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Ian

@ian5spot.bsky.social
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Based in Harrogate and currently cycling wherever I can!

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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
In the UK if you sit around too long after finishing your coffee, they try to get you to leave. In Türkiye they bring you a free çay!
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Alt Musician @altmusician.altgov.info · 17/05/2025
Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift
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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Can’t even make their own MAGAhats
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic 👇 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
“I believe the word for someone seeking to sell their own country to a foreign power is ’traitor’” Thanks to @peterturner.bsky.social for the quote
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Jacob E. Peters @archijake.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A reminder that the number of people killed by that truck in New Orleans on NYD happened more than 700 times on average over the previous year. & that’s just the people killed by cars we weren’t in other cars. Because our road network isn’t safe for anyone, even when you’re belted in w/air bags.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/90182112/wan...
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Cars are an invasive species. If you do not prevent them access through solid, controlling infrastructure design, they will infest every bit of urban space we have.
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Good thread here from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social discussing who is affected by the new inheritance tax laws for wealthy “farmers” and land owners. If interested, I suggest you read his book, Who Owns England
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Starmer rejects Clarkson's claim about most farmers being hit by inheritance tax extension, saying 'facts speak for themselves' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Starmer says most farmers won’t be affected by inheritance tax change as Clarkson tells rally it’s a ‘hammer blow’ – UK politics live
Jeremy Clarkson tells Westminster protest that government should admit plans weren’t ‘thought out and are a mistake’
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hey Harrogate shop owners, if you want your businesses to grow, you need to be asking North Yorkshire Council to install more cycling and walking infrastructure 👇
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Ian @ian5spot.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
But @theguardian.com political editor and urban cyclist @peterwalker99.bsky.social got here first 😀👇
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 14/11/2024
Words To Live By Number 119
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS
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