I done wrong?’ Trans kids go back to school bathroom bans in Scotland

Councils rushing to put policies on school bathrooms in place leave trans children facing confusion, distress and the risk of being outed.

goodlawproject.org

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hell yeah. Honestly, if you don't want this, you are just in favour of children being killed in traffic, and you need to own that.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 9

My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.

(15 in Manhattan btw)

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 9

There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.

Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hello beautiful friend!

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 7

Having so many feelings as an American emigrant listening to the @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social Project 1933 series. podcastaddict.com/in-bed-with-.... Wow. Highly recommend.

podcastaddict.com

Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is so true. We also MUST reduce the size of cars. Huge, heavy cars cause more death and harm when they crash. The benefit to society far, far outweighs the temporary comfort for the richest.

Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · Aug 4

We can’t rely on drivers to follow the rules

Instead we need *solid infrastructure* that forces compliance

☑️ continuous footway with buildouts & steep ramps
☑️ bollards to reduce sat-nav enabled thru-traffic & prevent pavement parking
☑️ road diets & carriageway narrowing

Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Aug 4

New case study on compliance with the 2022 update to the Highway Code granting pedestrians right of way at side road junctions.

“… only 31 % of drivers complied with the rule when turning from a main road into a side road where pedestrians were approaching or waiting at a junction to cross”

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Beth Frieden @bethfrieden.bsky.social · Aug 3

Lol I laughed because I am in Glasgow. Any other Scottish listeners do a sorta double take there?

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · Jul 29

everyone agrees that it's ok and not problematic that i said "cunty" in this episode

If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · Jul 29

This month's bonus episode is about Bari Weiss, who overcame her inability to say anything interesting to become the billionaire-whispering head of a small media empire.