Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ
@baoigheallain.bsky.social
Not a cyclist, but gets around on a bike.
Now reluctantly involved in the Building Safety Crisis
Now reluctantly involved in the Building Safety Crisis
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Over 200 vehicles have dangerously obstructed me in the 2way bike lane on the short section of J st between 1st and 10th
@seanelorivera.bsky.social we need policies to protect these lanes w/ concrete and enforcement to prevent rideshares, city vehicles and delivery trucks from blocking them
@seanelorivera.bsky.social we need policies to protect these lanes w/ concrete and enforcement to prevent rideshares, city vehicles and delivery trucks from blocking them
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Over 200 vehicles have dangerously obstructed me in the 2way bike lane on the short section of J st between 1st and 10th
@seanelorivera.bsky.social we need policies to protect these lanes w/ concrete and enforcement to prevent rideshares, city vehicles and delivery trucks from blocking them
@seanelorivera.bsky.social we need policies to protect these lanes w/ concrete and enforcement to prevent rideshares, city vehicles and delivery trucks from blocking them
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With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
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Exciting road pricing news out of Denmark!
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting road pricing news out of Denmark!
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
Today a new expert group for designing the future car taxation was announced, with a focus on the externalities from cars.
See the terms of reference below. I will soon follow up with a piece on why I think it actually can lead to GPS-based road pricing.
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Our government's policy on Europe is heavily influenced by a desire not to alienate dead people.
Peter Kellner: The pro-Brexit majority of 2016 has literally died out
Huffington Post had gone behind the New World (formerly New European) paywall and emerged with a story about the level of public support fo...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our government's policy on Europe is heavily influenced by a desire not to alienate dead people.
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New study estimates that German households who remain on natural gas in 2045 could be stuck paying 10x what they pay today for gas pipeline maintenance. As other households electrify, gas utilities will spread the same maintenance costs over fewer remaining customers, raising prices dramatically.
Last gas-heated homes in Germany could face extra costs of 4,000 euros per year – analysis
www.cleanenergywire.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New study estimates that German households who remain on natural gas in 2045 could be stuck paying 10x what they pay today for gas pipeline maintenance. As other households electrify, gas utilities will spread the same maintenance costs over fewer remaining customers, raising prices dramatically.
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
Oxfordshire County Council is “urgently reviewing” its use of X, formerly Twitter, as a result of “very recent news regarding Elon Musk and his use of his platform”. Devon, Southampton, and Warwick councils have all recently quit the platform.
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Strange, hates EU but decided against building his factory in Britain because they left the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Elon Musk says Brexit made him decide against Tesla electric car Gigafactory in UK
‘Brexit made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK’
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Strange, hates EU but decided against building his factory in Britain because they left the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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A top British spy at the heart of the IRA was flown out of Northern Ireland on holiday on a military aircraft by his army handlers when they knew he was wanted by police for conspiracy to murder, it has emerged.
Top IRA agent Stakeknife 'protected' by British handlers
A top British spy at the heart of the IRA was flown out of Northern Ireland on holiday on a military aircraft by his army handlers when they knew he was wanted by police for conspiracy to murder, it h...
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A top British spy at the heart of the IRA was flown out of Northern Ireland on holiday on a military aircraft by his army handlers when they knew he was wanted by police for conspiracy to murder, it has emerged.
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Can you share please cycling peeps, I really don't want to have to resort to Gumtree
FOR SALE Brompton G Line Electric, used once under 2miles
Size small, Forest Green, as new. £2750
How about for a Christmas pressie?
Size small, Forest Green, as new. £2750
How about for a Christmas pressie?
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Can you share please cycling peeps, I really don't want to have to resort to Gumtree
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Badenoch says the Conservatives would want fewer “low value degrees” and many more apprenticeships. As ever with such announcements I will perhaps take it more seriously when the kids of government ministers and MPs are routinely doing apprenticeships and not degrees.
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Badenoch says the Conservatives would want fewer “low value degrees” and many more apprenticeships. As ever with such announcements I will perhaps take it more seriously when the kids of government ministers and MPs are routinely doing apprenticeships and not degrees.
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Putting aside the question of how good/bad this looks, I don't think in all my travels I have seen a UK rail livery so reflective of a political context.
Previous liveries were often attempts to convey a message about services and companies, but this is a political exercise.
Previous liveries were often attempts to convey a message about services and companies, but this is a political exercise.
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled https://bit.ly/4rIz0pF
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled
Great British Railways branding, train livery and logo unveiled https://bit.ly/4rIz0pF
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Putting aside the question of how good/bad this looks, I don't think in all my travels I have seen a UK rail livery so reflective of a political context.
Previous liveries were often attempts to convey a message about services and companies, but this is a political exercise.
Previous liveries were often attempts to convey a message about services and companies, but this is a political exercise.
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The humble number plate, our report finds, is desperately lacking in the appropriate security measures for such an important personal identifier, from the rules and checks governing who produces them, to their use and tampering on the roads, to finding lawbreakers and bringing them to justice
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The humble number plate, our report finds, is desperately lacking in the appropriate security measures for such an important personal identifier, from the rules and checks governing who produces them, to their use and tampering on the roads, to finding lawbreakers and bringing them to justice
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Guys, this isn't funny. Countries only do this when they're in extreme distress.
Oh god, they've let the flagshaggers do the trains.
Thats awful. The lner livery is much nicer
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thats awful. The lner livery is much nicer
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Branding and logo for Great British Railways unveiled
The new red, white and blue branding mirrors the colours of the Union Flag, and will start to appear from next year.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Guys, this isn't funny. Countries only do this when they're in extreme distress.
You know that war on cars? I don’t think the pedestrians are winning.
A man in his 70s has died after he was struck by a car on the N11 in Dublin yesterday evening.
Man, 70s, dies after being struck by car on N11 in Dublin
A man in his 70s has died after he was struck by a car in Dublin yesterday evening.
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
You know that war on cars? I don’t think the pedestrians are winning.
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A man in his 70s has died after he was struck by a car on the N11 in Dublin yesterday evening.
Man, 70s, dies after being struck by car on N11 in Dublin
A man in his 70s has died after he was struck by a car in Dublin yesterday evening.
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A man in his 70s has died after he was struck by a car on the N11 in Dublin yesterday evening.
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“the UK has to deal with a population density comparable to the Netherlands and the urban transport choices of Texas.”
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“the UK has to deal with a population density comparable to the Netherlands and the urban transport choices of Texas.”
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
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The findings of an inquiry into the activities of a loyalist gang alleged to have been responsible for more then 120 murders, including the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, will be published later today.
Findings of inquiry into loyalist gang to be published
The findings of an inquiry into the activities of a loyalist gang alleged to have been responsible for more then 120 murders, including the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, will be published later t...
www.rte.ie
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The findings of an inquiry into the activities of a loyalist gang alleged to have been responsible for more then 120 murders, including the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, will be published later today.
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Errr... Would this not include someone who has Nigerian citizenship through her parents, and who has admitted to hacking Harriet Harman's website, a crime which at the time carried a maximum sentence of five years?
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Errr... Would this not include someone who has Nigerian citizenship through her parents, and who has admitted to hacking Harriet Harman's website, a crime which at the time carried a maximum sentence of five years?
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This episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social presented by @zoegrunewald.bsky.social is an absolute must listen, and goes into brilliant detail about the degradation of the narratives we hear these days and the influence of social media, especially the cesspit known as X.
Lost in the Far-Right Funhouse – How bots and fakes create a false, angry Britain
Podcast Episode · Oh God, What Now? · 09/12/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social presented by @zoegrunewald.bsky.social is an absolute must listen, and goes into brilliant detail about the degradation of the narratives we hear these days and the influence of social media, especially the cesspit known as X.
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Sue, you're shouting at biscuits
I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sue, you're shouting at biscuits
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Nigel Farage publicly promoted cryptocurrency Tether, and then received a massive donation from one of its major investors. The whole thing stinks.
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Nigel Farage publicly promoted cryptocurrency Tether, and then received a massive donation from one of its major investors. The whole thing stinks.
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
That’s why @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has written to the electoral commission calling for an urgent investigation. ⬇️
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Reform are a bunch of fucking hypocrites...
www.ft.com/content/de36...
www.ft.com/content/de36...
Reform UK councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker
Michael Andrew Harrison, who represents Seaham in Durham, is appealing against the penalty
www.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reform are a bunch of fucking hypocrites...
www.ft.com/content/de36...
www.ft.com/content/de36...
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“It is shameful that the EBU has not expelled Israel to date" - our Chairperson Zoë Lawlor @zazafl.bsky.social
#BoycottEurovision
gcn.ie/ireland-euro...
#BoycottEurovision
gcn.ie/ireland-euro...
Ireland will not compete in Eurovision 2026 after Israel permitted to participate
In addition to Ireland, other countries have announced they will boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation.
gcn.ie
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“It is shameful that the EBU has not expelled Israel to date" - our Chairperson Zoë Lawlor @zazafl.bsky.social
#BoycottEurovision
gcn.ie/ireland-euro...
#BoycottEurovision
gcn.ie/ireland-euro...