Colm Ó'Cathaláin
@colmocathalain.bsky.social
Cycling, urbanism, sustainability, gaeilge 🏳️🌈
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
Parliament Street, Dublin was full of traffic until recently. Change is possible!
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Parliament Street, Dublin was full of traffic until recently. Change is possible!
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There’s an essay here on the role of good design/typography in successful campaigns!
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s an essay here on the role of good design/typography in successful campaigns!
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
#Aras25 #Speirgorm
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
"Tá focail inár dteanga féin againn le cur síos ar na cosáin ársa seo – abraimis amach iad."
Is é an feall saibhreas teanga ár siúlóidí ársa a cheilt faoin bhfocal ‘Camino’
Is é an feall saibhreas teanga ár siúlóidí ársa a cheilt faoin bhfocal ‘Camino’
Tuigim an fonn atá ar lucht deartha na siúlóidí an méid is mó daoine agus is féidir a mhealladh, ach is feall é stair, seanchas agus cultúr s’againn féin a cheilt
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October 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Tá focail inár dteanga féin againn le cur síos ar na cosáin ársa seo – abraimis amach iad."
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Thanksgiving Cycling Escapes: Slow Down, Reflect, and Ride with Purpose.
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Thanksgiving Cycling Escapes: Slow Down, Reflect, and Ride with Purpose
Exploring how cycling can be a powerful catalyst for gratitude and mental well-being especially around Thanksgiving.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thanksgiving Cycling Escapes: Slow Down, Reflect, and Ride with Purpose.
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momentummag.com/thanksgiving...
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Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.
A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
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Middle East crisis – live updates
A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts.
It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Royal Canal Greenway, Dublin. Final city centre sections opened yesterday
September 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Royal Canal Greenway, Dublin. Final city centre sections opened yesterday
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
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September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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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
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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
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Bike investment vs. car investment.
July 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Bike investment vs. car investment.
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The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
July 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
A short (but useful) section of the royal canal greenway opened this week at Charleville Mall, Dublin 1. It also has tools and a water station. #royalcanalgreenway
June 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A short (but useful) section of the royal canal greenway opened this week at Charleville Mall, Dublin 1. It also has tools and a water station. #royalcanalgreenway
Ever-rising car bonnets are a clear threat to adults too- a higher likelihood of life changing damage to internal organs rather than a broken leg.
Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe with the UK an extreme example
The bonnet height of new cars in the UK and Europe is rising relentlessly, a report has found, bringing a “clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children”.
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians are struck. The analysis also found that drivers in the tallest cars could not see children as old as nine at all when they were directly in front of the vehicle. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Ever-rising car bonnets are a clear threat to adults too- a higher likelihood of life changing damage to internal organs rather than a broken leg.
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How to Embrace Slow Biking and Love it.
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How to Embrace Slow Biking and Love it
Although it sounds simple enough, the move to embrace a slow cycling movement could have a much more lasting impact on those who embrace it
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June 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
How to Embrace Slow Biking and Love it.
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momentummag.com/how-to-cycle...
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Air pollution kills about 20 times as many as people each year as “war, murder and terrorism combined.” Read
@dwallacewells.bsky.social’s compelling case for why “clean air and clean water and human health should be restored to the centre of the environmental crusade.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@dwallacewells.bsky.social’s compelling case for why “clean air and clean water and human health should be restored to the centre of the environmental crusade.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
June 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Air pollution kills about 20 times as many as people each year as “war, murder and terrorism combined.” Read
@dwallacewells.bsky.social’s compelling case for why “clean air and clean water and human health should be restored to the centre of the environmental crusade.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@dwallacewells.bsky.social’s compelling case for why “clean air and clean water and human health should be restored to the centre of the environmental crusade.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I love when drivers complain about giving cyclists a safe passing distance by saying it puts them into oncoming traffic. Have they considered waiting until there is no oncoming traffic?
May 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I love when drivers complain about giving cyclists a safe passing distance by saying it puts them into oncoming traffic. Have they considered waiting until there is no oncoming traffic?
The Irish Road haulage Association "A family in a car driving in heavy fog on the motorway at 120km/h could come across this tractor and have very little time to react."
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
IRHA calls for tractor ban on motorways
The Irish Road Haulage Association has called for a ban on tractors and "slow moving vehicles" from using the country's motorway network due to safety concerns.
www.rte.ie
May 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Irish Road haulage Association "A family in a car driving in heavy fog on the motorway at 120km/h could come across this tractor and have very little time to react."
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Results suggest that traditional gender norms, particularly those linking masculinity with red meat consumption and car use, play a significant role in shaping individual carbon footprints www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Results suggest that traditional gender norms, particularly those linking masculinity with red meat consumption and car use, play a significant role in shaping individual carbon footprints www.theguardian.com/environment/...