M. Cristina Caimotto PhD
@criscaim8.bsky.social
Ecolinguist (University of Turin, Italy), cycling advocate and incurable optimist. She/her.
"Looking back now, it feels like the fierce fight over Ulez marked the beginning of something else: a new age of extreme climate scepticism."
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 2d agoClimate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
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Le parole che includono e quelle che escludono: una ricerca indaga i confini invisibili dello spazio pubblico
Le città non sono fatte soltanto di strade, piazze, marciapiedi, piste ciclabili e mezzi di trasporto. A definire chi può attraversarle, viverle e utilizzarne gli […]
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Think of every lazy “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” shared by politicians. Then watch this remarkable video, something I’ve never seen a city’s mayor do. #StPatricksDay
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo agoHappy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
NEW: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, & that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.” @grantennis.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social & I have a blunt new @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed telling the story of why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social. Please help share it! @nyc.streetsblog.org
Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA
The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.
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Our WEBSITE is LIVE! “The Truth About Cities In An Age Of Disinformation.” Read about WHO we are, WHY we started this, our PLANS to grow, and most importantly, WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DOING. We hope you’ll support this work, and help us spread the word! #UrbanTruth www.urbantruthcollective.com
New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social "Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity" findingspress.org/article/1575...
Blaming Cyclists, Invisibilising Drivers: How Motonormativity Shapes Swiss Media Collision Reports | Published in Findings
By Lucca Reymond, Patrick Rérat. In Swiss media reports on collisions between cyclists and motorists, cyclists tend to be foregrounded, while motorists are often rendered invisible. Such reporting imp...
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My 80 y.o. mum "what is the meaning of ICE again?" My 8 y.o. daughter "I command everything" Pretty accurate I would say.
OUVEMA's (Anti-)Motonormativity Days 19th & 20th February Really interesting workshop on understanding and challenging motornormativity, car dependence and dominance feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social, @criscaim8.bsky.social + @giuliomattioli.bsky.social + more!! Info: www.unil.ch/events/17689...
10 years on from the Paris Agreement, my message for fossil fuel companies is clear: get on board with a green future, or get left behind. London is leading the way, now we need businesses and governments around the world to step up.
Zero carbon London
The Mayor has set ambitious aims for London to be a zero carbon city by 2030. Read about the work he is doing to achieve this.
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We won strong EU laws against child labour & nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it. Tell him to protect our future, not big business. Act now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/wG9gF6LO
Send him an email now and tell him to not give in to the far right.
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Fuori posto #12 - Da Bicierin con una ecolinguista: parliamo di bici e spazi pubblici con Cristina Caimotto | Frida - il forum della ricerca
Bicierin è una originale ciclofficina con cucina: è un luogo dove le persone possono far riparare le proprie bici o imparare a farlo da sole, ma anche ritrovarsi per mangiare e chiacchierare di viaggi...
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When a mayor wants something for real things can really change.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 10mo agoI remember being told that it would take 193 years to reach legal limits for nitrogen dioxide. I decided this was unacceptable. Thanks to the bold policies we put in place, we've managed to do it in nine years - 184 years earlier than expected.
🚨Gaza and Gazans urgently need humanitarian aid. The Flotillas for Gaza is are civilian and humanitarian initiatives to support Gaza and to break the siege. They are in danger! ➡️ Email your government now to protect & support the Flotilla⛵️ app.sosha.ai/s/IQjXZ7z2
We demand protection for the Flotillas for Gaza
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È partita la più grande flotta civile per portare cibo e medicine a Gaza. Israele minaccia di fermarla: uniamoci per fare da scudo e chiedere il suo passaggio sicuro! Aggiungi il tuo nome. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Proteggiamo la Global Sumud Flotilla!
È partita la più grande flotta della storia organizzata dai cittadini per portare a Gaza cibo e medicinali. Israele ha già minacciato di sequestrarla, ma insieme possiamo essere il loro scudo. Aggiung...
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Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat, Amsterdam in 1967 and today
go.bsky.app/GvUpjj9 Colleagues attending @dis4change.bsky.social may be interested in this and people in the pack may be interested in the ongoing conference :-)
Birds dancing over the beautiful concert by Coro Armonica at @dis4change.bsky.social
Learning about the #SaveBuxwahaForest movement at @dis4change.bsky.social Conference in Bari. Thanks Elisabetta Zurru!
publications-prairial.fr/encounters-i... Encounters Issue 3 is out!
3 | 2025 - Regular issue – Encounters in translation
The third issue of Encounters in translation has been produced with the kind support of Bodies in Translation, Knowledge and Sustainability in Cultural Translation (Department of Culture Studies and O...
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Call for papers per il terzo seminario della rete Bici e Società che si terrà a Torino il 20 e 21 novembre 2025 sites.google.com/view/bicieso... Mandate proposte, fate girare il link... Grazie!
Bici e Società - Torino 2025
Bici e Società – Quale futuro per la Velomobilità? La bici, nelle sue molteplici declinazioni, non è solo un mezzo di trasporto: è anche un prisma attraverso cui leggere dinamiche sociali, ambientali...
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