Nick Calamaro
@nick-calamaro.bsky.social
Gibraltarian 🇬🇮 Leader at togethergibraltar.com 🧡 Trustee at Men in Need ✊ Project Manager and Hobbyist Game Developer 🧑💻
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
"When personal intervention by ministers has become routine, those without connections end up sidelined, dealing with unfit processes which have not kept up with the needs of our community."
Read my full article in today's Gibraltar Chronicle:
www.chronicle.gi/what-does-gi...
Read my full article in today's Gibraltar Chronicle:
www.chronicle.gi/what-does-gi...
July 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"When personal intervention by ministers has become routine, those without connections end up sidelined, dealing with unfit processes which have not kept up with the needs of our community."
Read my full article in today's Gibraltar Chronicle:
www.chronicle.gi/what-does-gi...
Read my full article in today's Gibraltar Chronicle:
www.chronicle.gi/what-does-gi...
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People are tired of a status quo that isn’t working for them.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has sent shockwaves across the country and shown what’s possible when candidates have the courage to stay true to their values and speak authentically to working people.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has sent shockwaves across the country and shown what’s possible when candidates have the courage to stay true to their values and speak authentically to working people.
Mamdani: Tonight, we made history. In the words of Nelson Mandela, it almost seems impossible until it is done. My friends, we have done it. I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
People are tired of a status quo that isn’t working for them.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has sent shockwaves across the country and shown what’s possible when candidates have the courage to stay true to their values and speak authentically to working people.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has sent shockwaves across the country and shown what’s possible when candidates have the courage to stay true to their values and speak authentically to working people.
Congratulations to all involved! Together with our European friends and allies is the best way to secure the safe, prosperous and thriving Gibraltar we all want to see.
I welcome the conclusion of the talks on the future EU-UK agreement on Gibraltar.
It safeguards the integrity of Schengen and the Single Market, while ensuring stability, legal certainty and prosperity for the region.
Congratulations Maroš Šefčovič on successful negotiations.
It safeguards the integrity of Schengen and the Single Market, while ensuring stability, legal certainty and prosperity for the region.
Congratulations Maroš Šefčovič on successful negotiations.
June 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Congratulations to all involved! Together with our European friends and allies is the best way to secure the safe, prosperous and thriving Gibraltar we all want to see.
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We stand firmly with Gibraltar's trans and non-binary community. We stay committed to legal protections for the most vulnerable. Read on 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/qbjnzgqanx
We encourage those needing support to contact the Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee
#gibraltarequality
We encourage those needing support to contact the Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee
#gibraltarequality
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We stand firmly with Gibraltar's trans and non-binary community. We stay committed to legal protections for the most vulnerable. Read on 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/qbjnzgqanx
We encourage those needing support to contact the Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee
#gibraltarequality
We encourage those needing support to contact the Gibraltar LGBTQ+ Committee
#gibraltarequality
"Our services can only work properly if we invest in our people... We have to do more to train local workers, and we need to take workers seriously when they highlight reasons why specialists are avoiding Gibraltar."
Read the full post: at togethergibraltar.com/
Read the full post: at togethergibraltar.com/
TG ATTENDS GHA MEETING TO PUT FORWARD STAFF CONCERNS — Together Gibraltar
Last night, we had the chance to attend the GHA's Public Meeting and ask questions on behalf of our members.
togethergibraltar.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Our services can only work properly if we invest in our people... We have to do more to train local workers, and we need to take workers seriously when they highlight reasons why specialists are avoiding Gibraltar."
Read the full post: at togethergibraltar.com/
Read the full post: at togethergibraltar.com/
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Trump’s behind-closed doors talks with Putin threaten Ukraine’s freedom and Europe’s security.
If the US won’t lead, the UK must.
If the US won’t lead, the UK must.
February 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trump’s behind-closed doors talks with Putin threaten Ukraine’s freedom and Europe’s security.
If the US won’t lead, the UK must.
If the US won’t lead, the UK must.
Realising that I've brought a lot of counterproductive Twitter-isms with me to this platform. Describing things as 'deranged' was a good way to get attention but I'd rather not contribute to bringing BlueSky discourse down the gutter too.
February 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Realising that I've brought a lot of counterproductive Twitter-isms with me to this platform. Describing things as 'deranged' was a good way to get attention but I'd rather not contribute to bringing BlueSky discourse down the gutter too.
This is the energy Europe needs to project. As always it's those with the most to lose who are actually willing to make the hard choices, while the privileged cower from actually standing for something.
The Baltic states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have today fully decoupled their energy grid from Russia. At the moment they are running in an island mode, but starting tomorrow the energy grid will be reconnected with the European Union.
February 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is the energy Europe needs to project. As always it's those with the most to lose who are actually willing to make the hard choices, while the privileged cower from actually standing for something.
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Donald Trump’s proposal for Gaza is bizarre and dangerous.
The UK cannot remain silent.
The UK cannot remain silent.
February 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Donald Trump’s proposal for Gaza is bizarre and dangerous.
The UK cannot remain silent.
The UK cannot remain silent.
Beautiful irony. The same reporters who detested Biden's PR team for 'talking down to them' are now gonna be replaced by prank YouTubers and podcast bros.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
Karoline Leavitt Invites Content Creators to the White House Press Briefing (Gift Article)
President Trump’s press secretary invited social media influencers and content creators to sit with the traditional press corps.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Beautiful irony. The same reporters who detested Biden's PR team for 'talking down to them' are now gonna be replaced by prank YouTubers and podcast bros.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
January 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind the presidential seal, but in this country we hate Nazis. Kind of like a foundational defining thing. Two of the foundational things about American history is that we beat the confederates and we beat the Nazis.
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I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I will never stop being mad about how the media has treated the anti-trans movement as a group of ordinary people with legitimate concerns rather than the obvious frothing bigots they are.
As a party trying to get more people engaged in politics, we have no choice but to keep focusing on established social media platforms (TikTok, Meta).
But it's grim that we have no alternative but to support the platforms whose values totally clash with our own.
But it's grim that we have no alternative but to support the platforms whose values totally clash with our own.
January 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
As a party trying to get more people engaged in politics, we have no choice but to keep focusing on established social media platforms (TikTok, Meta).
But it's grim that we have no alternative but to support the platforms whose values totally clash with our own.
But it's grim that we have no alternative but to support the platforms whose values totally clash with our own.
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Unfortunately it's turned out that social media platforms have never been public spaces. It's great for acquisition and compliance for them to pretend otherwise, but when push comes to shove we're just cogs that exist at their whims.
January 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Unfortunately it's turned out that social media platforms have never been public spaces. It's great for acquisition and compliance for them to pretend otherwise, but when push comes to shove we're just cogs that exist at their whims.
One to follow! Crosscode was one of the best games of the last decade, and this follow-up seems to be keeping that legacy going.
Our new blog post is out with all the news on how things are going for #AlabasterDawn and what our plans are for 2025!
www.radicalfishgames.com?p=7606
#gamedev #indiedev
www.radicalfishgames.com?p=7606
#gamedev #indiedev
January 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
One to follow! Crosscode was one of the best games of the last decade, and this follow-up seems to be keeping that legacy going.
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We’re heartened to see a pause to the bloodshed, the safe return of hostages, and relief to families who have watched bombs rain down day and night.
January 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We’re heartened to see a pause to the bloodshed, the safe return of hostages, and relief to families who have watched bombs rain down day and night.
They're not sending their best are they.
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
They're not sending their best are they.
It's never been about sports. Just like every other bandwagon reactionaries hop on. Sports are an opportunity for people to belong, to find some joy, and to take pride in themselves.
Sports, especially for children, are no place for division and conspiracy theories about biology.
Sports, especially for children, are no place for division and conspiracy theories about biology.
AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time
January 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It's never been about sports. Just like every other bandwagon reactionaries hop on. Sports are an opportunity for people to belong, to find some joy, and to take pride in themselves.
Sports, especially for children, are no place for division and conspiracy theories about biology.
Sports, especially for children, are no place for division and conspiracy theories about biology.
Unfortunately tech companies fully expect this approach of: "upcoming meetings to assess the general readiness" of the theoretical, potential for a possible consideration of maybe doing something...
www.ft.com/content/2c1b...
www.ft.com/content/2c1b...
January 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Unfortunately tech companies fully expect this approach of: "upcoming meetings to assess the general readiness" of the theoretical, potential for a possible consideration of maybe doing something...
www.ft.com/content/2c1b...
www.ft.com/content/2c1b...
It's not too late for the EU to act. US tech companies have made it clear that they would rather bow to a tyrant than to face regulation. It's time for the EU to show some teeth too.
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
It’s time for the European Union to rethink personal social networking
This Policy Brief explores the potential implementation of Article 7 interoperability for social networking core platform systems.
www.bruegel.org
January 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's not too late for the EU to act. US tech companies have made it clear that they would rather bow to a tyrant than to face regulation. It's time for the EU to show some teeth too.
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
This is certainly the part of politics I've struggled with most too.
Many of us get into politics out of a love for public policy. But unfortunately for us, politicians are far more likely to be judged by how they navigate culture wars than how they implement actual change.
Many of us get into politics out of a love for public policy. But unfortunately for us, politicians are far more likely to be judged by how they navigate culture wars than how they implement actual change.
And Biden's admin, like essentially all Democrats and liberals in my lifetime, totally neglected this aspect of politics. They ignored clear warning signs that something was going wrong in the social atmosphere: deep unpopularity among young people, extreme dissatisfaction with the strong economy.
January 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is certainly the part of politics I've struggled with most too.
Many of us get into politics out of a love for public policy. But unfortunately for us, politicians are far more likely to be judged by how they navigate culture wars than how they implement actual change.
Many of us get into politics out of a love for public policy. But unfortunately for us, politicians are far more likely to be judged by how they navigate culture wars than how they implement actual change.
I do wonder whether we'll one day look back on Biden as the last 'realistic' president.
Harris faced a lot of hurdles, but a surprising one she didn't face was her campaigning as if presidents can magically change the price of groceries.
Harris faced a lot of hurdles, but a surprising one she didn't face was her campaigning as if presidents can magically change the price of groceries.
Here's the actual, correct summary of Biden's domestic presidency:
He entered office with very narrow legislative margins, made worse by the fact that two of his key votes were deeply intransigent. Nonetheless he was able to consistently pass sweeping legislation.
He entered office with very narrow legislative margins, made worse by the fact that two of his key votes were deeply intransigent. Nonetheless he was able to consistently pass sweeping legislation.
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I do wonder whether we'll one day look back on Biden as the last 'realistic' president.
Harris faced a lot of hurdles, but a surprising one she didn't face was her campaigning as if presidents can magically change the price of groceries.
Harris faced a lot of hurdles, but a surprising one she didn't face was her campaigning as if presidents can magically change the price of groceries.