Anna
@walk-cycle-rant.bsky.social
Mostly interested in politics, active travel, ADHD and local news. Rubbish at actually posting. Good at lurking
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Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.
July 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.
On a bus and an old dude is blasting times radio loudly across the top deck (don't know if he's aware its not connected to his hearing aids)
Think I prefer young people and their YouTube videos!
Think I prefer young people and their YouTube videos!
May 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
On a bus and an old dude is blasting times radio loudly across the top deck (don't know if he's aware its not connected to his hearing aids)
Think I prefer young people and their YouTube videos!
Think I prefer young people and their YouTube videos!
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Very cool. Don't miss the interactive version citiesmoving.com/visualizatio...
May 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Very cool. Don't miss the interactive version citiesmoving.com/visualizatio...
Tempting...
💩 SPLAT! 💩
Where do you see contempt and danger for people walking and wheeling?
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Where do you see contempt and danger for people walking and wheeling?
✨ Order stickers from
gosquabs.square.site and get the appropriate signage up there.
April 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Tempting...
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I needed this today
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I needed this today
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Have a wee vote, folks! Be assured it's not me, Liz Lochhead and Jackie Kay in competition with each other - god forbid! It's you choosing a line by each of us to be carved on the Parliament Wall. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
Public vote for new poetry quotes on the Scottish Parliament wall
Poetry quotes on Canongate Wall
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Have a wee vote, folks! Be assured it's not me, Liz Lochhead and Jackie Kay in competition with each other - god forbid! It's you choosing a line by each of us to be carved on the Parliament Wall. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...
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Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America
A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...
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These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...
No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them)
I can sum up the Trump/Musk/Vance theory of power in five words: "We have power; you don't." Alternative version in six words: "we can do anything we want." They seem to believe that nothing is really...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...
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We are deep in the reporting, but this piece by one of our fearless leaders, @brbarrett.bsky.social, is a zoom out on what's happening in this moment, and what it means. Take a read.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-us...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-us...
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are deep in the reporting, but this piece by one of our fearless leaders, @brbarrett.bsky.social, is a zoom out on what's happening in this moment, and what it means. Take a read.
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-us...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it
A non profit substack - that doesn't want to get too big and where employees work a 4 day week - sounds great!
I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values.
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x
First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +
Ghost: Independent technology for modern publishing
Beautiful, modern publishing with newsletters and premium subscriptions built-in. Used by Sky, 404Media, Lever News, Tangle, The Browser, and thousands more.
ghost.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A non profit substack - that doesn't want to get too big and where employees work a 4 day week - sounds great!
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Great to see Filmhouse building a team again! Excited to see what they've got planned for reopening
Come and work with us!
We’re looking for an excellent individual who can plan and deliver Filmhouse’s objectives around formal education initiatives and informal learning activities – could that be you? Someone you know? Please share!
filmhouse.org.uk/learning-off...
We’re looking for an excellent individual who can plan and deliver Filmhouse’s objectives around formal education initiatives and informal learning activities – could that be you? Someone you know? Please share!
filmhouse.org.uk/learning-off...
January 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Great to see Filmhouse building a team again! Excited to see what they've got planned for reopening
Please share if you are a/ know any Scottish game Devs on here. I'd love to follow more of you and see what you're creating!
With Hogmanay it seemed like a good time to signal boost to the gamedevs of my adopted home, Scotland.
If you're a Scotland-based or Scotland-born gamedev drop your name in the replies to be added (only self-nominations thanks folks).
Reposts welcome & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🙌🏻
go.bsky.app/RVGcV8u
If you're a Scotland-based or Scotland-born gamedev drop your name in the replies to be added (only self-nominations thanks folks).
Reposts welcome & HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🙌🏻
go.bsky.app/RVGcV8u
December 31, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Please share if you are a/ know any Scottish game Devs on here. I'd love to follow more of you and see what you're creating!
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I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print!
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
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I don't understand how not everyone knows by now that providing alternate modes of transportation eases traffic congestion. It's not rocket surgery!
IMPORTANT: “Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says. Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses.”
And removing them would cost a LOT & make traffic worse. #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
And removing them would cost a LOT & make traffic worse. #Toronto
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
November 29, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I don't understand how not everyone knows by now that providing alternate modes of transportation eases traffic congestion. It's not rocket surgery!
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There’s enough Edinburgh councillors on BlueSky now to make a starter pack! Let me know if more come on board and we can gather them up like Pokémon!
go.bsky.app/JohMsiF
go.bsky.app/JohMsiF
November 15, 2024 at 6:17 PM
There’s enough Edinburgh councillors on BlueSky now to make a starter pack! Let me know if more come on board and we can gather them up like Pokémon!
go.bsky.app/JohMsiF
go.bsky.app/JohMsiF