Smozman
@smozman.bsky.social
Community Garden Co-ordinating, Cycling Campaigning, sea swimming, science loving, book worming, Nordie person of faith
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Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.
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It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (5th October 1977). Jimmy has a plan for when the balloon goes up.
October 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (5th October 1977). Jimmy has a plan for when the balloon goes up.
This is unsettling. The part of our brain that interprets faces wants to resolve this into a face, but can't, and it burns.
July 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is unsettling. The part of our brain that interprets faces wants to resolve this into a face, but can't, and it burns.
Didn't foresee this...Cole elbowing Infront of Donald Trump!
July 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Didn't foresee this...Cole elbowing Infront of Donald Trump!
English breaks Irish record in 800m win in Netherlands - www.bbc.com/sport/athlet.... Now I'm confused...
Mark English: Donegal athlete breaks Irish record in 800m win in Netherlands
Mark English becomes the first Irishman to break one minute 44 seconds in the 800m as he produces a superb run at the FBK Games in the Netherlands.
www.bbc.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
English breaks Irish record in 800m win in Netherlands - www.bbc.com/sport/athlet.... Now I'm confused...
I'm pretty sure all this is happening because I left Twitter...
June 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm pretty sure all this is happening because I left Twitter...
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Ladybird larvae...how cool
June 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ladybird larvae...how cool
And in Belfast we get the huge new Grand Central Station @translinkni.bsky.social and no cycle parking...
Brand new 1,500 space, step-free-access, cycle parking hub at Lyon's main train station. 🚲🚄
This type of investment to embed cycling as a real transport option is becoming more and more normalised in cities and countries around the globe.
This type of investment to embed cycling as a real transport option is becoming more and more normalised in cities and countries around the globe.
🤩 Inauguration du plus grand parking vélo de France à Lyon !
➡️ Cette vélostation de plus de 1500 places 🚲 située sous la place Béraudier permet un accès direct à la gare de la Part-Dieu 🚲+🚄.
➡️ Initiée par nos prédécesseurs, c'est avec fierté que nous l'inaugurons aujourd'hui.
➡️ Cette vélostation de plus de 1500 places 🚲 située sous la place Béraudier permet un accès direct à la gare de la Part-Dieu 🚲+🚄.
➡️ Initiée par nos prédécesseurs, c'est avec fierté que nous l'inaugurons aujourd'hui.
May 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
And in Belfast we get the huge new Grand Central Station @translinkni.bsky.social and no cycle parking...
Belfast Community Garden week - great work being done in alleys and back yards. (A bee on the raspberries in Holyland Community Garden)
May 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Belfast Community Garden week - great work being done in alleys and back yards. (A bee on the raspberries in Holyland Community Garden)
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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This should be mandatory viewing for everyone right now in order to understand this bullshit time we’re in.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This should be mandatory viewing for everyone right now in order to understand this bullshit time we’re in.
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“In the US, we’re not tempted to approximate “Spanishness,” but whiteness. This is not about skin color, but a way of being that is ritualized through colonial lifeways.”
Today’s essay is by Joshua Bocanegra
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/seekin...
Today’s essay is by Joshua Bocanegra
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/seekin...
SEEKING A HOMELAND: WHY LATINES VOTED FOR TRUMP — Earth and Altar
Speak English in this car! I was shocked to hear those words come from my father’s mouth. This was the man who, while I was growing up, taught me about Brown Pride and Chicano Power, who reminisced ...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“In the US, we’re not tempted to approximate “Spanishness,” but whiteness. This is not about skin color, but a way of being that is ritualized through colonial lifeways.”
Today’s essay is by Joshua Bocanegra
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/seekin...
Today’s essay is by Joshua Bocanegra
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/seekin...
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Welsh 20mph limit has cut road deaths and serious injuries and reduced car insurance.
‘There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians, although not an easy one: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians, although not an easy one: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Welsh 20mph limit has cut road deaths and serious injuries and reduced car insurance.
‘There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians, although not an easy one: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘There is, perhaps, a lesson here for politicians, although not an easy one: sometimes it can be best to ignore the noisiest voices, and take the evidence-based course.’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
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March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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“As self-driving companies pour billions of dollars into advancing their technology, it’s impossible to know how safe and energy-efficient their products could eventually become. But the #JevonsParadox… how much more driving will AVs induce — and will those added miles swamp any possible upside?”
What a 160-year-old theory about coal predicts about our self-driving future
When you make something easy to use, people want to do it more.
www.theverge.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“As self-driving companies pour billions of dollars into advancing their technology, it’s impossible to know how safe and energy-efficient their products could eventually become. But the #JevonsParadox… how much more driving will AVs induce — and will those added miles swamp any possible upside?”
@carlamuellerproch.bsky.social Hi Carla, not surprised you are departing from Facebook...it has just become a stream of ads. Hope you are all well. I'm in England baby sitting my 6 year old grand daughter..
February 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
@carlamuellerproch.bsky.social Hi Carla, not surprised you are departing from Facebook...it has just become a stream of ads. Hope you are all well. I'm in England baby sitting my 6 year old grand daughter..
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Edvard Monster Munch
November 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Edvard Monster Munch