As a 6 foot 7 chap, I tend to avoid initiating conversations about height. There's plenty of other things I'd prefer to talk about. But thanks for noticing, yes, I'm tall thanks. How are you doing today?

fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 3w ago

As a 6 foot 5 male, I love telling guys who are insecure about their height that I'm only 6 foot then watching them get genuinely angry and telling me that I'm way taller than that. It's hilarious how many guys are so insecure about their height.

The problem here has nothing to do with solar power. The problem is dedicating huge urban areas to car parking. Resulting in urban sprawl, more roads, fewer homes, car dependant suburbs. 'Better' car parks aren't going to solve the problems caused by creating car first towns and cities

Silence is assent@stef47.bsky.social · 3w ago

According to data from the Parking Reform Network, an average of 20% to 30% of all central land in mid-to-large American cities is dedicated to off-street surface parking.

Commitment to job… 5am and the Botley Rd in Oxford finally reopens! You saw it here first!

Hi @emilykerr36.bsky.social is this anything you can help with please? This is the new, purpose build cycle track / NCN5 at Sanford Lane, towards Oxford. A new, unnecessary, sign has been put up stating that you shouldn't cycle on it. Are you in a position to help to remove this sign?

"but let's maybe just continue to reduce harm wherever we can."

Abolish ICE@lizzz.bsky.social · last mo.

Honestly now is a really good time to stop eating red meat. There is just so much cruelty in its production, as well as environmental damage. You don't have to be vegetarian or vegan, but let's maybe just continue to reduce harm wherever we can.

This person clearly hasn't met many drummers, nor had to move a drum kit.

Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The worst thing to ever happen to the music industry is the drum machine.

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

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Given their aims 'Open Roads' has always been an oxymoron. Their vision of an open road was always more akin to the second picture. Open to, and dominated by cars. Imagine spending you time, and personal fortune campaigning for a car first Oxford!

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Anti-congestion charge organisation, Open Roads For Oxford Limited, is winding itself up – but with outstanding legal costs of £14,000 still to cover. Earlier this year, the company failed in its attempt to secure a judicial review into the charge. openroadsforoxford.org/campaign-upd...

This is the party currently demanding that I apologise for comparing Nigel Farage to a poo…

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Reform councillor in Wigan under investigation over social media posts calling for politicians to be 'shot' www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

I was perhaps unreasonably, delighted to have come across the 'Except Cycles' sign. However, these signs must be in short supply as the 'Except Cycles' addition was only to be found at one end 😎 @nathanley.com

Are you expecting a delivery today? And, do you have a can of pop in the fridge? 😎

"If you say “I support Palestine Action”, they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on TV." Or, they'll invite you to speak in the Oxford Union.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Maybe Trump should give FIFA a peace prize for silencing the boos. (Okay rubbish joke, but I made it up)

Context for Belfast riots

Competitor at a charity sports day held at London's Herne Hill Velodrome, in which tradesmen had to carry half-bushel baskets as they cycled around the track. September 7, 1938

It's my own fault for looking at Twitter. 'I don't have a problem with trans people, it's trans activists who are the problem' 'I don't have a problem with people of colour, it's civil rights campaigners who are the problem' '...It's the people campaigning for safer and more accessible streets'

This chap wants to know what people do in bad weather. The context is if you often use your bike to commute, or as part of your commute. So, what do you do in bad weather (be nice)?

In case you were wondering, if you are invited to a bbq hosted by a veggie... No, it's not okay if you bring your own meat. If you are such a fussy eater that you must eat meat then sit this one out.

The Daily Star have bought another lettuce 👀

The Supreme Court has granted Tower Hamlets Council permission to appeal the ruling that removing Bethnal Green's LTNs was unlawful. We are disappointed, but undeterred. We won at the Court of Appeal and we'll fight this too, but we need your support. www.crowdjustice.com/case/defendi...

Defending Tower Hamlets LTNs in the Supreme Court

We are a group of Tower Hamlets residents who want to keep and improve the safer streets in Bethnal Green, for all.

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Politicians and media attacking @zackpolanski.bsky.social over antisemitism lack any decency. So says Rabbi Herschel Gluck - who was given an OBE for advancing interfaith understanding.

A primer on South Asian mangoes: a very opinionated guide #OxfordClarion #Oxford

A primer on South Asian mangoes: a very opinionated guide

We thank our brand new mango correspondent for writing the primer on East Oxford's (not so) hidden seasonal fruit that we never knew we needed. We’ll be in the Cowley Road food shops if anyone needs us… Oxford has many signs of the beginning of spring: the daffodils and

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But not a relation

Looking forward to Dj Dom coming to Oxford this Sunday to spread some of his distinction type of fun. Horn!

Long-term exposure to the Daily Mail 'changes brain structure, leaving readers at significant risk of radicalization, demotivated and unable to deal with the reality'

Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 6mo ago

Long-term cannabis use 'changes brain structure and leaves users demotivated, unable to make decisions and struggling to deal with complex tasks' trib.al/KE6phhT

Happy days! The 24 hour clock in our car is 'right'. Ie 12 hours fast, instead of 11 - as it has been for the last 6 months.

It's not about the flags, Matthew. This is about a small group of thugs who are traveling around the country in their cherry picker, looking for trouble. They live streamed themselves and took delight at being abusive to anyone who engaged with them.

Matthew Barber@matthewbarber.co.uk · 7mo ago

Well it’s a bit tricky we don’t have lamp posts. I understand lots of people don’t like seeing the flags and I can have sympathy with that. It just doesn’t make it an offence for the police to deal with.

Niche tip for anyone who commutes from Oxford to London, and uses a Lime bike to get to their office... An Hour Lime pass costs £5 in Oxford, and £7 in London. Buy your pass in Oxford and save a whopping £2 pound on your commute

EXPOSED. Daily Mail editorial line... FURY as short them interests of global capital are at risk! MUST NOT let readers consider that reducing dependence on fossil fuels offers huge personal and social benefits. MUST maintain culture war heuristics so as to avoid rational thoughts of readers.

@CycleNottingham@cyclenottingham.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Good morning, have a great Monday.🧐