And the sight that greeted me right after this event….

Learning a lot at this excellent event.

Glimmers of hope. If only the national news cycle reflected that.

We could change the design of our roads to address this crisis, like other cities are doing, but that might inconvenience car owners, so planners and politicians are choosing this option instead.

More of this, please!

Nobody wants this shit. Nobody. The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.

You don't have to understand French to understand if you don't want emergency vehicles to be held up by inefficient forms of transport that take up far too much space, convert car lanes into cycle lanes.

"Looking at the work through social value, it’s not about how many people use the building but how much knowledge can you embed locally through turning everything into a learning opportunity" www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Kudos @immykaur.bsky.social

The fact that in the UK, our government is content that roads are for car owners and sidewalks are also for car owners is actually a pretty good window into the politics of this country as a whole.

What does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes? Anne Irfan on the stakes of studying, researching and writing the history of Gaza.

“We must not look away. We must not move on… Accountability is essential – not for revenge, but because there’s no reckoning without responsibility. Genocide must not be normalized. And a system that carries it out must not go unchallenged.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚲 Come join our monthly cycle around Birmingham City Centre. Open to all ages and abilities. Every first Friday of the month, 6pm start from (currently) Hippodrome Square on Hurst Street. We look forward to welcoming you! 🙂

When we talk about #StopDeKindermoord, we should also talk about Palestine.

When we talk about #StopDeKindermoord, we should also talk about Palestine.

Skateboarding is the "They Live" of the urban landscape.

Taught @momoulton.bsky.social's "Both Your Sexes" @historyworkshop.org.uk article twice today. Man and woman, sex and gender, past and present: no binary looked the same at the end of each of the deep discussions about history and politics this brilliant work made possible.

Essential alt-text read here ⬇️

So many of the ring roads and urban motorways that blight the city of Birmingham could be repurposed in this way.

As always, the reference point for Britain's intensifying border violence is not elsewhere - Nazi Germany, ICE, Orban whatever. It is Britain's own history.

Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...

Tomorrow! "City of Cars" film screening and launch of the Pritchatts Road Accessibility Audit Report. All welcome.

I don't understand why policy makers think car owners can block pavements. Just kidding. I do. And so do all of us: For many people with power, the right to mobility and dignity is only for those who own cars.

The phrase "there is no bottom" does not apply to the Labour Party. They discovered that floor with their support for the genocide in Palestine. They are now exploring that same depth further, finding friends who also dwell there as they do.

Assigned this @envirohistory.bsky.social article for a class on "Critical Histories of the Present." Very good seminar discussion ensued. Recommending colleagues consider this for syllabi across a range of subjects!

“I’m terrified of the future my kids face and the present they’re currently facing…we need no more delays, we need to deliver just transition, now.” Our Senior Campaigner Leon Sealey-Huggins speaking at the #cop30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil, today.👇

Labour MPs who don't leave now, who choose to remain one minute longer in a party where the likes of this man represent the dominant line, will themselves be unelectable even after they inevitably defect later on.

Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, @alisonstenning.bsky.social discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored, devalued and undermined in urban planning.

To every decent person left in Labour: the second best time to be knocking on the Green Party door is now.

Our latest @jich.bsky.social Current Debates essay is now out! In "Late Colonial Unreason" Bill Schwarz reflects on the continuities of colonialism in the present. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/0308...

If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.

The Home Secretary’s inspiration, apparently.

Interesting article from a conscientious councillor trying to improve mobility options in Bristol. Also, every school street should look like the one in this photo. ⬇️

To every decent person left in Labour: the second best time to be knocking on the Green Party door is now.

If this is the Birmingham you want too, come along to our monthly meeting. 6 PM, First monday of every month, @birminghamfoe.bsky.social Warehouse, 54-57 Allison St. All welcome. Join us in reclaiming our car-dominated streets!

Don't hope Labour will start to do better. Hope for their replacement by @greenparty.org.uk.

You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way

Birmingham City Council are inviting expressions of interest from schools to make improvements to walking, wheeling and cycling journeys. Schools have until 28 November 2025 to submit forms at: www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/...

Climate activists gathered and protested in cities across the world on Saturday, including Birmingham, UK. We only have one planet. Defend it. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #COP30 #ClimateJusticeNow

We’re taking part in the Global Day of Action for climate justice, mobilising with allies across the country to stand up for a brighter future. We’re in the decisive decade for climate and nature, so choices governments make now will shape our collective future. Continues 👇

A day well spent today at the @brumcjc.bsky.social Cop 30 Cardboard Carnival.

Just about every elected official is a coward when it comes to street safety. They're more afraid of angering a few drivers than they are of those drivers killing and maiming their own constituents. It's pathetic and unforgivable. Vote out any local official who doesn't prioritize safe streets.

A day well spent today at the @brumcjc.bsky.social Cop 30 Cardboard Carnival.

Since I'm reflecting on land acknowledgements at the moment, here's an opportunity to share one of my favourite, short pieces of Indigenous satire. walkingeaglenews.com/2017/12/19/l...

It's no accident we see "carrots", such as nudges or behaviour change programmes, overrepresented in policy tools used to effect modal change. We need a “new normal” with regard to mobility, which sees sustainable travel as default not an alternative and which actively disrupts current patterns.

Thankfully, @greenparty.org.uk is a real alternative to this. The only viable alternative.

Don't like Reform? Get on this.

Cowardice and courage.

The logical conclusion of kidnapping on stolen land.

"If the memory of historical injustice does not serve to activate us in the present somehow, what is it even for?" A question for the ages, posed here amid @rpanchasi.bsky.social's brilliant review of the Rainbow Warrior bombing and the many issues it connects.

For many urban authorities, this question must be avoided at all costs. Ignored as if it doesn't exist. Because answering it would mean either doing something about traffic violence or openly admitting that they want it to continue so that car owners experience maximum convenience.