8 years I've had this, a 1960s-ish Hofner Galaxie (gift from my uncle who moved abroad) gathering dust in the spare room. Completely battered, bits missing, electronics not working. Until this week - fixed up and brought back to life by the local guitar shop. Over the moon!

Public reporting provides eyes 24/7, deterrence, enforcement opportunities and saves lives. We accept public reporting for every other crime type, so why such contention re road crime? Do otherwise law-abiding road offenders fail to recognise the harm they cause? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great work from Glasgow City Council here. Cowcaddens Road used to feel like a ring road, now it feels like a place. There's a university across from a bus station! Flats, and a theatre, and a fish restaurant!

The rise in energy bills is painful, but is there a hint that the government's clean power 2030 plan is starting to work? Normally when gas prices spike, electricity prices follow. But electricity prices haven't risen nearly as much. Is this a sign of decoupling? www.nesta.org.uk/blog/july-en...

Pink Floyd’s saxophonist Dick Parry has died at 83. He performed on some of the band’s biggest 1970s’ songs such as “Money” and “Us and Them”. Parry performing the sax solo on “Shine On Crazy Diamond” in concert. #RIPDickParry m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygl1...

Am I losing my mind or is this an AI Scott McTominay

trains - they're good! build more of them! in other cities too!

Close Encounters at the @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social tonight (first time ever seeing it in the cinema). Seen it plenty of times, but it was especially touching after seeing The Fablemans a couple of years ago.

Perhaps the best so far

Freedom of movement is a very precious thing. Easy to take for granted until it's no longer there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My first thought on seeing this was it looks really similar to a lot of impressive street space reclamation happening in Warsaw too (not even in the city centre, but in residential neighbourhoods). I'll need to look out some photos from my last visit.

Cycle hire use up 6x (!) in Glasgow in April this year compared to last.

📈↗️ Yet more encouraging data on the rise of cycling on #Edinburgh's streets - this from @spokes.org.uk's annual traffic count.

📣🚲️ Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their efforts to improve the landscape for cycling in Scotland this year? #CyclingChampionAwards It takes just a few minutes to help celebrate their impact, by nominating them as your 2026 Cycling Champion (closing date 22 June): buff.ly/FMKl81K

Totally agreed. And Tumbleweed Connection is such an underrated gem. Can see why the Wild West theme keeps it off most people's radars, especially as the years go by, but it's got some of his & Bernie Taupin's best songwriting. Amoreena an all time top 10 song for me. youtu.be/KfDvlzMz_-c?...

Established in 1965, New Glasgow Society is a volunteer-run organisation founded in response to #Glasgow’s post-war urban reconstruction programme. Since its foundation, the society has sought to challenge planning decisions that impact the city’s architectural heritage and built environment.

📆 Eleven days until PedalOnParliament.org! How are you getting to #PoP26? There are folks taking the train from Glasgow, and Ember buses from Dundee and beyond; there's Feeder rides from South Queensferry and around Edinburgh too --> pedalonparliament.org/feeder-rides... Looking forward to it :)

20mph - Glasgow starts citywide rollout with Phase 1 in Govan next month. 📍Consultation drop in event: Monday 18 May 2026 (3pm - 7pm) at Elder Park Library in Govan. www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1508...

New all-time record set on the Leith Walk cycle lane - 2,568 cyclists on 30th April, 2026. There has been another surge in cycling this spring after slow growth in 2025, and last year's record has already been broken 10 times.

Making it safer and easier for people to travel by bike helps to address transport poverty. Cycle lanes, like this one in Glasgow, connecting communities to the city centre, reflect the everyday journeys that people make, helping them to get from home to work, school, shops and vital services.

People who look at a photo like this and imagine we can keep adding more cars to our cities are completely mad

The council will look at more pedestrianisation of Glasgow city centre as Queen Street sees a new decking-type walkway added.

Every little soul must shine

Interesting policy in London: 'Hopper' fares where your ticket lets you hop onto multiple buses/trams within 1hr (completely normal on the continent...) now being extended to last *the full day* over summer weekends.

Found myself in a peloton of 16 heading South from Glasgow City Centre. 20 total at the junction. Not even a sunny day.

Jings crivvens it might happen. With Glasgow City Council telling Scot Gov that they favour demolition of the M8 at the Woodside Viaduct, east of Charing Cross, the unthinkable suddenly looks possible. We've heard one alternative is a sort of grand boulevard into the centre.

Brilliant news that the city's taken this view in the consultation 👏 A really important step towards a proper examination of the (many) options around the M8 city centre corridor, rather than speeding ahead with like-for-like replacement. @replacethem8.bsky.social

Listen up, Glasgow #replacetheM8

Join us at the upcoming NGS Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026. This is a vital opportunity for the Society to come together, review our progress over the past year, and discuss future directions for the Society. Your voice is essential to the Society's growth.

Cowcaddens Road looking genuinely unrecognisable, in the best possible sense. Previously a wide, pseudo-expressway cutting through the top end of the city centre, it looks like it's weeks away from opening as a completely changed street, now more designed around people rather than cars.

On 30th May at 11:30am, we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-safe Scotland. Today, we've released our renewed manifesto - will you join us? ➡️ pedalonparliament.org/our-manifesto/ #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #PoP26

Pals, here it is: the session 7 MSP starter pack (with one region to declare):

W.H. Auden, welcome to The War on Cars.

🚶🏼‍♂️🌳🪴 New pavement extenders and planting in and around Glasgow city centre. Seen looaads of fuss about these online recently... and I don't get the issue at all. More space for walking, more planting, more seating. Personally I think it all looks great.

“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.”

It's news to no one that local newspaper FB comment sections are bin fires of abuse and racism. But is it possibly time to start policing/managing these comment sections @glasgowtimes.bsky.social? Doing nothing gives cart blanche and invites this on a daily basis.

📣 We're delighted that BBC correspondent @annaholligan.bsky.social will join us at this year's #CyclingScotlandConf in Perth, to share her experience of living and reporting in the Netherlands and pioneering mobile journalism from the cycle path. 📍 Perth 📅 16 Sept 2026 👉 Info: buff.ly/ZJP91DX

Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form. If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure. Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

🚲 Join us this evening for GoBike and @Glasgow Eco Trust's Active Travel Hustings! Live from the Renfield Centre, we’ll be discussing what parties are planning for the next parliament on walking, cycling, and wheeling - in Glasgow, and beyond. 💻 Watch online: 🚲 www.youtube.com/live/BA988Wm...

Genuine game-changing infrastructure. The Govan-Partick Bridge's only been in place 18 months but I can't imagine trying to navigate this part of town (by bike or by foot) without it.

Glasgow feeling pretty Mediterranean tonight

#SouthCityWay jumping today. This pic doesn't do it justice (I was caught in crowds of 10-20 at a time on the way in this morning, which tbh is the new normal). Infra like this making a huge difference. 🚲🚲🚲

Cities don’t thrive when space is owned by cars, they thrive when it’s shared by people. From superblocks to school streets, this is what's possible when cities place care, empathy, and inclusion at their core—and why leadership matters more than ever. Our piece in @theguardian.com: bit.ly/4sYZlzy

Protected cycle lanes enable this! ❤️

Edinburgh by bike is pretty gorgeous this time of year.

Car ownership isn’t universal in Scotland. • 1 in 4 people have no access to a car • 66% in low-income households Yet parking policy often assumes universal car ownership. Our new report explores what that means for fairness in our streets.

Parking shapes our streets more than most people realise. Today we’ve launched Ahead of the Kerb: a new report on the hidden costs of parking, and how we can use parking policy better to create people-first cities 👉 transform.scot/2026/04/21/h...

*Sees thumbnail, thinks Netherlands* Ah, no. It's Dublin. In the rain. 🌧️🌧️🚲🚲

30 years ago today, Principal Skinner purchased fast food to disguise as his own cooking at an unforgettable luncheon with Superintendent Chalmers. #TheSimpsons episode “22 Short Films About Springfield” first aired April 14, 1996.