@dan1456.bsky.social
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I show this clip from Colbert in my lecture on stratospheric ozone depletion.
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I show this clip from Colbert in my lecture on stratospheric ozone depletion.
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"People who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has found"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"People who depend on cars to get around are more likely to feel lonely and disconnected than those who have access to good public transport, a UK study has found"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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German Chancellor Merz sets the record straight after Trump tries to draw moral equivalence between Russia and Ukrainian actions:
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
June 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
German Chancellor Merz sets the record straight after Trump tries to draw moral equivalence between Russia and Ukrainian actions:
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
"Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."
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Paris built it and they came.
Remove the road danger and lots more will cycle.
Even the UK sort of proved this during COVID when the roads were very quiet and lots more cycled. The UK needs to stop being timid and just chuck money and effort at active travel.
Remove the road danger and lots more will cycle.
Even the UK sort of proved this during COVID when the roads were very quiet and lots more cycled. The UK needs to stop being timid and just chuck money and effort at active travel.
“A major survey of 12,000 reveals that 39% of Parisians are regular cyclists. The study also highlights the rapid development of infrastructure in the capital, which is behind this cycling boom!” Posted by the City of Paris (aka @paris.fr)
Leadership.
Leadership.
May 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Paris built it and they came.
Remove the road danger and lots more will cycle.
Even the UK sort of proved this during COVID when the roads were very quiet and lots more cycled. The UK needs to stop being timid and just chuck money and effort at active travel.
Remove the road danger and lots more will cycle.
Even the UK sort of proved this during COVID when the roads were very quiet and lots more cycled. The UK needs to stop being timid and just chuck money and effort at active travel.
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“The creeping dominance of motor vehicles in our public spaces has had an insidious effect on the freedoms of children to travel, play independently and gain the skills and resilience required for adult life.”
And we all lose, children and adults, as a result.
And we all lose, children and adults, as a result.
Some thoughts on road safety, street design and its impact on paediatric health in the UK from Mat MacDonald, @sarahchaundler.bsky.social, @aliceferguson.bsky.social and me.
@bmj.com
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Road safety, street design and its impact on paediatric health in the UK
This article explores the impact of ever-increasing volumes of traffic on paediatric health and wellbeing. It examines potential street design solutions that may hold the key to reversing this trend a...
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“The creeping dominance of motor vehicles in our public spaces has had an insidious effect on the freedoms of children to travel, play independently and gain the skills and resilience required for adult life.”
And we all lose, children and adults, as a result.
And we all lose, children and adults, as a result.
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Time to stop using the tax dodging company that is Starbucks. Giving NHS workers a free coffee one day a year doesn't make up for swerving tax.
Their coffee is overpriced foul muck anyway.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Their coffee is overpriced foul muck anyway.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Starbucks’s UK retail business paid no corporation tax last year
US-owned coffee chain dived to £35m loss after paying £40m in royalty and license fees to parent company
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Time to stop using the tax dodging company that is Starbucks. Giving NHS workers a free coffee one day a year doesn't make up for swerving tax.
Their coffee is overpriced foul muck anyway.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Their coffee is overpriced foul muck anyway.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Excellent editorial here.
An SUV causes 16 times as much road damage as a regular car.
They're way more dangerous in collisions or if one hits a pedestrian or cyclist.
They have no redeeming factors and 99%+ are just ego wagons for their drivers. Tax them to hell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An SUV causes 16 times as much road damage as a regular car.
They're way more dangerous in collisions or if one hits a pedestrian or cyclist.
They have no redeeming factors and 99%+ are just ego wagons for their drivers. Tax them to hell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Observer view on SUVs: they are too dangerous and too big, their drivers should be made to pay
If a car generates more potholes, takes up more space and poses more risk, it is only fair that its owner pays more
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Excellent editorial here.
An SUV causes 16 times as much road damage as a regular car.
They're way more dangerous in collisions or if one hits a pedestrian or cyclist.
They have no redeeming factors and 99%+ are just ego wagons for their drivers. Tax them to hell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An SUV causes 16 times as much road damage as a regular car.
They're way more dangerous in collisions or if one hits a pedestrian or cyclist.
They have no redeeming factors and 99%+ are just ego wagons for their drivers. Tax them to hell
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's very much worth your time to read this.
Read this interview of @frediotto.bsky.social by @jeffgoodell.bsky.social about climate change. Two smart people, one asking good questions and the other giving interesting answers. I’m proud to call both of them friends.
This Scientist Wants Us to Combat the Climate Crisis by Thinking Like a Woman
The author of “Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequity to Combat Climate Change” has helped pioneer attribution science.
www.rollingstone.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It's very much worth your time to read this.
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"I think that we need to drive down the cost of motoring..." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
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Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
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Hard to be motorist on ‘modest income’, says Starmer
He made the comments as the Government unveiled plans for councils to prove they are tackling the issues or face losing the cash to fix them.
www.standard.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"I think that we need to drive down the cost of motoring..." www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
Absolutely, completely and utterly NO!
Because:
A. Motorists do NOT pay anything near their external costs" of ghg, noise, and noxious emissions; danger and crashes (not the same thing); ill health
1./
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Citroën on the other hand... Lengthening the dipstick on the lorries they were forced to make for the Nazis so the engines were starved of oil and always breaking down 💪
March 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Citroën on the other hand... Lengthening the dipstick on the lorries they were forced to make for the Nazis so the engines were starved of oil and always breaking down 💪
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"We have to show young men that character is more important than status."
Sir Gareth Southgate demands leaders step up to become positive role models for 'isolated' young men.
Sir Gareth Southgate demands leaders step up to become positive role models for 'isolated' young men.
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"We have to show young men that character is more important than status."
Sir Gareth Southgate demands leaders step up to become positive role models for 'isolated' young men.
Sir Gareth Southgate demands leaders step up to become positive role models for 'isolated' young men.
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"Bristol pedestrians to have immediate priority over vehicles at traffic light crossings" - come on, Bristol Council: make this happen!
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Pedestrians to have immediate priority over vehicles at crossings
Bristol city councillors are being asked to approve the plans
www.bristolpost.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Bristol pedestrians to have immediate priority over vehicles at traffic light crossings" - come on, Bristol Council: make this happen!
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
We stand with you Ukraine, not because you can pay us back but because you were victims of an illegal and terrifying invasion and standing alongside our brothers is the right thing to do.
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We stand with you Ukraine, not because you can pay us back but because you were victims of an illegal and terrifying invasion and standing alongside our brothers is the right thing to do.
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After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
Mark Hamill posting rebellious content in a battle against a dictator and his robotic sidekick is the most Star Wars shit ever.
February 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.
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What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."
America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike
YouTube video by The War on Cars
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."
@jasonmanford.bsky.social well done for the pádel project in Chiswick today, our kids loved it! A great ambassador for sport and active livestyles. Top man.
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@jasonmanford.bsky.social well done for the pádel project in Chiswick today, our kids loved it! A great ambassador for sport and active livestyles. Top man.
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And that’s climate popularism.
If you agree, please share this thread / the article: www.newstatesman.com/environment/... …Thank you
If you agree, please share this thread / the article: www.newstatesman.com/environment/... …Thank you
It’s time for climate populism
As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe.
www.newstatesman.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
And that’s climate popularism.
If you agree, please share this thread / the article: www.newstatesman.com/environment/... …Thank you
If you agree, please share this thread / the article: www.newstatesman.com/environment/... …Thank you
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“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“I told you if you hold on to clothes long enough they come back in fashion”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That might sound strange, but the science is clear.”
Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)
Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)
Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes
Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and...
electrek.co
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That might sound strange, but the science is clear.”
Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)
Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)
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January 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Not just in Wales, but 20mph zones are reducing insurance costs in the rest of the UK too.
Fewer collisions, fewer injuries.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Fewer collisions, fewer injuries.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’
Controversial safety policy has helped drive down premiums to 18-month low, says Confused.com
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Not just in Wales, but 20mph zones are reducing insurance costs in the rest of the UK too.
Fewer collisions, fewer injuries.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Fewer collisions, fewer injuries.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
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"What are the Government going to do to rebalance the rewards for working people?"
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social addresses the grotesque income inequality in the UK and lays out a Green Party policy to help tackle it.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social addresses the grotesque income inequality in the UK and lays out a Green Party policy to help tackle it.
January 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"What are the Government going to do to rebalance the rewards for working people?"
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social addresses the grotesque income inequality in the UK and lays out a Green Party policy to help tackle it.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social addresses the grotesque income inequality in the UK and lays out a Green Party policy to help tackle it.