Agree entirely, ‘autobesity’ is out of control, cars and SUVs are dangerously oversized, especially in a city such as Paris. Get these luxury tanks off the road.

Taking a bike on a train in the UK is painful. Between bad design, ultra low capacity & chronic underinvestment in services, I dread the experience. Listening to a confrontation about it as I type. On mainland Europe I'm reminded how it can done. They even have ebike chargers on trains near Venice.

“Our biggest naivety in developing AI is believing that we can control it, harness it, like every other technology that we failed to harness. We are stupid enough to consider it a technology when it is in fact smarter than us”

I wonder if an equal amount of media attention on regular national & world sporting events like football, cricket, athletics, rugby, tennis had been given to ditching fossil fuels and promoting renewable energy & climate solutions, the human species might not be facing extinction

Profit motive clouds people's briains. Aviation has become an “existential threat to UK climate", surely.

Switzerland mandated in 2023 that all new buildings exceeding 300 square metres of roof area must install solar panels covering a minimum percentage of that surface — the most aggressive building-integrated solar mandate in continental Europe #ActOnClimate #SolarPower #Renewables

Montana Supreme Court upholds state judge's landmark ruling in youth climate case - 2024 - landmark climate ruling - state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming .. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

The nuclear physicist Harriet Brooks, who was probably the first person to notice the recoil of an atomic nucleus due to emissions during nuclear decay, was born #OTD in 1876. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Credit: Notman Archives/Musée McCord

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

New bike lanes. New bike parking. New crossings. New e-bike parking. New sustainable drainage. New trees & planting to come 💚 #London this morning.

1/ This is a national emergency. Since the beginning of the year, 147 people have been murdered in Palestinian society. The epidemic of crime and violence is the result of years of government neglect and the failure of the Israeli police to confront organized crime and collect illegal weapons.

Tech companies: Our pavement robots are safe for pedestrians and don't get in their way! The robots:

Check full paper at doi.org/10.1080/2374...

Sidewalk quality assessment research by Sangeeth K et al. 🔍 #CityKnowHows www.cityknow-how.com/bridging-the... #Cities4Health

Lemmings voting for Christmas. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek

Britain's pavements are not for sale. Pavements are for people. It is not acceptable to prioritise private commercial interests over the needs of pedestrians, especially people using mobility aids. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Crime and violence are devastating Palestinian communities in Israel, and years of government neglect have left families to live with fear instead of safety. Help us turn pain into power - donate to our crowdfunding campaign and support our work: standtog.org/4eyT1e2

If you're in the UK and looking at this, thinking "This doesn't look like a very good thing", please do head to pavementoverload.com and support the campaign (you can send a letter to your MP).

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

If vehicles keep swelling, cities “could lose between 8.5-14% of their on-street parking capacity by 2040. London and Berlin alone are each projected to shed around 100K spaces…in dense cities, it’s a major issue worldwide.” #Carspreading pushes out more than parking spots. Tax cars by the inch.

Climate emergency? Not for Fifa. Crimes against humanity. 27 flights, 24 matches: The carbon cost of Fifa president's World Cup tour

Donate to our crowdfunding campaign and help us continue fighting for a different reality on this land. Help us create systemic change, together: standtog.org/changecampaign

🔔🚩We are pleased to show the official release of Volume 10, Issue 2 (2026)! 18 articles have been published. Thematic Issue: Mental health in urban environments; methodology, research and practice www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcah20/c... #UrbanHealth #HealthyCities #Cities4Health

Research for city practice published: "Research for city practice: mental health in urban environments; methodology, research and practice" by @marcusxgrant.bsky.social Free access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."

Theft of our hard won work. Theft of academic global knowledge to feed their businesses. Mine was also stolen, and my co-authors and colleagues.

Gazans rising up against Hamas is what Free Palestine is all about.

For the health of all of us, and our lovely planet - we need to do this in England too @zackpolanski.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social

Retractable bollards with remote access for delivery and emergency services filter modes with absolute certainty. They close streets to private cars for far less than the cost of human enforcement, demanding 24/7 compliance through solid, smart design.

What everyone needs to be aware of is that such heatwaves are now locked-in And - given we are still pumping out 41 billion tonnes of CO2 a year - they will get much worse Whatever we do, the planet's temperature will stay elevated for many thousands of years www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.

The shape of things to come Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone. reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-reac...

“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”

China is eating our lunch in almost everything. (no sound needed) China builds solar parks over reservoirs. This design improves the efficiency of the panels by keeping them cooler and lowers water loss from evaporation

Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down nuclear power plants www.technologyreview.com/2026/06/24/1...

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We build vehicles that weigh 9000 pounds with 1000HP, can go 0-60mph in 3 seconds and market them recklessly. We then ask people to wear construction vests to cross the street. This is all so beyond absurd and it's truly incredible that we've normalized this.

I actively support my local branch 'Friends of Standing Together'. Standing Together are building a better future, acting on the ground, in Israel, Gaza and the occupied territories.

I am reposting. War has many victims, politics means some voices are not heard.

I think we would be better off with clean water and affordable electricity than a Google that scans information and summarizes for us.

Biked all around Paris today. Legitimately envious of the way street infrastructure privileges bikers over cars. #waroncars #parisbiking

Basic Income to Artists. “The arts are essential to any complete national life. The nation owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them.” Winston Churchill. Ireland is now paying artists a basic income. France, Norway, others. It's placing a value on art and people. Positive.News bit.ly/4aJxfli

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday

Deeply tragic, and my fucking god - SUVs are killers and need to be regulated and restricted. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It feels strange that humanity dreams of finding life on distant planets while forests here vanish every day. A forest takes decades to grow, to cool the air, protect wildlife, and create peace—yet only moments to destroy. The most important world is the one we already inhabit.

Israel is approaching its first election since October 7th and the war on Gaza – and we need your help to build a massive get out the vote effort across the country! Donate to the crowdfunding campaign to support our fight: standtog.org/4eu0V6Z