The biggest news of the decade is the massive u-turn of an empire, but it's not the one across the Atlantic from us. China's shift to solar is literally world transforming

i prefer offensive walking and cycling

In the end it won’t be the UCI, or IOC, or governments ending the Israël in Israël-PremierTech but good old capitalism. Money talks, always.

If this intends to make it legally compulsory for every adult in Derry to carry something called a "Brit Card", then I'm willing to offer some high-paid consultancy on why this plan might be flawed.

Bailey, the (Northern Irish) prison dog getting more sustained coverage in the paper of record that the recent CPT report into Irish prisons, including its high level of staff-on-prisoner violence

Taxpayers money going to these guys

i am slightly above average intelligence but I need someone to tell how to use the cycle lanes on the north quay in Dublin

1/ Went on the cycle bus this morning with kids school & on the way back 20000 kilometres rolled up on the odo. I should be celebrating but I'm sad as all I can think about is Manani Oskau & that she had many more km's to travel. Reason we have 🚲🚌 is because infrastructure is not safe ....

Join us this afternoon as experts reflect on the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) report following its official visit to Ireland. Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/5BOo_YO... #CPTReport #CPTIreland2025

The first time you have to say it in England 🫠

Reform: if we deport 2 million people, we will "save" 200 billion pounds Liberals: check your sums, it is only 100 billion

This jibe is a calumny against Educate Together (but only because the real social exclusion is hidden in the Gaelscoileanna...)

can't get 'Segregate Together' out of my head

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich." A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

3 cyclists were killed this week in Ireland. It barely registers on the political agenda: www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...

The Irish Times criticised for “stoking hostility between road users” as people cycling killed in crashes reaches near-decade high The Irish Times has been criticised for publishing a letter which jokingly refers to an anti-cycling trope just as three people cycling lost their lives on Irish roads…

What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases. Graphic via @reenamahajan.bsky.social

"Well what a huge surprise" - no woman, ever

with the success of the Welsh speed reduction programme, you should lend your support to this

My new colleague @alexiacobrien.bsky.social's blog on the normalisation of student exploitation for college accommodation.

we are going to war

Man charged in connection with hit-and-run crash that killed 80-year-old who was cycling Gardaí have said that a man in his 40s, who was arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into a hit-and-run five days ago that caused the death of a man in his 80s last week, has been charged. The crash…

“The Wi-Fi”

no lie detected

There's really not enough said about the role of Irish judiciary in actively undermining even the most basic road measures Think also of activist judges who effectively neuter speed limits they don't like www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...

🧵 What sorcery is this? 🧙‍♂️

seems reasonable to me

so, what you are saying is, we need a six-week Tour next year starting in England

starting my next seminar discussant gig this way

@kevinhargaden.bsky.social you have been doing this all wrong

a lot of people are saying it

This is the new cycle-lane on East Wall Rd. It has been in this state since the first day it opened. Flooded everytime it rains and filled with garbage. And yes, it was dug up & filled in badly before it even opened. Day 1 it was like this.

An independent UN commission has concluded that Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

You'd sort of miss #vinb lately in fairness

May all hills bring you as much joy as Fiona-May Aylward at the 2016 UK National Hill Climb Championships 📷 Dan Monaghan

is he the first TD to become an Independent twice in one Dail term?

press officers are fairly redundant with courtiers like Leahy www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

to the people who say protesting at a bike race doesn't do anything,

getting kitted out in Kildare Village on way to photoshoot

invented a new email sign-off typo "King redards"

My colleague, Sophie, gave the world a brief glimpse this morning of the research we've been developing this summer that conclusively proves faith-based communities serve as a first port of call for many migrants, before the city or the State. But Dublin City Council basically ignores them.

Today, Sophie presented our research on faith-based communities in the NEIC at Dublin City Inter-Faith Forums' annual conference. Acknowledging the importance of the work these communities do for immigrants and the larger community in the area! Keep an eye out as we will share more on this soon!

worst fabrizio romano post ever

I have been in Austria this week and wanted to mention one thing I've seen that delighted me. There are a TON of riders who look 65+ pedaling mixte city bikes and many of them do these rolling sidesaddle dismounts that are quietly stylish.

hear me out, segregated cycle lanes www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

people will always believe what their idiot brain tells them they ‘saw’ over like charts and words on a page, and it’s basically a society destroying machine because previously you’d at least be going off things that had actually happened to you personally.

I’m glad Jonas Vingegaard is taking the right view on the protests.