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Danny Axford

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Cycling, Science and the Political Economy, my personal contentions. Off-beat music soundtrack. Oxford, UK.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 13h
Chirun Ilya Evening light
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Ian Loader @ianloader.bsky.social · 20h
And they claim to be the Party that will keep you safe 🤔
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hauling stuff Olympics; never go anywhere without a full set of buggy cables. Obviously made the kid walk back up the hill* *Joking, plenty of room on the back.
Kids bike strapped to front of long tail cargo bike.
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Alexander Clifford @alexclifford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What's hilarious about this is 'The Right Way' was the deliberately ludicrous conference slogan of the fictional flailing Tory leader in House of Cards (UK version obvs) before he was couped It was supposed to comically bad and there were a few jokes about it in the series. Badenoch clearly unaware
Henry Collingridge at the House of Cards series 1 party conference in front of poster with The Right Way slogan
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Marco @madeingermany.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What were they thinking?!? Why is this opt-out??!? New #YouTube app lets everybody who clicks a YouTube link you shared see your channel/name. You have to notice it when you share or turn it off by default in #privacy settings
YouTube privacy settings, channel visibility for shared links
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DocDeezWhat @docdeezwhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To Valhalla
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026
How many local models do you run?

Pope Leo XIV
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Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand? You're not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you're being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
We can't afford to continue living under oligarchy, and as oligarchs' greed and folly drives the old system beyond its breaking point, we must seize the opportunity to build a better successor. eof/
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Good piece from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on AI in science. It’s making some bits faster, but there is a new ‘verification tax’ taking up time. And there are heightened bottlenecks in physical experiments & data collection. AI is a workflow problem www.ft.com/content/4508...
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The AI Shift: Is AI supercharging science?
Productivity gains in analysis are getting stuck in physical-world bottlenecks
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Another autumn begins, another explosive Dana hits Spain www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding
Up to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring landslides and deaths in Nepal
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I worry that, just like AV referendum, we slip into unresolvable arguments about what is the 'best' system. When the real point is to show that having something *other than FPTP* is possible. And whilst you might not get what you want at 1st attempt, change is then on the table.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US interfering in hugely important elections in Brazil MAGA wants a compliant comprador capitalist class ruling Latin America, just as they want a new MAGA Europe. Will Latin American society and political class fall in line? Or will they fight as Lula's political coalition is doing in Brazil?
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Oxfordshire Liveable Streets @oxlivstreets.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1/ 70% of primary school kids killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads are hurt within 500m of their own school, according to DfT figures for 2025. ‼️ What this means is, the most dangerous part of a child's day is the journey to school ‼️ www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Reported road casualties Great Britain: child casualty factsheet, 2025
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Thom Venables-Gordon @beardyrecordbox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a genuinely hilarious photo choice after the preceding paragraph. 👀
But Asma's case appears to be unique. No other British citizen in the modern era has been such a central figure in a government widely accused of mass atrocities.

Bashar al-Assad and Asma pose with Cherie and Tony Blair inside No 10 in December 2002.
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Prof Paula Salgado @pssalgado.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The numbers are finally out: Sept25/March26 MRC round saw an overall success rate ~7%. It was inevitable, as shortlisted applications went from ~140 to 40(!) across the whole MRC. This has effects 2026 and beyond on lost jobs and expertise www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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MRC success rates drop sharply amid grants overhaul - Research Professional News
Warnings of “catastrophic” impact on medical researchers as some rates fall below 5 per cent
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How about more direct support for bus services and their users currently still dependent on diesel?
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This level of stupidity doesn’t just happen. You have to work to achieve it.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not the least bit surprising but still extremely grim to read. time.com/article/2026...
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Insane chart.
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Atlas Mugged (N95 Duckbill 😷)✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Brian Romanchuk @brianromanchuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ha ha, Trump finally got his greater than 100% reduction. In your face, math nerds.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026
Four universities on strike today. One map to find them all. Nottingham, Dundee, Glasgow Caledonian and Edinburgh are out. And today we launch the UCU strike map: every dispute across the union, in one place. Find a dispute near you. Visit a picket. Share the map.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spillover onto surrounding routes & into Abingdon. Then I watched a fire engine on blues-and-twos try to get through Stratton way. Possibly the slowest I have ever seen an emergency vehicle move 300m. If it was me trapped in a burning building I would not be happy about motor traffic levels here.
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 30/09/2026
In February 1972, 20 students from Glasgow School of Art greeted Gordon Campbell, the Scottish Secretary of State, as he opened the Charing Cross section of the M8. They waved banners that are as relevant now as they were then as Campbell passed beneath in the Lord Provost's car. 📷 Newqsquest
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 Oxford Greenways launch 📢 We launched the Greenways project today! Masterplan of connecting safe cycle routes. It was just great to be standing on a stage with City, County, and Uni ALL behind the project, and Councillors from 3 different parties speaking in support. Also I got a mug! 😍☕ (1/4)
Leaders from City, County & Uni all standing up on the stage supporting Greenways. & me :). The MUG!! I just love it.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In the face of the most vocally anti-renewables/pro-fossil-fuel president.
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Worth a repost with quote from a person staying at our house yesterday: "What, you're back with the kids from school already?!" Yep. And it was cheap. And it was about 20 times more energy efficient than your offer to drive them.
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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Such a fun, joyful Kidical Mass - 180 people of all ages and abilities cycling around the streets of Oxford! Fantastic to see so many children riding with their families and enjoying the freedom of cycling together. Cyclox wants to see safe cycling on our roads. Please support us at cyclox.org
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Probably the greatest parallel parking you’ll ever see. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thrilled to visit Oxfordshire’s first of the new Quiet Lanes: filtered to motor traffic, safe for us cyclists and walkers and horse-riders. First time I have ever felt safe to cycle to the fabulous Rectory Farm: love supporting local businesses.
Me in hi viz by the shepherds pit lane QLBike and QLEntrance now safe.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"I need others to be injured, ill or dead to build a successful business" may not be the winning argument he thinks.
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Tom Bedford @tombedford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sunrise on Warneford Meadow, Oxford this morning, all mist and spiderwebs. A Linnet overhead was my 63rd species this month, equalling my best ever monthly total on my local patch @friendlyevalley.bsky.social #ukbirding #oxford #urbanbirding
A misty September sunrise over Warneford Meadow, Oxford
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is just to say... And I need to recall the person who came up with this analogy talking about software *engineering*: If a bridge collapses, no one questions whether the bridge was intelligent or sentient or had agency, They ask who built this shoddy bridge.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Correct take.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Contraflow @contraflow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As @doctorow.pluralistic.net says, "Geometry hates cars." Transportation in cities is a space problem, not a tech problem.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ultimately the successful running of any organisation boils down to expectation management.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The reoccurring theme of recent news is ‘company/individual commits a crime. There is no obvious consequence’. Doesn’t feel ideal.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John Coltrane 100 #Jazzsky Too much great work to point to but I always fall back to this, the greatest 'cover version' period. youtu.be/JQvc-Gkwhow?...
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My Favorite Things (Stereo) (2022 Remaster)
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
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kirbyhannah.bsky.social @kirbyhannah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
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Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
£240 Million for the bridgeworks in Oxford. £104 Million for cycling and walking in *all of England* Of course we get patchwork and incoherence 🙄 www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/ps104-m...
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£104 million investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England | Active Travel England
£104m investment to transform walking, wheeling and cycling routes across England
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1960
DOOMSDAY IS DUE IN YEAR 2026
--The Republican, 14 Dec 1960
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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everyday, most places :sigh: Marvel at the inefficiency, the shear waste of space and energy, the vehicles impeded by the storage of vehicles not even in use...
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is terrorism and treating that thug Danny Tommo with kid gloves has led to this.
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Commuter cyclist @smallfoggyhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is good to see, but there would be far cheaper ways of Thames Valley Police making a dent in mobile phone driving. For example, actually doing something about reports from members of the public, especially when they come with video evidence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The undercover HGV catching drivers on their phones in the Thames Valley
More drivers are risking lives by using mobile phones despite tougher penalties, police say.
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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is this literally saying governments need to cut welfare for people so global capital markets can soak up even more junk bonds from hyperscalers to build more AI data centers? If so, the author is fucking demented
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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Omg everyone this is serious. Fiscal ice is the worst kind of ice you can fall through 🥶🥶🥶
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