Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Agreed.

This! Paris is a model for the rest of us to follow. I’ll be writing an article soon about how Anne Hidalgo’s efforts there have been some of the best urban planning policies of the decade.

I’ve come late to this. I’m glad to have read it.

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’ In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

"I complain a lot about concrete but in the hands of a master, it can be elegant and minimal, simple and sufficient."

Light & Shadow I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day. If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor. So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.

#FreeRangeKids #PlayStreets @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social

#ShareTheJoy #Cycling

Bruce Wayne could afford implementing a Gotham universal healthcare system & universal basic income, and that would fix that vast majority of the crime.

“You have it in your power to make a difference.”

“The Health Service is a wonder of the world.’ Ouch. I hope that mends fast.

a perfect summary of #DeformUK

TFW the local MP minds your bike while you order a coffee.

Morning Kings Heath.

This. Is. Brilliant.

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

Want to know what happens to household electricity prices in a country where fossil fuel interests own the government (as they would do in a Tory or Reform Britain) and renewables are hobbled while coal and gas are propped up *even as AI demand surges*? Look to the United States.

Mornin’

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

Convinced that most British people want to live in a functioning, decent country where government improves stuff and everyone can thrive. The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack. www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

Bravo.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Buster!

Quite.

In Cromford and enjoying Scarthin Books enormously. Rooms of appealing books *and* a cosy cafe offering coffee and delicious homemade apple and berry crumble. When I spotted a poster for a Q&A/ signing with @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social tonight it felt meant to be. Sadly, I gather Tom’s ill.

Also: How is this anything other than a police escort? What conclusion can the people of Birmingham - including the great many of us feeling intimidated by the politics these particular flag deployments represent - draw here beyond police support for well-funded, xenophobic nationalism?

This is a great piece of local journalism - about all those flags going up in Brum. Some interesting details.

The blue skies first thing today had me worried but the skies are looking promising now.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

Absolutely molten-hot language here from Professor Fraser Shilling, Director of the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis, on the decision to spend *half a billion* to widen Highway 37, which is sinking into the bay.

School streets give life. We need repair and nurturing and life-giving initiatives in our cities. We can do this, NYC. We can be a place that is building communities up instead of tearing them down and apart.

Can Simon Foster or @alcarns.bsky.social explain the legal and practical basis for the police approach here?

A one year driving ban is insulting. If someone is convicted of killing whilst driving then it should be a lifetime ban.

So true ... (Planning to spend Saturday in the rain on the High Peak Trail.)

‘You could even argue … that the really joyful luxury in life isn’t retail therapy but things such as affordable homes or cheap green energy, and re-gearing economies to provide more of the latter will mean less of the former.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Terrible news that two people were killed in Manchester attending their place of worship at the synagogue in Manchester, with others seriously injured. Community Security Trust @cstuk.bsky.social who do so much to keep Jewish people safe at faith and community spaces have issued this advice.

A call for those outside the Jewish community to share a message of solidarity when Yom Kippur ends at 723pm tonight. Please do join if you can. This is an initiative coordinated by the Together coalition, talking among networks of all faiths + none this afternoon bsky.app/profile/sund...

If only driving murderously was as culturally taboo as oh I don't know say cutting in line?

Stay weird, Portland

Since many of you are distracted by other things or not following any Jewish media, you should know that today, on one of the holiest days of the year, a man drove his car into a crowd gathering to go into a Synagogue in Manchester then got out and started stabbing people. Two people are dead.

Muslims know what it's like to live in fear of attacks on our places of worship: Christchurch, Bayonne, Zurich, Quebec City, Baerum. What happened in Manchester is terrorism. It must be met with total condemnation. Beware those who try to manipulate this attack for their own ends.

The area of Manchester where the horrific antisemitic attack took place is one of the few in the UK where Jewish & Muslim ppl both live in large numbers. We must learn from & follow how these communities support each other, as we condemn the attack & send love & solidarity to Jews across the UK

Hilary Benn, "We need to show solidarity with them because the Jewish community all over the country will be really frightened tonight about what happened earlier today in Manchester" "We need to come together. We mustn't be divided, we need to come together" #BBCQT

if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople