Beth
@ebikebeth.bsky.social
Bicycle rider, likes camping by bike and train
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In compact countries like the Netherlands and the UK, most cities should be connected by car-free cycling highways. Smooth asphalt, no potholes. Cycling as transport and a boost to national health remains underrated (especially with e-bikes) and underpoliticised.
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In compact countries like the Netherlands and the UK, most cities should be connected by car-free cycling highways. Smooth asphalt, no potholes. Cycling as transport and a boost to national health remains underrated (especially with e-bikes) and underpoliticised.
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The Met Office is currently looking for people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Name our Storms
www.metoffice.gov.uk
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Met Office is currently looking for people to suggest up to 5 names for storms.
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names apoear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
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How on earth did JD Vance have the gall to lecture Europe about ‘free speech’
June 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
How on earth did JD Vance have the gall to lecture Europe about ‘free speech’
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Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
My ride. Our right
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign...
action.cyclinguk.org
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cycling should feel liberating, not intimidating - but too many women are missing out because they don't think it feels safe. Will you ask your MP to support Cycling UK's 'My ride. Our right' campaign to give more women the freedom to cycle?
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
action.cyclinguk.org/page/171597/...
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If you want kids off devices, get rid of the cars off their streets. Build more LTNs. Stop building car dependent sprawl. Kids want to play outside; it’s their parents who don’t let them because of subconscious (and understandable) fears about them being hit by drivers.
Ban 'no ball games' signs to get children off devices, play experts say
Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If you want kids off devices, get rid of the cars off their streets. Build more LTNs. Stop building car dependent sprawl. Kids want to play outside; it’s their parents who don’t let them because of subconscious (and understandable) fears about them being hit by drivers.
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Imagine if President Biden, from the White House, had publicly threatened to level “very serious consequences” against the richest man alive if he *dared* to give any money to the Republican Party.
It would be a scandal that would last years.
That is what Trump just did with respect to Elon Musk.
It would be a scandal that would last years.
That is what Trump just did with respect to Elon Musk.
June 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Imagine if President Biden, from the White House, had publicly threatened to level “very serious consequences” against the richest man alive if he *dared* to give any money to the Republican Party.
It would be a scandal that would last years.
That is what Trump just did with respect to Elon Musk.
It would be a scandal that would last years.
That is what Trump just did with respect to Elon Musk.
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Once again, Montreal is showing the rest of North America how to transform streets for people — 8 commercial streets in Montreal will be “pedestrianized” [turned into great people-places] this summer with 7.3km across 6 boroughs. Plus additional smaller sections. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/05/26/m...
Montreal unveils list of this summer’s pedestrian streets
The Montreal street that was once named the coolest in the entire world is once again embracing what contributed to its fame: it’s going car free. Wellington Street in Verdun will again be open to ped...
montreal.citynews.ca
June 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Once again, Montreal is showing the rest of North America how to transform streets for people — 8 commercial streets in Montreal will be “pedestrianized” [turned into great people-places] this summer with 7.3km across 6 boroughs. Plus additional smaller sections. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/05/26/m...
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Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
June 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
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Good urban design makes cycling after dark inviting and comfortable for everyone.
Nachts durch Groningen cruisen - fahrradtechnisch gibt es kaum ein größeres Vergnügen für mich 🇳🇱❤️🚲
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Good urban design makes cycling after dark inviting and comfortable for everyone.
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One of my favorite photos that I have ever taken illustrates exactly this.
June 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
One of my favorite photos that I have ever taken illustrates exactly this.
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Here is a 🧵on what I think the ideal cycleway should look like, based on many years of me cycling on Dutch cycle infrastructure all over the country 👇
June 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Here is a 🧵on what I think the ideal cycleway should look like, based on many years of me cycling on Dutch cycle infrastructure all over the country 👇
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I've said before on Twitter but probably not yet on Bsky:
Car dependency makes people do bad things to their cars. You're coerced into needing an expensive depreciating asset and then additionally coerced into taking bad care of it.
Car dependency makes people do bad things to their cars. You're coerced into needing an expensive depreciating asset and then additionally coerced into taking bad care of it.
This seems important — we’ve been talking for a long time about how “short trips” make up a LOT of traffic in cities & have BIG implications for pollution and GHG emissions. So it’s a big opportunity to convert them to walking or biking trips.
But guess what — they’re ALSO REALLY BAD FOR YOUR CAR.
But guess what — they’re ALSO REALLY BAD FOR YOUR CAR.
June 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I've said before on Twitter but probably not yet on Bsky:
Car dependency makes people do bad things to their cars. You're coerced into needing an expensive depreciating asset and then additionally coerced into taking bad care of it.
Car dependency makes people do bad things to their cars. You're coerced into needing an expensive depreciating asset and then additionally coerced into taking bad care of it.
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You don’t stop this shit by firing on the people, you stop it by having LAPD arrest ICE for kidnapping. This is a fucking disgrace by every government party involved.
LAPD is now joining the fray. They are firing rounds of less lethals
June 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
You don’t stop this shit by firing on the people, you stop it by having LAPD arrest ICE for kidnapping. This is a fucking disgrace by every government party involved.
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"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
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The acting head of FEMA, a Trump appointee, told staff today he didn’t know the U.S. has a hurricane season. FEMA is dangerously unprepared this year.
June 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The acting head of FEMA, a Trump appointee, told staff today he didn’t know the U.S. has a hurricane season. FEMA is dangerously unprepared this year.
So not only does the never healing toe need amputation, the lower spine needs a fusion. Getting old sucks.
I said after camping season!
I said after camping season!
May 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So not only does the never healing toe need amputation, the lower spine needs a fusion. Getting old sucks.
I said after camping season!
I said after camping season!
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
May 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard
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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
www.fastcompany.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Because of the parking. Plural.
#WhyDontTheyUseTheCycleLanes
#WhyDontTheyUseTheCycleLanes
May 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Because of the parking. Plural.
#WhyDontTheyUseTheCycleLanes
#WhyDontTheyUseTheCycleLanes