Heath Ryan
@heathryan16.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, father, cyclist, thinker & supporter of Ukrainian 🇺🇦 charity Voices of Children.
Holding the powerful to account and calling out hypocrisy.
Books include: 'Car is Guest' and 'Her Honour Refuses Your Request'.
Australian and Canadian 🇨🇦
Holding the powerful to account and calling out hypocrisy.
Books include: 'Car is Guest' and 'Her Honour Refuses Your Request'.
Australian and Canadian 🇨🇦
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Heath Ryan
@heathryan16.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Thanks for following me. I will mainly use this account to promote discussion & awareness of cycling safety, active transport, progressive urbanism and action on climate change, But I will also post or repost things that interest me.
I will also promote my books; many will be free ePDFs.
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I will also promote my books; many will be free ePDFs.
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The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
@annaholligan.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Canberra man jailed for sexual offences against 11-year-old girl
Canberra man Shegu Bobb has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court for a series of sexual offences against an 11-year-old girl, after a jury found him guilty earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
@annaholligan.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
@chrisboardman.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault & soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault & soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Canberra man jailed for sexual offences against 11-year-old girl
Canberra man Shegu Bobb has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court for a series of sexual offences against an 11-year-old girl, after a jury found him guilty earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
@chrisboardman.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault & soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault & soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
@cyclingmikey.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Canberra man jailed for sexual offences against 11-year-old girl
Canberra man Shegu Bobb has been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court for a series of sexual offences against an 11-year-old girl, after a jury found him guilty earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
@cyclingmikey.bsky.social
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
This may be of interest to the UK cycling community. The driver who was never charged after he killed Mike Hall in Australia on 31 Mar 2017 was just jailed for sexual assault and soliciting an 11yo girl 3 years later.
Lack of consequences!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
🇦🇺 Australia is buying Russian oil to circumvent sanctions, - The Guardian.
Energy supplies from Russia are being delivered to Singapore’s Jurong port, which is partly owned by the Australian investment fund Macquarie.
Australia may have received over 3 million tons of petroleum products since 2023
Energy supplies from Russia are being delivered to Singapore’s Jurong port, which is partly owned by the Australian investment fund Macquarie.
Australia may have received over 3 million tons of petroleum products since 2023
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Shegu Bobb gets a sentence of three years and one month, and fifteen of that must be spent in prison.
That’s for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. Not for killing cyclist Mike Hall, which he got away with in 2017.
That’s for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. Not for killing cyclist Mike Hall, which he got away with in 2017.
TWO HOURS UNTIL JUSTICE IS AGAIN ON TRIAL IN CANBERRA
Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
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Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Shegu Bobb gets a sentence of three years and one month, and fifteen of that must be spent in prison.
That’s for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. Not for killing cyclist Mike Hall, which he got away with in 2017.
That’s for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. Not for killing cyclist Mike Hall, which he got away with in 2017.
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This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
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I reported a few of them to NACC re the Mike Hall investigation and inquest.
I was told to f*off after waiting the obligatory 9 months. Despite new evidence existing in court documents of police perverting the course of justice.
Justice in Australia is often still born.
I was told to f*off after waiting the obligatory 9 months. Despite new evidence existing in court documents of police perverting the course of justice.
Justice in Australia is often still born.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I reported a few of them to NACC re the Mike Hall investigation and inquest.
I was told to f*off after waiting the obligatory 9 months. Despite new evidence existing in court documents of police perverting the course of justice.
Justice in Australia is often still born.
I was told to f*off after waiting the obligatory 9 months. Despite new evidence existing in court documents of police perverting the course of justice.
Justice in Australia is often still born.
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The AFP police who "investigated" this crime should be on trial.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The AFP police who "investigated" this crime should be on trial.
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All I want for Christmas is to move around my city in safety and environmentally friendly!
#MobilityIsEquity #ActiveLifestyle
#MobilityIsEquity #ActiveLifestyle
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
All I want for Christmas is to move around my city in safety and environmentally friendly!
#MobilityIsEquity #ActiveLifestyle
#MobilityIsEquity #ActiveLifestyle
TWO HOURS UNTIL JUSTICE IS AGAIN ON TRIAL IN CANBERRA
Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
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Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
/2
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
TWO HOURS UNTIL JUSTICE IS AGAIN ON TRIAL IN CANBERRA
Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
/2
Five days after he killed cyclist Mike Hall on 31 March 2017, P-plate driver Shegu Bobb told AFP offices Adam Potts and Phillip Cantwell in a formal interview that his headlights at the time could only shine two metres in front of him.
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“SMO" now is just 2 months shorter than the "Great Patriotic war" 1941-1945 against Germany. At the same time Soviets were almost in Berlin. Russia is around Pokrovsk, town 41km from Donetsk from where they started invasion almost 4 years ago. Thats the perspective.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“SMO" now is just 2 months shorter than the "Great Patriotic war" 1941-1945 against Germany. At the same time Soviets were almost in Berlin. Russia is around Pokrovsk, town 41km from Donetsk from where they started invasion almost 4 years ago. Thats the perspective.
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The US govt shutdown is already the longest in history.
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The US govt shutdown is already the longest in history.
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
Here's one reason Trump may be quite happy for it to continue - Putin benefits.
Axios reports NATO "allies" are unable to even get weapons paid for. Deliveries of Aegis combat systems, AMRAAM + HIMARS have been suspended😡
The real reason for the extended shutdown?
Trump, I mean Krasnov, working for Putin again.
Trump, I mean Krasnov, working for Putin again.
🇺🇸🇺🇦‼️ Over $5B in U.S. weapons sales to NATO allies and Ukraine are delayed because the government shutdown has furloughed key staff who process arms exports, - Axios
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The real reason for the extended shutdown?
Trump, I mean Krasnov, working for Putin again.
Trump, I mean Krasnov, working for Putin again.
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So the one to 25,000 bad apples in the NYPD are "self-deporting?" What a great way to weed out the most prejudiced assholes. Congratulations, New York City!
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So the one to 25,000 bad apples in the NYPD are "self-deporting?" What a great way to weed out the most prejudiced assholes. Congratulations, New York City!
Two pics of my not wearing a helmet “infringement withdrawal notice” from Victoria Police.
Success!
Not sure if I prefer the pic pegged out with two blood oranges from the market, or the pic on the fridge with my Batman card and the French and ladybug fridge magnets.
You choose.
Success!
Not sure if I prefer the pic pegged out with two blood oranges from the market, or the pic on the fridge with my Batman card and the French and ladybug fridge magnets.
You choose.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Two pics of my not wearing a helmet “infringement withdrawal notice” from Victoria Police.
Success!
Not sure if I prefer the pic pegged out with two blood oranges from the market, or the pic on the fridge with my Batman card and the French and ladybug fridge magnets.
You choose.
Success!
Not sure if I prefer the pic pegged out with two blood oranges from the market, or the pic on the fridge with my Batman card and the French and ladybug fridge magnets.
You choose.
This makes a nice change.
Usually the legacy media blames cyclists for every road issue.
Usually the legacy media blames cyclists for every road issue.
Drivers on regional roads are being warned of an increase in kangaroo activity on South Australian roads, with large mobs of roos seen lining roads at dawn and dusk, creating growing safety concerns for road users.
'Dodging them everywhere': Warning to SA drivers over kangaroo risk increase
Drivers on regional roads are being warned of an increase in kangaroo activity on South Australian roads, with large mobs of roos seen lining roads at dawn and dusk, creating growing safety concerns for road users.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This makes a nice change.
Usually the legacy media blames cyclists for every road issue.
Usually the legacy media blames cyclists for every road issue.
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No. That’s medical insurance. And its massive annual losses are subsidised by state governments.
Real insurance not only covers property damage, but it also has premiums that rise with the risk the driver represents.
It’s time for Australia to grow up.
Real insurance not only covers property damage, but it also has premiums that rise with the risk the driver represents.
It’s time for Australia to grow up.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No. That’s medical insurance. And its massive annual losses are subsidised by state governments.
Real insurance not only covers property damage, but it also has premiums that rise with the risk the driver represents.
It’s time for Australia to grow up.
Real insurance not only covers property damage, but it also has premiums that rise with the risk the driver represents.
It’s time for Australia to grow up.
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Mandatory driver insurance, like in the rest of the world except NZ, would help.
But that would be too easy for Australia.
But that would be too easy for Australia.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mandatory driver insurance, like in the rest of the world except NZ, would help.
But that would be too easy for Australia.
But that would be too easy for Australia.
This is happening tomorrow.
Finally.
Let’s see if justice will finally be served after the AFP in Canberra failed the public in 2017 …
(I’m keeping an open mind - unfortunately justice in Australia can depend on which justice you happen to get - not unlike in America.)
Finally.
Let’s see if justice will finally be served after the AFP in Canberra failed the public in 2017 …
(I’m keeping an open mind - unfortunately justice in Australia can depend on which justice you happen to get - not unlike in America.)
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is happening tomorrow.
Finally.
Let’s see if justice will finally be served after the AFP in Canberra failed the public in 2017 …
(I’m keeping an open mind - unfortunately justice in Australia can depend on which justice you happen to get - not unlike in America.)
Finally.
Let’s see if justice will finally be served after the AFP in Canberra failed the public in 2017 …
(I’m keeping an open mind - unfortunately justice in Australia can depend on which justice you happen to get - not unlike in America.)
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BREAKING SHEGU BOBB NEWS:
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
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8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
BREAKING SHEGU BOBB NEWS:
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
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here is Minns saying he wants to give police more powers to not authorise nazi rallies after police authorised a nazi rally after Minns gave police more powers to police “antisemitic hate” based on racist lies and fake terror plots.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
here is Minns saying he wants to give police more powers to not authorise nazi rallies after police authorised a nazi rally after Minns gave police more powers to police “antisemitic hate” based on racist lies and fake terror plots.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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hahaha omg Minns has made a statement saying it is likely the parliament has to give police more powers after police approved a nazi rally for today at NSW Parliament. There are no sunk costs more extreme than public money costs sunk into police.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
hahaha omg Minns has made a statement saying it is likely the parliament has to give police more powers after police approved a nazi rally for today at NSW Parliament. There are no sunk costs more extreme than public money costs sunk into police.
BREAKING SHEGU BOBB NEWS:
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
BREAKING SHEGU BOBB NEWS:
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2
8 1/2 years after killing cyclist Mike Hall while driving a car that wasn’t roadworthy (the AFP failed to bring charges) &
5 1/2 years after soliciting & sexually assaulting an 11yo girl &
5 1/2 years after the assault was reported to the AFP (he wasn’t charged) &
/2