⚠️BREAKING NEWS IN AUSTRALIA - BOLLARDS FLIP A TESLA⚠️ #WorldBollardAssociation
sbarlster
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Cyclist, bike madness, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Writes software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
I’ll ask again… @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social What’s the Edinburgh numbers looking like? My councillor n MP can you get the stats? Are we doing better or worse. @cllrconorsavage.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
Dutch Cycling Embassy@dutchcycling.nl · 2h agoTruly Incredible, good job London! London’s Cycleway network has reached a major new milestone, growing to 450km! This is longer than the entire Tube network and further than the distance from London to Paris, making London’s Cycleway network five times larger than it was in 2016!
Truly Incredible, good job London! London’s Cycleway network has reached a major new milestone, growing to 450km! This is longer than the entire Tube network and further than the distance from London to Paris, making London’s Cycleway network five times larger than it was in 2016!
19-year-old British cyclist Finlay Tarling, the brother of cycling star Josh Tarling, died after a head-on collision with a car driven by someone not associated with the race during stage 8 of the Volta a Portugal. 🤬
19-Year-Old Development Racer Finlay Tarling Dies in Crash at Volta a Portugal
Initial reports indicate a car unaffiliated with the race was involved in the incident.
velo.outsideonline.com
Lovely trip this morning on the e-bike to Saughton Park and Bonnie Barrista. 😍🌸☕️ No thanks to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social for the numerous car sewers and unmaintained paint only cycle lanes on the way. Only a confident cyclist with little regard for their safety would cycle these roads. I.e. me 😜
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
theguardian.com
And now the investigation into the £5 million secretly-gifted by an ‘economic migrant’ recommences. If nothing else has been achieved with this daft by-election, the idea that Farage is some sort of master strategist has been put to bed. It’s easy to look good when you’re getting free passes galore.
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social what is the Edinburgh comparison?
Will Norman@willnorman.co.uk · yesterdayThis week saw London's network of Cycleways hit 450km - a fivefold expansion since 2016 - enabling millions more safe cycle journeys🚲🚲🚲 ... but we're not stopping there Great to see work progressing on the cycle lanes, bus lane & crossings on Whipps Cross Rd in Waltham Forest
This week saw London's network of Cycleways hit 450km - a fivefold expansion since 2016 - enabling millions more safe cycle journeys🚲🚲🚲 ... but we're not stopping there Great to see work progressing on the cycle lanes, bus lane & crossings on Whipps Cross Rd in Waltham Forest
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
Having displayed her shrewd political judgement in trying to make us enter the Iran war, Kemi Badenoch must look at images of so much of the UK on fire in this rampant heat and think her approach to climate change and net zero is equally spot on…
This doesn't even feel much like satire when I walk past F-350s on the lot at work and the top of the hood is at my eye height. 🤬🤬🤬
It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.
Russian journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov talks to me about the war in Ukraine, repression at home and the man who’s been in power in Russia for more than a quarter of a century: Vladimir Putin.
Muratov: Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine
In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only "destroy Ukraine, not conquer it", with the war now in its fifth year.
bbc.com
Couldn’t be arsed going down to the Cafe tonight so just as well one of the Balearic Beavers reported
I’m in Paris this week, and I'm so impressed by how quiet it is! Even with the heatwave, there are more bicycles than cars on most streets, and many roads now dedicate more space to bike lanes than to cars.
Desire lines cross Eight to eighty, choose your fate Design by slogan
Blackford Safe Routes@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 3d agoThis newly re-done junction at Summerhall puts cyclists at serious risk of left-hooks The desireline for people on bikes is straight on, but for cars it’s turning left Suitable for ages 8 to 80 ??? - We think not Edinburgh’s roads designers are morally bankrupt!
This newly re-done junction at Summerhall puts cyclists at serious risk of left-hooks The desireline for people on bikes is straight on, but for cars it’s turning left Suitable for ages 8 to 80 ??? - We think not Edinburgh’s roads designers are morally bankrupt!
Road NOT closed for active travel. #bbcnews with a misleading headline. Alternative non-news headline… Cyclists, wheelers n walkers completely unaffected by work happening. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sewer work to close Edinburgh city centre road for three months
Scottish Water said work to upgrade piping under Waterloo Place is 'complex'.
bbc.co.uk
Five years ago, young kids could ride themselves through (small) parts of central Edinburgh, until the council got cold feet. This kid will grow up and have their own kids before this street gets back to 2021. Why are other UK cities leaving Edinburgh so far behind?
Sergey Brin is worth about $284 billion. After the proposed ONE-TIME 5% wealth tax, he would have roughly $270 billion. If, after that tragic loss, he spent $1 million every single day and never earned another cent, he would run out of money in the year 2766. Billionaires are an obscenity.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax
Brin has been pouring money into Building a Better California, a group that's backing two measures that could nullify a proposed billionaire tax.
latimes.com
Urbanist Philomena Cunk. In the suburbs, every house comes with a "lawn", which is a tiny patch of nature you own, but you’re not allowed to let it actually be nature.
Not saying it’s dry in England. But this is all the grass, everywhere. Straw. 😬 Remember folks, keep on drilling n driving. 🔥🥵🤬
Was at the Morecambe Winter Gardens at the weekend what a lovely place. 😍 Got talking to the volunteers (and trustees) who manage and run the venue. It brought home the power and joy of both volunteering and community. Belonging and acting to make the difference you want to see.
Can’t think why this business is for the refuse tip… ‘facing challenges including the shift to electric vehicles’😜 ‘the average Range Rover sold in America is $100,000 plus’ 😬 ‘Jaguar buyer is over 50’ 🦖 ‘newfangled electric stuff is not his or her cup of tea’ ⚡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jaguar Land Rover job cuts 'could have been worse'
Prof Kevin Morley says the 300 job losses are "not a disaster" compared to wider industry trends.
bbc.co.uk
JLR thread of death tells us why less Land Rovers is a good thing… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jaguar Land Rover job cuts 'could have been worse'
Prof Kevin Morley says the 300 job losses are "not a disaster" compared to wider industry trends.
bbc.co.uk
sbarlster@sbarlster.bsky.social · 11mo agoGood news for cyclists, pedestrians and all vulnerable travellers. If it stayed closed for about 5 years it would really help. #doingtheirbit for road violence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK have proposed building pop-up prison camps on A-listed Scottish historical sites
Reform UK propose putting prison camps on A-listed Scottish historical sites
thenational.scot
