Simon Maarfield
@simonmaarfield.bsky.social
Eisenbahner, transport planner, rail fan, environmentalist
This report tells an uncomfortable truth: many critical water systems are already bankrupt. It’s extremely urgent [because] no one knows exactly when the whole system would collapse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says
Overuse and pollution must end urgently as no one knows when whole system might collapse, says expert
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This report tells an uncomfortable truth: many critical water systems are already bankrupt. It’s extremely urgent [because] no one knows exactly when the whole system would collapse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📣 Es gibt News: Der #Verkehrsentscheid hat jetzt ein Büro!
Das teilen wir uns mit unserem Partner-#Volksbegehren, #Berlin #Werbefrei. Besucht uns doch mal, sagt “Hallo”, unterschreibt für uns und nehmt Unterschriften-Listen für eure Freund*innen mit 🙌
Das teilen wir uns mit unserem Partner-#Volksbegehren, #Berlin #Werbefrei. Besucht uns doch mal, sagt “Hallo”, unterschreibt für uns und nehmt Unterschriften-Listen für eure Freund*innen mit 🙌
January 16, 2026 at 2:06 PM
📣 Es gibt News: Der #Verkehrsentscheid hat jetzt ein Büro!
Das teilen wir uns mit unserem Partner-#Volksbegehren, #Berlin #Werbefrei. Besucht uns doch mal, sagt “Hallo”, unterschreibt für uns und nehmt Unterschriften-Listen für eure Freund*innen mit 🙌
Das teilen wir uns mit unserem Partner-#Volksbegehren, #Berlin #Werbefrei. Besucht uns doch mal, sagt “Hallo”, unterschreibt für uns und nehmt Unterschriften-Listen für eure Freund*innen mit 🙌
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Weniger Autos, mehr Berlin? Der Verkehrsentscheid @vberlinautofrei.de legt die Verkehrswende in die Hände der Berliner:innen und sammelt gerade fleißig Unterschriften 📝Im #ADFC-RadForum sprechen wir mit Rechtanwalt Philipp Schulte über das Gesetz und Chancen für den Radverkehr 🚴♂️🚗🌳
Mi 19:00 via zoom
Mi 19:00 via zoom
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Weniger Autos, mehr Berlin? Der Verkehrsentscheid @vberlinautofrei.de legt die Verkehrswende in die Hände der Berliner:innen und sammelt gerade fleißig Unterschriften 📝Im #ADFC-RadForum sprechen wir mit Rechtanwalt Philipp Schulte über das Gesetz und Chancen für den Radverkehr 🚴♂️🚗🌳
Mi 19:00 via zoom
Mi 19:00 via zoom
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Breaking news: "President Trump will be our greatest ally after Brexit.
Freed from ties to the EU, Britain can build a truly special relationship with this US president."
Oh sorry, Rees-Mogg got that one wrong too in 2018.
www.thetimes.com/article/b4ad...
Freed from ties to the EU, Britain can build a truly special relationship with this US president."
Oh sorry, Rees-Mogg got that one wrong too in 2018.
www.thetimes.com/article/b4ad...
President Trump will be our greatest ally after Brexit
The planned visit of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to the United Kingdom in July is well-timed and of great importance. By then the European Union Withdrawal Bill ought to have pas...
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Breaking news: "President Trump will be our greatest ally after Brexit.
Freed from ties to the EU, Britain can build a truly special relationship with this US president."
Oh sorry, Rees-Mogg got that one wrong too in 2018.
www.thetimes.com/article/b4ad...
Freed from ties to the EU, Britain can build a truly special relationship with this US president."
Oh sorry, Rees-Mogg got that one wrong too in 2018.
www.thetimes.com/article/b4ad...
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Here's the timetable of extended SŽ Villach service, starting in February
With this you can do Zagreb to Paris on the same day, without having to take a night train!
(Unofficial via eurocitycroatia on Instagram)
With this you can do Zagreb to Paris on the same day, without having to take a night train!
(Unofficial via eurocitycroatia on Instagram)
January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Here's the timetable of extended SŽ Villach service, starting in February
With this you can do Zagreb to Paris on the same day, without having to take a night train!
(Unofficial via eurocitycroatia on Instagram)
With this you can do Zagreb to Paris on the same day, without having to take a night train!
(Unofficial via eurocitycroatia on Instagram)
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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
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🚗: I hope I find parking.
🚴🏽♂️: I hope I don’t die.
Our priorities are not the same.
🚴🏽♂️: I hope I don’t die.
Our priorities are not the same.
October 5, 2024 at 12:40 AM
🚗: I hope I find parking.
🚴🏽♂️: I hope I don’t die.
Our priorities are not the same.
🚴🏽♂️: I hope I don’t die.
Our priorities are not the same.
This is exactly why I so dislike artificially cheap, flat-rate public transport pricing that causes massive increases in induced demand while providing no additional capacity. On my recent visit to Portugal I couldn't help but notice 90+% of passengers in the Porto area showing green passes.
The Portuguese 20-euro ticket is damaging CP’s operations
The Portuguese 20-euro train ticket (Passe Ferroviário Verde) is causing trouble for operator CP and passengers. Demand spiked more than 50% in the Intercity services, but passengers can’t…
www.railtech.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 AM
This is exactly why I so dislike artificially cheap, flat-rate public transport pricing that causes massive increases in induced demand while providing no additional capacity. On my recent visit to Portugal I couldn't help but notice 90+% of passengers in the Porto area showing green passes.
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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As if they were reading my posts today, Slovenian Railways announced additional connections between Zagreb and Villach!
Exact times tbd, but you'll be able to take the SŽ Stadler from Zagreb and be in Villach by 9:38. Brilliant for catching connections elsewhere in Europe, and for ZG-LJ!
Exact times tbd, but you'll be able to take the SŽ Stadler from Zagreb and be in Villach by 9:38. Brilliant for catching connections elsewhere in Europe, and for ZG-LJ!
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
As if they were reading my posts today, Slovenian Railways announced additional connections between Zagreb and Villach!
Exact times tbd, but you'll be able to take the SŽ Stadler from Zagreb and be in Villach by 9:38. Brilliant for catching connections elsewhere in Europe, and for ZG-LJ!
Exact times tbd, but you'll be able to take the SŽ Stadler from Zagreb and be in Villach by 9:38. Brilliant for catching connections elsewhere in Europe, and for ZG-LJ!
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"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
The “polluter pays” principle is a cornerstone of environmental regulation. It raises billions of dollars each year and has been fundamental in pushing
www.counterpunch.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"The environmental cost of meat is disproportionately high...
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
Calls to curb meat consumption are growing louder, yet meat intake is climbing with rising incomes in emerging economies, coupled with entrenched habits in wealthier nations...
Clean energy isn’t enough; clean food is next."
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A short reflection on William Barbat's 1979 "CO2 Newsletter". allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/11/a...
"A species capable of extraordinary insight, yet seemingly incapable of acting in its own long-term interest": Professor Kevin Anderson on the C02 Newsletter - All Our Yesterdays
From 1979 to 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues of the CO2 Newsletter. His family have kindly supplied copies and given permission for these to be digitised and shared. Ever...
allouryesterdays.info
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
A short reflection on William Barbat's 1979 "CO2 Newsletter". allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/11/a...
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French night train rolling stock order delayed https://bit.ly/49jkOMZ
French night train rolling stock order delayed
French night train rolling stock order delayed https://bit.ly/49jkOMZ
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
French night train rolling stock order delayed https://bit.ly/49jkOMZ
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A global shift to plant-based diets could free an area of land as big as the US, China, the EU and Australia combined: restored ecosystems could draw down CO2, making our diets carbon negative. Average food emissions per person would be reduced from about 2,000 kg CO2eq/year to -160 kg CO2eq/year.
From nuts to kelp: The 'carbon-negative' foods that help reverse climate change
Eating low-carbon foods helps reduce emissions, but some foods actually suck up carbon from the atmosphere for good, leaving the climate in a better place. Could we eat more of them?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 AM
A global shift to plant-based diets could free an area of land as big as the US, China, the EU and Australia combined: restored ecosystems could draw down CO2, making our diets carbon negative. Average food emissions per person would be reduced from about 2,000 kg CO2eq/year to -160 kg CO2eq/year.
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Same on #Today this morning. It's false balance over and over again. Even when you have a video in front of your eyes .
Disgraceful article by BBC News. It's abundantly clear from the videos what happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis
Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Same on #Today this morning. It's false balance over and over again. Even when you have a video in front of your eyes .
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
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🚆 Additional direct train to link Tallinn and Riga from Monday. Affordable fares, sub-4h journeys, and a big step for cross-border travel. 🌍✨. Read more at shorturl.at/NmImi. Image courtesy of Elron.
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🚆 Additional direct train to link Tallinn and Riga from Monday. Affordable fares, sub-4h journeys, and a big step for cross-border travel. 🌍✨. Read more at shorturl.at/NmImi. Image courtesy of Elron.
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It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
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Oh, so that's it. MAV take away my sleeping car without so much as an excuse-me. OeBB text me about rebooking because we left a minute late!
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Oh, so that's it. MAV take away my sleeping car without so much as an excuse-me. OeBB text me about rebooking because we left a minute late!
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For the record, this problem has now been fixed - you can now book sleepers with an Interrail or Eurail pass on the Dacia, Vienna-Bucharest. Good to see!
Hope everyone had a good Christmas! So it seems CFR in Romania haven't given ÖBB any sleeper inventory for the Dacia, so ÖBB can't sell it, only CFR can. And CFR's website doesn't do reservation-only bookings for passholders. Anyone know who to give a gentle nudge to at CFR?
January 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
For the record, this problem has now been fixed - you can now book sleepers with an Interrail or Eurail pass on the Dacia, Vienna-Bucharest. Good to see!
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Today is the one year anniversary of the wildly successful congestion pricing program
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Today is the one year anniversary of the wildly successful congestion pricing program
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Schneller zum Hauptbahnhof, teurer durch die Stadt: Fahrgäste und Autofahrer in #Berlin müssen sich auf Neuerungen einstellen. Unser großer Überblick zeigt, was auf die Berliner 2026 zukommt. #S21 #Elsenbrücke #BVG #VBB
Link im ersten Kommentar.
Link im ersten Kommentar.
December 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Schneller zum Hauptbahnhof, teurer durch die Stadt: Fahrgäste und Autofahrer in #Berlin müssen sich auf Neuerungen einstellen. Unser großer Überblick zeigt, was auf die Berliner 2026 zukommt. #S21 #Elsenbrücke #BVG #VBB
Link im ersten Kommentar.
Link im ersten Kommentar.
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Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of gl...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
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It's not as if we weren't warned.
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's not as if we weren't warned.