open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut... Hello, fellow humans who prefer human rights & freedoms & rule of law be preserved via democracy & not devoured by fascism: Please take note: what’s happening with the far right in your country most likely is NOT “grass roots.” This is a well-funded effort.

Tractor blokes blocking traffic in Dublin “protesting petrol prices” (who isn’t mad about it?) & yet ‘oddly’ also on about immigrants, climate hoaxes, trans folks & apparently, even Charlie Kirk has entered the chat Seen Steve Bannon lately? How do we let rural Irish know they’re being played?

Ostend has vast amounts of public realm.

Zuidpark Antwerp. Previously a parking lot…

Title is of course a riff on this comic. It's Utrecht, where they converted a canal into a highway, realized highways suck and kill cities by pumping cars into them, then converted it back to a canal and bikeway.

Rui Oliveira's Ronde off to a wacky start thanks to a Jayco rider

Big day for the Parish

🇧🇪 Tour of Flanders 2026 start list: 🇸🇮 Pogacar, 🇳🇱 Van der Poel, 🇧🇪 Van Aert and 🇧🇪 Evenepoel reunite Full start list: domestiquecycling.com/en/news/2026... #RVV26 📸 Cor Vos

Peace Brings Prosperity 📍 Antwerp

"Remote working is in place already" almost everyone I know is being forced back into the office multiple days a week. The government love to half ass a piece of toothless legislation and then say "well what else could we possibly do". Do the government know they're in charge of the country?

These information campaigns are so infuriating. "Have you thought about spending €14k on solar panels? What about insulating your house to a higher standard?" Instead of subsidising these things everyone already knows work, our government pays €€ for ads to condescend to us.

Would you try an energy rationing experiment? Cut back on fuel & electricity, keep a short diary, and share your experience for a feature. Interested? Email [email protected] or DM asap please RTs very much appreciated #JournoRequest

Meaningful Summer

Israel becoming more authoritarian and more and more marked by naked apartheid. This new law is in direct contravention of Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. When will the EU stand up for *its own* law-based agreements? Or does Israel get a pass? www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Israel 's Knesset voted 62-47 to execute occupied Palestinians & only occupied Palestinians, legislating also that Palestinians can't be pardoned after sentenced to death in Israeli military courts which have 99.74 % conviction rate. This is what the European Union supports. This is what EU funds.

For the otter enthusiasts. There is now a YouTube channel featuring Cork City Otter clips we have filmed over the years. Lots more to be added. #cork link here - www.youtube.com/@ottersofcor...

This is depressing. Tourist towns like Cobh and Kinsale are overrun with cars compared to those in France, Spain, Portugal etc. And yet councillors are looking to find extra on street spaces for those too lazy to walk the 10 minutes to the massive town car park. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni. They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years. Unprecedented. (📸 Cradle Media)

“Changing a city is complicated, because even the most progressive people don’t want to alter their habits. To succeed, you have to have a strategy, be determined and, yes, accept being unpopular.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

A tree has appeared outside my window ☺️ I’m starstruck. What age is it? Will there be leaves this year? What is it? Here’s to many more popping up randomly #loveCork

Road Safety Experts: Helmets and Hi-Viz Are the Best Tools To Ignore Root Cause Of Road Violence HT @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

Cork City Council propose altering the city development plan to allow another vehicle access route over "public open space" and an existing public park at Marina Park. You can make your views known.

'Facebook made a presentation ... bragging that its ability to monitor users’ online lives enabled them to know exactly when teenage girls were feeling “worthless”, “insecure”, “stressed”, “anxious”, & “like a failure”. Those were optimal moments for selling.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The proposed data centre would emit 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, as much carbon as over 500,000 people..." www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.org/news-archive... The High Court has just handed yet more of our land, energy and water over to big tech www.rte.ie/news/busines...

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

Wild that so many other mayors are so committed to inequality that they work day after day to ensure a legacy of preserving the "before" image for their cities.

despite being concentrated in ameria’s largest cities, america’s media is terminally car-brained

National government has really failed us in Ireland when it comes to the topic of directly elected mayors, and of course delegating power to local government in general. It would be amazing to feel we could vote for a specific vision or direction in Dublin.

What is Emmanuel Grégoire, the new Paris mayor, planning for the city over his new term in office? —60,000 new social housing units —15 express bus routes —Completion of city's full bike network —Transformation of ring highway into a boulevard —1000 new pedestrian streets —300 new hectares of parks

Grégoire says he's riding to city hall on a bike as a "homage to this mobility revolution that brings to much. And, ultimately, it's nicer to do this by biking than by driving."

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

Good article highlighting research from colleagues in Ireland. Low smoke solid fuels intended to replace coal and wood may have a worse impact on health because they produce a higher number of more dangerous ultrafine particles.

I wrote up what the Iran War and crisis in the Strait of Hormuz means for the world. If this continues to spiral, we may be heading for a very different world than the one we currently inhabit. The last bit of normal may be gone for a generation. www.thedissident.news/the-last/

Global oil markets are facing a historic supply disruption amid the war in the Middle East, pushing up prices for consumers. Our new report sets out 10 immediate demand-side options to help governments, businesses & households ease the economic impacts → iea.li/4rGJ1m4

Dublin City Council has installed a limited number of secure cycle lockers in the city centre as part of a pilot project

New data from EPA: 'Nitrogen concentrations in rivers increased by 10% in 2025 ... Nitrogen levels in south‑eastern half of country are too high to support good ecological health in water bodies ... Primary source of nitrogen in Irish rivers is agriculture' www.epa.ie/publications...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

A climate change-SUV doomloop that may just create one mega giant pothole crater, that is so large we all have to inhabit it and forge a new society within it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank

Drone base. You can't put a bike shed in your front garden but you can pop up a base for noisy drones without issue. #Speiegorm

Norway is at ~100% EVs for new sales, but 7 out of every 10km driven in 2024 was reliant on fossil fuels. Cars stick around for decades - so change is slow. Protecting ppl from fossil fuel crises means EVs, yes, but *fast deep cuts* means huge $$ in public and active transport. Speed matters!

Right I know this is shocking, but guess what? The Oxford Congestion Charge is seeing LESS congestion and MORE people taking the bus. Try this one simple trick etc etc. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/more-people-...

Output of congestion-busting strategy watered down to general legal review irishcycle.com/2026/03/04/o...

Inspired by the Pana Ban I assume.

They just need to give Tracy's Shoes the boot.

Why do surveys show strong public support for cycle paths, but Facebookers call it “fake news”? -- "Leadership means pushing past the noise — and over the Hill of Hysteria," says a leading mobility academic. The National Transport Authority has just published the latest findings of its Walking and…

Has he considered not shelving rail projects? Not cutting funding for expansion of public transport could be worth looking at too.

Introduced in 2018 and expanded to all roads by 2020, Bilbao was the first European city of more than 300,000 inhabitants to adopt a universal 30 km/h speed limit. Several years on, the results suggest it has delivered broad benefits on safety, public health, travel efficiency, and quality of life.🧵