Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer
@tricyclemayor.bsky.social
research fellow @active-ata.bsky.social | active travel | public transport | crit dis | pedestrian every day, tricycling often | Trustee @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk | Ambassador for Activity Alliance | views are Frida's 🐕 https://linktr.ee/tricyclemayor
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
Oi grown ups. Maybe stop discharging untreated sewage into the environment... Been seeing these adverts everywhere. With no company or charity logo. Obv by design as funded by water companies and demonstrating a quite impressive level of hypocrisy.
My mum once dropped a jelly shaped rabbit she had made for my sister's birthday. She then filled the cracks with cream and said it had myxomatosis.
Mike Trinder@chthonicionic.bsky.social · 2mo agoMany years ago I thought mixing cream into a setting strawberry jelly would make a nice creamy desert for the then toddlers. And meat-baby was born. For the same toddlers 17th birthday, they’ve asked that I make another one…
Such a strange graphic from the German Environment Agency, identifying similarities & apparent distinctions in street design needs of children compared to older adults. Forgetting 1. Disabled children exist 2. Disabled older adults also exist. Not just adults who grew old.
apparently these raised crosswalks at Rainier/I-90 are the first WSDOT has installed for highway ramp crossings. & the speed decreases are impressive. wish they'd have measured pedestrian, scooter and bike volumes at these crossings before/after to be able to show how safer crossings induce use.
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
Queen Mary University of London@qmul.bsky.social · 2mo agoAir pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o
💥NEW RESEARCH: Scientists say they've been "stunned" by how quickly young children's lungs began to recover and grow after @mayoroflondon's ULEZ scheme was introduced in London. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doesn't even matter that we missed the eclipse last week when my daughter is exploring photorealism in her nursery artwork.
The guardian: a tragedy that demands reflection Also the guardian: but not reflection from us. Our disproportionate coverage of a black, disabled man we knew had reached his limit was legit. We definitely would've hounded a white man too. Promise. Not racist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Jason Arday: a tragedy that demands reflection | Editorial
Editorial: Legitimate scrutiny became entangled with a racial argument about merit and diversity. His death raises questions about how society treats black success and failure
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“Call it two-track governance, where generously funding the military is seen as prudent and necessary but doing the same to improve the lives of ordinary people is wasteful and optional.” My col. on the ‘warfare v welfare’ narrative and unspoken double standards: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The old ‘warfare v welfare’ arguments are back – but it’s Britain’s real duty to spend on both | Frances Ryan
Slashing benefits in favour of defence will make millions less, not more, safe, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Hundreds of thousands of disabled people with lifelong conditions are being put through “pointless” benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidelines. This includes people with learning disabilities and limb amputations. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments
‘Pointless’ reviews are wasting public money and ‘significantly harming’ the mental health of claimants, charity says
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Me: this lecture is taking me forever to put together Also me:
Happy World Tricycle Day 2026. Tricycling is a lot like bicycling. Except it's more fun.
Not very long ago, this sort of sentiment would be seen only on the openly racist far right.
My velosambas may never fit comfortably again (wtf pregnancy changes your foot structure) But it's very exciting to be back on my ice sprint X tour recumbent trike after all this time, getting it ready for some work events and summer adventures.
This BBC article states that "climate change is believed to have played a role in such hot spells as this." Let me fix it: Climate change IS making these hot spells more likely and more dangerous. Scientists have been warning of this for decades. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hottest May day on record in UK as temperatures pass 34C
It comes after the UK recorded its warmest May night on Sunday when temperatures reached 19.4C.
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Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 5mo agoPerhaps the fact that we are conducting an unprecedented experiment with the only home we have, by digging up and burning massive amounts of fossil fuels that is driving global change at rates 10X faster than the most recent warming of this magnitude that occurred oh about 55 million years ago? 🧐
What does it say about the creeping fascism of contemporary Britain that the country’s imminent “most left wing prime minister for two generations” has to immediately sign off on one of the most extreme and cruel border regimes in Europe?
Sam Wetherell@samwetherell.bsky.social · 5mo agoAh I see, Burnham is going to do busses *and* performative acts of racialised border violence!
That this isn’t in the Top 10 is a scandal.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoWho’s in, who’s out, and how many have you read? The story behind our 100 best novels list
Please vote for @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk It will take 60 seconds, no long form filling required. And Wheels could receive £5000 to help support the brilliant work they are doing to ensure that disabled people can walk and wheel they journeys they want to. movementforgood.com/draws/specia...
Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards
We could receive a £5,000 donation with your help through the Movement for Good Draw.
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Please vote for @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk It will take 60 seconds, no long form filling required. And Wheels could receive £5000 to help support the brilliant work they are doing to ensure that disabled people can walk and wheel they journeys they want to. movementforgood.com/draws/specia...
Nominate now! - Movement for Good awards
We could receive a £5,000 donation with your help through the Movement for Good Draw.
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📣New open access, peer-reviewed article from @active-ata.bsky.social led project 'LTNs in London' with @ersiliav.bsky.social, Rachel Aldred, Emma Lawlor & Dave Fevyer Everyday Discourses of Climate Delay in Opposition to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1... 1/
📣New open access, peer-reviewed article from @active-ata.bsky.social led project 'LTNs in London' with @ersiliav.bsky.social, Rachel Aldred, Emma Lawlor & Dave Fevyer Everyday Discourses of Climate Delay in Opposition to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1... 1/
My first time tricycling the full layout on Deansgate. What a change from being stuck breathing in the fumes of back to back motor vehicles. It was very fun to cycle. Especially as part of a 10 mile loop almost entirely on protected cycleways thuough Manchester, Salford &Trafford.
Those who order wars of resource extraction don't care about the soldiers who fight in them.
Raider@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis is a war based on lies
More investment by tombola. Fund local government properly.
CLondoner92@clondoner92.bsky.social · 6mo agoA new UK Government fund will help councils repair bridges, flyovers and tunnels across England. Part of a £1bn package, it aims to improve safety and reliability. Bids close in August 2026, with decisions due in autumn. dft-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/fixing-...
Green Pastures: 3rd and 4th access points on the TPT made "compliant" by removing A-frames & horse step-through boxes. Funded by Defra - Mersey Valley Way www.merseyriverstrust.org/projects/pro... @walkridestocky.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @stockportcouncil.bsky.social
Mum to a one year old and back to work. Toooo many emails to catch up on as I had the privilege of being able to take 12 months of maternity leave (thank you to my colleagues and co-authors who supported this). So if you have been trying to get in touch, try again now.
