geekylou.bsky.social
@geekylou.bsky.social
Feminist and geeky trans queer girl, green party member, C & Rust coder. I mostly post about trans, maker and tech stuff All posts are in a personal capacity and don't reflect the views of my employer or any other orgs.
ULEZ was never a crack down on people driving, always a push for better respiratory health. 🚗 💨 “Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity […] stunted by exposure to pollution”.
Looking forward to the next decade or so of "neurology critical" becoming a thing.
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
theguardian.com
Newly diagnosed with adhd and I can very much tell you it’s not a fad and looking back on life has been debilitating especially in the workplace at times, so it’s great that the stigma continues thanks to shows like yesterday
Why do politicians destroy all their political capital to do stuff that ends up not happening anyway.
Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat.
Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d agoI'm listening, I'm learning. Safety first, NYC.
Exciting times for the remaining, let's be generous and say 11,000, Scottish Labour members, as we now know we will have the choice between drill baby drill/screw trans rights and drill baby drill/screw trans rights as our next leader. I wrote a thing for @labourhame.com, because fuck this shit.
Existential
As nominations close in the Scottish Labour leadership election, Labour Hame editor Duncan Hothersall finds a party that has so lost its sense of moral purpose that it only feels able to offer its …
labourhame.com
After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal
Both of the nominated Scottish Labour leadership candidates oppose trans rights. Due to the deliberate actions of gender critical Scottish Labour MPs and MSPs, Monica Lennon, who supports trans rights, was kept off the ballot. We must add August 17th 2026 to the list of shameful days in our party.
Isn’t failing to accept any responsibility for your actions the mark of a sociopath? In that case, the British media is full of sociopaths. Which is a step up from my previous belief that it was simply full of cunts.
Sodha is such a vile person, with absolutely no moral compass
I genuinely don't know how Britain can move forward as a society with our toxic press culture dragging us down at every step, poisoning everything.
Confirmation, if it were ever needed, that the disposable barbecue ban is a fig leaf to the point that the PM needs to use the nuke alert to make sure you know about it
Homes, people and wildlife under threat. Landscapes that will take decades to recover. This is the devastating cost of wildfires. We need more than a ban on BBQs from Burnham - it’s time to treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is.
The world is on fire - if only the scientists had warned us about single use barbecues while there was still time.
Facial Recognition & The British Surveillance State (?)Do you know… “British Transport Police has already scanned over half a million faces at train stations this year in a so-called trial The result? A single alert - that WRONGLY flagged an innocent person… Zero arrests” - Big Brother Watch
Of course, it's not the case that the Police advised him not to attend.
Incredible to think this was the BBC 9 years ago. Can’t imagine them doing such a story today let alone the language they’d use instead along with commentary from several raging transphobes. Anyway here’s me getting my first ever exam result after about 18 months of learning ballet back in 2017
If people have worked through the night to count votes because of a pointless by election you have caused then you should have the courage to stand on the platform and say thank you to them. #Clacton
In contrast to the usual I did badly in my A Levels and am still successful posts... I did well in my A Levels. And from that position I can tell you that all of the most interesting things I have learned in life, my greatest successes, and biggest opportunities, have happened outside exams.
"Prime Minister, the Daleks are invading. What should we do?" "50p off hiring British exterminators!" "Prime Minister, a massive demonic sinkhole just opened in London!" "Glue in every home!" "Prime Minister, the sun just exploded!" "A ban on disposable lighters!" Genius Burnhamisms.
If this makes you as angry as it should: take some action. Join.greenparty.org.uk
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last wk.Downing Street's press release for Burnham's "emergency" Cobra meeting on the drought didn't even mention climate, with the Prime Minister blaming the growing numbers of wildfires on disposable barbecues. He's since appeared on GB News this afternoon to talk about migrant camps
Yay! found somewhere in the garden that should hopefully be in line with the sun during the eclipse. Here a shot from the ha-scope (still need to nail the focus)
Trust my Raspberry PI attached to my 3d printer to fail the one day I want to print something.
