“The best type of e-bike for replacing car trips is the cargo bike. Cargo bikes are rewiring cities to adapt their infrastructure for more human-centric transportation. And they’re also really fun to ride. Plus: bike bus!” Via @theverge.com

I tidied up entire living room. Turned my back and seconds later some sort of baby tea party exploded into existence.

It’s September and the kids are back in school. I’m pretty sure I’m up to at least 309.

Brum Parking Days. Showing what you can do with the space. Pop up games, yoga and pasta making.

I'm actually going out with a friend tonight. And the kids all slept through and didn't wake me last night. They haven't given me a cold/bug. The morning routine was pretty calm. I feel refreshed and ready. I may stay out till... ooooh... 1030ish?!

Is it a crown?

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

One of my favourite things about physics is when we just keep making bigger and bigger machines to look at smaller and smaller stuff.

This car has been parked and blocking the pavement since the weekend. And the council say since it’s taxed and has an mot there’s nothing they can do about it.

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

Anyway. Timeline cleanse. One of the twins has left home. She’s only three. But she lives in this pink box in the living room now.

Follow up to last skeet

Confidently predict this will not happen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh mi goodness. The Foundation series finale!

I did something amazing in Hollow Knight today and no one saw. Or in the case of my husband … cares 🤣

Revealed: Sewage overflows twice as bad inside national parks Exclusive: @campaign4parks.bsky.social attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.” Remember, bike-lanes mean business. 10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No idea where my colleague’s lunch is going or at what speed

What I love about Foundation is they really capture how annoying Harry Seldon is.

Awww. New holiday pic just dropped

Awww. New holiday pic just dropped

It’s probably got to have some downsides but the availability of very affordable cut flowers is such a joy.

Good piece at New Statesman on all those flags that have gone up in Brum and elsewhere. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

As a colleague mentioned yesterday, Gamergate is one of the five most significant developments in US politics since the Cold War

Elvis has been on his first bike commute to the office, spotting @alcarns.bsky.social on the way home (sort of). He advocates changing the phasing of lights on @a38cycleway.bsky.social as well as the extension to the junction with Merritts Brook Greenway.

Did you know, the government stopped collecting data on how children travel to school in 2011?

Oh this is the bluesky content we need 👏🏻

The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference

Tik tok is serving me lots of people trying to flog me England flags (“Commision paid”). Less patriotic than a straight up money making thing now.

My regular reminded to “ask your smart speaker to “play bbc news””National then local news. Postcode specific weather and then World Service. It’s a lovely, useful little thing.

In other news I was very pleasantly surprised by a sushi handroll from a service station* yesterday (*ok, it was Waitrose, but still it was good!)

Urban spaces are a choice.

Oh. Mi. Goodness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_bV...

Clearest gravitational wave detection yet confirms Hawking’s black hole theory. #Nature "Discovery joins a list of the greatest hits of the LIGO detector, which ten years ago became the first to detect gravitational waves." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Today elder sprog had a bit of a moment so we ran out of time. Walking to school? Late. Car??? Not a chance in the traffic. Late. Cargobike? Easy. Then whizz back for the nursery run. A bit of extra exercise and no raised heartbeat sitting in stationary traffic worrying about being late to school.

In case anyone was wondering where we keep our most prized objects, it’s not here.

This new historical data showing a decline in performance of Operation Snap is concerning. Especially given the great strides West Midlands Police made in transforming the service following our successful campaign in 2023.

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

Busy morning. Nutella-three-ways and happy 13th anniversary to me and the hubby!

On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.

Had a dream where I crashed a helicopter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Who could possibly have foreseen?

Let’s send him up on the next SpaceX Starship launch.

I want more face paint in my life

Hollow Knight is not fun.

I don't understand why people complain about finding parking when they go to dinner. All you have to do is leave the car at home.

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

One of the twins has decided independently it’s no more pull ups and it’s onto pants. Which makes this position a bit alarming.