Catherine Wykes
@cathybabes.bsky.social
Beer and active travel stuff
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C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI
![[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihhidhwl25tow22vbq3xkki6olpr4wmt2dtv6inh3dlcpwlxoyjha@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI
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In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.
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This is cycling in Copenhagen.
No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.
This is what cycling should look like.
Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...
No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.
This is what cycling should look like.
Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is cycling in Copenhagen.
No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.
This is what cycling should look like.
Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...
No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.
This is what cycling should look like.
Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...
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I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
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Happy Groundhog Day, bicycle friends!
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Happy Groundhog Day, bicycle friends!
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More photos from Minneapolis’ unity ride for Alex Pretti today:
Of course cargo bikes were there.
🚲 ❤️
Of course cargo bikes were there.
🚲 ❤️
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 PM
More photos from Minneapolis’ unity ride for Alex Pretti today:
Of course cargo bikes were there.
🚲 ❤️
Of course cargo bikes were there.
🚲 ❤️
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Impossible challenge. Even people in wealthy areas with busy high streets complain endlessly about there being too many nail bars, restaurants and vape shop. They demand the reopening of all the retail businesses that they drove into ruin by no longer shopping there.
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Impossible challenge. Even people in wealthy areas with busy high streets complain endlessly about there being too many nail bars, restaurants and vape shop. They demand the reopening of all the retail businesses that they drove into ruin by no longer shopping there.
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💬 Big moment for #MyRideOurRight
Yesterday, MPs from across parties debated women’s safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running, hearing how road design must reflect real experiences and why safety fears still deter many from cycling.
🧡 cyclinguk.org/westminster-mror
Yesterday, MPs from across parties debated women’s safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running, hearing how road design must reflect real experiences and why safety fears still deter many from cycling.
🧡 cyclinguk.org/westminster-mror
January 28, 2026 at 6:18 PM
💬 Big moment for #MyRideOurRight
Yesterday, MPs from across parties debated women’s safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running, hearing how road design must reflect real experiences and why safety fears still deter many from cycling.
🧡 cyclinguk.org/westminster-mror
Yesterday, MPs from across parties debated women’s safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running, hearing how road design must reflect real experiences and why safety fears still deter many from cycling.
🧡 cyclinguk.org/westminster-mror
Bike people are good people 🚲
On Saturday we ride for Alex Pretti
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
1:00pm at Washburn Fair Oaks Park
From Angry Catfish:
“We're asking folks to host rides and come together. Bike shops and non-profits, cycling orgs and alt cycling collectives, city and rural. We are many but we stand together as one.”
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Bike people are good people 🚲
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$125,000!!! Bow down before the knitters!
The pattern was designed by a Minneapolis yarn store. All sales are going to local immigrant aid organizations. They've raised over $125,000 (!!!) since the knitting pattern was posted a few days ago.
👏That's👏community👏action👏
👏That's👏community👏action👏
Melt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMN
In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...
www.ravelry.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
$125,000!!! Bow down before the knitters!
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Saw this somewhere and stole it.
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Saw this somewhere and stole it.
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Recognition for @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social's work! Now an OBE! 👏🤩👍🏅
She was one of @cyclinguk.bsky.social's 2024 women in cycling.
She makes the well-researched & evidence-based case for everyday #walking #wheeling #cycling & the benefits of physical activity to @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
She was one of @cyclinguk.bsky.social's 2024 women in cycling.
She makes the well-researched & evidence-based case for everyday #walking #wheeling #cycling & the benefits of physical activity to @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
🎉Congratulations to our former President, Dr Fiona Donald and Deputy Director of @cpoc.bsky.social Professor Scarlett McNally, who have been been recognised in the King’s New Years Honours👏
Read more about their inspirational work for our College and our patients 👇
www.rcoa.ac.uk/news/rcoa-pa...
Read more about their inspirational work for our College and our patients 👇
www.rcoa.ac.uk/news/rcoa-pa...
December 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Recognition for @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social's work! Now an OBE! 👏🤩👍🏅
She was one of @cyclinguk.bsky.social's 2024 women in cycling.
She makes the well-researched & evidence-based case for everyday #walking #wheeling #cycling & the benefits of physical activity to @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
She was one of @cyclinguk.bsky.social's 2024 women in cycling.
She makes the well-researched & evidence-based case for everyday #walking #wheeling #cycling & the benefits of physical activity to @eastsussexcc.bsky.social
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We will not be stripped of our joy. Our community is strong and we will win.
Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
We will not be stripped of our joy. Our community is strong and we will win.
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Scotland’s budget brings a welcome boost for walking, wheeling and cycling, with active travel funding up nearly 20%. It shows campaigning works, but we’re not there yet.
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead digs into what the numbers really mean: cyclinguk.org/scotlands-budget
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead digs into what the numbers really mean: cyclinguk.org/scotlands-budget
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Scotland’s budget brings a welcome boost for walking, wheeling and cycling, with active travel funding up nearly 20%. It shows campaigning works, but we’re not there yet.
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead digs into what the numbers really mean: cyclinguk.org/scotlands-budget
Our Scotland Advocacy Lead digs into what the numbers really mean: cyclinguk.org/scotlands-budget
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Merry Christmas, bicycle friends!
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Merry Christmas, bicycle friends!
Merry Christmas from York, where the beer tastes like ginger cake 🎄🧑🎄🍻
December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Merry Christmas from York, where the beer tastes like ginger cake 🎄🧑🎄🍻
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December 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Free Christmas parking is an outdated concept. Most modern cities don’t subsidize parking but support transit instead.
As Donald Shoup said: ‘free parking has to be paid by somebody, and that somebody is everybody including people that are too poor to own a car.’
youtu.be/cy1CKltrA2Y?...
As Donald Shoup said: ‘free parking has to be paid by somebody, and that somebody is everybody including people that are too poor to own a car.’
youtu.be/cy1CKltrA2Y?...
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Free Christmas parking is an outdated concept. Most modern cities don’t subsidize parking but support transit instead.
As Donald Shoup said: ‘free parking has to be paid by somebody, and that somebody is everybody including people that are too poor to own a car.’
youtu.be/cy1CKltrA2Y?...
As Donald Shoup said: ‘free parking has to be paid by somebody, and that somebody is everybody including people that are too poor to own a car.’
youtu.be/cy1CKltrA2Y?...
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A new World Bank report calls on governments to create dedicated Livable Streets Investment Programs, steadily scaling funding to 10% of road budgets by 2035.
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A new World Bank report calls on governments to create dedicated Livable Streets Investment Programs, steadily scaling funding to 10% of road budgets by 2035.
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
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POV: Everybody's asking where the star is and you're confused because *you* are the star 🌟
📷 John Lindsey
📷 John Lindsey
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
POV: Everybody's asking where the star is and you're confused because *you* are the star 🌟
📷 John Lindsey
📷 John Lindsey
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Bicycles travel at the speed of, “oh that’s a cute coffee shop. I should drop in”
Bicycles travel at the speed of observation.
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Bicycles travel at the speed of, “oh that’s a cute coffee shop. I should drop in”
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Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.