I've never seen anywhere that hasn't or would be improved by removing cars In London we had regent Street closed to cars, and soon Oxford Street will have vehicles removed I went to Woodstock in Oxfordshire and could only imagine how better it would be without it being essentially just a car park

My favourite "Cyclists shop more frequently than drivers, " Think about it, Cars want to go to car parks. Bikes go to shops If you're a local councillor, what will bring more custom to your local area? A nice peaceful, beautiful social space with pedestrians and cyclists Or a massive car park

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Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you. Read more: wrd.cm/4iYIl9a

Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.

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@thesquareball.net Just some numerology crossing of the streams for you As we know Dominic Calvert-Lewin = DCL DCL = 650 in Roman numerals 6+5+0=11 So he's going to score 11 goals this season #lufc

Yes, yes it was and is reductive. As many have been seeing and saying 352 works and has merits but not a panacea I was worried going back to the familiar patterns when chasing the game that we'd run out of ideas But it feels like the group have rediscovered some belief and confidence #lufc

100% this. The performative cruelty, the beating up on the poor, fringe and marginalised groups. From a "progressive"party Pandering to bigoted, bloodthirsty baiting media. That's not democracy What is democracy if all the main parties are the same Give us a representative democracy

A timeline of Earth’s average temperature since the last ice age. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely getting warmer. And it’s happening increasingly, scarily fast. xkcd.com/1732/

Hear me out. Let's not put hazardous "forever chemicals” on daily staple foods #justsaying

Final thought #lufc I was low level loving Tanaka's awful comedy finishing The mishit left for grubber The mishit right foot bouncer that went miles wide Then he scores that screamer, wonderful

#lufc great game, great win Nerves at the end even if it ended up quite safe I live gudmunson and bogle's runs but also the feeling we can slow the game if & when it transitions 2 up top also just feels more productive

Snap, taken last weekend #photography #art #photo #trees #Ealing #bluesky

In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.

@allstatsarentwe.bsky.social is it reductive to think 352 caused the uptick in performance Certainly seemed to help prevent the over loads The two up top seemed more connected as well

Cat in an armchair #photography #caturday

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich? They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Same old same old. Good but not good enough. It's the same every week. "doing the same thing and expecting different results" Farke's just too conservative and reactive #lufc

I used to think the tax billionaires line was ok but missed out on the quantity of money raised. Ie. Yes they should pay more, but to make a dent in public finances you need to do hings on a big scale. But when billionaires earn as much as HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, that becomes the play

Bikes and Cars by Jen Sorensen

it's so good to hear a british politician on the main bbc news platforms actually saying this stuff though. like we just got used to it not happening for years

Literally:

This is the first in what may be a thread in building a home server. There's a few motivations behind this but mainly Reluctance to go all in with cloud storage, due to costs and privacy mainly Some of the useful things you can get done Reusing tech #homelab Also it's a bit of a challenge 1/n

The growth of energy cooperatives in Spain shows how communities can act on climate locally to eliminate energy poverty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brexit detonated our economy and our politics. Since then, our country seems to have lost its mind, veering off to the right, reawakening the racism genie, ruining itself to try to hide the dishonesty and snowballing damage of it all. And now Farage could be PM ffs. Mindblowing self-inflicted idiocy

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

I cannot be convinced that residents of car-dominated streets in the UK wouldn't prefer this type of arrangement.

Batteries providing grid stability #2

Batteries providing grid stability #1

"The great majority of users have no awareness [that] their chats are being grabbed off their screen, sent over a network, packaged, and resold"

Exactly this. There is no logic to stopping a car that's going to pass in 1 minute instead of the one passing in 10 seconds.

Illinois: $1 billion in battery investment will save consumers $13 billion in capacity costs. This is what @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and I have been talking about the past years. As capacity costs rise while battery costs plummet, we will see more of this. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/05/i...

#lufc we're getting worse. Now we're not even competing I'm not necessarily #FarkeOut but I'm not sure how he gets this back

L'Uomo in Bici (The Man on a Bike) Naples, 1953 📷Piergiorgio Branzi

So is this where the populists, right wingers , MAGA , Reform dog whistling xenophobes, and opinion columns... Complain about foreigners who weren't even born in the country coming over not paying tax and sponging off government handouts ?? No? I wonder why not? Can someone help me out here

Well not being disappointed by this government lasted about 24 hours Hot on the heels of actually getting something right (trains) They go do something stupid and cruel by ditching low income supporting energy efficiency eco literate scheme with something straight out of the daily mail

Appears bluesky has added a sensitivity filter, may hide posts from people you follow if they say naughty words

Fair play. This seems like a genuinely good move by the government Maybe making public services and utilities better could be something they focus on more. Next stop water companies 🤞🏻

Global geological processes make me think this curve ain't flattening any time soon. It gets scary when the x axis goes> 2 years

What animal's eye is this? #photography #nature #closeup

To top off the weekend I had to take a detour on the way home from the mother in law's today Along the A27, straight past the Amex #lufc Muttered obscenities to myself like a madman

#lufc I feel with Farke what is his strength is also his weakness He sticks with players and system, and trusts in the process. He doesn't do proactive. When it's working it's great. When you're in a tough league it can look bereft and reactionary. Because he'll only change when things go wrong

Well I fell into the trap of thinking positive thoughts pre me match. Then the first 5 mins happened We were nowhere near getting anything. They'll be better days, but crikey we need tactics to give us a chance. #lufc

If politicians cannot honestly (without rhetorical or strawman arguments) win an argument that fptp gives most people a democratic say. They should ditch it. They know generations have had no meaningful say because of the constituency they live in They know it suits parties in power not voters

Whilst the sharpness is a bit lacking The interest of a close up of a butterfly's eye is really intriguing The colour and pattern the detaili seem other worldly (Also on brand for bluesky) #photography