I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Looking at the distribution of schools in London I don’t see how you can provide “safe routes to school” for all pupils to walk/wheel/cycle without 100% LTN coverage and main road cycleways/crossings

Isn't it insane that we've come to this moment - that media organizations are scared of putting out shows that say white supremacy is bad just in case it makes them a target of the Republican Party and Donald Trump. You'd think this stuff would force the right to look in a mirror. Apparently not.

High cycling rates in Japan seem to be due to a combination of filtered/low traffic Neighbourhood streets and making car ownership (and parking) expensive and difficult

The study in question was ended early but it appears to have created a new methodology to assess “cycleabilty” TfL already has measures of public transport accessibility (PTAL) and quality of walking environment (PERS)

Other councils please take note.

it sure would be nice if The People could remember things like “actually this guy sucks and we shouldn’t put him in charge again” for more than five minutes, or consider the possibility of building housing but you work with The People you have

This amazing video makes me think again that someone needs to build a BlueSky and Twitter account that literally just republishes all the cartoons, comedy sketches and radio shows mocking Trump from around the world.

Loads of celebration from the right wing press who think a study was suppressed that “proved” creation of low traffic streets didn’t cut driving (not even a passing reference to pollution- no idea where the express got that from). It’s all bollocks of course.

What’s the opposite of anti-fascism?

It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians buff.ly/rTfNmFC

I woke up in the middle of the night and saw this. I feel the need to elaborate. If you don't know this song, it's an absolute masterpiece of junkshop glam rock pop disco. Three or four years too early, it's basically a New Wave record. Fans of Blondie will dig this instantly.

More good stuff on 20mph in Wales Fewer deaths and injuries Economic payback < 1year Also evidence that 20mph = reduced emissions, noise & fuel consumption & also improving road capacity/reducing congestion (at cost of slight journey time increase) justtwothings.substack.com/p/9-septembe...

Elly Baker is Labours London assembly transport spokesperson and chairs the assembly’s transport committee Here she is talking to Dave Hill who runs the OnLondon website.

Lambeth has done a great job with its LTN filters when making them permanent. They enhance the streetscape, support businesses and are clearly valued by the community. Claylands Road in Oval as rat run, trial layout, permanent.

Ai on social media posts is just an incredibly bad experience.

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

A good piece. it's interesting that whilst the MSM rail on about illegal ebikes used by delivery riders, number plates tucked in windscreens and unreadable out of site, and windscreens so dark or reflective that you can't see a driver (or they you) is socially acceptable. Who is the greater danger?

Fun facts and definitions: - a BOG is a wetland that is acidic - a FEN is a wetland that is alkaline - a SWAMP is a wetland that can support trees - a MARSH is a wetland that cannot support trees Now you know!

original point stands - theres a huge amount of signage clutter that should be removed from UK streets because it's either ridiculous or no longer needed. And regs should be updated to require less. Another sign does not make it better

Low Traffic Neighbourhood and community parklets working their magic. www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/09/regg...

And another bit of useless sign clutter on London's streets. WARNING - SPEED HUMPS! No matter that there were humps on the road you've just driven up to get to this junction. And the one before that.

We need this tech to be rolled out nationally

I love an unexpected cover version. Divorce - I want to break free youtu.be/4kZxuRg9hUs?...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

Fuck the genocidal war criminals in the IDF and the Israeli Government. Fuck the settlers. Fuck the Israeli people for not rising up against them. How a people who came through the holocaust can inflict this on another is beyond me. Free Palestine.

The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

I was hit by a car driver whilst I was riding my bike on CS7 100m from where this junction is. My incident was recorded as 'Slight' on Crash Map. I needed emergency life saving surgery. The stats are incorrect.

Lambeth have updated their delivery framework for Healthy Neighbourhoods. Clearly sets out the project stages, how they consult, and simplifies formal reports to one for Design (pre trial) and one for Outcomes (after). Also - very simple success criteria

So this Guardian piece/thread went on to generate an excellent deep dive by Global Cycling Network featuring @psimonk.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Bh...

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

TIL

When I was at primary school, we had an assembly where some adults asked us to imagine a happy future. We drew our ideal house, family and job. Then they staged an evacuation, and took each of us aside to explain what that meant for us and our imagined families. Instant empathy for refugees.

Times ✅ Andrew Ellson ✅ Richard Aldwinkle of One Dulwich ✅ “councils acting undemocratically” Shall we looks at the election results in Dulwich?

Best example of this I have is Planned Parenthood in Ghana who saw a vast increase in Condom use when they went from free to having a very marginal cost…

Disagree. Making stuff free leads to inefficient use. Why buy a bike and cycle is the bus is free? Why walk 10minutes to the tube when the bus is free? It should be the obvious financial choice for many trips. But not free.

To whoever did this 👏👏👏👏👏

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc. Via @theconversation.bsky.social

First attempt at using Voi a complete failure. Neither of our motors seemed to cut in and pedalling these without it was painful. Support chat tells me we were in a no ride zone when we weren't. (attempted trip was Brixton to Bloomsbury).

It’s now had 588million Spotify plays (behind Under Pressure and Starman(?!) but on release in 1977 its peak UK chart position was #24.

Every time someone says they’re taking a holiday from social media.

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

In decades to come, there will be many books written about how European states with well over 500 million people and an economy more than 20 times the size of Russia and approx equal to the USA, end up a group of sad bystanders in the making of their own destiny.

Haven’t added one of these to my collection for a while. Hand delivered as well.

Intrigued that Voi are using two bike designs one with small wheels) that take different batteries- surely complicates service and battery swaps.

Hyde Park Lane Cycleway is now C55. This suggests the Royal Parks may have finally seen sense on the ridiculous need to use the pedestrian gate when there is a wide gate beside it. Though I’ve never seen it open for use, so maybe this is just TfL trolling!