"The pedestrian/cyclist just came out of nowhere!" Babe, if you were doing 30mph, 30 seconds ago you were a quarter of a mile away - if anyone came out of nowhere, it's you.

Do they have to come back?

Friends, we're going to have to be loud about changes we want to see. We need to ask/demand for changes we want. That's the nature of politics. We can make urban areas from big Cities to small towns into walkable, bikeable, beautiful, thriving gathering places.

Let's be very clear that vicious anti Muslim hatred by politicians and their trillionaire mate Elon Musk create the conditions for this kind of vile attack. Sending huge solidarity to the Muslim community in Edinburgh and beyond.

Freeways lobotomize cities.

Trump can’t keep either the Strait of Hormuz or the Reflecting Pool open.

South East Water losing 100m litres of water a day to leaks. There are no pristine water companies in England. All dump sewage in rivers, neglect investment, prioritised dividends, fleece customers, fines announced, not collected. Must remove profit motive. Nationalise all.

Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Tyumen region. Drones reached it after traveling more than 2,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Following recent upgrades, FP drones are now capable of carrying out strikes at distances of up to 3,000 km.

Jennifer is a brilliant short story writer: compact & truthful.

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building wider roads leads to more cars stuck in the same congestion. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com

If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.

🧵 3/3 "At 49, I got back on a bike and it’s changed everything. From losing five stone to cycling to work and with my son. I’ve found a new freedom I never thought possible." - Deirdre Read how a chance encounter set the wheels in motion for positive change for Deirdre 👉 buff.ly/TrEemBQ

The true risk is: "an AI salesman will exploit your boss's infinite horniness for replacing mouthy workers with pliable machines to sell him a chatbot that *can't* do your job, and then your boss will fire you and replace you with that inept, defective chatbot." 17/

Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, welcome to The War on Cars.

“In Toderian’s view, the dividing line between cities that succeed and those that stagnate isn’t geography, wealth or even size—it’s mindset. Some places embrace experimentation, risk…Others default to caution, delay, and a reflexive belief that change is impossible.” momentummag.com/urban-truth-...

Just 0.2% of all millionaires moved to another country in 2024, but news outlets around the world spun this into a “millionaire exodus”. 11,000 news pieces were published in 2024 about an exodus that did not exist. #BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich bit.ly/43Al0EF

I accept that there are legitimate use cases for AI but a lot of use is unnecessary & our systems force people into use by making it hard to avoid even though both use & the infrastructure it relies on is harmful to both people & the environment. Sorry, did I say AI? I meant cars. (AI sucks too.)

Every car ad ever showing cars ripping around empty cities, blasting through forests, conquering mountains and doing the most over the top stunts with celebrities: 🦗 A simple message about bikes: "Unrelatable, can’t possibly work, so unrealistic,this won’t work for everyone in every scenario ever"

The Trump family has leveraged their name to roll out various crypto projects, pocketing billions of dollars in efforts that have been a disaster for backers, whose net losses have totaled $2.3 billion.

World Cup players are being denied entry to the US. Some are being detained, searched and treated like criminals. They have one thing in common…. They’re not white. The US has no business hosting the World Cup when it’s hostile to those from other parts of the world.

Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests

Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy

No words

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Cornflowers' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt

Just LOOK at this fantastic handymanstation.co.uk urban steed 🤩 I asked the handyman if he likes riding it “I LOVE it!” Can he cross Hammersmith Bridge in it? “I do it all the time!”

The Partnership puts an end to uncertainty about who will run Birmingham City Council. Greens and Liberal Democrats will take it in turns to be Leader of the council. Roger Harmer will be Leader from 2026 to 2028 with Greens taking the leadership in 2028 birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/2026/06/05/g...

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

While Russia bombs apartment buildings and murders civilians daily, the US will play a hockey game in Russia to “melt the ice between us.”

Reform UK has received £19 MILLION from just two donors over the past year. £15 million from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne £4 million from Ben Delo. Harborne is based in Thailand. Delo is based in Hong Kong (but says he'll move back to UK due to Labour's £100k cap on foreign donations)

61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics

I would happily sacrifice ChatGPT if it meant more trains and buses in my city.

@jimacosta.bsky.social youtu.be/PJQzRmP_gng?...

AMEN

War-on-cars, 1936 edition. Patterson take-down of the “modern improvement devil.”

Think framebags and top tube bags were introduced recently by bikepacking luggage brands? Not so. Ad in CTC Gazette, May 1892:

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Around 180 residents marched in Oxford in support of trans rights today, following the government’s latest draft code of practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Opponents have called the guidance ‘unworkable’ and say it amounts to an attack on trans and non binary people.

The World Cup is about celebrating exotic host nation cultures

I know because capitalism and whatever but it sucks looking at the catastrophic amounts of money and resource that go into sustaining car dependency and forcing generative AI on people and then thinking what anything like that money and resource could do for public and active transport and the arts.

The humble traffic cone.

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

US planning faster troop withdrawal from Europe, newspaper says reut.rs/4ecaDfj

Don't, whatever you do, walk. It is ILLEGAL and DANGEROUS. "Please make the proper transportation arrangements. Thank you." #motonormativity

For every on street charger option approved a council should also give permission for on street cycle storage.

Clap 👏 with 👏 me👏 ! The safest car in cities is not an autonomous car - it is NO car. Stop pretending that cities are build for cars.

Reform UK Councillors Gone: Updated James Sidlow has resigned as a councillor. That’s 30 in 3 weeks.

A blanket of flowering saxifrage mantles the surface of an old oak in the woods. The magic of an Irish rainforest.

For my Italian friends: I'll be on TG3 Mondo with Maria Cuffaro tonight, talking about Peter Thiel, JD Vance, Silicon Valley fascism and the war on democracy. (recorded yesterday)

This is absolutely brilliant news. There is inevitably a lag in policies to address road safety showing results, but this shows they work. Families and communities are safer thanks to our policies news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshire-...