I got onto the train to go into Paris after flying into CDG and on the train was a very fancy poodle, a couple kissing and drinking champagne out of flutes, a guy playing the accordion and finally a guy in a striped shirt carrying a baguette. It felt like a prank.

Emergency

Private firms got £12bn NHS contracts. Private equity, offshore tax haven firms big winners. Donations to Ministers pay dividends. £1.6bn profit in 2 yrs. Enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses Health service “taken for a ride”. Say NO to privatisation. Must expand NHS capacity

My son is 11,autistic, and obsessed with Minecraft. I manage a team of 4 Database Engineers. At some point I started to talk to them like how the parenting courses told me to communicate with my son and the team morale and overall performance has shot up so much we got an award

Morning Bluesky.

Skoda, you know, the car guys, have developed a bicycle bell with a sound that gets through noise-cancelling headphones. They're sharing the technology for free, rather than using it for profit. I love that. @ibike.ie @irishcycle.com youtube.com/shorts/Hwn3g...

Imagine if we had more walkable spaces and park benches under trees instead of this

"The use of the cycle lane for emergency vehicles has been assessed and is proving beneficial in reaching people when they need us the most." 👀😎

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Seems like a big ask to get all the cars in the world into this one car park but the sign says "Strictly no parking outside these premises" ("Strictly") and I say we give it a go.

In case you missed it, Utrecht, Netherlands has begun building the largest Dutch “car-free” neighbourhood. 12K people 6K homes 1.8K social rental homes 1.5 mid-range rental & affordable owner-occupied homes 21.5K bike parking spaces 250 shared cars 2 parcel hubs Parking structures on the edge.

Sick of Spotify? Linda Ronald is on Bandcamp. She's a singer-songwriter and also my daughter.

Alternative advice: If you can cycle to work / schools / shops but don’t, start looking at what routes would feel safest. If you don’t have a bike, look at buying one, maybe via the Cycle to Work scheme. news.sky.com/story/politi...

This is such a cute way to reopen a much needed station.❤️🐶🚝❤️

I think the clocks in UK go back tonight. Or forward. Not sure. Is it forward

Joyless council doesn't provide spaces for kids to gather and play on their bikes. And then threatens them with criminal damage charges when they improvise. What are kids supposed to do and where? road.cc/news/backlas...

Our annual blog on traffic crash injury in #Newcastle. In 2025 there were 3 fatalities, 114 serious injuries and 414 slight injuries on Newcastle’s roads, an average of 10 people injured every week. This is too high - we need action to create a Safe Pedestrian And Cycling Environment in Newcastle.

Fed up with long documents? Here's a short, referenced briefing covering our key points on the government mobility aids consultation, with case studies highlighting important impacts. wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign... #MobilityJustice #DisabilityEquality

@steampowered.com @steamdeck.com I love it when this works. Magic.

Well, there will definitely be better photos later I guess, but for the anecdote : the new mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, is right now going to the City Hall… by bike, followed by a crowd of cyclists ! :) He's the one with grey hair on the first image

Honestly, this historic heat dome across the West is really hard to put into words for me. Temperatures over 110°F (43°C) in March, shattering all-time monthly records on multiple consecutive days, and not just by a little. ➡️ I can confirm this is human-caused climate change. polarwx.com/models/

Saw this and thought of you. Family, mobility, joy, learning. So much good. Plus, the little handlebars!

I saw a blue and white budgie in a tree on my way home. Heard him first. If you live near Leam Lane, South Tyneside, that's where he is. Ordnance Survey NZ 3395 6370, in a tree right by the pedestrian crossing east of Lindisfarne Junction. #budgie #birb #escaped #lost (likely). osm.org/go/evyucEUqF

I'm sure a path around the coast of England is all lovely and good for tourism, but in the 18 years it took to build, I have had three kids unable to cycle to school independently. And yes, I realise we can do more than one thing at a time.

I would install bollards, and leave it closed, except for walking and cycling.

Bumblebee queen learns how to use protective door in less than 24 hours

On Mothers’ Day, here’s to all the mothers who have fought in the past and in the present for children’s right to their streets and neighbourhoods, to play and hang out, to get around happily and safely, to breathe, and to belong. Far too many to name, but thank you!

Oh hey! Happy Stabby Day! #IdesOfMarch

Journalists are banned from the White House for asking Trump tough questions. Meanwhile in Kyiv I interviewed President Zelenskyy with zero restrictions. Funny how the “dictatorship” still lets reporters ask anything.

Bring on right to roam for England.

@vttoth.bsky.social Are you the guy from rskey.org?

In the news today, a cyclist on the pavement who killed a man is charged with manslaughter. By contrast, here's a van driver who killed a little girl. He was driving on the pavement: common, and illegal. Killed her. Only charged with dangerous driving. Fully let off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

TRANSPORTATION: Taking convicts to the other side of the world to complete their sentences. TRANSPORT: (n, v) Vehicles used to carry people or goods from one place to another or the act of doing so. The former is creeping into UK English. We need neither the woolly language nor the extra characters.

How far back in time can you understand English? Passages of text trek increasingly back in time to make the point that it all goes incomprehensibly Beowulf about 1400. Fascinating stuff (if you speak English)

Children are writing about capybaras more than ever, according to Oxford University Press. The annual Children's Language report is compiled from 500-word stories sent into the BBC. 'Book', 'comic' and 'novel' all appear more than in 2015, while 'Kindle' is down 77%. corp.oup.com/feature/oxfo...

Watching "Rich House, Poor House" on Netflix, and all I can think is that these people wouldn't be facing such trouble if we had universal basic income.

"Foreign-born voters stole by-election", Farage blasts. I'm a foreign-born voter, as is every single child born in a BMH to a British serviceman or woman whilst serving overseas. Suddenly it's personal.

Merry #WorldBookDay to all who celebrate (we do it late in the UK). I began the day by finishing reading Machine, by Elizabeth Bear (@matociquala.bsky.social). @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

Dianna Cowern (@thephysicsgirl.bsky.social) is back! Well, making a phased return, I suppose.

In shock news, motorists have switched to public transport to avoid paying the Oxford Congestion Charge. A spokesperson* said: "This is exactly what was meant to happen, and it did."

Toronto Zoo removes costly fences for lion enclosure, opts to hand out camouflage clothing to patrons - inspired by city cycling infrastructure. Be Safe Be Unseen is their new slogan.

Eisenhower

🤣🤣🤣 6 minutes it took me for the beg to cross button to allow me to cross on the Tyne bridge earlier

Something I love about #ActiveTravel are the human interactions - the smiles, hellos, and sometimes longer chats and getting to recognise and know locals. That's my kind of socialising ☺️ Better infrastructure makes that easier!

If you think public spaces can be hostile for women now, wait until every man can use their Meta facial recognition glasses to identify any woman they see, slide instantly into their DMs, and then get mad when they don't instantly and positively respond. Burn this company to the ground.

I can't explain the sheer joy of safely and comfortably cycling side by side with your child through the streets of Amsterdam on cycle tracks and low traffic streets. Just joyful travelling, absolutely everywhere. If you haven't experienced it get a train or ferry over here booked!

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage. I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong. Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole. Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you... (Photos AP)

Stumbled upon this blog post while doing my periodic check-up of FOSS voice servers. It's about bug hunting. I liked it.

Watercolours and cats. #art #painting