Ian
@ian5spot.bsky.social
Based in Harrogate and currently cycling wherever I can!
In the UK if you sit around too long after finishing your coffee, they try to get you to leave. In Türkiye they bring you a free çay!
June 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
In the UK if you sit around too long after finishing your coffee, they try to get you to leave. In Türkiye they bring you a free çay!
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Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift
May 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift
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Can’t even make their own MAGAhats
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can’t even make their own MAGAhats
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
“I believe the word for someone seeking to sell their own country to a foreign power is ’traitor’”
Thanks to @peterturner.bsky.social for the quote
Thanks to @peterturner.bsky.social for the quote
January 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“I believe the word for someone seeking to sell their own country to a foreign power is ’traitor’”
Thanks to @peterturner.bsky.social for the quote
Thanks to @peterturner.bsky.social for the quote
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A reminder that the number of people killed by that truck in New Orleans on NYD happened more than 700 times on average over the previous year.
& that’s just the people killed by cars we weren’t in other cars. Because our road network isn’t safe for anyone, even when you’re belted in w/air bags.
& that’s just the people killed by cars we weren’t in other cars. Because our road network isn’t safe for anyone, even when you’re belted in w/air bags.
Dropped some truthbombs about cars on teevee today.
January 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A reminder that the number of people killed by that truck in New Orleans on NYD happened more than 700 times on average over the previous year.
& that’s just the people killed by cars we weren’t in other cars. Because our road network isn’t safe for anyone, even when you’re belted in w/air bags.
& that’s just the people killed by cars we weren’t in other cars. Because our road network isn’t safe for anyone, even when you’re belted in w/air bags.
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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 @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
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
December 1, 2024 at 3:26 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 @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
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Cars are an invasive species. If you do not prevent them access through solid, controlling infrastructure design, they will infest every bit of urban space we have.
November 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Cars are an invasive species. If you do not prevent them access through solid, controlling infrastructure design, they will infest every bit of urban space we have.
Good thread here from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social discussing who is affected by the new inheritance tax laws for wealthy “farmers” and land owners.
If interested, I suggest you read his book, Who Owns England
If interested, I suggest you read his book, Who Owns England
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 20, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Good thread here from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social discussing who is affected by the new inheritance tax laws for wealthy “farmers” and land owners.
If interested, I suggest you read his book, Who Owns England
If interested, I suggest you read his book, Who Owns England
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Starmer rejects Clarkson's claim about most farmers being hit by inheritance tax extension, saying 'facts speak for themselves' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer says most farmers won’t be affected by inheritance tax change as Clarkson tells rally it’s a ‘hammer blow’ – UK politics live
Jeremy Clarkson tells Westminster protest that government should admit plans weren’t ‘thought out and are a mistake’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Starmer rejects Clarkson's claim about most farmers being hit by inheritance tax extension, saying 'facts speak for themselves' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Hey Harrogate shop owners, if you want your businesses to grow, you need to be asking North Yorkshire Council to install more cycling and walking infrastructure 👇
RESEARCH: People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists.
For the record, people on bikes & riding transit do too.
No surprise here, study after study has concluded this & it’s really just common sense. But I still welcome every bit of evidence we can share. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
For the record, people on bikes & riding transit do too.
No surprise here, study after study has concluded this & it’s really just common sense. But I still welcome every bit of evidence we can share. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
People Walking Spend More In U.K. Shops Than Motorists, Finds ‘Pedestrian Pound’ Research
The third iteration of The Pedestrian Pound shows that people on foot spend more money than people arriving by car.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Hey Harrogate shop owners, if you want your businesses to grow, you need to be asking North Yorkshire Council to install more cycling and walking infrastructure 👇
But @theguardian.com political editor and urban cyclist @peterwalker99.bsky.social got here first 😀👇
November 17, 2024 at 2:13 PM
But @theguardian.com political editor and urban cyclist @peterwalker99.bsky.social got here first 😀👇
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Words To Live By Number 119
Just a reminder: Black Friday is just around the corner! Use the incoming deluge of marketing emails to unsubscribe from bullshit that clogs your inbox and distracts you from your real work, families, communities, & causes!
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Words To Live By Number 119
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THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS
November 11, 2024 at 11:11 PM
THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS