Andy
@drvxd.bsky.social
Fetchie. parkrun #250club+#v250club, 4x26.2, 1 ultra, #LongCovid, twiddler of bits, counter of clock-cycles, orderer of the disordered, cycle a bit. 317ppm
Low tolerance for bullsh*tters.
Low tolerance for bullsh*tters.
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🛣️ From risk to safety: the story of the redesign of Keogh Road 🛑
Keogh Road in Newham shows why street design matters.
Keogh Road in Newham shows why street design matters.
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
🛣️ From risk to safety: the story of the redesign of Keogh Road 🛑
Keogh Road in Newham shows why street design matters.
Keogh Road in Newham shows why street design matters.
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There are no continuous east/west bike lanes at all in Pacific Beach, nevermind safe protected ones.
This child's death is an explicit choice by San Diego city staff to prioritize traffic flow over safety.
This child's death is an explicit choice by San Diego city staff to prioritize traffic flow over safety.
Just another murder by car in San Diego. The woman just drove off leaving the child to die. A city that prioritizes cars over people is selfish and evil.
UPDATE: 6-year-old dies in Pacific Beach hit-and-run, suspected driver in custody
A 6-year-old boy was struck and killed by a 32-year-old woman driving a car in Pacific Beach, and the driver was taken into custody after the vehicle was located in National City.
fox5sandiego.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
There are no continuous east/west bike lanes at all in Pacific Beach, nevermind safe protected ones.
This child's death is an explicit choice by San Diego city staff to prioritize traffic flow over safety.
This child's death is an explicit choice by San Diego city staff to prioritize traffic flow over safety.
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A very dank and soggy #rutlandwater #parkrun this morning. A big well done to the 360 people who turned out to walk, jog and run - and massive thanks to our damp volunteers ❤️.
A slow one for me - knee not quite right but change of shoe helped! 👍
#loveparkrun
#soggynessa
🏃♀️
A slow one for me - knee not quite right but change of shoe helped! 👍
#loveparkrun
#soggynessa
🏃♀️
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
A very dank and soggy #rutlandwater #parkrun this morning. A big well done to the 360 people who turned out to walk, jog and run - and massive thanks to our damp volunteers ❤️.
A slow one for me - knee not quite right but change of shoe helped! 👍
#loveparkrun
#soggynessa
🏃♀️
A slow one for me - knee not quite right but change of shoe helped! 👍
#loveparkrun
#soggynessa
🏃♀️
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Nicked from Arsebook. This is a great explainer of why the UK's design and management of streets is fundamentally broken and most of what we do is simply playing around at the edges.
This is not a pop per se at Essex County Council, but given they were given a "green" rating in
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This is not a pop per se at Essex County Council, but given they were given a "green" rating in
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January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Nicked from Arsebook. This is a great explainer of why the UK's design and management of streets is fundamentally broken and most of what we do is simply playing around at the edges.
This is not a pop per se at Essex County Council, but given they were given a "green" rating in
1/12
This is not a pop per se at Essex County Council, but given they were given a "green" rating in
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Meanwhile the electronic speed limiter bill for cars was watered down to just an alert and then even that was vetoed by @governor.ca.gov because he thought being reminded to obey the law would be too onerous for car drivers.
There are thousands of fatalities caused by cars not ebikes in California.
There are thousands of fatalities caused by cars not ebikes in California.
I am that lawmaker: CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise abc7news.com/post/califor...
CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise
Petaluma police are sounding the alarm about the dangers of e-bikes and e-motorcycles, posting a video on social media of a young rider blasting through stop signs. Now, lawmakers are eyeing new legis...
abc7news.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Meanwhile the electronic speed limiter bill for cars was watered down to just an alert and then even that was vetoed by @governor.ca.gov because he thought being reminded to obey the law would be too onerous for car drivers.
There are thousands of fatalities caused by cars not ebikes in California.
There are thousands of fatalities caused by cars not ebikes in California.
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Say what you want, but Massie has game.
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Say what you want, but Massie has game.
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The moral panic around ebikes is absolutely maddening when on a short ride yesterday I witnessed 3 cars running red lights and I can't walk anywhere in San Diego without being almost hit by a car driver running a stop sign while staring down at their phone.
I am that lawmaker: CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise abc7news.com/post/califor...
CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise
Petaluma police are sounding the alarm about the dangers of e-bikes and e-motorcycles, posting a video on social media of a young rider blasting through stop signs. Now, lawmakers are eyeing new legis...
abc7news.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The moral panic around ebikes is absolutely maddening when on a short ride yesterday I witnessed 3 cars running red lights and I can't walk anywhere in San Diego without being almost hit by a car driver running a stop sign while staring down at their phone.
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I hope you understand that e-bikes are not e-motos, even though they all get lumped together.
Also I am surprised you don’t understand how many people are killed and maimed by cars every year in CA? What are you doing to address that?
Also I am surprised you don’t understand how many people are killed and maimed by cars every year in CA? What are you doing to address that?
PART I: The E-Bike 'Problem' is an E-Moto Problem — Streetsblog USA
PeopleForBikes separates fact from fiction to protect the future of e-bikes in America in this new series. This is Part I.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I hope you understand that e-bikes are not e-motos, even though they all get lumped together.
Also I am surprised you don’t understand how many people are killed and maimed by cars every year in CA? What are you doing to address that?
Also I am surprised you don’t understand how many people are killed and maimed by cars every year in CA? What are you doing to address that?
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What are you doing to regulate the unsafe speeds of cars which kill thousands of Californians every year?
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
What are you doing to regulate the unsafe speeds of cars which kill thousands of Californians every year?
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Tell us how many people are injured and killed by ebikes. Cite the stat.
Then tell us how many people are injured and killed by cars. Cite the stat.
I'm waiting.
Then tell us how many people are injured and killed by cars. Cite the stat.
I'm waiting.
January 16, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Tell us how many people are injured and killed by ebikes. Cite the stat.
Then tell us how many people are injured and killed by cars. Cite the stat.
I'm waiting.
Then tell us how many people are injured and killed by cars. Cite the stat.
I'm waiting.
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This is Rufus. He cleverly escaped the shelter to run home after being picked up by animal control as a presumed stray. 14/10 a hound Houdini (IG: huntington_cw_animalshelter)
January 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is Rufus. He cleverly escaped the shelter to run home after being picked up by animal control as a presumed stray. 14/10 a hound Houdini (IG: huntington_cw_animalshelter)
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Renee Nicole Good wasn’t murdered because she was resisting.
She wasn’t murdered because she was a threat.
She was murdered because she was a woman and she wasn’t afraid.
She was murdered because ICE knew he could get away with it.
Misogyny and bigotry are built into the system:
She wasn’t murdered because she was a threat.
She was murdered because she was a woman and she wasn’t afraid.
She was murdered because ICE knew he could get away with it.
Misogyny and bigotry are built into the system:
Misogyny, Murder and Renee Nicole Good
It's been a week since we watched an ICE agent shoot and kill Renee Nicole Good and then mutter "f*cking b*tch" at her. It's time we talk about the misogyny that's baked into ICE enforcement.
www.disabledginger.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Renee Nicole Good wasn’t murdered because she was resisting.
She wasn’t murdered because she was a threat.
She was murdered because she was a woman and she wasn’t afraid.
She was murdered because ICE knew he could get away with it.
Misogyny and bigotry are built into the system:
She wasn’t murdered because she was a threat.
She was murdered because she was a woman and she wasn’t afraid.
She was murdered because ICE knew he could get away with it.
Misogyny and bigotry are built into the system:
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Chicago residents: there's a program that gives free bikes to people who meet certain criteria.
www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
www.chicago.gov
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Chicago residents: there's a program that gives free bikes to people who meet certain criteria.
www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
www.chicago.gov/city/en/site...
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It is grim going to find a family member in the hospital and finding them left in a corridor for days. Something that I've done more than once now.
January 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
It is grim going to find a family member in the hospital and finding them left in a corridor for days. Something that I've done more than once now.
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Nice to see our motonormativity work in this somewhat alarming article from @irishcycle.com irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
The BigJobber video linked at the end is a really interesting example, and one you might even want to bookmark for future arguments...
The BigJobber video linked at the end is a really interesting example, and one you might even want to bookmark for future arguments...
Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test
A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that “Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin” pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser…
irishcycle.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Nice to see our motonormativity work in this somewhat alarming article from @irishcycle.com irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...
The BigJobber video linked at the end is a really interesting example, and one you might even want to bookmark for future arguments...
The BigJobber video linked at the end is a really interesting example, and one you might even want to bookmark for future arguments...
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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There are some who say we don’t consult on our newest Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
There are some who say we don’t consult on our newest Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
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LTNs are, and should be treated as, a public health measure. Councils should concentrate on evidence of harm reduction & its clear communication because no amount of consultation satisfies ardent opponents.
There are some who say we don’t consult on our newest Low Traffic Neighbourhoods.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
If that’s the case, it’s worth taking a look at the West Ham LTN engagement report.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
LTNs are, and should be treated as, a public health measure. Councils should concentrate on evidence of harm reduction & its clear communication because no amount of consultation satisfies ardent opponents.
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High school students should be riding ebikes, not hitting each other with cars.
Bolingbrook High School student hit by car driven by fellow student: police
Bolingbrook High School student hit by car driven by fellow student: police
A 15-year-old high school student was struck by a car driven by a fellow student on Wednesday in Bolingbrook as school was getting let out, according to police.
www.fox32chicago.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
High school students should be riding ebikes, not hitting each other with cars.
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Simples. We could do this with commercial vehicles in the city. If we wanted to?
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Simples. We could do this with commercial vehicles in the city. If we wanted to?
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And yes, I have been wanging on about this for *checks notes* more than a decade: www.theguardian.com/sustainable-... Think how many people have died in that decade because we've not addressed car dependency
Self-driving gets pushed back yet again. We're not going to solve car dependency with robots; we need to provide more alternatives to driving - and discourage avoidable car use - especially for the enormous number of short, single-occupant trips
Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot system, available on the EQS EV and S-Class gas sedan, has been temporarily scrapped.
“We know another system will come with the next two [or] three years with much more customer benefit."
insideevs.com/news/784404/...
“We know another system will come with the next two [or] three years with much more customer benefit."
insideevs.com/news/784404/...
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
And yes, I have been wanging on about this for *checks notes* more than a decade: www.theguardian.com/sustainable-... Think how many people have died in that decade because we've not addressed car dependency
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LOL.
We told you it would be like this.
Still, it's Labour's mess now.
We told you it would be like this.
Still, it's Labour's mess now.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
LOL.
We told you it would be like this.
Still, it's Labour's mess now.
We told you it would be like this.
Still, it's Labour's mess now.
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There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.