James Thorniley
@jamesthorniley.bsky.social
Software developer living in Oxford. Here for active travel content amongst other things. Green Party.
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform.
It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
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Hugely concerning that govt is considering slashing funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills in the short term. It’s vital to protect the Warm Homes Plan for long term investment to fix poor housing. Why not use a wealth tax to cut energy bills instead, Rachel?
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hugely concerning that govt is considering slashing funding for desperately needed home insulation to cut bills in the short term. It’s vital to protect the Warm Homes Plan for long term investment to fix poor housing. Why not use a wealth tax to cut energy bills instead, Rachel?
Liz represents a ward where 38% of households don't have access to a car or van. 26.4% drive to work.
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Liz represents a ward where 38% of households don't have access to a car or van. 26.4% drive to work.
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Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK:
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
Low-income areas in England and Wales face worst air pollution, analysis finds
Exclusive: Experts say impact on people of colour and those who do not drive is ‘grave environmental injustice’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK:
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
“… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”
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In the Netherlands, cycling is as much a social activity as it is a healthy, efficient, and sustainable way to get from A to B.
The key? Good infrastructure planning and design!
The key? Good infrastructure planning and design!
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In the Netherlands, cycling is as much a social activity as it is a healthy, efficient, and sustainable way to get from A to B.
The key? Good infrastructure planning and design!
The key? Good infrastructure planning and design!
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Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Politics is in a vibes era. Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski are proof of that. But maybe Keir Starmer can take positivity from Ruben Amorim.
What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim
www.bigissue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.
But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"
Make it make sense!
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
Very important journalism. Probably not a suprise but it matters - any councils leaving these flag displays up knowing full well where they came from can no longer hide behind plausible deniability.
It's not a grassroots working class movement.
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
"Wherever we looked for prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Very important journalism. Probably not a suprise but it matters - any councils leaving these flag displays up knowing full well where they came from can no longer hide behind plausible deniability.
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"Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.livpost.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler."
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bloomberg ran an absolutely killer investigation this week into the Silicon Valley + Koch/Abundance forces running the show on nuclear deregulation this year:
The Risky Movement to Make America Nuclear Again
A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear saf...
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
bloomberg ran an absolutely killer investigation this week into the Silicon Valley + Koch/Abundance forces running the show on nuclear deregulation this year:
"but it's half term!" - traffic literally down compared to the other days of half term
Days 1 and 2 of the Oxford Congestion Charge (30/10) and car traffic is down by *one third* on St Clement's (1 of the 6 camers points).
This is extraordinary. I'm really interested to see what happens next week when half term is over & how the next few months pan out.
telraam.net/en/location/...
This is extraordinary. I'm really interested to see what happens next week when half term is over & how the next few months pan out.
telraam.net/en/location/...
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"but it's half term!" - traffic literally down compared to the other days of half term
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You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Oxford Green councillors are sounding the alarm over @networkrail failing to include buses in its proposed rail station redevelopments.
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oxford Green councillors are sounding the alarm over @networkrail failing to include buses in its proposed rail station redevelopments.
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
Sign the petition today - www.change.org/p/sign-for-a...
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Good. There is nothing positive about betting shops in communities
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good. There is nothing positive about betting shops in communities
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
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✍️ An excellent evening getting feedback from residents in East Oxford with @jamesthorniley.bsky.social and @tortoise46.bsky.social
🥀 Disillusionment with Labour coming through clearly on the doorstep.
🌱 Want to get involved? 👇
greenoxford.com/events/
Feel free to dm me with any questions!
🥀 Disillusionment with Labour coming through clearly on the doorstep.
🌱 Want to get involved? 👇
greenoxford.com/events/
Feel free to dm me with any questions!
October 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
✍️ An excellent evening getting feedback from residents in East Oxford with @jamesthorniley.bsky.social and @tortoise46.bsky.social
🥀 Disillusionment with Labour coming through clearly on the doorstep.
🌱 Want to get involved? 👇
greenoxford.com/events/
Feel free to dm me with any questions!
🥀 Disillusionment with Labour coming through clearly on the doorstep.
🌱 Want to get involved? 👇
greenoxford.com/events/
Feel free to dm me with any questions!
Incredible headline
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Incredible headline
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Polanski's interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has now been rescheduled amid complaints
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zack...
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zack...
Zack Polanski to be interviewed by BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg after ‘anti-green bias’ complaints
Polanski did not appear on Kuenssberg's show at his party's conference, but the interview has now been rescheduled amid complaints
leftfootforward.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Polanski's interview with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg has now been rescheduled amid complaints
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zack...
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/zack...
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#banpavementparking across the whole of the UK. Not just Scotland and London.
Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK - BBC News share.google/04I2TSUi5loJ...
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social
Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK - BBC News share.google/04I2TSUi5loJ...
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social
Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK
The charity Guide Dogs UK is calling for the banning of pavement parking.
share.google
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#banpavementparking across the whole of the UK. Not just Scotland and London.
Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK - BBC News share.google/04I2TSUi5loJ...
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social
Charity calls for pavement parking to be banned across UK - BBC News share.google/04I2TSUi5loJ...
@guidedogsuk.bsky.social