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Cognitive Cycology. Cardiff-based. Active travel, safer streets and everyday advocacy.
Using an edge case to frame the scheme as misuse is disingenuous and feeds the view that cycling is a hobby, not transport. Far bigger tax breaks for cars never get the same scrutiny and cost the Treasury far more… although, I never seem to see a car on the road outside office hours 😜
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Using an edge case to frame the scheme as misuse is disingenuous and feeds the view that cycling is a hobby, not transport. Far bigger tax breaks for cars never get the same scrutiny and cost the Treasury far more… although, I never seem to see a car on the road outside office hours 😜
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I didn’t expect to wake up this morning to find a documentary in meme format about my life…
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I didn’t expect to wake up this morning to find a documentary in meme format about my life…
Is it strange that we’ve reached a point where a pedestrian’s main duty is to protect themselves from a two-tonne machine, rather than expecting the person controlling that machine to protect us? If not, that shift in thinking shows how much cars have taken over not just our streets, but our minds.
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is it strange that we’ve reached a point where a pedestrian’s main duty is to protect themselves from a two-tonne machine, rather than expecting the person controlling that machine to protect us? If not, that shift in thinking shows how much cars have taken over not just our streets, but our minds.
So #Cardiff.. assuming you can afford the luxury that are Pringles nowadays with prices at £mortgage.99p....which bin do they go in? I'm sensing they need their own disposal arrangement.
October 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So #Cardiff.. assuming you can afford the luxury that are Pringles nowadays with prices at £mortgage.99p....which bin do they go in? I'm sensing they need their own disposal arrangement.
The left’s moral restraint is ironically its strength, but it i sometimes wonder that itkeeps hindering its ability to ‘punch Nazis’.
We’re still playing fair while the right flood the socials with rage. Kindness sometimes needs the odd sharp shock or it just watches history repeat.. 1/2
We’re still playing fair while the right flood the socials with rage. Kindness sometimes needs the odd sharp shock or it just watches history repeat.. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The left’s moral restraint is ironically its strength, but it i sometimes wonder that itkeeps hindering its ability to ‘punch Nazis’.
We’re still playing fair while the right flood the socials with rage. Kindness sometimes needs the odd sharp shock or it just watches history repeat.. 1/2
We’re still playing fair while the right flood the socials with rage. Kindness sometimes needs the odd sharp shock or it just watches history repeat.. 1/2
What stands out here isn’t the insult, it’s the desperation behind it. Zac’s clearly taken the establishment by surprise and this is the knee-jerk response i.e lazy, ad hominem 'journalism.' Nevertheless, although I’ll point this out to Mother, she’ll keep buying the rag 'for the crossword'.
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What stands out here isn’t the insult, it’s the desperation behind it. Zac’s clearly taken the establishment by surprise and this is the knee-jerk response i.e lazy, ad hominem 'journalism.' Nevertheless, although I’ll point this out to Mother, she’ll keep buying the rag 'for the crossword'.
Plaid Cymru safely beating Reform in Caerphilly...against all the odds, if you believed the media, says a lot. Too many people mistake the loud minority in social media comments for the mood of the country. Nice to wake up and realise Welsh communities aren’t turning fascist or right-wing after all.
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Plaid Cymru safely beating Reform in Caerphilly...against all the odds, if you believed the media, says a lot. Too many people mistake the loud minority in social media comments for the mood of the country. Nice to wake up and realise Welsh communities aren’t turning fascist or right-wing after all.
Like religion...we’re indoctrinated to believe there’s a god and that Wales and Scotland can’t survive without England. Truth is, that’s a big fib. Strip it back and you see it plainly. England needs Scotland and Wales for power, water and a lot more besides.
Turdo Fraser lists some of the things England loses, when Scotland tells them to get to fuck and declares independence.
And there's still morons who think Scotland can't be independent!
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
And there's still morons who think Scotland can't be independent!
#YouYesYet
#IndyRef2
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Like religion...we’re indoctrinated to believe there’s a god and that Wales and Scotland can’t survive without England. Truth is, that’s a big fib. Strip it back and you see it plainly. England needs Scotland and Wales for power, water and a lot more besides.
A really progressive move by @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social and very welcome. It’d have even more impact if they also tackled pavement parking that’s where the real everyday danger and obstruction still happens.
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A really progressive move by @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social and very welcome. It’d have even more impact if they also tackled pavement parking that’s where the real everyday danger and obstruction still happens.
Feels like the start of a real shift. If Reform keeps sweeping up the disillusioned and misled right while the Greens speak to the progressive and hopeful left, maybe the old two-party system’s finally getting a reboot.
When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Feels like the start of a real shift. If Reform keeps sweeping up the disillusioned and misled right while the Greens speak to the progressive and hopeful left, maybe the old two-party system’s finally getting a reboot.
This is why I despair sometimes. Councils keep pandering to motorists, even though in inner-city high-density areas fewer people drive than don’t. Most of the cars in the video are single occupancy with drivers heading back to the suburbs and turning local neighbourhoods into traffic sewers.
We told the council that they should make this junction Active-Travel-friendly. They told us it would be too disruptive for all of the motorists. Seriously.
September 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is why I despair sometimes. Councils keep pandering to motorists, even though in inner-city high-density areas fewer people drive than don’t. Most of the cars in the video are single occupancy with drivers heading back to the suburbs and turning local neighbourhoods into traffic sewers.
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If you follow @girlonabrompton, please now follow @bromptonbelle.bsky.social instead?
And if you weren't following her before, do yourself the favour of following her now.
And if you weren't following her before, do yourself the favour of following her now.
@girlonabrompton has been suspended for saying something anti Trump evidently
September 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you follow @girlonabrompton, please now follow @bromptonbelle.bsky.social instead?
And if you weren't following her before, do yourself the favour of following her now.
And if you weren't following her before, do yourself the favour of following her now.
JKR blowing up on the 'sosh meeds' again. Rowling’s politics hit millennials the same way Gen X found out the Famous Five were basically UKIP with lashings of ginger beer.
September 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
JKR blowing up on the 'sosh meeds' again. Rowling’s politics hit millennials the same way Gen X found out the Famous Five were basically UKIP with lashings of ginger beer.
Share a post that is so wrong...
August 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Share a post that is so wrong...
Turns out slowing down didn't end civilisation. It saved 630 people and paid for itself in the first year. Funny how that got less airtime than the rage about it.
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social breaks it down clearly enough that even the Facebook frothers could follow...perhaps even comprehend.
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social breaks it down clearly enough that even the Facebook frothers could follow...perhaps even comprehend.
Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”
Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.
“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”
Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.
Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea!
Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong
willhaywardwales.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Turns out slowing down didn't end civilisation. It saved 630 people and paid for itself in the first year. Funny how that got less airtime than the rage about it.
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social breaks it down clearly enough that even the Facebook frothers could follow...perhaps even comprehend.
@willhaycardiff.bsky.social breaks it down clearly enough that even the Facebook frothers could follow...perhaps even comprehend.
I just verified my age by dialling 100 and asking to speak to Buzby...then hanging up.
I've just verified my age by explaining the deep joys of doing a software upgrade that took my US Robotics 33 600 modem to 56k to my daughter.
I've just verified my age by getting a confirmation email sent to my @ntlworld.com email address
July 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I just verified my age by dialling 100 and asking to speak to Buzby...then hanging up.
We’re led to believe everyone drives but more people don’t than do. Yet drivers get the lion’s share of subsidies and space. Meanwhile non-drivers endure expensive public transport which is often delayed by the congestion caused by the very motorists demanding unfettered access to our cities.
A new @ippr.org report reveals that the UK’s #Transport system is exacerbating poverty and social exclusion. The poorest travel less than the richest, but spend twice as much of their income on transport. Transport policy needs to shift to reduce the reliance on owning a car.
The transport challenge for low-income households | IPPR
Transport policy can make a material difference to people’s finances, especially those struggling to make ends meet. It can also help people better access
www.ippr.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We’re led to believe everyone drives but more people don’t than do. Yet drivers get the lion’s share of subsidies and space. Meanwhile non-drivers endure expensive public transport which is often delayed by the congestion caused by the very motorists demanding unfettered access to our cities.
Fuel duty frozen again but it’s not active travelers getting the help as it's going to those who can afford to lease their cars. Meanwhile on public transport, fares are up, services are cut...but drivers get a subsidy to keep burning fuel.
How about providing transport alternatives rather than subsidising fuel costs for people who can pay £800 a month to rent their Land Rovers?
July 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fuel duty frozen again but it’s not active travelers getting the help as it's going to those who can afford to lease their cars. Meanwhile on public transport, fares are up, services are cut...but drivers get a subsidy to keep burning fuel.
My niece is this age. It’s hard not to feel this one. This isn’t just about one driver. It’s about a justice system that doesn’t treat reckless driving seriously. People die. The consequences don’t fit. We need to change how dangerous driving is defined and prosecuted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff driver jailed for 16 months for killing Keely Morgan
Christopher West hit Keely Morgan on 1 May 2023 and she died at the scene.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My niece is this age. It’s hard not to feel this one. This isn’t just about one driver. It’s about a justice system that doesn’t treat reckless driving seriously. People die. The consequences don’t fit. We need to change how dangerous driving is defined and prosecuted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Love to see it. Imagine this on certain main streets in Cardiff. Buses gliding through, clean air and people choosing to walk, cycle and shop local. You’d still be able to drive but just not use it as a shortcut. Streets like these could work better for businesses public transport and pedestrians.
In case you missed last night's premiere, London is doing this amazing thing with select business streets (they call them high streets) and we definitely should try to do this in many places in NYC! Prioritize for peds, restaurants, bikes & transit!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLrl...
London's Church Street Removed the Traffic and Created a Walking, Biking & Transit Paradise!
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Love to see it. Imagine this on certain main streets in Cardiff. Buses gliding through, clean air and people choosing to walk, cycle and shop local. You’d still be able to drive but just not use it as a shortcut. Streets like these could work better for businesses public transport and pedestrians.
You don’t have to agree with the songs or the order they’re in but it’s a decent little coffee break scroll if you fancy a bit of nostalgic rambling.
It's now thirty years since Wales' most brilliantly unique band Super Furry Animals released the 'Llanfairpg (In Space)' EP on the Ankst label.
To celebrate the Furries' landmark, Leon Barton enlisted the help of a selection of prominent Furry fans to compile the 30 greatest SFA tracks
To celebrate the Furries' landmark, Leon Barton enlisted the help of a selection of prominent Furry fans to compile the 30 greatest SFA tracks
SFA@30: The thirty greatest Super Furry Animals songs as voted for by fans
Leon Barton It’s now thirty years since Wales’ greatest, most unique band released the ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (In Space)’ EP on the Ankst label. SFA quickly ...
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June 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
You don’t have to agree with the songs or the order they’re in but it’s a decent little coffee break scroll if you fancy a bit of nostalgic rambling.
@cardiffcouncil.bsky.social.
Not sure if you're responsible for the sign on the Talybont path, but it blocks cyclists’ view of people exiting the footpath. This morning I was careful, but still startled cyclists as I stepped out. The sign creates a blind spot and could lead to a collision.
Not sure if you're responsible for the sign on the Talybont path, but it blocks cyclists’ view of people exiting the footpath. This morning I was careful, but still startled cyclists as I stepped out. The sign creates a blind spot and could lead to a collision.
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
@cardiffcouncil.bsky.social.
Not sure if you're responsible for the sign on the Talybont path, but it blocks cyclists’ view of people exiting the footpath. This morning I was careful, but still startled cyclists as I stepped out. The sign creates a blind spot and could lead to a collision.
Not sure if you're responsible for the sign on the Talybont path, but it blocks cyclists’ view of people exiting the footpath. This morning I was careful, but still startled cyclists as I stepped out. The sign creates a blind spot and could lead to a collision.
The new cycle route looks like a complete do-over favouring the north side of Newport Rd. It’s unclear whether there’ll be provision for routing cyclists along the preferred Broadway route to Newport Road via the Royal Oak. Ends before the funeral home bit gets tricky…
youtu.be/pZ7IxR0hs6M?...
youtu.be/pZ7IxR0hs6M?...
Cardiff Newport Road
YouTube video by cardiffcouncil
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June 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The new cycle route looks like a complete do-over favouring the north side of Newport Rd. It’s unclear whether there’ll be provision for routing cyclists along the preferred Broadway route to Newport Road via the Royal Oak. Ends before the funeral home bit gets tricky…
youtu.be/pZ7IxR0hs6M?...
youtu.be/pZ7IxR0hs6M?...