Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS
@drlesleybarron.bsky.social
General surgeon, mom, and cyclist with an interest in healthcare policy.
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It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's that time of year when Americans set up quaint, walkable Christmas villages in their living rooms, dreaming of living in such a cozy place.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
Meanwhile, they'll show up to city council meetings to fiercely oppose any plan that would actually build that kind of car-lite community in real life.
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Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wanna stick it to Trump and live up to the Paris Accords, California? Stop driving so much *and* tell your city council's to build bus and bike lanes instead of throwing away money on car infrastructure.
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www.aalto.fi/en/departmen...
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From LIFE AFTER CARS:
• Name an issue affecting society right now, and there’s a good bet it is caused or at least exacerbated by society’s overreliance on cars
• Our climate and our own health can no longer withstand the assault of the automobile.
bit.ly/485tCUB
• Name an issue affecting society right now, and there’s a good bet it is caused or at least exacerbated by society’s overreliance on cars
• Our climate and our own health can no longer withstand the assault of the automobile.
bit.ly/485tCUB
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From LIFE AFTER CARS:
• Name an issue affecting society right now, and there’s a good bet it is caused or at least exacerbated by society’s overreliance on cars
• Our climate and our own health can no longer withstand the assault of the automobile.
bit.ly/485tCUB
• Name an issue affecting society right now, and there’s a good bet it is caused or at least exacerbated by society’s overreliance on cars
• Our climate and our own health can no longer withstand the assault of the automobile.
bit.ly/485tCUB
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Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years.
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Some measure of justice for her family and loved ones.
A P-plater in an uninsured, unregistered and unroadworthy vehicle hit and killed a cyclist last year. Today, he was jailed.
P-plater in unregistered and unroadworthy vehicle jailed over fatal crash
A P-plater in an uninsured, unregistered and unroadworthy vehicle hit and killed a cyclist last year. Today, he was jailed.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Some measure of justice for her family and loved ones.
region.com.au/eternally-in.... Cycling to work and killed by a driver knowingly using an unroadworthy car and speeding.
'Eternally in our hearts': tennis coach's family speaks when her killer is sentenced | Region Canberra
The family of a tennis coach killed by a speeding P-plater said they will always remember the beloved member of…
region.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
region.com.au/eternally-in.... Cycling to work and killed by a driver knowingly using an unroadworthy car and speeding.
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With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
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Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
Transportation costs are the second largest burden on American family budgets (17%), after housing (33%)!
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
To address the affordability crisis, we must create cities with abundant housing of all types (subsidized, social, coop, market rate) and make walking, biking, and taking transit convenient.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And how much Transportation is hidden in the other categories? What portion of Housing costs is the garage under your apartment building? What portion of Food is the sea of parking surrounding the supermarket? What portion of Healthcare is car-related injury and respiratory disease?
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Lady, this is your 5th driving offence (4th speeding) in 8 years.
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
Kirsty Gallacher says judge has 'no empathy' after being banned from driving
The presenter asked the court to spare her from a driving ban, saying it would prevent her from taking care of her teenage sons
www.standard.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Lady, this is your 5th driving offence (4th speeding) in 8 years.
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
If losing the privilege of driving would cause you exceptional hardship, then perhaps you should have been less careless with that privilege.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/kirs...
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
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Store obviously wasnt paying attention or wearing high-viz. (bonus, it was literally a hit and run 🏃🏃 🏃) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Car crashes through entrance at Home Hardware in Saskatoon | CBC News
Around 1:30 AM Friday, a car swerved off Central Avenue in the Sutherland neighbourhood and blew through the front entrance of a Home Hardware store. By 8:00 a.m., the owner had the place ready to ope...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Store obviously wasnt paying attention or wearing high-viz. (bonus, it was literally a hit and run 🏃🏃 🏃) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Both intimidating and an honour to do this interview.
Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
Fifty years after writing a book which would change how Australians view their history and culture, the author and journalist isn’t slowing down
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Anne Summers is scrutinising street numbers as we walk. Pausing in front of a 19th-century mansion, the author and journalist looks up to its second storey. “This is where I was arrested.”
“Oh wow,” she says, taking in its immaculate sandstone facade. “It didn’t look like this then.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Both intimidating and an honour to do this interview.
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Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
Fifty years after writing a book which would change how Australians view their history and culture, the author and journalist isn’t slowing down
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Anne Summers is scrutinising street numbers as we walk. Pausing in front of a 19th-century mansion, the author and journalist looks up to its second storey. “This is where I was arrested.”
“Oh wow,” she says, taking in its immaculate sandstone facade. “It didn’t look like this then.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Anne Summers: ‘A lot of men resent the fact that women have rights and have entitlements and have freedoms’
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More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social has a tone deaf closer on her statement acting like walking and cycling are causing safety issues 🤦
“Everyone - whether driving, walking, or cycling - has a role to play in keeping our community safe.”
The cars are the safety problem, always! Stop victim blaming!
“Everyone - whether driving, walking, or cycling - has a role to play in keeping our community safe.”
The cars are the safety problem, always! Stop victim blaming!
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social has a tone deaf closer on her statement acting like walking and cycling are causing safety issues 🤦
“Everyone - whether driving, walking, or cycling - has a role to play in keeping our community safe.”
The cars are the safety problem, always! Stop victim blaming!
“Everyone - whether driving, walking, or cycling - has a role to play in keeping our community safe.”
The cars are the safety problem, always! Stop victim blaming!
I hate the bundling of “sepsis” in a big basket like it’s all the same condition. Some sepsis might benefit from early vasopressors. Most benefit from early antibiotics. But some sepsis/shock benefits from an actual cause being identified and surgically corrected if possible.
The clock’s ticking in septic shock.. but does it actually make a difference?
Read more in Annals of EM. www.annemergmed.com
Or check out the 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#EM #EmergencyMedicine #ERDoc #CriticalCare #CritCare #Pharmacy #Medicine #MedicalEducation #MedED #FOAMed #EBM
Read more in Annals of EM. www.annemergmed.com
Or check out the 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#EM #EmergencyMedicine #ERDoc #CriticalCare #CritCare #Pharmacy #Medicine #MedicalEducation #MedED #FOAMed #EBM
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I hate the bundling of “sepsis” in a big basket like it’s all the same condition. Some sepsis might benefit from early vasopressors. Most benefit from early antibiotics. But some sepsis/shock benefits from an actual cause being identified and surgically corrected if possible.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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More Death by Construction Industry driving ridiculous trucks in urban environments when there are safer alternatives.
Devastating news out of Hamilton. Crossing guards are on the front lines in the fight for safe streets. That job is truly terrifying. Distracted to contemptuous drivers, the full range of road violence on display all day, just so we can cross the street safely...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
52-year-old crossing guard dead after being hit by dump truck in Hamilton
Hamilton police are investigating after a 52-year-old crossing guard was struck and killed by a truck at the intersection of Mohawk Road and Upper Wentworth Street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More Death by Construction Industry driving ridiculous trucks in urban environments when there are safer alternatives.
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
A driver stopped to let pedestrians cross a sidewalk and was hit from behind by another driver so hard that the stopped car slammed into a pregnant pedestrian killing her & baby. Why is any driver going fast enough at the *entrance of a car park which crosses a sidewalk* to have this happen?
Tragedy. AGAIN. The violence of drivers is increasing by design wo structural changes to ensure 🚶🏻♀️safety. This is a result not an accident. Meanwhile a bollard installed in another parking lot presumably to prevent exactly this is being portrayed as damaging cars bc drivers are barrelling into it. 💔
A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A driver stopped to let pedestrians cross a sidewalk and was hit from behind by another driver so hard that the stopped car slammed into a pregnant pedestrian killing her & baby. Why is any driver going fast enough at the *entrance of a car park which crosses a sidewalk* to have this happen?
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We build aggressive vehicles
We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs
We shame and blame everyone else
Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices.
We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs
We shame and blame everyone else
Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices.
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We build aggressive vehicles
We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs
We shame and blame everyone else
Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices.
We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs
We shame and blame everyone else
Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices.
Tragedy. AGAIN. The violence of drivers is increasing by design wo structural changes to ensure 🚶🏻♀️safety. This is a result not an accident. Meanwhile a bollard installed in another parking lot presumably to prevent exactly this is being portrayed as damaging cars bc drivers are barrelling into it. 💔
A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.
Pregnant woman killed after being struck by car in Sydney's north-west
A 33-year-old woman and her unborn baby died after being hit by a car that had been involved in a crash with another vehicle at the entrance of a car park in Hornsby.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tragedy. AGAIN. The violence of drivers is increasing by design wo structural changes to ensure 🚶🏻♀️safety. This is a result not an accident. Meanwhile a bollard installed in another parking lot presumably to prevent exactly this is being portrayed as damaging cars bc drivers are barrelling into it. 💔