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Ian Loader
@ianloader.bsky.social
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I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC .. more

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 15h
I hope they’ve consulted the map of potholes 🤔

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 1d
🚨 BREAKING:
A legal bid to halt Oxford’s congestion charge has been turned down. The High Court today refused an application for judicial review by Open Roads For Oxford Ltd, which had raised £60,000 “from private donations, transfers from aligned funds, and our GoFundMe campaign” to bring the case.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5d
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.

Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”

Really listen to it.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d
I assume he thinks it’s a price worth paying for motorists not being upset!!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d
Maybe the police could turn their mind to why people might cycle on the pavement here. Priorities!!!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d
While also picking a fight worth having with your opponents (who already hate you) while galvanising currently disillusioned supporters by showing your government believes in something and has the courage to battle for it.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 7d
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Person riding on the sidwalk next to a truck on the road DON'T BE ANGRY AT THE PERSON RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK DIRECT YOUR FRUSTRATION TO THE CITY THAT HAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE SAFE ROUTES. LET'S ATTACK THE PROBLEM NOT THE SYMPTOM

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 7d
How will @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social ensure that the number of killed and seriously injured people on our roads in Oxfordshire comes down?
Currently it stands at 270 every year.
Read our response to the government's Road Safety Strategy & our challenge to the Council
cohsat.org.uk/the-governme...

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 7d
The strategy passed unnoticed for the reasons you suggest: ‘we’ have normalised road harm. But also because it has nothing in it that would really move the dial or challenge motoring interests - national default 20mph speed limits in built up areas, for example. That would have gotten attention!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 8d
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 13d
Fossil fuel dependency proving once again to be a very dangerous condition.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 13d
'Unorthodox'

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 16d
I’m sorry James. Keep up the great work that you do.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 16d
Imagine be a party of 'the left' right now and treating Reform UK and the Greens as equivalent foes!!
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey. Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 16d
Well, that was fun.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea that a wealth tax would fix the public finances, according to the Fabian Society’s general secretary, Joe Dromey. Much of the government’s fire is trained on Nigel Farage. But in an end-of-year interview, the head of Labour’s internal thinktank urges his party to take on the “twin populisms” of Reform and Polanski. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social · 16d
🎥 "Gunners obliterate Villa to send title message" - Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa | On the Whistle

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"Gunners obliterate Villa to send title message" - Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa | On the Whistle
YouTube video by gunnerblog
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 24d
Why didn’t he celebrate 🤔

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 25d
I too was shocked by the reporting. It’s so weird. Imagine reading this and thinking that the men’s ethnicity was the point to emphasise. Just a hunch, but maybe the thing they share in common is more salient!

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Oxford Pedestrians Association @oxfordpedestrians.bsky.social · 28d
Interview with Oxfordshire’s active travel champion @emilykerr36.bsky.social

www.cyclox.org/index.php/20...
Interview with Councillor Emily Kerr – Cyclox
www.cyclox.org

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Dr Matthew Hardy @drmatthewhardy.bsky.social · Dec 17
Where's their open letter to motor manufacturers FFS?

Imagine if councillors got this worked up about the incredible destructiveness of motor cars #motonormativity
www.islington.media/news/dockles...
Dockless hire bike operators must take action – an open letter | Islington Council News
Hire bike operators must take action to address dangerous, unsafe parking and poor rider behaviour, Cllr Una O’Halloran and Cllr Rowena Champion have today said in an open letter.
www.islington.media

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 16
Exactly. If there is a threat of 'civilisational erasure' in Europe, its agent-in-chief is Donald Trump. The BBC needs to grow a backbone, wake up to what's at stake, and fight this to the end.

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 10
Just missing a Jesus goal to top it off

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Dec 9
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯

The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!

That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉

All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.

Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. 180,000 Green Party Members Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

ianloader.bsky.social
Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 8
No helmet though. Shocking behaviour!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 7
Lost rather understates it!

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 7
We all blinked, and missed it

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · Dec 7
NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) Dear Secretary of State, Active travel directly advances all five of the Government’s missions — improving health, creating opportunity, delivering safer streets, driving economic growth and meeting our decarbonisation commitments. To realise this potential, the forthcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) must move from good intentions to a clear, long-term, fully deliverable national plan comparable to other strategic transport programmes. Currently, CWIS3’s proposed objectives, “ensuring people are safe to travel actively” and “ensuring people feel it is an easy choice”, are open to interpretation and not measurable. List of signatories

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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · Dec 6
Fastbuckleigh😉