@davidarditti.bsky.social
Composer, pianist, conductor, writer, astronomer, cyclist, weight-trainer, environmentalist, left-leaning politically, cat owner. May post on any of these. He/him.
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Before and after the upgrade of Wick Road in @meghillier.bsky.social constituency, with cycle tracks and floating bus stops which now allows parents with kids to safely cycle separated from dangerous motor traffic and keeps buses moving without having to negotiate around bikes
July 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Before and after the upgrade of Wick Road in @meghillier.bsky.social constituency, with cycle tracks and floating bus stops which now allows parents with kids to safely cycle separated from dangerous motor traffic and keeps buses moving without having to negotiate around bikes
Very impressive performance by Starmer at PMQs today. He has to maintain the line of being a 'bridge' between Europe and the US, and the diplomatic front that maybe it can be all made right with Trump. (1/2)
March 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Very impressive performance by Starmer at PMQs today. He has to maintain the line of being a 'bridge' between Europe and the US, and the diplomatic front that maybe it can be all made right with Trump. (1/2)
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When you move around primarily or exclusively by car, you may not notice all of the evidence of car crashes around you:
bent sign posts
broken car pieces
entire buildings hit by cars
For those who travel by 🚶🏻, 🚲, 🦽 & 🚌 these reminders are everywhere on sidewalks, streets… & buildings.
bent sign posts
broken car pieces
entire buildings hit by cars
For those who travel by 🚶🏻, 🚲, 🦽 & 🚌 these reminders are everywhere on sidewalks, streets… & buildings.
February 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When you move around primarily or exclusively by car, you may not notice all of the evidence of car crashes around you:
bent sign posts
broken car pieces
entire buildings hit by cars
For those who travel by 🚶🏻, 🚲, 🦽 & 🚌 these reminders are everywhere on sidewalks, streets… & buildings.
bent sign posts
broken car pieces
entire buildings hit by cars
For those who travel by 🚶🏻, 🚲, 🦽 & 🚌 these reminders are everywhere on sidewalks, streets… & buildings.
I was showing live images of Jupiter on BBC 6pm news, and probably will be again at 10pm. This business of the ‘alignment of the planets’ unfortunately is just pop-science nonsense. The planets are always aligned (the line is called the ecliptic). This grouping of planets in the night sky is normal
February 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I was showing live images of Jupiter on BBC 6pm news, and probably will be again at 10pm. This business of the ‘alignment of the planets’ unfortunately is just pop-science nonsense. The planets are always aligned (the line is called the ecliptic). This grouping of planets in the night sky is normal
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Cyber truck seized in UK. It doesn't meet standards for driving in the country & is not permitted on the streets.
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
Tesla Cybertruck Banned And Seized By Police In The U.K.
The Cybertruck has a cult following in the U.S., but safety issues such as excessive size and acceleration and sharp edges make the Tesla illegal on U.K. roads.
www.forbes.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cyber truck seized in UK. It doesn't meet standards for driving in the country & is not permitted on the streets.
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterl...
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NEW: What makes BLUESKY the new “IT” place for Urbanists? It’s pretty significant that the American Planning Association is putting this out there to its huge membership. I was interviewed for it, as was @mitchellsilver.bsky.social & others.
Please share!
@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...
Please share!
@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...
What Makes Bluesky the New ‘It’ Space for Urbanists
Planners are turning to the up-and-coming platform, as well as other social media, to expand their reach and increase community engagement.
www.planning.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NEW: What makes BLUESKY the new “IT” place for Urbanists? It’s pretty significant that the American Planning Association is putting this out there to its huge membership. I was interviewed for it, as was @mitchellsilver.bsky.social & others.
Please share!
@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...
Please share!
@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...
I've now seen Comet 2023 A3 Tsuchinchan-ATLAS, but I found it a disappointment, not visible to the naked eye, in a twilight, hazy sky, low down. It was around 30º to the left of Arcturus, but I could pick up Arcturus an hour before the comet. 10x50 binoculars clearly showed the curving tail.
October 17, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I've now seen Comet 2023 A3 Tsuchinchan-ATLAS, but I found it a disappointment, not visible to the naked eye, in a twilight, hazy sky, low down. It was around 30º to the left of Arcturus, but I could pick up Arcturus an hour before the comet. 10x50 binoculars clearly showed the curving tail.
Nobody had heard of Sinwar for the first six months of the Gaza war. Do you remember? The leaders of Hamas were never mentioned at the beginning, nobody on the Israeli/western side seemed to think they mattered. So there’s no reason to believe that his death will mean the end of the war.
October 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Nobody had heard of Sinwar for the first six months of the Gaza war. Do you remember? The leaders of Hamas were never mentioned at the beginning, nobody on the Israeli/western side seemed to think they mattered. So there’s no reason to believe that his death will mean the end of the war.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,480,066!
September 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,480,066!
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Heavy, powerful cars quickly destroy tires.
Tire wear spews tiny, toxic particles that have caused the collapse of fish populations in the Pacific NW.
Moral of the story: EVs shouldn't be overpowered and massive.
2/2
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Tire wear spews tiny, toxic particles that have caused the collapse of fish populations in the Pacific NW.
Moral of the story: EVs shouldn't be overpowered and massive.
2/2
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
September 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Heavy, powerful cars quickly destroy tires.
Tire wear spews tiny, toxic particles that have caused the collapse of fish populations in the Pacific NW.
Moral of the story: EVs shouldn't be overpowered and massive.
2/2
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Tire wear spews tiny, toxic particles that have caused the collapse of fish populations in the Pacific NW.
Moral of the story: EVs shouldn't be overpowered and massive.
2/2
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Grenfell enquiry blamed a huge range of companies/people for failures. But one should have more blame than any other. Eric Pickles made a clear decision not to implement recommendations that came out of Lackenhall tower fire. He should suffer some consequences www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism
Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM
The Grenfell enquiry blamed a huge range of companies/people for failures. But one should have more blame than any other. Eric Pickles made a clear decision not to implement recommendations that came out of Lackenhall tower fire. He should suffer some consequences www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
“One of the biggest issues is not just the rise in consulting spending but that these consultants have very little knowledge about the stuff they’re consulting on.” Anyone who has had anything to do with UK local transport planning will know the truth of this. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
‘Scandalous’ £3.4bn UK state spending on private consultants last year
New figures reveal that public bodies paid out at least 60% more to consultancies in 2023-24 than it did pre-pandemic
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2024 at 1:08 AM
“One of the biggest issues is not just the rise in consulting spending but that these consultants have very little knowledge about the stuff they’re consulting on.” Anyone who has had anything to do with UK local transport planning will know the truth of this. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
June 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Pope Francis on the Ukrainian war: ‘War always requires two parties’ and ‘Ukraine should have the courage of the white flag’. He seems utterly naive. Ukraine would inevitably lose their whole country if they stopped fighting. Putin won’t stop at a few provinces. #ukraine
March 9, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Pope Francis on the Ukrainian war: ‘War always requires two parties’ and ‘Ukraine should have the courage of the white flag’. He seems utterly naive. Ukraine would inevitably lose their whole country if they stopped fighting. Putin won’t stop at a few provinces. #ukraine
On Friday at 20:00 GMT I will be giving a live YouTube piano recital consisting of Clementi’s Op. 36 Sonatinas, complete. Here’s a taster: the last of them, no. 6 in D major. youtu.be/39G7doqXARg?...
December 27, 2023 at 4:59 PM
On Friday at 20:00 GMT I will be giving a live YouTube piano recital consisting of Clementi’s Op. 36 Sonatinas, complete. Here’s a taster: the last of them, no. 6 in D major. youtu.be/39G7doqXARg?...
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The electric train was invented in 1879. The safety bicycle six years later.
Unleasing the potential of these two “obsolete” technologies is our best bet at addressing the converging climate, health, resource, and inequity crises.
Not smarter cars. Not cleaner cars. Fewer cars.
Unleasing the potential of these two “obsolete” technologies is our best bet at addressing the converging climate, health, resource, and inequity crises.
Not smarter cars. Not cleaner cars. Fewer cars.
December 27, 2023 at 1:51 PM
The electric train was invented in 1879. The safety bicycle six years later.
Unleasing the potential of these two “obsolete” technologies is our best bet at addressing the converging climate, health, resource, and inequity crises.
Not smarter cars. Not cleaner cars. Fewer cars.
Unleasing the potential of these two “obsolete” technologies is our best bet at addressing the converging climate, health, resource, and inequity crises.
Not smarter cars. Not cleaner cars. Fewer cars.
Live piano recital on my YouTube channel @DavidArdittiComposer: on Friday 29 December at 8:00pm GMT I will be playing all of Clementi’s six sonatinas Op. 36. www.youtube.com/live/q47jert... #piano #classical #classicalmusic
December 26, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Live piano recital on my YouTube channel @DavidArdittiComposer: on Friday 29 December at 8:00pm GMT I will be playing all of Clementi’s six sonatinas Op. 36. www.youtube.com/live/q47jert... #piano #classical #classicalmusic
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It was amazing seeing the Rainbow clouds this morning. Newcastle upon Tyne. 21st December 2023. 🧪
December 21, 2023 at 2:36 PM
It was amazing seeing the Rainbow clouds this morning. Newcastle upon Tyne. 21st December 2023. 🧪
Why it’s called Boxing Day…
December 26, 2023 at 2:55 AM
Why it’s called Boxing Day…
Blackie Cat guards the presents, and wonders if any are for her. The big one is another piece of ATX gym equipment for me.
December 25, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Blackie Cat guards the presents, and wonders if any are for her. The big one is another piece of ATX gym equipment for me.
Blackie Cat guy adds the presents, and wonders if any are for her.
December 25, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Blackie Cat guy adds the presents, and wonders if any are for her.
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the fact that federal safety regulators have no power to actually regulate safety is one of those things about the US that you would make up in some kind of dystopian sci fi satire and everyone would be like "lol come on man that's a bit much"
December 14, 2023 at 5:28 PM
the fact that federal safety regulators have no power to actually regulate safety is one of those things about the US that you would make up in some kind of dystopian sci fi satire and everyone would be like "lol come on man that's a bit much"