Mark Endean
@markendean.bsky.social
Bicyclist, recumbent tricyclist 😃, motorcyclist, grandfather, knitter, materials engineer, retired academic, would-be linguist currently failing structurally and waiting for further replacement parts. 😢
This is hilarious anti-cyclist bollocks. Talk about parading your ignorance in public. It’s hard to know where to start (or stop). But how about “[cyclists] don’t need seat belts”?😂
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is hilarious anti-cyclist bollocks. Talk about parading your ignorance in public. It’s hard to know where to start (or stop). But how about “[cyclists] don’t need seat belts”?😂
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NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
Jobs for pocket money
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
Warum müssen wir in der Stadt ständig an Ampeln halten? Nur wegen der Autos. Fuß- und Radverkehr käme problemlos ohne Ampeln zurecht. Sie werden propagiert als Hilfe für schwächere Verkehrsteilnehmer, sind aber eigentlich ein Symptom der Auto-Dominanz.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Truth bomb 👇: Traffic lights exist for cars, not for people walking or cycling. Before cars, we didn’t need them. Only when intersections became controlled and no communication was necessary could high speeds exist without chaos. We traded human interaction for convenience for motorists and danger.
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Tandem Tricycle
Capel Street Bridge, Dublin Ireland
1930s
Capel Street Bridge, Dublin Ireland
1930s
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tandem Tricycle
Capel Street Bridge, Dublin Ireland
1930s
Capel Street Bridge, Dublin Ireland
1930s
You have to admit it’s going pretty well for Farage Ltd.
October 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
You have to admit it’s going pretty well for Farage Ltd.
People mistake Farage for a politician. He is simply a businessman and his business is Nigel Farage. He has chosen to promote his business through, among other things, politics.
Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
People mistake Farage for a politician. He is simply a businessman and his business is Nigel Farage. He has chosen to promote his business through, among other things, politics.
Yet another #driverlesscar @ianwalker.bsky.social ?
Man critically hurt after being hit by Ferrari in Edinburgh
Man critically hurt after being hit by Ferrari in Edinburgh
The 26-year-old was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by the Ferrari 488 Spider on Saturday.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Yet another #driverlesscar @ianwalker.bsky.social ?
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"While public concern often focuses on youth violence, today, a man aged 31 to 50 is more likely to be admitted to hospital with a violence-related injury than a boy aged 11 to 17."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades
Official data suggests the capital may be safer than at any time in the past half century, comfortably beating other major cities
observer.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"While public concern often focuses on youth violence, today, a man aged 31 to 50 is more likely to be admitted to hospital with a violence-related injury than a boy aged 11 to 17."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!
Milton Keynes, heading the charge in the war on motorists. People really do seem to think that car parks are free, empty space that would become a wasteland if it weren’t used to store their ‘pride and joy’.
Frankly if you can afford to run a car then you can afford to pay for parking.
Strange how these concerned councillors never accuse bus companies of treating passengers like "cash cows".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Strange how these concerned councillors never accuse bus companies of treating passengers like "cash cows".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
High car parking charges treat motorists like a 'cash cow'
As councils' parking fees are criticised, they respond by saying it goes on road safety and public transport.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Milton Keynes, heading the charge in the war on motorists. People really do seem to think that car parks are free, empty space that would become a wasteland if it weren’t used to store their ‘pride and joy’.
We were also told that gas was the cleaner, healthier alternative. Look where that got us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65722603
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65722603
I remember the 1970s and clean air acts which for most places banned open fires in favour of healthier heating methods.
Very few need a wood burner, for most one is just a toxic aesthetic that kills.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Very few need a wood burner, for most one is just a toxic aesthetic that kills.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds
Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We were also told that gas was the cleaner, healthier alternative. Look where that got us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65722603
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65722603
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Oxford Green councillors are sounding the alarm over @networkrail failing to include buses in its proposed rail station redevelopments.
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oxford Green councillors are sounding the alarm over @networkrail failing to include buses in its proposed rail station redevelopments.
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
When East-West Rail finally starts this will make a massive difference to the accessibility of Oxford.
https://c.org/wCbgPGgYMp
https://c.org/wCbgPGgYMp
The Oxon4Buses campaign for a bus station at the railway station is front page news!
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Thank you to my amazing @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social colleagues @emilykerr36.bsky.social and Lois Muddiman (& everyone else!) for your work on this.
Sign the petition:
www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Thank you to my amazing @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social colleagues @emilykerr36.bsky.social and Lois Muddiman (& everyone else!) for your work on this.
Growing calls to include bus station in plans for Oxford Rail Station
There are growing calls for a new bus station to be part of major plans to redesign Oxford Railway Station.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When East-West Rail finally starts this will make a massive difference to the accessibility of Oxford.
https://c.org/wCbgPGgYMp
https://c.org/wCbgPGgYMp
This is going well.
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is going well.
Good. But that’s way too high a threshold. No privately-owned passenger vehicle needs to weigh more than 2 tonnes.
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Good. But that’s way too high a threshold. No privately-owned passenger vehicle needs to weigh more than 2 tonnes.
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We're preaching to the converted of course, but we really wish that those managing projects like this would come and get some advice from people who know what they are talking about.
These are not fit for purpose through their shape, fixings, being too close to each other and to the kerbs!
Fail.
These are not fit for purpose through their shape, fixings, being too close to each other and to the kerbs!
Fail.
I’m generally a pretty big champion of North Shields and happy to see new stuff happening, but there is so much that is just shoddy about the renovations on the “high street” (Bedford St) and these bike racks are the latest.
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We're preaching to the converted of course, but we really wish that those managing projects like this would come and get some advice from people who know what they are talking about.
These are not fit for purpose through their shape, fixings, being too close to each other and to the kerbs!
Fail.
These are not fit for purpose through their shape, fixings, being too close to each other and to the kerbs!
Fail.
Just imagine. If the BBC hadn’t told us that one driving instructor said to them it was a much more dangerous place, now, we would never have know.
2 years of default urban/village 20mph in Wales has resulted in over 1,000 fewer killed or injured. The data shows a 25% reduction in casualties on the 20/30mph roads. Drivers gain with damage risk, crashes and premiums down. Well done Wales. bit.ly/4ppl030
September 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Just imagine. If the BBC hadn’t told us that one driving instructor said to them it was a much more dangerous place, now, we would never have know.
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Please use alt text folks; especially large accounts, those for organisations and those with influence in large organisations.
September 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Please use alt text folks; especially large accounts, those for organisations and those with influence in large organisations.
Apart from some wag(s) having rotated various bits of this in different directions, is there anything wrong with this signage? I’m thinking @showmeasign.online might know. Asking for a friend.
September 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Apart from some wag(s) having rotated various bits of this in different directions, is there anything wrong with this signage? I’m thinking @showmeasign.online might know. Asking for a friend.
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"English roundabouts for English people,
Draped in red and white and bile."
Spot on, Brian, spot on.
Draped in red and white and bile."
Spot on, Brian, spot on.
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"English roundabouts for English people,
Draped in red and white and bile."
Spot on, Brian, spot on.
Draped in red and white and bile."
Spot on, Brian, spot on.
For folk used to queuing for the tube, queuing on a bike in the sunshine must be a real breath of fresh air.
Holy shit! In London streikt gerade die Metro und plötzlich fahren hundertausende Londoner erstmalig mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit. Der Anbieter Lime meldete einen Anstieg um 70%. So sieht das dann aus. Das wird dem Fahrrad auch nach dem Streik einen krassen Boost geben❤️💪
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For folk used to queuing for the tube, queuing on a bike in the sunshine must be a real breath of fresh air.
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Holy shit! In London streikt gerade die Metro und plötzlich fahren hundertausende Londoner erstmalig mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit. Der Anbieter Lime meldete einen Anstieg um 70%. So sieht das dann aus. Das wird dem Fahrrad auch nach dem Streik einen krassen Boost geben❤️💪
September 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Holy shit! In London streikt gerade die Metro und plötzlich fahren hundertausende Londoner erstmalig mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit. Der Anbieter Lime meldete einen Anstieg um 70%. So sieht das dann aus. Das wird dem Fahrrad auch nach dem Streik einen krassen Boost geben❤️💪
Nurse! Nurse!
British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
“We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.
September 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Nurse! Nurse!
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UK authorities are setting 20mph as a norm for urban/village streets. In Wales its set as a national limit. In Scotland as a key element of the Road Safety Strategy. In England 61 local authorities have a wide-area 20mph policy. #20splenty cost-effectively reducing casualties. 26% in Wales.
September 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
UK authorities are setting 20mph as a norm for urban/village streets. In Wales its set as a national limit. In Scotland as a key element of the Road Safety Strategy. In England 61 local authorities have a wide-area 20mph policy. #20splenty cost-effectively reducing casualties. 26% in Wales.