James Pocklington
@jaspock.bsky.social
Retired and reconstituted motor trader.
Happily cycling, gardening and repairing stuff
Happily cycling, gardening and repairing stuff
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Just seen Ocean in the cinema. It’s a great campaigning film, with crucial footage of the damage that overfishing and especially bottom trawling does. I hope that’s the end of bottom trawling - it’s a horrendous practice.
For the great story of the ocean itself, do read Blue Machine 😉 🌊
#OceanFilm
For the great story of the ocean itself, do read Blue Machine 😉 🌊
#OceanFilm
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World a book by Helen Czerski.
WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice...
uk.bookshop.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Just seen Ocean in the cinema. It’s a great campaigning film, with crucial footage of the damage that overfishing and especially bottom trawling does. I hope that’s the end of bottom trawling - it’s a horrendous practice.
For the great story of the ocean itself, do read Blue Machine 😉 🌊
#OceanFilm
For the great story of the ocean itself, do read Blue Machine 😉 🌊
#OceanFilm
Lots of interesting contrast in this beech woodland west of Louth, Lincolnshire
April 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Lots of interesting contrast in this beech woodland west of Louth, Lincolnshire
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Actually, this is mostly about infrastructure; if we design for poor behaviour from people driving, that's what we'll get. Most "infrastructure" we see out on streets is to manage or mollycoddle people driving.
Women put off cycling by safety fears and intimidating drivers – study
Women put off cycling by safety fears and intimidating drivers – study
Research by Cycling UK finds female cyclists report more threatening incidents, as well as a lack of infrastructure
Intimidating behaviour from drivers, poor infrastructure and fears over safety are deterring more women in the UK from cycling compared with men, research has found, while bike sales continue to fall after the “Covid boom”.
The barriers to cycling have widened between men and women “across every measure in the past seven years”, according to research by Cycling UK, a charitable membership organisation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Actually, this is mostly about infrastructure; if we design for poor behaviour from people driving, that's what we'll get. Most "infrastructure" we see out on streets is to manage or mollycoddle people driving.
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‘The case is settled. Low traffic is popular and it works. The only question now is: why wait any longer?’
My letter on the citizens’ assembly, in today’s Oxford Mail.
My letter on the citizens’ assembly, in today’s Oxford Mail.
March 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
‘The case is settled. Low traffic is popular and it works. The only question now is: why wait any longer?’
My letter on the citizens’ assembly, in today’s Oxford Mail.
My letter on the citizens’ assembly, in today’s Oxford Mail.
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Lincolnshire Rookery
March 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Lincolnshire Rookery
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We'd like to make it easier for #gardeners to know when to plant #veg in their regions of the UK. Sign up to our #CitizenScience trial, where we'll be using #beans as a barometer to build a better veg growing calendar 👉https://cognitoforms.com/GardenOrganic1/BuildABetterVegPlanner #VegCalendar
February 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We'd like to make it easier for #gardeners to know when to plant #veg in their regions of the UK. Sign up to our #CitizenScience trial, where we'll be using #beans as a barometer to build a better veg growing calendar 👉https://cognitoforms.com/GardenOrganic1/BuildABetterVegPlanner #VegCalendar
bit.ly/3tgxjGS. Apparently the national average is 27 birds per watcher...I saw 1 :(
RSPB
bit.ly
January 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
bit.ly/3tgxjGS. Apparently the national average is 27 birds per watcher...I saw 1 :(
We found this wonder of nature within the lopped branch of a sycamore...this is not the work of AI ,CGI or a permanent marker....just nature wanting humans to smile more and take action to save ourselves while we still have time #embracelife #climatecrisis #actnow
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We found this wonder of nature within the lopped branch of a sycamore...this is not the work of AI ,CGI or a permanent marker....just nature wanting humans to smile more and take action to save ourselves while we still have time #embracelife #climatecrisis #actnow
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November 24, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Thoughts on the UK farmer rebellion. #farmertax Are farms over valued as an asset for the very reason they currently provide an attractive way to avoid inheritance tax? If that loophole is closed the value of farms will reduce and perhaps better reflect the true profitability of the land for sale.
November 20, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Thoughts on the UK farmer rebellion. #farmertax Are farms over valued as an asset for the very reason they currently provide an attractive way to avoid inheritance tax? If that loophole is closed the value of farms will reduce and perhaps better reflect the true profitability of the land for sale.
Found a box of quality dominoes in a local charity shop. Made in #Taiwan ROC label...a small detail that has me researching the strained post war relationship between Taiwan and the mainland. #thingstodoonadayoff
November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Found a box of quality dominoes in a local charity shop. Made in #Taiwan ROC label...a small detail that has me researching the strained post war relationship between Taiwan and the mainland. #thingstodoonadayoff
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In the Netherlands it is very common to see entire classes out on their bikes with their teachers attending a field trip
November 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
In the Netherlands it is very common to see entire classes out on their bikes with their teachers attending a field trip