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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 02/10/2026
In a Smart car?
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you want to help Wheels for Wellbeing with their incredible work, a small donation would make a big difference: cafdonate.cafonline.org/11192#!/Dona...
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
37 members who think they know better than physics and biomechanics. 37 members who think dead and injured constituents are a fair price to pay for nominally driving a bit faster.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh and give me optimism any day of the week over hate and the misery agenda that defines Reform/Restore/Badenochism
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Quite a lot to unpack here! haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/wandsworth-i...
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Wandsworth Town Centre bus and walking improvements
Find out about TfL’s consultation on proposals about Wandsworth Town Centre Bus & Walking Improvements
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Very sad to see Gabriel's Wharf close down www.coinstreet.org/gabriels-wha...
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Gabriel’s Wharf; an exciting new chapter
Gabriel’s Wharf is entering a new chapter with a refreshed meanwhile use.
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Seems they've done this on all crossings on Burntwood Lane (Earlsfield)
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 28/09/2026
In two minds on this treatment. Certainly makes zebra crossing more distinctive when otherwise hard to distinguish from background. But already kicked up a lot - only been in a day (hopefully just settling in). Also, beacons not working - crossing been there since July. Alt text has location.
Newly laid red treatment of road in front of zebra crossing on Burntwood Lane outside Garratt Green. Belisha beacons not working.
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Really should be a points offence
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says
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Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says
Alan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work Young people whose complex disabilities mean they have little prospect of getting a paid job should get fast-track access to disability benefits, an official review of youth employment will say. The review, by the former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn, will say 16- to 24-year-olds with the most severe lifelong needs should be guaranteed swift and unconditional benefit support rather than having to prove they cannot work. Continue reading...
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 25/09/2026
White shoes, red jumper and same yellow checks on scarf?
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 25/09/2026
Surely just a coincidence ...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A #WarOnWalking. A war on biking. A war on public transit. A war on any transportation choice other than driving. A war on better cities. But a war on cars? Hardly. Cars still get most of the space, rights, budget, prioritization, etc. And any effort to add more choice is immediately attacked.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You know who else was obsessed with dancing around on the pinheads of imagined classifications based on where great grandparents were born and what they believed? The Nazis.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Intervals.icu @intervals.icu · 23/09/2026
Intervals.icu now has an improved mobile experience, weather forecasts on any route and more, #cycling #running forum.intervals.icu/t/intervals-...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If only there was some way of knowing why Nigel Farage is so against a new national centre to tackle disinformation and deepfakes from hostile states such as Russia
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Leopards lining up
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While long-term funding is key to the National Cycle Network's success, £104m over four years is £26m a year... the equivalent of upgrading a single A-road junction. CWIS3, the government's four-year strategy mentioned '7,000 additional or improved [NCN] miles by 2030'...so £14,857 per mile?
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learning about pensions is a bit like going to the gym: you know you should do it, you feel guilty for not doing it, but you're just not sure where to begin. Here are two big facts about the UK system that everyone needs to know. torstenbell.substack.com/p/two-things...
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Two Things Everyone Should Know About Pensions
Learning about pensions is a bit like going to the gym: you know you should do it but you're just not sure where to begin. Here are two facts everyone should know.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 21/09/2026
Alt text - firebugs of varying sizes against wooden wall
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 21/09/2026
@nicolesykes.bsky.social some of your friends in Streatham Cemetery (Tooting)
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Summer of terrifying drought and wildfire, bus drivers sweltering in shocking temperatures, everyone losing sleep unable to get cool at night and *this* is the policy they come up with? Just makes things worse and does nothing to address inequality or enable people to walk, cycle or catch a bus. 🤷‍♀️
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking
Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth
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UK Metric Association @ukma.org.uk · 20/09/2026
We are proud to announce that UKMA patron, Professor Jim Al-Khalili will be presenting this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures -  on the awe-inspiring physics of time. @jimalkhalili.bsky.social @rigb.org #XmasLectures metricviews.uk/2026/09/20/u...
Professor Jim Al-Khalili will tackle the awe-inspiring science of time in the 2026 CHRISTMAS LECTURES® from the Royal Institution
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Beyond planning
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is a good point.
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
In the UK, some drivers would use it to undertake
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Oh my!
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
While the world burns
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Lib Dim
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
And almost certainly not true (several versions doing the rounds)
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Totally nuts
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage.
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Or ruby slippers
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
More "othering"
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 20/09/2026
Presumably so the usual people can think they probably deserved it
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 17/09/2026
Which itself will be hard to do. One of the worst to cross junctions in the borough. Though for its dangerous subtlety I think it's beaten by the filter lane on Wandsworth High St outside Southside.
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't like anyone breaking road law or behaving dangerously towards other road users, be they on foot, bike, motorcycle (regardless of energy source) or motor vehicle. They are all individuals though, and if you're painting cyclists as the major risk then you're not serious about road danger
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 15/09/2026
just what we need, more complexity in the tax system
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 15/09/2026
Bonkers: "A Klingon warrior does not squeeze oats and call it milk" www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NHe...
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PART II: Star Trek but it’s an Unhinged Foreign Film (Bad Subtitles)
YouTube video by Picard Looking
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 15/09/2026
Also playing cricket with a real cricket ball
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 14/09/2026
What the hell is in the crab bucket?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Two con artists in one—a marriage made in Hell.
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 14/09/2026
£72m gets you 25 top of the range Shannon-class lifeboats rnli.org/footer/faqs/...
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Look like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhoc... to me
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Pyrrhocoris apterus - Wikipedia
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David Knight @dwknight.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Wasn't Molly Seaman on the Durex car story too?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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