Nathan Cardon
@ncardon.bsky.social
Associate Professor of U.S. History @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Wrote a book about world's fairs in Atlanta (1895) and Nashville (1897) for OUP. Trying to write another one about Americans, bicycles, and the world. Bio: https://shorturl.at/wybsY
Over to you @richardparkerwm.bsky.social
London is becoming a cycling city.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Over to you @richardparkerwm.bsky.social
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This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Imagine a government who believed education mattered more than vanity tanks.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Imagine a government who believed education mattered more than vanity tanks.
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These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
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To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Will this improve Selly Oak and Birmingham? Or will it further degrade your constituency and city's economy? @alcarns.bsky.social
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Will this improve Selly Oak and Birmingham? Or will it further degrade your constituency and city's economy? @alcarns.bsky.social
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Moved to the UK also 15 years ago, also attracted by the awesomeness of its university sector.
The speed with which something built over generations has been trashed by one MBA-brained cohort is absolutely mindboggling.
The speed with which something built over generations has been trashed by one MBA-brained cohort is absolutely mindboggling.
It would have been hard to believe, when I moved to the UK over 15 yrs ago to start my PhD at Edinburgh, that successive Conservative and Labour governments would actively undermine one of the UK's most successful and strategic sectors and run it to the ground. Unbelievable, really. And here we are
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Moved to the UK also 15 years ago, also attracted by the awesomeness of its university sector.
The speed with which something built over generations has been trashed by one MBA-brained cohort is absolutely mindboggling.
The speed with which something built over generations has been trashed by one MBA-brained cohort is absolutely mindboggling.
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Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship – History of Classical and/or Medieval Europe. Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist @queenshistory.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship – History of Classical and/or Medieval Europe. Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist @queenshistory.bsky.social cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...
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Had a very good time talking about stomach aches, pain, and conservatism at #nacbs in Montreal while also representing @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Had a very good time talking about stomach aches, pain, and conservatism at #nacbs in Montreal while also representing @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
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The fact that in the UK, our government is content that roads are for car owners and sidewalks are also for car owners is actually a pretty good window into the politics of this country as a whole.
Pavement parking impacts everyone and is a major barrier to walking and wheeling local journeys.
The result of the national pavement parking consultation is long overdue and we cannot afford to wait, so want to see marked bays and measures on a street-by-street basis.
The result of the national pavement parking consultation is long overdue and we cannot afford to wait, so want to see marked bays and measures on a street-by-street basis.
Woman calls for pavement parking ban after falling out wheelchair on school run
Aideen Blackborough was left lying in the road after being forced to manoeuvre her way around a vehicle blocking the pavement in Great Barr
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The fact that in the UK, our government is content that roads are for car owners and sidewalks are also for car owners is actually a pretty good window into the politics of this country as a whole.
Indeed, that's initially what Birmingham cyclists thought they were for as well!
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Indeed, that's initially what Birmingham cyclists thought they were for as well!
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Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Plastic Planet | Venus Bivar
Stalled negotiations and accelerating accumulation in the global petrochemicals industry
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
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If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
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I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.
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Interested in the MA in Gender & Sexuality? Come talk to me this Saturday at our postgrad open day. (Or just email me, that's cool too.) www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Interested in the MA in Gender & Sexuality? Come talk to me this Saturday at our postgrad open day. (Or just email me, that's cool too.) www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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The BBC has also always been aligned with the establishment in the UK, and as that establishment becomes ever more illiberal its journalists find themselves lurching rightward in search of an ever more conservative definition of ‘balance’
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The BBC has also always been aligned with the establishment in the UK, and as that establishment becomes ever more illiberal its journalists find themselves lurching rightward in search of an ever more conservative definition of ‘balance’
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A few weeks ago, I met up with @dannycarrier.bsky.social from the Camden New Journal to talk about histories of London, the 1920s & 1930s, and my new book Songs of Seven Dials.
You can read more about the book and our conversation at edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
You can read more about the book and our conversation at edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few weeks ago, I met up with @dannycarrier.bsky.social from the Camden New Journal to talk about histories of London, the 1920s & 1930s, and my new book Songs of Seven Dials.
You can read more about the book and our conversation at edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
You can read more about the book and our conversation at edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader...
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My first lot of marking has arrived but so has the cover of the book!
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My first lot of marking has arrived but so has the cover of the book!
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We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
We've joined with 15 local and national organisations, setting out 10 practical steps to address the city's road safety emergency and prevent needless deaths on our city's roads.
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Will you join us by co-signing the asks in 2 minutes?: betterstreetsforbirmingham....
Really looking forward to reading this and assigning it in my History of Tech class.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Really looking forward to reading this and assigning it in my History of Tech class.