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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d

One day - *one day* - a UK newspaper will do a similar count of motor vehicles speeding inside a 20mph zone.

In 60 minutes I saw 172 cyclists run these lights – it’s a matter of time before they kill someone

The offenders included Lime bike riders, school children and a woman in high-heeled boots

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 3d

Arts degrees are only “worthless” because tech cunts revalued the highly desirable product of freelance artists at close to zero, cos it made running the digital supply pipes look cheaper on the spreadsheets. Pay properly for the arts, and see how worthless artists are.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 5d

This is what creating "psychological friction" for drivers looks like. The changes in pavement height, color, and texture break a driver's autopilot mode. It sends a clear message that "You are entering a space designed for people. Slow down. Be alert."

Design details do the work that signs can't.

World Bike Forward @urbanupgradeglobal.bsky.social · 5d

Further up the same Stockholm street from the clip below is another traffic-calming device: intersections where cars may cross but the design is a sidewalk with low curb. Drivers tend to inch across, some of them likely not sure if they're really supposed to be there.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 6d

One of the best list jokes ever committed to broadcasting.

archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 6d

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (5th October 1977). Jimmy has a plan for when the balloon goes up.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6d

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun.

joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Where nobody knows your name...

Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

joelmorris.substack.com

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Carlton Reid @carltonreid.com · 7d

Yes, there are other things to be worrying about in the world but, as a historian, I find this editing of history to be deeply flawed. John Grimshaw was not one of the founders of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, he was one of the founders of Sustrans!

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gcb @gcball.bsky.social · 8d

Paaaabs

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Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · 9d

I have updated i will strangle a horse!

It now has DEATH TRACKING! So you can see which ones you've missed in the Stats page! A Secret Thing that shows on your stats for when you get the Good ending! Nothing added to the infinite door knocking loop! But soon!

brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...

i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE

A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job

brainmage.itch.io

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 9d

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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gcb @gcball.bsky.social · 9d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

England's 'first official Cycle Street' being built in Cambridge

It aims to make one of the city's busiest routes safer by giving cyclists priority over motorists.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

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Tom Burgess @nottomburgess.bsky.social · 10d

Last night was just lovely. Manchester (and looking how far some people had travelled, the North West) is so lucky to have XS Malarkey. You can see big names, rising stars and absolute freaks for insanely low prices every Tuesday night. The comedy fan's comedy club. Very precious.

Toby Hadoke @tobyhadoke.bsky.social · 10d

Happy Birthday XS Malarkey.
28 years of Tuesday night comedy. Last night’s line-up (@jainedwards.bsky.social @nottomburgess.bsky.social Josh Glanc & Chloe Petts) was a testament to the night’s ability to allow all sorts of brilliant comedians to thrive!
Thanks to our gang, our venue & our audience.

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j4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 10d

FOR FUCK'S SAKE JUST MAKE TRAINS WORK

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 10d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

Flying taxi over English countryside somewhere

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 10d

Useless government (the Treasury in particular) cannot even provide an electric railway between these cities.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 10d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 11d

This is the SMALL bike parking garage next to Utrecht Centraal Station. Free for 24 hours. With a bike repair shop, a few hundred OVfiets rental bikes, and a 24/7 secure, staffed parking lot for 4,200 bikes.

The new lot on the other side of the station holds 11,500 bikes.

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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 11d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 11d

Now in Waterstones

Photo of a book display in Waterstones, a Robert Galbraith novel with the altered title "The Toilet Constable", the cover is identical to Galbraith's latest book except for a police man stopping a woman entering the door which is signposted 'toilet'. Text below reads "A shite novel"

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 14d

You can't joke about anything anymore. Because you signed a multi figure contract with the Saudi government that said they wouldn't pay you if you did.

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Julia Raeside @jnraeside.bsky.social · 12d

If you’ve read and enjoyed Don’t Make Me Laugh, you could vote for it in the @cwip.bsky.social Comedy Women in Print prize People’s Choice award. But only if you felt like it. I thank you. #BookSky

People's Choice Award | Comedy Women in Print

Vote now for the People's Choice Award!

www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 1

It’s hard to think of a mayor in recent decades anywhere in the world that has stepped down with a more important city-building legacy than Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social in Paris. People often think that one city can’t do much on a global scale, but that ignores the remarkable power of inspiration.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 12d

Here's one of Barcelona's famous superillas, or superblocks, on Rocafort-Consell de Cent. All of this used to be asphalt and space for moving and storing cars. Now it's green, quiet, calm, and safe.

paved sidewalk with grey squares next to green space on left and cafe tables and trees on right.

Light brown sand/park with trees overhead.

Grey pavement and green space and picnic tables.

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Mike Best @bestlaidplan.bsky.social · 14d

I attended a big local authority conference on Midland Main Line electrification on my first ever day at work in 1986. I retired this year before it has been delivered.

Remind me what makes Britain Great?

Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 14d

Spending a decade watching a dedicated high speed railway between several of the UK's largest cities get repeatedly downgraded to what can now be described as an "electrified link" (currently being delivered on the existing line and delayed since the early 1990s) is radicalising.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 14d

Spending a decade watching a dedicated high speed railway between several of the UK's largest cities get repeatedly downgraded to what can now be described as an "electrified link" (currently being delivered on the existing line and delayed since the early 1990s) is radicalising.

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