Lorna Devenish
@lkdev.bsky.social
A landscape without wildlife is just scenery. Anti-Brexit. Cycle everywhere. Smarter water management for our freshwater future.
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These are unsettling times.
December 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
These are unsettling times.
Lots of fieldfares at Hexworthy today (but none in this picture afaik)
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lots of fieldfares at Hexworthy today (but none in this picture afaik)
Maybe this is cope. But when I met two of Devon's Reform councillors recently, they were keen to highlight a motion they had put before council: to speed up diagnosis of kids with ADHD. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Maybe this is cope. But when I met two of Devon's Reform councillors recently, they were keen to highlight a motion they had put before council: to speed up diagnosis of kids with ADHD. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I promise you, this how we will get bike lanes.
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
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DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I promise you, this how we will get bike lanes.
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We have calculated that Devon has missed out on about £8.8M in funding for safer walking, cycling and wheeling in the latest national gradings and funding deals for local authorities published recently by Active Travel England. 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We have calculated that Devon has missed out on about £8.8M in funding for safer walking, cycling and wheeling in the latest national gradings and funding deals for local authorities published recently by Active Travel England. 🧵
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New report from Exeter Cycling Campaign just out: options for Dryden Road.
December 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New report from Exeter Cycling Campaign just out: options for Dryden Road.
From (a) Magna Carta, apparently. Well ahead of the game
Omnes kydelli de cetero deponantur penitus de Thamisia, et de Medewaye, et per totam Angliam, nisi per costeram maris.
All fish-weirs are in future to be entirely removed from the Thames and the Medway, and throughout the whole of England, except on the sea-coast.
All fish-weirs are in future to be entirely removed from the Thames and the Medway, and throughout the whole of England, except on the sea-coast.
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From (a) Magna Carta, apparently. Well ahead of the game
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Protected cycle lanes, floating bus stops, and low-traffic areas all help people like Susie to get around
We should call them “mobility lanes” and build them everywhere, at pace
We should call them “mobility lanes” and build them everywhere, at pace
Where would you go?
This Summer, one of our former loan recipients took herself on her first solo trike adventure on a trip up to Edinburgh with her Van Raam Easy Rider Compact.
This Summer, one of our former loan recipients took herself on her first solo trike adventure on a trip up to Edinburgh with her Van Raam Easy Rider Compact.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Protected cycle lanes, floating bus stops, and low-traffic areas all help people like Susie to get around
We should call them “mobility lanes” and build them everywhere, at pace
We should call them “mobility lanes” and build them everywhere, at pace
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A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
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A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives
If you’re looking for yet another reason to hop on your bicycle today—especially if you’re in your 60s or beyond—new research out of Japan has delivered a big one.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives.
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Cycle paths and safer streets that enable more people to walk, cycle and wheel are helping to tackle illegally high air pollution in Exeter, a new report shows.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Cycle paths and safer streets that enable more people to walk, cycle and wheel are helping to tackle illegally high air pollution in Exeter, a new report shows.
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
I follow this account for professional reasons, partly for...we have a River Eau?!
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I follow this account for professional reasons, partly for...we have a River Eau?!
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Here's James talking about the importance of this filter:
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Here's James talking about the importance of this filter:
Also excellent and thoughtful
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Also excellent and thoughtful
Well worth your time. And I completely agree with the conclusion. If the Supreme Court can manage its own appointments without political interference, so too can the BBC.
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
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New piece from me.
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Well worth your time. And I completely agree with the conclusion. If the Supreme Court can manage its own appointments without political interference, so too can the BBC.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Always good to understand what other UK cities are doing to combat congestion and pollution and build a thriving city.
Can we learn from Oxford*?
*similarities: large travel to work area, university city, population size, near motorway.
differences: medieval centre, complete ring road.
Can we learn from Oxford*?
*similarities: large travel to work area, university city, population size, near motorway.
differences: medieval centre, complete ring road.
The #Oxford Temporary Congestion Charge for Cars is off to a good start: Sreets that were jammed are now free. Buses can move as they should, and more people are using them. Essential services can get around.
Great to go forward, not back to jams!
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Great to go forward, not back to jams!
news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/start-of-tem...
Start of temporary congestion charge boosts park and ride use
Observations from the first days of Oxford’s temporary congestion charge indicate that the scheme is improving bus services and boosting the take-up of park and ride. On Wednesday 29 October, Oxfordsh...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Always good to understand what other UK cities are doing to combat congestion and pollution and build a thriving city.
Can we learn from Oxford*?
*similarities: large travel to work area, university city, population size, near motorway.
differences: medieval centre, complete ring road.
Can we learn from Oxford*?
*similarities: large travel to work area, university city, population size, near motorway.
differences: medieval centre, complete ring road.
@exetercouncil.bsky.social take note.
Tell me how your bus journeys are going since Oxford's Congestion Charge was launched! Just had the below message.
"Oh my God... The buses on Cowley Road are so much faster. Like my journey to the station this morning was fully 20-25 mins faster than pre charge."
"Oh my God... The buses on Cowley Road are so much faster. Like my journey to the station this morning was fully 20-25 mins faster than pre charge."
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@exetercouncil.bsky.social take note.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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“We have a real opportunity to build on what works, to make Dryden Road, Bovemoors Lane and other local streets safer for everyone”
Ignore the headline, which we've requested Devon Live amend. This story is a positive one about active travel and safety in Exeter.
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Ignore the headline, which we've requested Devon Live amend. This story is a positive one about active travel and safety in Exeter.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Cyclists say Exeter road must never reopen to cars
A consultation is under way to decide the future of Dryden Road
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October 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“We have a real opportunity to build on what works, to make Dryden Road, Bovemoors Lane and other local streets safer for everyone”
Ignore the headline, which we've requested Devon Live amend. This story is a positive one about active travel and safety in Exeter.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Ignore the headline, which we've requested Devon Live amend. This story is a positive one about active travel and safety in Exeter.
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Exeter St Davids, however, as one of the fastest growing stations in the country and the busiest in Devon, is looking tired. Lots of opportunities, but little in the way of action. It needs a full redevelopment as part of a long term masterplan.
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Exeter St Davids, however, as one of the fastest growing stations in the country and the busiest in Devon, is looking tired. Lots of opportunities, but little in the way of action. It needs a full redevelopment as part of a long term masterplan.
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We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
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Wind power pushes down UK electricity costs, report says
U.K. electricity costs are starting to fall as a result of renewables pushing pricey gas off the system.
U.K. electricity costs are starting to fall as a result of renewables pushing pricey gas off the system.
Wind power pushes down UK electricity costs, report says
“People may not realize it, but their bills today would be higher without the increasing role [of] wind and solar farms,” says analyst.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wind power pushes down UK electricity costs, report says
U.K. electricity costs are starting to fall as a result of renewables pushing pricey gas off the system.
U.K. electricity costs are starting to fall as a result of renewables pushing pricey gas off the system.
Leaving ivy to flower is such a bonus at this time of year. Zinging with bees and at least 3 red admiral butterflies. The blackbirds will feast on the berries in the winter too.
September 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Leaving ivy to flower is such a bonus at this time of year. Zinging with bees and at least 3 red admiral butterflies. The blackbirds will feast on the berries in the winter too.