It's Simon, yeah?
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Drinking beer, riding bikes and fixing stuff.
Post about active travel, music and a bit of tech and politics. And riding bikes. And drinking beer.
Post about active travel, music and a bit of tech and politics. And riding bikes. And drinking beer.
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Big news from Wales.
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Big news from Wales.
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Mountain biking is a great way to meet people. The last few weeks I've met 2 paramedics, lots of nurses, maxillofacial specialists and an orthopaedic surgeon. I thought I met Jesus at one point but on reflection it was probably just the morphine.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Mountain biking is a great way to meet people. The last few weeks I've met 2 paramedics, lots of nurses, maxillofacial specialists and an orthopaedic surgeon. I thought I met Jesus at one point but on reflection it was probably just the morphine.
Just another bit of stupid complexity in the tax system which really should be driven by ridiculous politically driven bungs like this.
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just another bit of stupid complexity in the tax system which really should be driven by ridiculous politically driven bungs like this.
Which are annoying for people with tiny Ltd companies (esp stuff like freehold co’s) but insignificant for bigger companies who do this to hide financial issues.
doubling the rate of CT late filing penalties
(which, tbf, have been £100 since I started in 2000)
(which, tbf, have been £100 since I started in 2000)
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Which are annoying for people with tiny Ltd companies (esp stuff like freehold co’s) but insignificant for bigger companies who do this to hide financial issues.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
What a surprise. Fuel duty cut to be extended. Again.
No, again?
I think Duncan Weldon termed this "the stupidest chart" once.
I think Duncan Weldon termed this "the stupidest chart" once.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What a surprise. Fuel duty cut to be extended. Again.
It amazes me that people will publish their idiocy like this as well: 800k of the increase in value of the house was NOT “money they’d worked hard for” at all - it was unearned, untaxed, gain (and that’s accounting for inflation)
And they had nearly 100k in cash handy to pay the up front tax
And they had nearly 100k in cash handy to pay the up front tax
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It amazes me that people will publish their idiocy like this as well: 800k of the increase in value of the house was NOT “money they’d worked hard for” at all - it was unearned, untaxed, gain (and that’s accounting for inflation)
And they had nearly 100k in cash handy to pay the up front tax
And they had nearly 100k in cash handy to pay the up front tax
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Different Class is older than Revolver was when Different Class was released.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Different Class is older than Revolver was when Different Class was released.
I must watch Made of Stone. This is terrific.
Rewatching Shane Meadows’ Made Of Stone for a thing. It’s more love letter than documentary and works within those parameters but, man, that 2012 Heaton Park version of Fool’s Gold is utterly astonishing.
youtu.be/jRswxxT3HQ8?...
youtu.be/jRswxxT3HQ8?...
The Stone Roses, Fools Gold Live at Heaton Park. Made of Stone DVD.
YouTube video by Jamie Hosey
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I must watch Made of Stone. This is terrific.
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Your dog is frightened of fireworks? I don't know why. The fireworks are only being friendly.
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Your dog is frightened of fireworks? I don't know why. The fireworks are only being friendly.
All the tributes to Mani had me wondering what happened to the other, fantastic, half of the Roses groove.
Reni only ever played a handful of gigs with his own band The Rub (& didn’t drum) and never released tracks with any other group than the Roses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_(m...
Reni only ever played a handful of gigs with his own band The Rub (& didn’t drum) and never released tracks with any other group than the Roses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_(m...
Reni (musician) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
All the tributes to Mani had me wondering what happened to the other, fantastic, half of the Roses groove.
Reni only ever played a handful of gigs with his own band The Rub (& didn’t drum) and never released tracks with any other group than the Roses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_(m...
Reni only ever played a handful of gigs with his own band The Rub (& didn’t drum) and never released tracks with any other group than the Roses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reni_(m...
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The people who design car park signage must be familiar with road signs and yet they seem to insist on doing this kind of thing... @showmeasign.online
'No motorcycles in the motorcycle parking bay'
'No motorcycles in the motorcycle parking bay'
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The people who design car park signage must be familiar with road signs and yet they seem to insist on doing this kind of thing... @showmeasign.online
'No motorcycles in the motorcycle parking bay'
'No motorcycles in the motorcycle parking bay'
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Lack of political will in London is perhaps most starkly visible in inaction around London's most #DangerousJunctions
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
NEW: INACTION CONTINUES ON DANGEROUS JUNCTIONS
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
📊The latest data published today, shows a picture of inaction from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social, TfL and local councils, when it comes to making junctions safe for cycling...
🧑💻 Email the mayor and demand action: bit.ly/47QcmUF
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lack of political will in London is perhaps most starkly visible in inaction around London's most #DangerousJunctions
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
1. We have 3 years in a row highlighted ratrun cluster in Wandsworth as the most dangerous in London, where ratruns cross main road cycle tracks. The same Cycle Superhighway, CS7...
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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"They say there's a ceasefire. Where is this ceasefire they're talking about.. every day 10, 15, 20 people die. There is no ceasefire. The Israelis aren't abiding by the ceasefire"
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"They say there's a ceasefire. Where is this ceasefire they're talking about.. every day 10, 15, 20 people die. There is no ceasefire. The Israelis aren't abiding by the ceasefire"
New report commissioned by London Councils finds controlled parking zones, reallocation of parking spaces and increases to cost of parking all reduce motor vehicle use.
www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New report commissioned by London Councils finds controlled parking zones, reallocation of parking spaces and increases to cost of parking all reduce motor vehicle use.
www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/sites/defaul...
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My 15-Minute City Wiley book keeps travelling.
Soon in Lithuania with LAPA Publishing
Now I'm published or underway in 14 languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (PT/BR), German, Korean, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Lithuanian
🙏 to all readers
Soon in Lithuania with LAPA Publishing
Now I'm published or underway in 14 languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (PT/BR), German, Korean, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Lithuanian
🙏 to all readers
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
My 15-Minute City Wiley book keeps travelling.
Soon in Lithuania with LAPA Publishing
Now I'm published or underway in 14 languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (PT/BR), German, Korean, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Lithuanian
🙏 to all readers
Soon in Lithuania with LAPA Publishing
Now I'm published or underway in 14 languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (PT/BR), German, Korean, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Lithuanian
🙏 to all readers
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My greatest disappointment with Starmer is the continuation of this same old game. Half-arsed policy with focus on electoral dynamics over effectiveness. Underlying situation gets worse. Then you complain the border is out of control, when in fact it is your policymaking which has failed.
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My greatest disappointment with Starmer is the continuation of this same old game. Half-arsed policy with focus on electoral dynamics over effectiveness. Underlying situation gets worse. Then you complain the border is out of control, when in fact it is your policymaking which has failed.
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Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh my gosh. This is... A thing. Please allow a microbiologist who has played with the microbe that makes this to waffle on for a bit in a short thread. (1)
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Tom's pinning it on now.
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tom's pinning it on now.
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
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Happy Nov 14th, everybody!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy Nov 14th, everybody!