Jon Owen
@anotherjon.bsky.social
Not as bright as forecast. Pieces of a man, loitering at the intersection of art, cycling, and eco-socialism.
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
He/him. 🌳 🚴♀️🚶♀️🚶♂️👩🦽 🌳
Did somebody say "Green surge"?
Wincheap (Canterbury) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)
Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did somebody say "Green surge"?
We've rightly built cultures of safety, of harm reduction in our schools and industries, such that a single fatality sees a big response, and that's absolutely a good thing, that's how it should be.
But on the roads? We all just kind of collectively shrug. That's fucked up.
But on the roads? We all just kind of collectively shrug. That's fucked up.
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We've rightly built cultures of safety, of harm reduction in our schools and industries, such that a single fatality sees a big response, and that's absolutely a good thing, that's how it should be.
But on the roads? We all just kind of collectively shrug. That's fucked up.
But on the roads? We all just kind of collectively shrug. That's fucked up.
You love to see it. I certainly do.
🎉 Green WIN! 🎉
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
💚 Congratulations to Mike Dunn of North Somerset Green Party on being elected in Long Ashton ward!
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You love to see it. I certainly do.
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A good sign.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A good sign.
To put this into perspective, home heating accounts for 14% of the UK's carbon emissions.
So it follows that enabling households to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps is a vital aspect of tackling climate change.
This would be a big step back precisely when stepping things up is what's needed.
So it follows that enabling households to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps is a vital aspect of tackling climate change.
This would be a big step back precisely when stepping things up is what's needed.
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners will lose their right to subsidies for eco-friendly heat pumps as a result of government plans to bring down energy bills at the budget.
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is planning to announce a series of measures to bring down energy bills amid concerns the country’s stubbornly high cost of living is driving millions of voters to Reform UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To put this into perspective, home heating accounts for 14% of the UK's carbon emissions.
So it follows that enabling households to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps is a vital aspect of tackling climate change.
This would be a big step back precisely when stepping things up is what's needed.
So it follows that enabling households to switch from gas boilers to heat pumps is a vital aspect of tackling climate change.
This would be a big step back precisely when stepping things up is what's needed.
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Bicycle Race
1912
Artist: Lyonel Feininger
1912
Artist: Lyonel Feininger
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bicycle Race
1912
Artist: Lyonel Feininger
1912
Artist: Lyonel Feininger
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My painting PEGGY’S COVE
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My painting PEGGY’S COVE
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I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I do wonder if labour are just chucking ideas at the wall to see what sticks, and what the reaction is.
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
They just seem to be fiddling at the edges and avoiding the big issues.
JUST RAISE BLOODY FUEL DUTY
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
In today's episode of Wes Streeting is Consistently Wrong About Everything, plucky Wes - who, you may recall, is a member of the Labour Party - takes a swing at a union. What a bellend.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doctors' union acting like cartel and opposing taxes - Streeting
The health secretary launches strongest criticism yet of the union ahead of Friday's strike by resident doctors.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In today's episode of Wes Streeting is Consistently Wrong About Everything, plucky Wes - who, you may recall, is a member of the Labour Party - takes a swing at a union. What a bellend.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh, that's good.
a “Space Force”, if you will
we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Oh, that's good.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It took a formal complaint filed by a constituent for Reform councillor Terry Mole to be compliant and transparent about his financial interests, and he appears to face no rebuke or sanction for having flouted the rules.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
Reform Councillor Accused of Flouting Transparency Rules After Refusing to Declare His Company
Councillor in flagship Reform council failed to name his firm on his register of interests, or respond to questions about it from his constituent, prompting a formal complaint
bylinetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It took a formal complaint filed by a constituent for Reform councillor Terry Mole to be compliant and transparent about his financial interests, and he appears to face no rebuke or sanction for having flouted the rules.
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
✍️ - @josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/13/r...
There's always an Andy Singer cartoon. Always.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There's always an Andy Singer cartoon. Always.
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I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I FOI'd English councils whether they use legal land purchase powers to create traffic-free paths. Just 1% said they have successfully.
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
Why is something that's so common for roads almost never done for cycle routes? And what does it mean for cycling?
lauralaker.substack.com/p/cycleways-...
"Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs..."
The British Medical Journal recognising SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial.
The laissez faire policy approach to them has led to additional and avoidable deaths.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The British Medical Journal recognising SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial.
The laissez faire policy approach to them has led to additional and avoidable deaths.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs..."
The British Medical Journal recognising SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial.
The laissez faire policy approach to them has led to additional and avoidable deaths.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The British Medical Journal recognising SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial.
The laissez faire policy approach to them has led to additional and avoidable deaths.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"In addition to seeking to lower the cost of essentials like housing, food, child care, and transportation, Wilson also emphasized the need to take bolder action to improve transit service and road safety."
Seems like Seattleites might be on the cusp of electing a very cool mayor.
Seems like Seattleites might be on the cusp of electing a very cool mayor.
NEW STORY // Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Story by Doug Trumm via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/k...
Katie Wilson Takes 91-Vote Lead in Dramatic Seattle Mayor Race » The Urbanist
# Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now leads incumbent Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell by a razor-thin 91-vote margin after another batch of votes were counted Monday. Wilson appears well-positioned to...
www.theurbanist.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"In addition to seeking to lower the cost of essentials like housing, food, child care, and transportation, Wilson also emphasized the need to take bolder action to improve transit service and road safety."
Seems like Seattleites might be on the cusp of electing a very cool mayor.
Seems like Seattleites might be on the cusp of electing a very cool mayor.
Greens support from young people doubles
- You love to see it. I certainly do.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
- You love to see it. I certainly do.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Greens support from young people doubles
- You love to see it. I certainly do.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
- You love to see it. I certainly do.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
Inspirational* leadership, right there.
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
Trump To Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers: ‘Get Back To Work ‘NOW!!!’ Or Leave Profession
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Inspirational* leadership, right there.
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Washing lines in the street, Leeds, 1959, photo by Roger Mayne.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Washing lines in the street, Leeds, 1959, photo by Roger Mayne.
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After The Rain. 14°C and soggy underfoot. Fieldfare.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
After The Rain. 14°C and soggy underfoot. Fieldfare.
Good news:
A bill in the Isle of Man's parliament to remove its bishop's voting powers has passed its final stage.
Only three other legislatures include religious clerics ex officio: Vatican City, Iran, and our own Parliament in Westminster.
It's time.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
A bill in the Isle of Man's parliament to remove its bishop's voting powers has passed its final stage.
Only three other legislatures include religious clerics ex officio: Vatican City, Iran, and our own Parliament in Westminster.
It's time.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Bill to scrap bishop’s vote in Manx parliament set to become law
Bill prompts NSS to call for bishops to be removed from Westminster House of Lords. Read More »
www.secularism.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good news:
A bill in the Isle of Man's parliament to remove its bishop's voting powers has passed its final stage.
Only three other legislatures include religious clerics ex officio: Vatican City, Iran, and our own Parliament in Westminster.
It's time.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
A bill in the Isle of Man's parliament to remove its bishop's voting powers has passed its final stage.
Only three other legislatures include religious clerics ex officio: Vatican City, Iran, and our own Parliament in Westminster.
It's time.
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Betteridge's Law applies.
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Senior insiders admit concern about big editorial errors and fear attacks are part of ongoing campaign to undermine the broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Betteridge's Law applies.
Nice swan, Herbert.
Swan marker Herbert Turk and friend, Chiswick 1939.
From a collection of images from London's River & Rowing Museum looking at the long standing tradition of counting and protecting the the Royal Swans on the Thames.
From a collection of images from London's River & Rowing Museum looking at the long standing tradition of counting and protecting the the Royal Swans on the Thames.
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nice swan, Herbert.