Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

210 2.8K 5.9K

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

120 1.9K 7K

TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social · 1d

There isn't even a safe route to the garden centre...

The NDR cycle track was a great missed opportunity. I wrote about what it could have been.
www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org/cycling-the-...

Cycling the NDR Part 1: Taverham to Horsham St Faith

When the Northern Distributor Road was constructed in 2018 a cycle path was also built along much of its length, but just how useful is it?

www.norwichcyclingcampaign.org

1 1 2

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 1d

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

20 31 200

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE

Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

youtu.be

6 45 140

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

And each and every single one more deserving of the prize.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251010-ten-contenders-for-the-nobel-peace-prize-who-are-not-donald-trump

Ten contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize who are not Donald Trump

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday in Oslo, Norway, to one of 338 candidates, among them 244 individuals and 94 organisations. US President Donald Trump has been hinting that he deserve...

www.france24.com

6 27 80

TallBikeGuy @thetallbikeguy.bsky.social · 1d

Happisburgh, also Wymondham and Postwick.

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 1d

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

7 82 220

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 1d

A few months ago, a friend visited me in Utrecht. As we biked around to do daily errands, she kept saying, "This is like a dream. This is like a dream."

I do believe all cities the world over to soon come to their senses, limit car movement, and build a dream of safe, abundant streets for people.

4 40 170

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

1.8K 22K 54K

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 5d

Last Friday evening, Mark spoke at CYCLEWight's AGM where he talked about network design in the rural context, along with some of the infrastructure changes needed to enable rural cycling and urban connections.

The slides from are available from our website:

cityinfinity.co.uk/community/

Community

Designing for sustainable mobility. We believe in giving something back to society. After all, society has helped to train engineers and it keeps us all in a job! If you represent a walking or cycl…

cityinfinity.co.uk

6 6

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

“When streets became calmer & safer, more people felt comfortable trying a bike commute for the first time. Families began pedaling to the park…Local businesses saw new life…And cycling stopped feeling like a niche activity—it became part of everyday Parisian life.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution

Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.

momentummag.com

3 240 830

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

890 7.8K 30K

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d

The sort of cartoon you'd expect to see from me

www.worldofmoose.com/products/con...

Cartoon showing a man reading from a dictionary to another. He says "So, it turns out confirmation bias means exactly what I expected it to mean|"

5 85 390

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

1.7K 21K 56K

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 3d

October Rides Month – Part 2. This time I cycle from Utrecht to Nieuwegein and Houten, showing clear contrasts in cycling quality between the three municipalities.
📹 New video and blog post now online:

October Rides Month – Part 2: From Utrecht to Nieuwegein and Houten

On this second Wednesday in October, it’s time for the second instalment of October Rides Month. This time, I cycle parts of two main cycle routes: one from Utrecht to Nieuwegein, and one from Utrecht to Houten. The ride was filmed in May 2025, starting around 16:15, so we can clearly see the beginning of the afternoon rush hour.

bicycledutch.wordpress.com

7 26

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Comrade Em ☭🩵🌱🍉🎮 @comradeem.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage *literally* has links to Putin.

Journalism is dead.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

6 31 130

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

190 4.9K 11K

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 3d

Electric cargo bikes can replace many everyday car trips for the average family and “reshape suburban family mobility”, say Oxford University researchers. 49 British households were loaned e-cargo bikes for school runs, shopping trips, family outings and other day-to-day use.

7 29 120

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 3d

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.

Our car culture summed up in one video.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 3d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

45 300 900

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 4d

This just makes me so sad. People have been trained to hate the sound of other people. Meanwhile we all are marinating in the drone of motors all the time.

Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 4d

This is appalling. It seems the parish council made a mistake, and some adults complained. And it's children and young people who lose out, with plans for a new play space pushed into next year at least.

It's the sound of children playing, FFS.

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 4d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

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

3 9 71

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

City Infinity @cityinfinity.bsky.social · 4d

We're pleased to report on a project that Mark has been working on with Robert Weetman for Manchester City Council.

This post sets out some ideas that developed from this work and which will hopefully start to explain what "pedestrian-friendly" is, and how we can design better side road junctions.

What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?

ForewordThis post has a companion written by Robert Weetman. We have been working collaboratively on something which we think needs to be more widely known, but we also thought it might be fun and …

cityinfinity.co.uk

2 14 34

Reposted by TallBikeGuy

Streetfilms/Clarence Eckerson Jr. @streetfilms.bsky.social · 4d

How crazy is this? The Kia Oval is a large cricket stadium in London. How large? Try 27,500 seats! And now about half of the perimeter of space surrounding the stadium feature two schools streets at Henry Fawcett Primary School and St. Mark's C of E Primary School.

youtu.be/s7UnmaTmSwc

Crazy! London Installed School Streets around a Cricket Stadium! Look!

YouTube video by Streetfilms®

youtu.be

3 13