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Jeff F
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Father, husband, geek, cyclist, ADHD, he/him.
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xkcd.com
Car Size

xkcd.com/3167/
4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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peterwalker99.bsky.social
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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jemmaforte.bsky.social
1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
In 2014 I met Australian traffic researcher Ian Johnston at a conference in Edmonton. I think often about something he said, and this week shared his words with a colleague: "If your plan is not for zero deaths, then your plan is for some deaths to happen"
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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bobbyllew.bsky.social
Had a little rant about a couple of people, nothing special about either of them . . .yet.
open.substack.com/pub/llewelly...
A Couple of Utter Knob Heads
A couple of thick pricks offer us their searing insights.
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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davewalker.bsky.social
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Diagram titled 'Possible causes of your problems'. On the left hand side, subtitled 'Yes': Funding removed from local councils, growing gap between rich and poor, multinational companies not paying their taxes, lack of new affordable housing, government not investing sufficiently in schools and healthcare. On the right hand side, subtitled 'No': Picture of small boat, with arrow; 'People fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine'.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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davewalker.bsky.social
New drawing: Hire bike

Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...
Cartoon showing street scene with lots of cars, some of which are on or blocking pavements. One bike is also parked on a pavement. A couple are saying ‘Look - someone’s left a hire bike on the pavement’.
July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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newcycling.bsky.social
Are you a woman who cycles at night in Newcastle or has before?
A student from Newcastle Uni is looking to hear about your experiences as part of the research for their dissertation.
It would involve a 40 minute interview about your experiences

Please contact: C.E.Gibson2@newcastle.ac.uk for info
Poster with a blue background. Yellow stars sit to the left of a title of "Participants needed" And a yellow cresent moon shape sits to the right. A box sits directly below the title with the text "Womens experiences cycling at night and the impact of cycling infrastructure" Below this two boxes of equal size sit side by side. The first has a title "About the research" then text "There is a gender gap withing cycling in the UK and it is furthered during night-time and dark hours. This research aims to understand the experiences of women cycling at night and the infrastructural barriers that lead to the underrepresentation." The box to the right has the title "What's Required" and the text " The research involbes a 40 minute interview discussing cycling experiences, sketching the ideal cycling infrastructure and emotionally responding to images of cycling infrastructure from around Newcastle" Directly below these boxes is a box with the title "who can get involved" and the text " you are eligble to take part if you are a woman who cycles and has experience cycling at night within Newcastle-upon-Tyne. A final box has the title "contact and info" with the text "if you're interested in participating and are eligble, please get in touch. Email: C.E.Gibson2@newcastle.ac.uk" Below this there is the Newcastle university logo and three cartoons of people on bikes
May 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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goodlawproject.org
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.

This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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azb2019.bsky.social
It’s absolutely my civic duty to spread this as far and wide as possible.

The driver of AV70 UDZ was so furious that I took a picture of his car parked fully in a bike lane on the pavement.

He didn’t have time to park properly but had a spare five minutes to demand I delete this photo
From view of an Audi car parked fully on the bike lane that is on a pavement. In the background you can see a young man walking towards the camera Rear view of an Audi car parked fully on the pavement and in a bike lane A zoomed in look at the first picture. A young man walks down the road towards the camera A very zoomed in image of the young man walking towards the camera
May 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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who.int
Did you know❓ Cycle lanes account for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure.

It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians & cyclists first 👉 bit.ly/4jPzXsa #RoadSafety #StreetsforLife
A poster shows a cyclist riding in a bike lane separated from car traffic. The text reads: “The world would be better with more cycling lanes that PROTECT CYCLISTS. Yet very few roads have them!”
May 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Hellooooo I'm sure you've seen people suggest it's totally harmless to generate the odd AI image just for a bit of fun but let's take the theft from artists out of the equation...it uses the same amount of power to create five AI images as it does to boil the water for a mug of coffee.
May 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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parkesland.bsky.social
Wow. This is actually happening, and fast, too.
rikiwilchins.bsky.social Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · Apr 29
BBC [29 Apr 25] -- UK's only trans judge (former) High Court Master Victoria McCloud taking Supreme Court to European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 8k others like her whose GRA certificates make them female but who are now also male under the UK Equality Act .@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Trans former judge to challenge Supreme Court's gender ruling
Victoria McCloud, who stepped down last year, said the judgement had violated her human rights.
www.bbc.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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seamas.bsky.social
On common sense.
The only way any of the absurdities of this ruling make sense, is if its aims are exactly what they appear to be: A punitive attack on the rights and dignity of trans people divorced from any real-world concern about safety or women’s rights, designed to demoralise and punish them simply for the crime of existing. This, despite the abundant and obvious evidence that it will lead to more harm and distress for all British women, cis or trans, as a consequence. We must surmise that the pain and humiliation of all people is worth it, so long as trans people feel it most fiercely. This is the world view of the people popping champagne outside the courts, or cackling with glee on their superyachts, rejoicing as Keir Starmer says “trans women are men” while demanding he roll back trans rights even further, and apologise for ever advocating for them in the first place. The same people who’ve so thoroughly debased this debate that sensible moderates can profess nothing but mealy-mouthed agreement alongside quiet calls for “calm” and “dignity”, without realising this is offering us a choice between those who light cigars as they legislate trans people out of the public square, and those who say they’re awfully sorry while they do the same.
April 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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andydrummond.bsky.social
Now do drivers, who cause #FiveDeathsADay as opposed to 1-2 a year.
Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales
Reckless cycling is currently prosecuted under legislation from the 1860s, with a maximum two-year jail sentence
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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soozuk.bsky.social
On my way down to Parliament Square to protest for trans rights. As a cis woman, it is very important that I go down there and centre myself in all of this. #me
April 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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cerberusxt.bsky.social
Good morning Bluesky !
April 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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xkcd.com
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
April 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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brokenbottleboy.bsky.social
Today’s playlist is an hour of basically sad songs that I still think will make you feel better. Featuring Smog, Daniel Johnston, The Mountain Goats, Yo La Tengo, Evan Dando, Nico, Tindersticks, Palace Brothers, Moondog, and more… open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zb...
Some uplifting sad songs
Playlist · Mic Wright · 14 items
open.spotify.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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tomflood.bsky.social
rebranding the 15 min city.
beige poster with blue type in a baseball shirt style Orange type Don't wanna go far for stuff 15 minute cities no big conspiracy just lazy
April 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
🧵In the late-90s I got obsessed with cars. Not Ferraris and Porsches, ALL cars currently in production in Britain. I'd buy What Car magazine and I used to carry around a copy of Parkers guide. I dreamed of presenting Top Gear.
March 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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ianmurphy.bsky.social
Mark today's date, because it's the day Bluesky finally achieved its potential
soozuk.bsky.social Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · Mar 29
🧵In the late-90s I got obsessed with cars. Not Ferraris and Porsches, ALL cars currently in production in Britain. I'd buy What Car magazine and I used to carry around a copy of Parkers guide. I dreamed of presenting Top Gear.
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM