wow, this data collection by @ketanjoshi.co: ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d... eg Amazon power consumption is higher now than each of 150 countries on this list en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... …higher than New Zealand, Belarus, Nigeria, Denmark, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Serbia, Libya & 145 more countries

⚡️🔋🔌 Witkar was an electric, shared mobility scheme half a century ago in Amsterdam ⭕️ Why didn’t it last? ⭕️ Was it a failure? ⭕️ What can we learn? ⭕️ So many questions! @liorsteinberg.bsky.social @beatekubitz.bsky.social @humankindcity.bsky.social www.itsinternational.com/feature/witk...

🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸

Rude not to… perfect combination of reading matter and TGV this evening. Looking forward to whether @garethdennis.bsky.social rates SNCF as highly as I do

Full story below. “The reporting has revealed an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels in Washington. Hostile intelligence services could use this publicly available data to hack the communications of those affected by installing spyware on their devices.“

At last. Someone else who cares about the fourth power of axle weight. I thought I was alone in the universe… Britain’s pothole problem is driven more by heavy vehicles than heavy traffic | Letter www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New post just out Ten books to help understand the world we're now in. Five recommendations on the US/Trump/Musk and five on Europe and the rest of the world. (This one is free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

I hope you enjoyed that look at the McKinley Tariffs and the impact on Canada. If you enjoy my Canadian history content, you can support my work with a donation at 👇 www.buymeacoffee.com/craigu *sources in next post* 🧵10/10

"Sucking up to Trump...is the worst possible thing to do." "The only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them." These five minutes from Malcolm Turnbull are a must-watch. Recorded in June last year as part of our Joe Stiglitz tour. #auspol

Churchill visiting the WH in 1942, during wartime, not wearing a suit

❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After one year of the Bradford clean air / low emission zone, GP visits for breathing and heart problems were down by a quarter. My latest for @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Heavy vehicles should pay for potholes? As there’s an exponential relationship between weight and wear this seems like a no-brainer…

It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...

Excellent work by @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk pointing out the impact on disabled people’s mobility and the limitations of the newly released statutory guidelines which should be altered to clarify the very low fire risk posed by legal, unmodified Electric Assist Pedal Cycles used as mobility aids.

Who could have predicted www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK transport is changing! In this webinar we discuss the new Buses Bill & local government reform - and how that is an opportunity to reconnect rural communities by bus. It was one of the busiest & most positive Q&As I’ve chaired and I came away optimistic! youtu.be/wMGBDnW0Lxk

Here's a sneak peak at what we've learned so far from our survey! A new blog post from Dr Elena Alyavina digs into the question of what Leeds residents would find most difficult to do without a car. Read more here: in-fuze.org.uk/leeds-reside... @universityofleeds.bsky.social #Leeds

Ok I’ve just been called out for not alt texting. To be clear I thought I had so I’d appreciate feedback. Can anyone else detect the text I entered? This is what I did to the previous image so I’m just checking that I’ve done it correctly.

My friend in #Paris has just texted me her latest street update ❤️❤️❤️ @tricyclemayor.bsky.social I’d say this is another bit of enabling active travel infra

"I’m willing to pay literally any amount of money, just so long as I don’t have to pay a fixed, reasonable amount of money in taxes regularly."

In the conversations that are starting about the slow-motion collapse of the insurance industry, I hope journalists don't lose sight of the core reason: massive increases in risk from #climatechange. We're reaping the consequences of politicians failing to heed decades of warnings from scientists.

Will insurance save us? Whilst politicians put their fingers in their ears / wilfully deny climate change, insurance companies are starting to hand back risk to governments. Staring down the barrel of massive budgetary black holes, will we see politicians jump?

I like the approach from @tricyclemayor.bsky.social on frictions between transport users and new infrastructure, "Whilst the very existence of friction is uncomfortable and may make us desire the status quo, it is necessary to ...address frictions to ensure active travel futures are inclusive."

This is going to be absolutely excellent. The Buses Bill could unlock integrated networks in rural areas. I’m excited to hear how franchising could enable working rural transport services combining bus, rail & DRT www.transportxtra.com/tx-events/27...

We’ve done about 400 miles in the UK. Carbon footprint of UK electricity is about 3 x that in France so about 23g/km I reckon. So a round 15kg CO2e for our family Christmas visit on that side of the channel.

1000km of France and we’re at the tunnel. The ginger dog is still not impressed.

First stop 400km into our annual electric migration. CO2 consumption about 7.8g CO2/km (French electricity 56g/kWh). Ginger dog is ‘not impressed’ but that means everything is normal.

Anyone else mentally rewriting ’A Christmas Carol’ casting Musk as Scrooge and wondering what possible revelation could make him even passably humane?

So many stats coming in… Strava (5000km by bike) and now SNCF reckoning on 10000km of French railways - nothing yet from @trainline.bsky.social or @deutschebahn.bsky.social so no total yet but even so think I’ve done ok. #teamtrain

Snow in the mountains. This train never ceases to amaze me. The last stretch from Toulouse to Latour-de-Carol is best described as ‘steady’. But look at the height gains! I did a full day of Paris meetings on Tuesday, dinner and onto the train at 2130. To wake up in a completely different world 🗻🗻🗻

Back on the night train - it’s about a mile long! #teamtrain

The best. A thousand km of dreaming arrived at Austerlitz this morning. #TeamTrain

Today’s adventures in rural transport include cycling up a mountain, an electric car and the night train to Paris.

Hi I’m new here … think I’ve worked out what you have to do. Here’s my #proofofcat.