An exasperated post as a journal editor since 2002 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Thanks to York lecturer Dr Judith Krauss, @judithekrauss.bsky.social
who co-edits one of the oldest OA wholly journals in social sciences, Journal of Political Ecology [estab 1993/4]. @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social Community-led. free, and a 'labour of love'.

I see them in most cities I have lived and worked in. Some schemes are terrible, others better, & socioeconomic and planning factors determine how successful. Also the weather & price

Sorry, departments

It may seem catastrophic,& I know the French system, but some anglo unis have been suffering this for decades. The French state may be badly managed at the moment but it is so strong compared to the UK, or Australia, that I do not think it will let universities collapse. May cut a few debts. though!

Known them for 30 yrs. the book needs to be open access, like all of my own. We are old enough to pay for that now! Secondly, communication with non-human nature is pretty much central to most Australian Aboriginal culture on country. I hope that gets a section. It has been documented for decades.

Sponsored by MDPI? Ouch. See for example, the-strain-on-scientific-publishing.github.io/website/post...

Another problem is that I played my students a 2-minute bbc podcast about dam construction here in Australia, and it was preceded by two minutes of adverts!

BBC Sounds was closed to non UK based listeners on July 21. Thanks BBC

Listening to the BBC World Service from overseas, it does not seem all that bad. Stuff that would be of no interest to most British listeners, for example developments in the smaller African and Asian states, is at least reported. But closing BBC Sounds to non UK listeners in July was a disaster.

I'm a bit worried that the locals don't want tourists and visitors, especially at that time of year

That is not Tucson, Used to live there.

Loads in Europe and especially Netherlands, but with ped/cyclist underpasses. Alternative is interminable waits for lights at X crossings [with stop/start emissions spike] incl for peds/cyclists, as in N America

Doesn't make sense to me. as [mainly] a cyclist.

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Transport VIC and train operators should be encouraging more people to use the public transport network, through safety checks or licensing of Ebikes, or suggesting other ways to weed out the bad ones in cooperation with the state government. Yes, this will cost more, and involved more agencies.

A big ban is not a 'sustainable' transport policy, and in fact it is the reverse – just a quick response to a risk that happens very infrequently and could be further regulated.

The 'blanket' ban will force many more people off public transport, and onto roads and highways. We should not do this – we should be rewarding people getting out of cars and onto ebikes.