Terry O'Floinn
trao.bsky.social
Terry O'Floinn
@trao.bsky.social
Enjoying life in 🇫🇷 via 🇮🇪
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April 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Europe should view Trump’s wrecking ball approach to Nato and negotiations with Russia on the Ukraine war as “an opportunity”, not just a threat, President Emmanuel Macron will tell a hastily convened informal summit of European leaders at the Elysée Palace today. 1/
February 17, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Tesla's sales are sliding across Europe, plunging 59% in Germany in January.
Tesla’s European Sales Drop in January After Elon Musk Disrupts Politics
The U.S. electric car company’s sales are sliding across Europe, amid what many see as interference in local affairs by Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Your regular reminder Delft’s market square was a surface parking lot as recently as 2004.

A razor-thin coalition (19-18 votes) initiated a six-month pilot to help merchants realize cars don’t spend money, people do.

Years later, no one remembers the controversy or regrets the decision. *Sound on*
February 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Dutch language differentiates between sport and transport cycling: “running with wheels” versus walking with them.

The vast majority of cyclists are "fietsers"; riding upright in normal clothes, at a moderate pace, without safety gear—representing a more accessible, casual, and inclusive style.
December 3, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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Work commutes represent just 16% of journeys, yet our entire transport system is designed around them.

The real potential for cycling lies in the other 84%—shorter trips within our neighborhoods to local shops, cafes, restaurants, doctor’s, friend’s, transit, sports, and school.
October 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM