@ericeatspickles.bsky.social
Cycling, active transport, sustainability
Editor/writer/law publisher, corporate communications
Ex-molecular biologist
Ex-genetic virologist
Editor/writer/law publisher, corporate communications
Ex-molecular biologist
Ex-genetic virologist
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
YES!
No one needs to speed except emergency services
(another benefit - car theft & other car-related crime would plummet).
No one needs to speed except emergency services
(another benefit - car theft & other car-related crime would plummet).
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
August 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
YES!
No one needs to speed except emergency services
(another benefit - car theft & other car-related crime would plummet).
No one needs to speed except emergency services
(another benefit - car theft & other car-related crime would plummet).
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Youth Mobility + Youth Independence should be key metrics of a city's success.
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Youth Mobility + Youth Independence should be key metrics of a city's success.
"Weekly spin class ‘better than physio’ for people with common hip issue"
Yet another endorsement of regular cycling. So many people with health issues could avoid blighted lives & expensive therapy/gym membership by cycling their everyday journeys.
www.standard.co.uk/news/science...
Yet another endorsement of regular cycling. So many people with health issues could avoid blighted lives & expensive therapy/gym membership by cycling their everyday journeys.
www.standard.co.uk/news/science...
Weekly spin class ‘better than physio’ for people with common hip issue
The approach could also be more cost-effective for the NHS and could help tackle waiting times for physiotherapy, according to researchers.
www.standard.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
"Weekly spin class ‘better than physio’ for people with common hip issue"
Yet another endorsement of regular cycling. So many people with health issues could avoid blighted lives & expensive therapy/gym membership by cycling their everyday journeys.
www.standard.co.uk/news/science...
Yet another endorsement of regular cycling. So many people with health issues could avoid blighted lives & expensive therapy/gym membership by cycling their everyday journeys.
www.standard.co.uk/news/science...
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Musician Brian May enjoying one of London's Santander bike share bicycles
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Brian!
Born July 19, 1947
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Brian!
Born July 19, 1947
July 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Musician Brian May enjoying one of London's Santander bike share bicycles
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Brian!
Born July 19, 1947
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Brian!
Born July 19, 1947
The UK's train companies don't employ staff to help you avoid expensive mistakes (or sell you a ticket on the train you've just boarded). They pay lawyers to sue you when you make a mistake trying to navigate their labyrinthine pricing & ticketing options...
Buying train tickets is one of my least favourite parts of adulting, but I thought even I could manage to buy a ticket that was valid. I was wrong ⬇️
At around 8 PM on Monday evening, I bought a ticket from the machine at Euston station from London to Liverpool Lime Street. 1/8
At around 8 PM on Monday evening, I bought a ticket from the machine at Euston station from London to Liverpool Lime Street. 1/8
July 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The UK's train companies don't employ staff to help you avoid expensive mistakes (or sell you a ticket on the train you've just boarded). They pay lawyers to sue you when you make a mistake trying to navigate their labyrinthine pricing & ticketing options...
"$2 billion investment to promote cycling throughout [France] over the next four years"
@heidialexander.bsky.social - France has confirmed its "unprecedented investment in cycling & walking".
When are you going to confirm ours?
@heidialexander.bsky.social - France has confirmed its "unprecedented investment in cycling & walking".
When are you going to confirm ours?
July 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"$2 billion investment to promote cycling throughout [France] over the next four years"
@heidialexander.bsky.social - France has confirmed its "unprecedented investment in cycling & walking".
When are you going to confirm ours?
@heidialexander.bsky.social - France has confirmed its "unprecedented investment in cycling & walking".
When are you going to confirm ours?
Thousands of winged ants have just swarmed out of my compost bin...
June 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thousands of winged ants have just swarmed out of my compost bin...
#Wimbledon, will free water be available at this year’s Championships, which is likely to be held during a possible record heatwave, or will visitors have to face getting fleeced for Evian…?
June 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#Wimbledon, will free water be available at this year’s Championships, which is likely to be held during a possible record heatwave, or will visitors have to face getting fleeced for Evian…?
Escape-pea...
June 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Escape-pea...
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"It's why someone who would normally hand over their seat on a bus will speed through a zebra crossing as an older pedestrian or child crosses the road."
Great piece in @echolive.bsky.social about Car Brain by Catherine Conlon feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social's research
www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...
Great piece in @echolive.bsky.social about Car Brain by Catherine Conlon feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social's research
www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...
To reduce the road deaths toll, we need to tackle ‘Car Brain’
Any perceived inconvenience ignites ‘Car Brain’ as we justify our right to behave in a manner that would not be tolerated in any other aspect of ...
www.echolive.ie
June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"It's why someone who would normally hand over their seat on a bus will speed through a zebra crossing as an older pedestrian or child crosses the road."
Great piece in @echolive.bsky.social about Car Brain by Catherine Conlon feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social's research
www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...
Great piece in @echolive.bsky.social about Car Brain by Catherine Conlon feat. @ianwalker.bsky.social's research
www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...
The question: “How can we save the car industry?"
The obsession with self driving vehicles continues. An answer in search of a question.
June 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The question: “How can we save the car industry?"
What’s the future looking like for overweight kids - never-ending jabs?
It seems we’ll do anything to them apart from letting them live natural active lives...
It seems we’ll do anything to them apart from letting them live natural active lives...
June 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What’s the future looking like for overweight kids - never-ending jabs?
It seems we’ll do anything to them apart from letting them live natural active lives...
It seems we’ll do anything to them apart from letting them live natural active lives...
Don’t say I didn’t warn y’all...
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Don’t say I didn’t warn y’all...
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Get me to the match on time...
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
June 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Get me to the match on time...
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
@theguardian.com overlooked the greatest "money hack" of all when it comes to avoiding the high cost of motoring: use a 🚲 for your everyday travel needs. I estimate my 2 bikes saved me around £37,000 over the years.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
10 ways young UK drivers can avoid high car insurance costs
Adding a parent to the policy, opting for a small-engine vehicle or paying annually can all bring premiums down
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@theguardian.com overlooked the greatest "money hack" of all when it comes to avoiding the high cost of motoring: use a 🚲 for your everyday travel needs. I estimate my 2 bikes saved me around £37,000 over the years.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Another group of people on foot, another car ploughs into them.
Have cars lost their freakin' minds??
Or is it time to take stock of our motonormative society & more tightly regulate access to these death machines...?
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...
Have cars lost their freakin' minds??
Or is it time to take stock of our motonormative society & more tightly regulate access to these death machines...?
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...
Man arrested after car ploughs into pedestrians in Leicester
Four people were taken to hospital following the collision
www.standard.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Another group of people on foot, another car ploughs into them.
Have cars lost their freakin' minds??
Or is it time to take stock of our motonormative society & more tightly regulate access to these death machines...?
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...
Have cars lost their freakin' minds??
Or is it time to take stock of our motonormative society & more tightly regulate access to these death machines...?
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...
The devastating impact of the congestion zone, hire bike scheme & protected bike lanes on average motor traffic speeds in London.
Won’t somebody think of the drivers...
Won’t somebody think of the drivers...
May 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The devastating impact of the congestion zone, hire bike scheme & protected bike lanes on average motor traffic speeds in London.
Won’t somebody think of the drivers...
Won’t somebody think of the drivers...
Concern over several dozen Liverpool fans being rammed & hospitalised by an angry driver is presumably also “woke”...
just saw a headline about "Britain's most woke roundabout" and I think I'm done
May 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Concern over several dozen Liverpool fans being rammed & hospitalised by an angry driver is presumably also “woke”...
Can anyone imagine London mayor Sadiq Khan slagging off the city’s public transport system quite like the US secretary of transportation does here for New York’s?
He thinks it’s "dirty", plagued by "criminals" from "homeless shelters" & "insane asylums”.
If he cared, he could fix it.
He thinks it’s "dirty", plagued by "criminals" from "homeless shelters" & "insane asylums”.
If he cared, he could fix it.
Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."
May 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Can anyone imagine London mayor Sadiq Khan slagging off the city’s public transport system quite like the US secretary of transportation does here for New York’s?
He thinks it’s "dirty", plagued by "criminals" from "homeless shelters" & "insane asylums”.
If he cared, he could fix it.
He thinks it’s "dirty", plagued by "criminals" from "homeless shelters" & "insane asylums”.
If he cared, he could fix it.
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Wheelchair user. The scourge of dickheads parking cars and vans across the pavement and completely blocking my way is getting worse. I'm completely helpless and am so frustrated, angry and upset by its impact on my daily life, I now carry a penknife in my chair to puncture tyres.
May 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Wheelchair user. The scourge of dickheads parking cars and vans across the pavement and completely blocking my way is getting worse. I'm completely helpless and am so frustrated, angry and upset by its impact on my daily life, I now carry a penknife in my chair to puncture tyres.
Almost 300 killed or badly hurt by speeding drivers in N Ireland in 4 years "a sad & stark reminder of the human cost of speeding".
I see it as a stark reminder of the cost of car brain. We could reduce that to near zero, but we choose not to.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/belf...
I see it as a stark reminder of the cost of car brain. We could reduce that to near zero, but we choose not to.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/belf...
Almost 300 killed or badly hurt by speeding drivers in N Ireland in four years
Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins described the figures as a ‘sad and stark reminder of the human cost of speeding’.
www.standard.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Almost 300 killed or badly hurt by speeding drivers in N Ireland in 4 years "a sad & stark reminder of the human cost of speeding".
I see it as a stark reminder of the cost of car brain. We could reduce that to near zero, but we choose not to.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/belf...
I see it as a stark reminder of the cost of car brain. We could reduce that to near zero, but we choose not to.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/belf...
A tragic & unnecessary death caused by a teenager on a “Sur Ron electric motorcycle". The message is starting to get through to the media & the police that these machines are not bicycles.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nort...
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nort...
Teenager arrested after woman, 86, killed while ‘using zebra crossing’
Gloria Stephenson was full-of-life and a much-loved great-grandmother, her family has said.
www.standard.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A tragic & unnecessary death caused by a teenager on a “Sur Ron electric motorcycle". The message is starting to get through to the media & the police that these machines are not bicycles.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nort...
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nort...