Mark McIntyre
@markjmcintyre.bsky.social
Keen on active travel 🚲 music, cities, odds and ends of Glasgow history, transport. Powoli uczę się polskiego 🇵🇱 posting my own views
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A lesson Russia learned in the 2010s.
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A lesson Russia learned in the 2010s.
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LAST CHANCE to share your views!
🚲🚌🚶🏾♀️We want to know how you get around Portobello, #Craigmillar and #Edinburgh and your ideas about how to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport.
🚦Our Survey ends this coming Friday 23 January
Complete it here: forms.gle/h52TAkswdX23...
🚲🚌🚶🏾♀️We want to know how you get around Portobello, #Craigmillar and #Edinburgh and your ideas about how to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport.
🚦Our Survey ends this coming Friday 23 January
Complete it here: forms.gle/h52TAkswdX23...
January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
LAST CHANCE to share your views!
🚲🚌🚶🏾♀️We want to know how you get around Portobello, #Craigmillar and #Edinburgh and your ideas about how to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport.
🚦Our Survey ends this coming Friday 23 January
Complete it here: forms.gle/h52TAkswdX23...
🚲🚌🚶🏾♀️We want to know how you get around Portobello, #Craigmillar and #Edinburgh and your ideas about how to make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport.
🚦Our Survey ends this coming Friday 23 January
Complete it here: forms.gle/h52TAkswdX23...
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ONCE upon a time (a few months ago) a group of over-excited British commentators argued that one Brexit benefit was that the UK would not be involved in a trade war between Trump and the EU.
Well.
Well.
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
ONCE upon a time (a few months ago) a group of over-excited British commentators argued that one Brexit benefit was that the UK would not be involved in a trade war between Trump and the EU.
Well.
Well.
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The worst climate and weather news you’ll see today.
Update: A bid to safeguard the National Center for Atmospheric Research failed Thursday after the Senate passed a spending package without an amendment to save the center's funding. eos.org/research-and...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up NCAR - Eos
The Trump administration is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, one of the world’s leading climate and Earth science research laboratories, according to a statement fro...
eos.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The worst climate and weather news you’ll see today.
Rarely on the Subway these days, so it still feels like a novelty having these flashy, very sci-fi feeling trains
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Rarely on the Subway these days, so it still feels like a novelty having these flashy, very sci-fi feeling trains
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R.I.P. Bobby, Thanks For The Music
In Memoriam: Grateful Dead guitarist Bobby Weir 1947 -- 2026 ...
In Memoriam: Grateful Dead guitarist Bobby Weir 1947 -- 2026 ...
Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir Has Died
Grateful Dead co-founding guitarist Bob Weir has died at age 78.
www.jambase.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
R.I.P. Bobby, Thanks For The Music
In Memoriam: Grateful Dead guitarist Bobby Weir 1947 -- 2026 ...
In Memoriam: Grateful Dead guitarist Bobby Weir 1947 -- 2026 ...
Some corkers of previously unreleased songs on the Long After Dark 2024 deluxe edition. Including this. Up there with some of Tom Petty's best.
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Some corkers of previously unreleased songs on the Long After Dark 2024 deluxe edition. Including this. Up there with some of Tom Petty's best.
Very Bruce & The E Street Band this
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Never Be You
YouTube video by TomPettyVEVO
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Very Bruce & The E Street Band this
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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I can't help but think of Heather Heyer, the woman killed in Charlottesville during the first term.
What was then an act of white supremacist vigilante violence by a radicalized right winger has now escalated to official acts carried out by the state
What was then an act of white supremacist vigilante violence by a radicalized right winger has now escalated to official acts carried out by the state
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I can't help but think of Heather Heyer, the woman killed in Charlottesville during the first term.
What was then an act of white supremacist vigilante violence by a radicalized right winger has now escalated to official acts carried out by the state
What was then an act of white supremacist vigilante violence by a radicalized right winger has now escalated to official acts carried out by the state
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Martin O'Neill just another guy reluctantly coming back to work at the start of January after a couple of weeks off
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Martin O'Neill just another guy reluctantly coming back to work at the start of January after a couple of weeks off
Good news for the New Year. Also good to see reporting like this in @glasgowtimes.bsky.social, with a focus on the victims of unsafe roads and why this will benefit everyone simply trying to walk, wheel or cycle their way around the city.
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Good news for the New Year. Also good to see reporting like this in @glasgowtimes.bsky.social, with a focus on the victims of unsafe roads and why this will benefit everyone simply trying to walk, wheel or cycle their way around the city.
I think this is mine, more or less in order.
Marc Ford
Marc Ribot
Ronnie Wood
Ryan Jarman
Elliot Easton
Jeff Baxter
Neil Young
Leo Kottke
Paul McCartney (yep)
Nick Drake
Marc Ford
Marc Ribot
Ronnie Wood
Ryan Jarman
Elliot Easton
Jeff Baxter
Neil Young
Leo Kottke
Paul McCartney (yep)
Nick Drake
Who are your top 10 all-time favorite guitarists? Here are mine in no particular order.
Eddie Van Halen
Gary Moore
Michael Schenker
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Robin Trower
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Honorable mention: Joe Satriani, B.B. King, Albert King, Randy Bachman
Eddie Van Halen
Gary Moore
Michael Schenker
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Robin Trower
Randy Rhoads
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
David Gilmour
Honorable mention: Joe Satriani, B.B. King, Albert King, Randy Bachman
January 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I think this is mine, more or less in order.
Marc Ford
Marc Ribot
Ronnie Wood
Ryan Jarman
Elliot Easton
Jeff Baxter
Neil Young
Leo Kottke
Paul McCartney (yep)
Nick Drake
Marc Ford
Marc Ribot
Ronnie Wood
Ryan Jarman
Elliot Easton
Jeff Baxter
Neil Young
Leo Kottke
Paul McCartney (yep)
Nick Drake
So much to be impressed about with the integrated TfGM system.
You get a free onward tram trip inside Zone 1 if you arrive by train from somewhere in Greater Manchester. 🚊🚄
You get a free onward tram trip inside Zone 1 if you arrive by train from somewhere in Greater Manchester. 🚊🚄
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
So much to be impressed about with the integrated TfGM system.
You get a free onward tram trip inside Zone 1 if you arrive by train from somewhere in Greater Manchester. 🚊🚄
You get a free onward tram trip inside Zone 1 if you arrive by train from somewhere in Greater Manchester. 🚊🚄
First time getting round on the Manchester trams. Had no idea it was so cheap.
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
First time getting round on the Manchester trams. Had no idea it was so cheap.
Squier is really knocking out some top notch guitars these days
Alright I can say it now: I will not acquire ANY more guitars before 2026 🙏🏾
December 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Squier is really knocking out some top notch guitars these days
Not quite this, but
December 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Not quite this, but
This, but also for far too many suburban rail stations <15mins by train from the city centre.
Glasgow has 15 subway stations. Just look at the land use around these two! It's shocking.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
December 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This, but also for far too many suburban rail stations <15mins by train from the city centre.
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Glasgow has 15 subway stations. Just look at the land use around these two! It's shocking.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Glasgow has 15 subway stations. Just look at the land use around these two! It's shocking.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
Should be dense housing and commerce, or dense employment. Instead we have a huge motorway junction and like a car dealership and some warehouses that could just as happily be on the outskirts.
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Worth 5 minutes of anyone's time to read about Ronnie. Consider having a tissue handy in case something should happen to get in your eye 🥹
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Worth 5 minutes of anyone's time to read about Ronnie. Consider having a tissue handy in case something should happen to get in your eye 🥹
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.
Engineers working on the HS2 project have slid a 4,600t viaduct section across the M6 without a full carriageway closure, in what contractors say is a UK first that will reduce disruption for drivers
Full story:
Full story:
HS2 completes final slide of 4,600t viaduct across M6 without closing motorway | New Civil Engineer
The 17‑hour operation carried out over the weekend of 13-14 December completed the three‑stage assembly and installation of the 315m long East deck of the
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.
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Today Montpellier inaugurated its 5th tram line, bringing the network to 83 km. The first line was opened in 2000.
The network has grown highly interlined, with multiple trunks crossing the central area.
The network has grown highly interlined, with multiple trunks crossing the central area.
December 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today Montpellier inaugurated its 5th tram line, bringing the network to 83 km. The first line was opened in 2000.
The network has grown highly interlined, with multiple trunks crossing the central area.
The network has grown highly interlined, with multiple trunks crossing the central area.