No more cars on Oxford Street! (London's biggest shopping street) I took a walk down the whole length of the new pedestrianised section to see what it's like. I can't wait to see how it develops. New public space is so exciting!
Pedro Antunes
@pantunez.bsky.social
Migrant settled in London. Interested in birds, cycling and lots more.
40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...
European Stonechat Tarier pâtre Cartaxo-comum Saxicola rubicola 📍 Alexandra Park, London, UK 🗓️ October 2026 #birds
Reporter l’ouverture de la chasse aux oiseaux d’eau, prévue le 21 août, au 20 septembre, date de l’ouverture générale. C’est ce que réclame la Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux (LPO) dans un communiqué publié le 17 août. Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/tk2
Si tu n'as pas observé l'éclipse en écoutant Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or alors tu as raté ton éclipse.
Sur le casque obligatoire à vélo, je n'y connais rien, n'étant pas cycliste, mais il y a beaucoup de cyclistes dans ma TL. Ce que j'en retire c'est qu'en majorité les cyclistes réguliers sont contre, et forcément ça interpelle, car le mieux est toujours d'écouter les personnes concernées 1/
Black-headed weaver. Tecelão-de-cabeça-preta. Tisserin à tête noire. Ploceus melanocephalus. 📍Vilamoura, Portugal #birds
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Flamingo-comum Flamant rose
Le résumé de la Coupe du Monde de Football 2026
Ultimes scories@panettonepazzo.bsky.social · 3mo agoLe commentateur suisse qui dit correctement les termes. Le meilleur résumé de ce cirque
Cars act as "thermal batteries," absorbing solar radiation and releasing it as heat. A study in Lisbon (applicable to any dense city) found a black car can raise the surrounding air temperature by 2°C (3.6°F) compared to a white car Now add 3 million cars to a city …
"Crack-up capitalism" by Quinn Slobodian. Capitalism loves authoritarianism and non-democratic economic "zones" "perforating" the nation-state. Liberal capitalism becomes the exception even in the West as we're told by libertarian eccentrics that Dubai dystopia is the model to follow.
Voici les anomalies de température du fameux été 1976 et de sa sécheresse mémorable, comparées à celles de l'été 2025.
"Earth Rotation Climate Change Rate Unseen in 3.6 Million Years: GPS Precision at Stake" by Maxwell Templeton for #TechTimes: www.techtimes.com/articles/317...
Earth Rotation Climate Change Rate Unseen in 3.6 Million Years: GPS Precision at Stake
Earth rotation climate change is altering our planet’s spin at a rate unmatched in 3.6 million years, a new study finds. Melting polar ice is lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century — a pace...
techtimes.com
This is central Lisbon. Poorly conceived bike lanes. Bus lanes not enforced. Heavy reliance on private car.
Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · 5mo agoTraffic update: There is no congestion in the bike lane.
Traffic update: There is no congestion in the bike lane.
Doom tourne désormais sur des cellules d'E. coli... à raison d'une frame toutes les 9 heures, soit 599 ans pour finir le jeu ! @andrewpaul.bsky.social https://www.popsci.com/science/doom-e-coli-cells/
Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly
It would take nearly 600 years to finish playing this MIT student's iteration of the classic video game.
popsci.com
Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
Female Great Spooted Woodpecker feeding a recently fledged young in a park in London. Dendrocopos major. Pic épeiche. Pica-pau-malhado-grande.
We just sent humans around the Moon and back. Just imagine what we could achieve as a species if all our leaders believed in science.
Arrest him and his cabinet secretaries and judge them all for their crimes. Not doing so effectively kills the Geneva convention. The world of tomorrow will no longer be based on the rule of law. We all lose.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 7mo ago“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: “Today more than ever, it is essential to remember that one can be against a hateful regime as is the case with the Iranian regime…and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.”
Trump is “very disappointed” with Keir Starmer for blocking him from using Diego Garcia to carry out strikes on Iran, The Telegraph reports. That must sting, I’m sure.
Spot the difference between the world's economy and the actions of national or regional politicians. This was foretold many years ago in the car sector. At the most macro of levels, trade is continuing despite efforts at restraint. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One in 10 Cars Sold in Europe Is Now Made by a Chinese Brand
Chinese automakers built nearly one in 10 passenger cars sold in Europe last month, a record share that caps a year of rapid growth led by brisk sales of hybrid and battery-powered vehicles.
bloomberg.com
Well that finishes any idea of the EU as a serious player in the emerging world order.
Rob Francis@robfranciseu.bsky.social · 9mo agoEuropean Parliament narrowly votes to request an ECJ opinion on EU-Mercosur, thereby potentially delaying ratification for 2 years. And you thought this thing was done...
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 9mo agoTrump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“