Paul Gannon
@paultbg.bsky.social
Author of 'Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret' and 'Before Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of World War I' (Tomlinson prize honourable mention for best WWI book in English 2020)
www.paulgannonbooks.co.uk
www.paulgannonbooks.co.uk
Perhaps a licence system for cyclists would help?
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Thank you to Richard for the clip!
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September 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Perhaps a licence system for cyclists would help?
www.youtube.com/shorts/ryPBK...
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What's been going wrong at Deutsche Bahn?
From 'Monocle':
From 'Monocle':
September 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What's been going wrong at Deutsche Bahn?
From 'Monocle':
From 'Monocle':
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Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
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1/ Driving an SUV is selfish, anti-social, and unethical, but we have allowed advertisers to paint it as highly desirable
Happily there's a much more powerful force than advertising - the judgement of our friends and peers
Maybe it's time to start wielding it
Happily there's a much more powerful force than advertising - the judgement of our friends and peers
Maybe it's time to start wielding it
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
1/ Driving an SUV is selfish, anti-social, and unethical, but we have allowed advertisers to paint it as highly desirable
Happily there's a much more powerful force than advertising - the judgement of our friends and peers
Maybe it's time to start wielding it
Happily there's a much more powerful force than advertising - the judgement of our friends and peers
Maybe it's time to start wielding it
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I wonder why the businesses are not offering to refund customers bus fares?
Oh that's right, motonormativity. They don't see past car drivers.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2540275...
Oh that's right, motonormativity. They don't see past car drivers.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2540275...
Darlington businesses paying punters' parking in bid to bring custom back to town
Darlington businesses have taken matters into their own hands by paying customers’ parking charges in a bid to bring punters back to the town…
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I wonder why the businesses are not offering to refund customers bus fares?
Oh that's right, motonormativity. They don't see past car drivers.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2540275...
Oh that's right, motonormativity. They don't see past car drivers.
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2540275...
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As part of VDL's trade war surrender to Trump, the EU has promised to lower its vehicle safety & pollution standards.
NGO @transenv.bsky.social calls it a "betrayal of all EU citizens" forcing "monster 🇺🇸pick-up trucks" into Europe that will increase pedestrian deaths.
NGO @transenv.bsky.social calls it a "betrayal of all EU citizens" forcing "monster 🇺🇸pick-up trucks" into Europe that will increase pedestrian deaths.
EU cave in on vehicle trade rules will cost European lives as US…
Pedestrians, cyclists and drivers are at increased risk as the rapid rise in monster US pick-up trucks on Europe’s roads is set to accelerate after the…
www.transportenvironment.org
August 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
As part of VDL's trade war surrender to Trump, the EU has promised to lower its vehicle safety & pollution standards.
NGO @transenv.bsky.social calls it a "betrayal of all EU citizens" forcing "monster 🇺🇸pick-up trucks" into Europe that will increase pedestrian deaths.
NGO @transenv.bsky.social calls it a "betrayal of all EU citizens" forcing "monster 🇺🇸pick-up trucks" into Europe that will increase pedestrian deaths.
Train travel becoming cheaper than flying - "Very slowly the difference in price between train and air travel is beginning to narrow, but not quickly enough for Greepeace"
Treinreizen steeds vaker íéts goedkoper dan vliegen
Treinreizen steeds vaker íéts goedkoper dan vliegen
Heel langzaam begint het verschil in prijs tussen een trein- en vliegreis binnen Europa af te nemen, al is Greenpeace nog lang niet tevreden.
www.trouw.nl
August 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Train travel becoming cheaper than flying - "Very slowly the difference in price between train and air travel is beginning to narrow, but not quickly enough for Greepeace"
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Met het project Street Moves kunnen inwoners van Zweden hun straat mede vormgeven met modulair straatmeubilair. Sinds 2020 wordt hiermee geëxperimenteerd om straten leefbaarder en flexibeler in te richten.
stadszaken.nl/artikel/8110...
stadszaken.nl/artikel/8110...
Zo ontwerpen Zweden hun eigen straten in de 1-minuut stad
Met Street Moves kunnen inwoners van Zweden hun straat mede vormgeven met modulair straatmeubilair. Straten worden er leefbaarder en flexibeler van.
stadszaken.nl
August 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Met het project Street Moves kunnen inwoners van Zweden hun straat mede vormgeven met modulair straatmeubilair. Sinds 2020 wordt hiermee geëxperimenteerd om straten leefbaarder en flexibeler in te richten.
stadszaken.nl/artikel/8110...
stadszaken.nl/artikel/8110...
The cash & resources, around $500 million, being accumulated to create "a Europe unshackled from environmentalism".
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The cash & resources, around $500 million, being accumulated to create "a Europe unshackled from environmentalism".
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Nothing to see here. Just cycling infrastructure improving emergency services response times in London...
#biketooter
#biketooter
July 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Nothing to see here. Just cycling infrastructure improving emergency services response times in London...
#biketooter
#biketooter
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"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week."
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week."
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Emory University rejection letter from 1959.
July 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Emory University rejection letter from 1959.
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Days after @desmog.com published an article highlighting the Telegraph's links to fossil fuel interests, the paper was at it again this weekend - shoehorning an attack on climate policy into a story about (checks notes) NHS spending...
July 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Days after @desmog.com published an article highlighting the Telegraph's links to fossil fuel interests, the paper was at it again this weekend - shoehorning an attack on climate policy into a story about (checks notes) NHS spending...
BBC R4 Today programme is making great efforts to 'get down & speak with the people', using whenever feasible the local lingo with a discussion this morning with one contributor talking about the 'Prelapsarian Realm' (in this case meaning not the Garden of Eden but the British coast).
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
BBC R4 Today programme is making great efforts to 'get down & speak with the people', using whenever feasible the local lingo with a discussion this morning with one contributor talking about the 'Prelapsarian Realm' (in this case meaning not the Garden of Eden but the British coast).
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“Our family, alongside the police, seek justice and resolution”
Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver calls for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”
Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver calls for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”
“No one should suffer this heartbreak”: Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver call for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”
71-year-old Barry Shonibare became the fourth person to be killed cycling in London in 2025, with a cycling group adding the location of crash was known to be dangerous, “with high motor vehicle speed...
road.cc
July 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Our family, alongside the police, seek justice and resolution”
Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver calls for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”
Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver calls for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”
Why we should all stop using 'X" - because "it is nothing more than an emotion-stoking hate machine aimed to forward the narrow political agenda and world view of its owner."
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
July 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Why we should all stop using 'X" - because "it is nothing more than an emotion-stoking hate machine aimed to forward the narrow political agenda and world view of its owner."
Enschede becomes the first Dutch town to ban 'fatbikes' from the town centre, declaring that they are motor bikes disguised as bicycles.
Enschede verklaart fatbikes vogelvrij: 'Zijn scooters vermomd als fietsen'
Enschede verklaart fatbikes vogelvrij: 'Zijn scooters vermomd als fietsen'
Enschede verbant als eerste stad in Nederland de fatbike uit het centrum. De gemeenteraad stemt dinsdagavond vrijwel zeker in met een verbod in het winkel- en horecagebied, het zogenoemde stadserf. Juristen betwijfelen of het plan standhoudt bij de rechter.
dlvr.it
July 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Enschede becomes the first Dutch town to ban 'fatbikes' from the town centre, declaring that they are motor bikes disguised as bicycles.
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typical Swiss ingenuity. no doubt helped by the fact that Switzerland is not dominated by fossil fuel companies.
Switzerland is using its railway infrastructure to generate power by installing solar panels between train tracks. Transport and energy generation can work together.
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
typical Swiss ingenuity. no doubt helped by the fact that Switzerland is not dominated by fossil fuel companies.
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Yet another credible academic study published today, this time in the BMJ, showing that LTNs significantly cut road traffic injuries. To no one's surprise.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024)
Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins...
injuryprevention.bmj.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yet another credible academic study published today, this time in the BMJ, showing that LTNs significantly cut road traffic injuries. To no one's surprise.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...
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With a comment from me. @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Interesting new study from @smfthinktank.bsky.social finds a correlation between car dependency & loneliness, particularly in rural towns.
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
People lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependancy and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
With a comment from me. @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
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We're working with London's boroughs to make our roads safer.
It's your last day to respond to @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Fitzjohn Ave plans:
🚲bike lane
🚶♀️safer crossings
🚌better bus reliability
🌳☔️🌱greening & SUDS
consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...
It's your last day to respond to @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Fitzjohn Ave plans:
🚲bike lane
🚶♀️safer crossings
🚌better bus reliability
🌳☔️🌱greening & SUDS
consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...
July 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We're working with London's boroughs to make our roads safer.
It's your last day to respond to @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Fitzjohn Ave plans:
🚲bike lane
🚶♀️safer crossings
🚌better bus reliability
🌳☔️🌱greening & SUDS
consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...
It's your last day to respond to @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Fitzjohn Ave plans:
🚲bike lane
🚶♀️safer crossings
🚌better bus reliability
🌳☔️🌱greening & SUDS
consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...
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Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...
July 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...
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In the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, city planners measured a reduction of 2.5 degree drop when replacing a car park with 70 trees. Another programme by Météo France has concluded that in a Parisian neighbourhood with 300 hectares of green space, the temperature drops by 0.5 to 1.
July 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, city planners measured a reduction of 2.5 degree drop when replacing a car park with 70 trees. Another programme by Météo France has concluded that in a Parisian neighbourhood with 300 hectares of green space, the temperature drops by 0.5 to 1.
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Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD say that Russia uses chemical warfare agents, such as tear gas and chloropicrin, on a large scale in its war against Ukraine. The services intercepted military instructions indicating this is now a daily occurrence, newspaper NRC reports.
July 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD say that Russia uses chemical warfare agents, such as tear gas and chloropicrin, on a large scale in its war against Ukraine. The services intercepted military instructions indicating this is now a daily occurrence, newspaper NRC reports.
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In the five years leading up to the replacement of blue paint with segregated cycle tracks and floating bus stops 5 people were killed on CS2. In the ten years since they were constructed no cyclists had died and there have been no significant collisions between cycles and pedestrians at bus stops
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In the five years leading up to the replacement of blue paint with segregated cycle tracks and floating bus stops 5 people were killed on CS2. In the ten years since they were constructed no cyclists had died and there have been no significant collisions between cycles and pedestrians at bus stops