In space, no-one will share your screen.

UK politics now in a bidding war of universal fuel subsidies (sorry, "support") to, per ed davey "keep britain moving". The reality - that consumption must fall - is going to be a nasty surprise

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

What a headline. 🧐 🐢

I've had solar a while so 56% of my ⚡ was free in March. I generated more than I consumed in total too so ended up getting paid a bit for the month (thanks @octopus.energy). Though it didn't feel like, it March was the 3rd sunniest in six years in Newcastle, so lots of opportunity to save 💷

🗓️On 7th May local elections will be taking place in Newcastle. 📋We have put together three key points that we would like to see parties back in order to improve cycling in the city. 🗣️Ask the candidates you speak to what they will be doing to improve cycling in the city after May.

It is absolutely stupid that a major focus of policy response to the Iran War is on the planned 1p rise in fuel duty in September (watching Trevor Phillips interview Bridget Phillipson). Of no help now to anyone to abandon it. Shows how trivial our political debate has become.

6. We should ALL expect that our leaders, who are supposed to learn much more about the need/context for change than most of us will know, will be responsible enough to make the right decisions even when unpopular. And NOT do the opposite, which is rage-farm populist lies about change to get votes.

The Tyne Bridge is closed to vehicles tonight, but still open for walking and cycling. It's quite pleasant without the roar of traffic and stench of diesel. Just the metallic clank of scaffolding being moved about and a bit of Tears for Fears from the worker's radio. 🚶🚲🎶

Without my bike I’d be functionally disabled. With it I’m as mobile as ever So accusations that cycling is “ableist” really annoy me. And “Cyclists Dismount” signs are a literal pain Disabilities are unique to the individual, cycling’s not for everyone, but can be absolutely essential help to many

Good thread. 👇 When I had a broken hip I struggled to walk, and could only manage with a walking stick but cycling was fine. On a few occasions when I cycled to hospital, unlashed crutches from my bike then shuffled inside. Quite happily rode 110km home from Teesside, but walking was very slow.

I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

I'm old enough to remember when the future of transport in Cramlington was driverless pods. There were going to link to the railway line that has just been opened though. www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

Internet person: "But this unsubstantiated datapoint about a heat pump that 'someone I know' / my plumber mate / [insert random third-party] says they're shit" How about near-realtime data from every single of the real Cosy heat pumps installed by Octopus Energy? octopus.energy/cosy-heat-pu...

The International Energy Agency is recommending people work from home where possible to reduce global oil demand, alongside cutting back on air travel and driving more slowly. Also: car sharing, using electric cookers.

Managed to get out after work to stretch my legs. There's only a few days a year when the ☀️ is at the right angle at the right time to make that joke, and today's that day!

the Norwegian campaign against enshittification is pretty great tbf vimeo.com/1168468796

Can you help on 26th April? Sign up NOW to HELP forms.gle/MLqGjfv1UbqB... North Tyneside Kidical Mass..... it's back, before they set the routes need to get an idea of what help will be available. There's cake in it for you. (either marshalling on the day or helping distribute fliers and posters)

82.7% of the country's electricity is currently coming from renewable sources and the price has dipped as a result. grid.iamkate.com

🚨 Kidical Mass is returning to North Tyneside next month. 📅 Put Sunday 26 April at 2pm in your diary. 📢 Follow www.facebook.com/KidicalMassNT for the latest updates.

I cycled over to the Scottish Borders for some lunch in Newcastleton yesterday with a few friends. It was a great ride, mostly in sunshine, with the occasional rain storm in the distance acting as a reminder to keep moving.

It's quite amusing that the work to remove a cycle lane in Middlesbrough that people where all worked up about is delayed because of parked cars. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

what is the largest animal you are confident you could expel, singlehandedly, from a medium-size bookshop? RULES: - you have no resources beyond what is available in the shop - you must remain more or less uninjured - bookshop has 2 floors; animal is on ground floor, you can choose where you begin

We used to have a competition in the office to see who could keep injury lawyer spam callers on the phone the longest after saying their 'injury' was caused by an otter. Some calls went on quite a while, but none were as big a joke as the Tory party.

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

Something to look forward to.

This has reminded me - new images have been added to my catchily titled game 'Is there a car on Blackett Street that shouldn't be?' game. Now there's at least one chance to 'earn' £800 in one go, but a few times when no drivers are behaving illegally 😮 www.sphericalsquare.net/blackett-str...

New clock from @hiddenbritain.bsky.social to add a bit of style to my wall.

Are you kidding me? Fuel Duty rates have bene held steady for 16 years while costs for public transport and general ethical choices have soared. Raising fuel duty is one of a very short list of things that this government is getting right. Very poor from the Lib Dems.

📢 The council is proposing changes to Fenham Hall Drive that could see the street becoming much safer for cycling. ✅ Proposals include 1.5km of protected cycle lane and better crossing points. 📖 Read the full details and see all the plans at new.newcastle.gov.uk/travel/impro...

I'm not looking forward to the start of next year if it continues to follow the trend for the amount of sunlight seen in the last five years.

Love the cyclist sailing through the middle of this mess. Very much “you guys carry on, I’ve got places to be.”

The Derwent Valley Path, route 14, is going to be closed at Rowlands Gill next month for work on some of the viaducts. www.walkwheelcycletrust.org.uk/find-a-route... The diversions are for the bold and/or fit only, with one going up Busty Bank, which at 10-15% is very much not railway gradient!

Stopped at the cycle parking with the best view last night.

I saw some music composed by György Kurtág (b 1926, 100 last week!) performed by Royal Northern Sinfonia tonight. Properly immersed in sound for the first piece as the orchestra was distributed around the auditorium. It’s always a surprise to discover the horn section is behind you. 📯

it's 2035, parliament is being refurbished, and this is what PMQs looks like:

It's been an energetic Saturday night at the City Hall thanks to Maxïmo Park. Many singalongs were had to the best of their back catalogue from the past 20 years.

I don't know what's been going on in Great Park, but Brunton Lane was covered in bags of dog 💩 today. Not clear if it was from a mass anti social dog walk or a protest retrieving it from hedges to make it more visible but quite unpleasant. Between the 💩 and the potholes there's not much clear road.

I cycled past one of the largest horses I've seen today - at least at such close quarters. I could almost ride underneath it, but not been mad I just went past slowly and carefully.

How long before both Northumberland Park and Heworth stations have their platform numbering corrected to create a single coherent interchange at each? If we can get this tweet viral I'd say we can get it done in a month.

This is big 👇🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We could do with some of those snakes - they also snap cars the kid says. Some politicians like that wouldn't go amiss either.

It's been a fun Friday night so far.

📉 This street saw a drop of 500 vehicles per day when the Safer Heaton trial scheme was in place. 📈 The scheme was removed, traffic volumes returned. 💥Now drivers are having crashes on the pavement. It's fortunate there was nobody trying to walk along the pavement at the time.

It's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs

at least Dry January is over www.ft.com/content/fd1d...

Post a picture that would be your debut album cover.

This street passes a school with over 2000 students and prioritises vehicles. People are hemmed in to narrow pavements which are blocked by bus shelters, side roads have fast, sweeping entrances, crossing points have tiny islands, and the cycle lane is narrow, painted and has a rough surface.

"Trying to make us into the Netherlands" is always funny, not least because the Netherlands has more cars per head of population than the UK, so the 'but my car' folks would probably prefer it. archive.ourworldindata.org/20260119-070...

Hey Bluesky, the Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has written for us at the @financialtimes.com arguing that smarter regulation is the key to fixing social media … (Gift link, first 300 clicks free) as.ft.com/r/5b6e4379-3...