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OB Cycler @obcycler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"They hate bikes and e-bikes because they don’t use oil, and all federal policy in this area is devoted to making us burn more, at all times."

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I live in Canada where these trucks are depressingly common but I’m visiting my family in the UK right now & am genuinely horrified to see how many of these big trucks there are, even in my home town of Wolverton with very narrow streets. They have to park on the pavement or block the road. Awful

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ha ha! “Reality is not reality. Reality is only what I tell you it is”. The trouble here is that he is too dumb to realize that most people are not as dumb as him.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gas is indeed still too cheap… but it would have to go waaay up before people consider getting out of their personal tanks in exchange for some other more sensible and economical mode of transportation. It’s a mindset and high gas prices won’t change that.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was an addiction counsellor for years & I’m also a cyclist. I would liken it more to a cult like the folks who will always support trump no matter what. There’s a compulsive quality to addiction which I don’t see in car dependency but it’s almost cultish-their unwavering support of cars.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m in the uk right now (just visiting family) and it’s remarkable how many people have commented on how much they love Carney for the way he’s standing up to trump. People here usually don’t even know who the Canadian prime minister is! There’s such an appetite to stand up to trump

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Drivers are trustworthy” 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I beg to differ based on the evidence of my own eyes and ears every single time I ride my bike.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When I look at this I immediately feel unsafe thinking about walking through here alone. I don’t mind cycling through these underground tunnels because I’m moving faster but walking… no.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m sure it must also be better for their mental health to have this kind of freedom and independence. Do you know if this has also been researched?

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Research analysing more than 26,000 wildfires in Spain found that native broadleaf woodland had the lowest ignition risk and was less prone to intense fires” Rewilding - the smart approach to preventing fires & floods: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...

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Rewilding: the smart approach to preventing fires and floods | Rewilding Europe

Working with nature is one of our greatest opportunities to build a more resilient and prosperous Europe. As climate change fuels more frequent and intense wildfires, floods and droughts…

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s not a thing to believe in like religion. It’s science. I get frustrated by how many reporters don’t challenge that framing. Also, super troubling how committed his supporters are to him. Feels exactly like the maga crowd in the US. It’s a cult

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Amanda @amandaianthe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It could go on a t-shirt at least. For a hat we'd have to use the abbreviation: MAAEOOGFWNCBA @michaelmezz.bsky.social

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yeah. I still have a Jetta for when I’m travelling a longer distance but generally ride my bike everywhere. I live in Canada, not the UK, and the problem of this arms race but for cars is much worse here. Some people need them… fine. The vast majority dont.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

They are also much more dangerous for anyone not inside them

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yes I know… but this is what they say to justify the “both sides” point of view even though usually one side is an expert telling the truth and the other is some nut job from an opaquely funded right wing think tank who is trying to mislead the public. I agree they need a major overhaul.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good. Let him fuck off to mars and leave us all alone.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 30/08/2026

Google has now renamed Lake Ontario for US users. They don’t even show the real name in brackets. I used a VPN to compare: Apple hasn’t renamed it (at least not yet), nor has Dutch service Here WeGo or OpenStreetMap. Yet another reason to ditch Google, and US tech more broadly.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The BBC are supposed to be impartial but they have come under huge criticism in recent years for taking that to ridiculous extremes with any topic from this to Brexit to climate change. The both sides-ism means they just don’t seriously report facts anymore. Such a shame

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s so messed up that you have a system that requires funding from billionaires to campaign to end a system that enables funding from billionaires to essentially buy elections

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint

If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It’s so great now! I moved 16yrs ago to Canada & the years before I moved there was a notable increase in cycling but when I went back to visit last year… wow! It’s so much more popular now & the infrastructure is much better. They have the ULEZ too so air quality is also much improved

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I agree. I think it’s ok that he did the video but he could have included in the video some of the other things that actually make cyclists much safer than helmets do. Bit of a missed opportunity and could reinforce that narrative that so many of us are trying to push back against

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More than anything else, this actually just makes me feel sad.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So infuriating. I want to live in a world where these research findings are enough for authorities to say “ok no more big trucks”. It’s so depressing that human life seems so secondary to power/ convenience or whatever it is these death machines represent for people.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I concur- this is an excellent nickname for him and I’m sure he’d hate it so I’ll be sure to use it all the time in the hope that it really catches on.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’ll never catch on. Makes too much sense!

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yep… we had a think and we’ve decided to take a pass. TTYL. Byeee 👋

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wondering how many Americans are buying this 💩? Any sane person can see Carney is the rational actor here… so I guess what I’m really asking is how many Americans retain some level of sanity, because from the outside looking in, Trump is still way too popular for a historically unpopular president!

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You’re spot on here. I’m European but live in Canada and feel this sentiment right across the developed world. Voting trump out won’t be enough to restore that trust because people have realized that it’s too risky for one country to have that much power.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

That’s exactly what I was going to say!

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Nope. I moved from Europe to North America. There are cities in North America that are doing a lot to make active transit much more feasible (eg New York, Portland, Seattle, Montreal). The issue is bad city planning that almost always prioritizes cars

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Evidenced by many comments in this thread-people tend to give up cycling (or not start) if it feels too dangerous. We need better infrastructure almost everywhere

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

But surely this is because far more people cycle in the Netherlands so that number is bound to be higher. That’s why the original graph compares it to average miles cycled.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I wonder if the different attitude is also because most drivers in the Netherlands are probably also cyclists so they are more thoughtful about how they interact with

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This might explain France which has implemented excellent bike infrastructure, especially in Paris so was surprised to see that stat.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways.

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Cities aren’t loud… but cars are loud! Also, nothing seems to make people unaware of what’s around them quite like being ensconced in a huge metal box with music on, screens running and air bags at the ready! They just want to get where they’re going and don’t care about who’s ’in the way’

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Americans don’t realize that this is much bigger than Trump now, because now every other country in the world has realized that they are just one bad election away from being right back here again even after Trumps long gone. The world is moving on and the balance of power is shifting

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’ve been to Paris many times but would love to go back now they have such excellent bike infrastructure

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🤣🤣🤣 this is just way to ridiculous a comment to be taken seriously! Look at the intersection FFS. That’s six lanes of traffic he’s suggesting pedestrians play chicken with. I just can’t with these people

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“For years, politicians and pundits opposed to the Ulez have cynically sought to turn questions of public health into a crude culture war. Today, though, it’s clear that we’re winning the battle against toxic air in the capital – and it’s London’s children who are reaping the rewards.”

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Heather Talbot @htalbot-art.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I wear a helmet and that’s my preference but I will continue to challenge folks who seem to think this is the main issue with cycling safety. Just feels like victim blaming to me. If it’s not safe for cyclists to ride their bikes in the city then there needs to be better infrastructure for cyclists

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