🙋 Sat 16 May #NorthEdinburgh Festival --> www.facebook.com/northedinbur... 👍 Say hello at our #SpokesStall with #SpokesMaps at special stall prices @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @julebandel.bsky.social @vicnicsnp.bsky.social @kaykinoneill.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social

New York subway rule: dogs can only travel if they go "in a bag." New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶

Please vote for @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk It will take 60 seconds, no long form filling required. And Wheels could receive £5000 to help support the brilliant work they are doing to ensure that disabled people can walk and wheel they journeys they want to. movementforgood.com/draws/specia...

🙋 Mon 11 May #Craigmillar/ #Niddrie 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 🙋 Drop-in 10am-7pm #CraigmillarLibrary --> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/craigmil... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @edinburghlibraries.bsky.social @kate-c.bsky.social @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

#Southside community workshop Sat 9 May, 1-3pm "Chat, share ideas, shape the future" incl 🚲 infra 🙋Register / survey / map-pins --> www.sccedinburgh.org.uk/lpp @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @steveamburgess.bsky.social @simitakumar.bsky.social @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social

This church speaks for us all, I think.

One for @jonnelledge.bsky.social , I think…

Impressive engineering, but my cycling “controversial opinion” is that Cargobikes have overshadowed the humble cargo trailer, which in a case like this might offer a neater and simpler solution. (E.g. a Carry Freedom, possibly with one of their extended towbars?)

#Holyrood2026 #SP26 Our #manifesto analysis --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/04/holy... We looked at #activetravel, mainly 🚲, and some related transport/environment, but not at 🚌🚆 1 Greens, excellent 2 LibDem, positive in a fairly modest way 3= Labour & SNP, poor 5 Reform, bad 6 Conservative, terrible

🙋 Spokes 2026 Bulletin 🚲🚲🚲 HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/04/spok... 🙋 Ask for copies for leafletting or local pick-up locations @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @sw20.info @edinreporter.bsky.social @keithirving.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

They must have been bursting.

was just reminded that tomorrow is april fool’s day and especially this year can we just… not, please

Wonderful photo.

🙋 #NorthEdinburgh Connections 🚲🚶👩‍🦼 consultn HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/neat/ + send us your thoughts @edi.bike @kaykinoneill.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @nialla.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @vicnicsnp.bsky.social

Wed 18 March 10am #SandportPlace bridge Opening of #FootOfWalk - #DockStreet, extends #LeithWalk #bikelanes #SpokesStall: maps £5, new Fave Rides £3 @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @leithfeederride.bsky.social @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social @leithcentralcc.bsky.social

🚲🚲 #FavouriteBikeRides #Edinburgh/ #Lothians - out now! HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/03/favo... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @gavincorbett.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @gregorsteele.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @wolct.bsky.social

🚌🚲 Buses v bikes ?? - a correction! -> www.transportxtra.com/publications... @edi.bike @edinburghbug.bsky.social @transform.scot @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @edinpl.bsky.social @paulwhite-cpt.bsky.social @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social @libdemcycling.org.uk @staceyoflaherty.bsky.social @sw20.info

New cycling infrastructure in London. Generous size - CEC take note.

Scot Govt #ClimateChange Plan 🚘🚚🚲👩‍🦼🚶🚌🚆 Great to see strong response (like ours!) from @transform.scot -> transform.scot/2026/01/29/h... @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @sccscot.bsky.social @2050climategroup.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social @drandrewboswell.bsky.social

Pleasing news this morning…

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.

Wednesday

Most university strategies seem to boil down to someone shouting "more"

This is great. And the podium for the kids….

Hmmm.... @srd.bsky.social , @cathyabbott.bsky.social any of this sound familiar?

Good lord. Remarkable figures here. Of course, that’s Birmingham. Couldn’t possibly happen anywhere else, could it?

We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads. #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26

An amazing story. Please read…

Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.

Old joke "Last time i was on the tube I gave my dog a trumpet She went from Barking to Tooting in half an hour" (Barry Cryer IIRC)

Happy back to work day, everyone.

Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.

Superbly well-played. Hat-tip and “chapeau”…

Just seen Ickle Tommy Ten Names referred to as "Ewok Powell" Tremendous

Confabulated AI citations now appearing in Google Scholar. Time to limit the number of references in academic papers?

Apples xkcd.com/3180/

In Dec 1931 William Sealey Gosset (‘Student’) publishes a detailed statistical critique of Leighton & McKinlay’s 1930 Lanarkshire Milk Experiment. His comments still apply to problems seen today with both observational studies & clinical trials. 1/4🧵

Useful bit of path that will be even more effective if the project planned for Pennywell Road can be taken forward. A small step, but good to see.

Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

If you need to be cheered up this evening…

Marvellous.

Lovely to hear about some good quality cycle infrastructure. Smooth surfaces, decent widths, green space. Edinburgh take note. @spokes.org.uk

I’m in Germany just now, and this is how it is- infrastructure that works, community spirit without having basic services reliant on charity. Every village has a decent sports facility. Where I am just now the cycling infrastructure puts Cambridge (“UK’s cycling capital” 😂) to shame.

The shipwreck uncovered in Sanday, #Orkney last year has been identified as HMS Hind, later the Earl of Chatham which was wrecked in the Bay of Lopness in 1788. More than 230 years buried in the seabed, before being released by a storm in 2024. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a lovely story and do read to the end of the thread (and listen to the soundfile...)

This is a fun idea (and good campaigning). Please pass this on and add your copy of these suggestions!

Monday

See also George Street, Edinburgh.