Mounsey.
@mounsey.bsky.social
Assume it's Liverpool. Or on a bike. Or drinking beer.
You know the story, I know the story, it's always the same... RIP.
Man dies following collision in Maghull www.birkenhead.news/man-dies-fol...
Man dies following collision in Maghull
A man has died following a collision in Maghull last month. At 6.53am on Wednesday, 22 October, emergency services were called following a report that a black Range Rover Velar…
www.birkenhead.news
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You know the story, I know the story, it's always the same... RIP.
Every word of this is true. And you don't have to cycle far round here to prove it again and again.
You only have to read the comments that appeared in the first few hours to see the point illustrated perfectly well.
Some people just don't see you as a human being, with a life, and loved ones, when you're riding a bike...
It's broken.
Some people just don't see you as a human being, with a life, and loved ones, when you're riding a bike...
It's broken.
Powerful words from @alexnurse.bsky.social - who simply doesn’t want to be killed while commuting to and from work
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Every word of this is true. And you don't have to cycle far round here to prove it again and again.
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A question for #bikesky my cycling front and rear cameras are giving up the ghost. Recent events have convinced me to reinvest...
Any recommendations on good (decent memory, decent battery life) front and/or rear facing cameras?
Any recommendations on good (decent memory, decent battery life) front and/or rear facing cameras?
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A question for #bikesky my cycling front and rear cameras are giving up the ghost. Recent events have convinced me to reinvest...
Any recommendations on good (decent memory, decent battery life) front and/or rear facing cameras?
Any recommendations on good (decent memory, decent battery life) front and/or rear facing cameras?
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I heard this was coming a little while ago.
The biggest question for me is if/how they can sort the geolocation for end use parking. There are times when they're an absolute pest - especially around campus.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The biggest question for me is if/how they can sort the geolocation for end use parking. There are times when they're an absolute pest - especially around campus.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New deal to see hundreds more e-scooters in Liverpool
Micromobility firm Bolt will replace Voi in the city from February 2026.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I heard this was coming a little while ago.
The biggest question for me is if/how they can sort the geolocation for end use parking. There are times when they're an absolute pest - especially around campus.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The biggest question for me is if/how they can sort the geolocation for end use parking. There are times when they're an absolute pest - especially around campus.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
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I've had such a crap commute this morning, that I've written to my MP and Councillor.
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I've had such a crap commute this morning, that I've written to my MP and Councillor.
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
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Having watched drivers (on two occasions, actually) undertake a funeral procession I'm not surprised by this story.
Obviously a big part of this is the diminishing nature of road policing. But also, we're also afraid to flat say to some people: "you're an arsehole"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Obviously a big part of this is the diminishing nature of road policing. But also, we're also afraid to flat say to some people: "you're an arsehole"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pontyclun funeral director says road rage incidents 'happening weekly'
One funeral director says the incidents were happening
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Having watched drivers (on two occasions, actually) undertake a funeral procession I'm not surprised by this story.
Obviously a big part of this is the diminishing nature of road policing. But also, we're also afraid to flat say to some people: "you're an arsehole"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Obviously a big part of this is the diminishing nature of road policing. But also, we're also afraid to flat say to some people: "you're an arsehole"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tesla has stopped caring..
it controls the narrative now...
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny | The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
it controls the narrative now...
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny | The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny
The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Tesla has stopped caring..
it controls the narrative now...
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny | The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
it controls the narrative now...
Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny | The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...
Tumbleweeds roll slowly across a scene. In the background, Liverpool.
In 2024/5 @mayoroflondon.bsky.social's TfL/borough partnerships delivered:
🚲51km new bike routes
🦓400 new ped crossings
🚲12000 bike parking spaces
🚲65000+ cycle training sessions
🚸150 new school streets
💈7 new LTNs
☔️50000sqm SUDS
🚲51km new bike routes
🦓400 new ped crossings
🚲12000 bike parking spaces
🚲65000+ cycle training sessions
🚸150 new school streets
💈7 new LTNs
☔️50000sqm SUDS
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Tumbleweeds roll slowly across a scene. In the background, Liverpool.
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
Something, something, something.
Induced demand.
Something, something, something.
Enjoy it while it's still free flowing.
www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/2555755...
Induced demand.
Something, something, something.
Enjoy it while it's still free flowing.
www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/2555755...
Record journeys made across Mersey Gateway and Silver Jubilee bridges
NEW data shows a record over 6.95 million journeys were made across the River Mersey in Halton between July and September 2025, the highest volume…
www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Something, something, something.
Induced demand.
Something, something, something.
Enjoy it while it's still free flowing.
www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/2555755...
Induced demand.
Something, something, something.
Enjoy it while it's still free flowing.
www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/2555755...
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The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Drip, drip, drip.. the endless small comments... EVs aren't coming to just replace your ICE, they're coming to destroy public transport.
"electric cars are now often cleaner than electric trains"
"No more taxes on electric cars"
"travel from Edinburgh to London on a continuous motorway"
"electric cars are now often cleaner than electric trains"
"No more taxes on electric cars"
"travel from Edinburgh to London on a continuous motorway"
Did a car write this
Let’s not
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Drip, drip, drip.. the endless small comments... EVs aren't coming to just replace your ICE, they're coming to destroy public transport.
"electric cars are now often cleaner than electric trains"
"No more taxes on electric cars"
"travel from Edinburgh to London on a continuous motorway"
"electric cars are now often cleaner than electric trains"
"No more taxes on electric cars"
"travel from Edinburgh to London on a continuous motorway"
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This incident is sooooo not a pram crash! I can’t believe the #bbcnews are still using this line. Babies and toddlers in hospital for 10 days. And it’s a… pram crash. 😬😢
Still no mention of a driver. 🤨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Still no mention of a driver. 🤨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Baby and toddlers hurt in Dumfries pram crash leave hospital
The three children - all aged under two - are now home after being seriously hurt in Dumfries.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This incident is sooooo not a pram crash! I can’t believe the #bbcnews are still using this line. Babies and toddlers in hospital for 10 days. And it’s a… pram crash. 😬😢
Still no mention of a driver. 🤨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Still no mention of a driver. 🤨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Also! The idea of "But cars are cleaner now so there's no reason not to go all-in on them" is something I was shouting about a bloody decade ago in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/sustainable-... Back then it was Zac Goldsmith, I note. Good company to keep
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Also! The idea of "But cars are cleaner now so there's no reason not to go all-in on them" is something I was shouting about a bloody decade ago in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/sustainable-... Back then it was Zac Goldsmith, I note. Good company to keep
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It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s far from the most important thing, morally right now, or in terms of the human stakes, but the ballroom thing is really breaking my brain.
Liverpool getting some attention...
Cool website by @albertguillaumes.cat
showing station maps of most European and American underground stations (nice colouring of TfL axiomatics).
stations.albertguillaumes.cat
showing station maps of most European and American underground stations (nice colouring of TfL axiomatics).
stations.albertguillaumes.cat
Stations and transfers
A gallery of drawings depicting the topology of metro stations from different European cities.
stations.albertguillaumes.cat
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Liverpool getting some attention...
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1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
For years, there's been a massive over-emphasis on food miles, and a massive under-emphasis on food type.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
By far and away the best dietary decision you can make, for environmental, humanitarian and public health purposes, is to cut out animal products.
Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
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I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."
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Here's a thought. I wonder if a highway authority could ban the use of autonomous vehicles with a traffic order 🤔
Another look behind the BS with Chris.
Another look behind the BS with Chris.
So Waymo aim to have their so-called fully autonomous cars operating in London next year.
What could possibly go wrong?
transportinsights.blog/2025/10/15/a...
What could possibly go wrong?
transportinsights.blog/2025/10/15/a...
Alexander takes a punt on Waymo trial
As Waymo announces that it will be bringing its “fully autonomous ride-hailing service across the pond” from next year, it’s worth looking at what the benefits and risks might be. The company says …
transportinsights.blog
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here's a thought. I wonder if a highway authority could ban the use of autonomous vehicles with a traffic order 🤔
Another look behind the BS with Chris.
Another look behind the BS with Chris.
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This last bit got me...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This last bit got me...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A tragedy in 3 acts, spread over 10 years.
The Derby Arms, Aughton (ish). Sadly, I can't find any photos of the inside, cos I remember it being a beautiful old pub.
The Derby Arms, Aughton (ish). Sadly, I can't find any photos of the inside, cos I remember it being a beautiful old pub.
October 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A tragedy in 3 acts, spread over 10 years.
The Derby Arms, Aughton (ish). Sadly, I can't find any photos of the inside, cos I remember it being a beautiful old pub.
The Derby Arms, Aughton (ish). Sadly, I can't find any photos of the inside, cos I remember it being a beautiful old pub.
10 years ago.
"What this relief road needs is a relief road..."
And it's only got more congested since.
"What this relief road needs is a relief road..."
And it's only got more congested since.
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
10 years ago.
"What this relief road needs is a relief road..."
And it's only got more congested since.
"What this relief road needs is a relief road..."
And it's only got more congested since.
I can't see any reason why this wouldn't apply to every commercial EV public charger, and every home charger for that matter. And of course, the cars themselves.
(I've tried and completely failed to understand what Renault were doing with their Zoe app.)
(I've tried and completely failed to understand what Renault were doing with their Zoe app.)
any product that depends on the long term stability of its maker is inherently defective
They brick you because they can.
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can't see any reason why this wouldn't apply to every commercial EV public charger, and every home charger for that matter. And of course, the cars themselves.
(I've tried and completely failed to understand what Renault were doing with their Zoe app.)
(I've tried and completely failed to understand what Renault were doing with their Zoe app.)