Simon E
@ruralwales.bsky.social
shortarse ginger welsh cyclist
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say | Air pollution | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say
Royal College of Physicians also says poor air quality costs country more than £500m a week
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
UK air pollution killing more than 500 people a week, doctors say | Air pollution | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
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May 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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If we were serious about Vision Zero and if we really wanted to bring down the toll of death and serious injury on our roads we would be acting on this latest evidence about the contribution of speed to road harm.
A new evidence review asks what speed limits should be if we started with the goal of reducing death and injury. Safe to say that despite being rooted in evidence, there'll be a lot of motivated reasoning trying to make these conclusions go away downloads.roadsafetyfoundation.org/Determining_...
May 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If we were serious about Vision Zero and if we really wanted to bring down the toll of death and serious injury on our roads we would be acting on this latest evidence about the contribution of speed to road harm.
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Today I stand with LGBTQ+ community to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. Everyone deserves love, safety, and respect. Let’s challenge prejudice, listen to marginalised voices, and build a society where everyone can be themselves.
May 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Today I stand with LGBTQ+ community to mark International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. Everyone deserves love, safety, and respect. Let’s challenge prejudice, listen to marginalised voices, and build a society where everyone can be themselves.
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Water is being used as a weapon of war. In early March, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. “Gaza is a killing field, and civilians are in an endless death loop,” UN secretary general, António Guterres. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi
What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Water is being used as a weapon of war. In early March, Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza’s main operational desalination plant. “Gaza is a killing field, and civilians are in an endless death loop,” UN secretary general, António Guterres. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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HOW the super rich will impoverish you and your kids
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
HOW the super rich will impoverish you and your kids
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Nothing illustrates the truism of "we want what we're given" better than the car industry's foisting of SUVs onto society.
Larger cars are more deadly in crashes than smaller ones
They also produce more toxic gases
“Cars are getting bigger every year – while our streets are not. We need carmakers to prioritise normal-sized cars that can be parked more easily and are less dangerous"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They also produce more toxic gases
“Cars are getting bigger every year – while our streets are not. We need carmakers to prioritise normal-sized cars that can be parked more easily and are less dangerous"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
Campaign network calls on government to prioritise smaller cars and introduce higher charges for SUV owners
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Nothing illustrates the truism of "we want what we're given" better than the car industry's foisting of SUVs onto society.
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Really need to see the concerns about EV batteries that are incessantly raised by opinion formers in right wing broadsheets against the backdrop of the status quo. Private car centric transport systems are environmentally catastrophic by every measure
Note that tyre microplastics contaminate -everything-. You're breathing tyres in. Every day. But yeah, sure, let's just ignore that this is fundamentally poisoning all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waste tyre review after BBC reveals millions sent to Indian furnaces
Environment Agency review waste tyre exports after BBC probe reveals millions sent to furnaces in India.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Really need to see the concerns about EV batteries that are incessantly raised by opinion formers in right wing broadsheets against the backdrop of the status quo. Private car centric transport systems are environmentally catastrophic by every measure
This is absolutely BANG ON! Such passion from @garyseconomics.bsky.social 😎
Taxing the rich more is difficult but it's necessary
March 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This is absolutely BANG ON! Such passion from @garyseconomics.bsky.social 😎
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NEW: My piece for the Observer on how I was so deep into my investigation into Cambridge Analytica that I failed to realise that Hannah - my ex's daughter - was facing a human version of it: a stalker who was harvesting her data and weaponising it against her.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Stalked: how a relentless campaign of online abuse came to derail one woman’s life
A new BBC podcast recounts the ordeal endured by Hannah Mossman Moore, whose phone was bombarded by fake accounts and her personal data weaponised against her
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
NEW: My piece for the Observer on how I was so deep into my investigation into Cambridge Analytica that I failed to realise that Hannah - my ex's daughter - was facing a human version of it: a stalker who was harvesting her data and weaponising it against her.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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After today’s farmer’s protest in London it’s clear what climate campaigners must do to stop getting jailed for blocking roads: do the demo in tractors.
March 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
After today’s farmer’s protest in London it’s clear what climate campaigners must do to stop getting jailed for blocking roads: do the demo in tractors.
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The 'Alliance to End Plastic Waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned up."
How does capitalism deal with outcry over the destruction of our planetary home?
Fake action (otherwise known as #Greenwashing).
How does capitalism deal with outcry over the destruction of our planetary home?
Fake action (otherwise known as #Greenwashing).
That might be a joke but it is very close to reality!
Companies behind campaign to ‘end plastic waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned up
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste spent five years clearing up the amount of plastic its key oil and chemical members produce in two days
unearthed.greenpeace.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The 'Alliance to End Plastic Waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned up."
How does capitalism deal with outcry over the destruction of our planetary home?
Fake action (otherwise known as #Greenwashing).
How does capitalism deal with outcry over the destruction of our planetary home?
Fake action (otherwise known as #Greenwashing).
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
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The corporate rush to capitalise on a melting Arctic due to climate breakdown is the ultimate proof that capitalism is utterly incompatible with a liveable planet.
Collapse is nothing but an opportunity to profit from driving further collapse.
Collapse is nothing but an opportunity to profit from driving further collapse.
Rapid melting "just when the world craves resources from the Arctic’s virgin geology"
See how the language of lust and domination over nature is normalised in capitalist thinking
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
See how the language of lust and domination over nature is normalised in capitalist thinking
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The Arctic: climate change’s great economic opportunity
An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
www.economist.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The corporate rush to capitalise on a melting Arctic due to climate breakdown is the ultimate proof that capitalism is utterly incompatible with a liveable planet.
Collapse is nothing but an opportunity to profit from driving further collapse.
Collapse is nothing but an opportunity to profit from driving further collapse.
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You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
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The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
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December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
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With Nigel Farage once more gracing our TV screens on BBC Question Time, it's time to revisit this excellent article by Dr Russ Jackson which has had over 230k reads!
At least this time Farage is an elected MP and party leader. Not so his previous 35+ times 😡
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
At least this time Farage is an elected MP and party leader. Not so his previous 35+ times 😡
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
An open letter to the BBC
Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 11:02 PM
With Nigel Farage once more gracing our TV screens on BBC Question Time, it's time to revisit this excellent article by Dr Russ Jackson which has had over 230k reads!
At least this time Farage is an elected MP and party leader. Not so his previous 35+ times 😡
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
At least this time Farage is an elected MP and party leader. Not so his previous 35+ times 😡
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
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Unsurprisingly to folk who follow pedestrianisation:
A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Pedestrian purchases in Shrewsbury drive up sales'
Keeping cars out of Shrewsbury town centre pushes up sales, research shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Unsurprisingly to folk who follow pedestrianisation:
A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let's be honest, JC (net worth £55 milion), the NFU et al do not speak on behalf of most farmers. The very real existential concerns detailed by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social and others will sadly be conflated with super-rich Tories and toffs creaming it off and laughing in our faces yet again.
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/
November 23, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Let's be honest, JC (net worth £55 milion), the NFU et al do not speak on behalf of most farmers. The very real existential concerns detailed by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social and others will sadly be conflated with super-rich Tories and toffs creaming it off and laughing in our faces yet again.