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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

More exceptional cycling data coming out of Glasgow this week: 𝟳𝟰% 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, showing how quickly the new infrastructure is having an effect. (Data from 88 fixed cycle counters around the city ➡️ www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/1587... #bikesky)

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

I am so happy about cycling in Glasgow. Up 74% in 2 years! Long way to go but in the urban core it is a mainstream transport mode.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 28/09/2026

For the last 3 days the Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly has been hodling steady in record territory at about 3.10°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, well ahead of the previous record anomaly of 3.03°C set on November 19, 2015. The Climate 8-Ball thinks everything is fine.

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Crossing the Danube in Vienna. The Impressionist look is created by twilight and a mucky train window but I rather like it.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wish I'd given #Stellaris a go much sooner: 2hrs in and loving it so far. It's nowhere near as daunting as most other Paradox games seem. If anything, it feels similar to Civ in a lot of ways, with that same creeping sense of dread about what's around the corner, powering you on in the early game.

Screengrab of 4X grand strategy game Stellaris on Xbox, showing my expanding galactic empire.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just as impressive: 500m of Slovenska Cesta, central Ljubljana's main north-south boulevard that hugs the western side of this car free zone, was closed to private motorized traffic in 2015. Now it's exclusively for buses, pedestrians, bikes and mini electric mobility taxis.

The section of Slovenska Cesta that private motorized traffic has been prohibited from since 2015, marked in yellow.

Photo of Slovenska Cesta in 2023, from Wikipedia Commons. It shows the portion of the boulevard redesigned as a space only for buses, bikes and pedestrians.

A sign on Slovenska Cesta marking that you're now entering the section of the boulevard where private motorized traffic is prohibited.

Slovenska Cesta in 2013, with five lanes of vehicle traffic.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The (nearly) car-free zone's not a small area either. A touch smaller than Edinburgh's Old Town.

Google Earth view of Slovenia's capital City Ljubljana, with the city's large central pedestrianized zone marked by a yellow rectangle.

A closer view of Ljubljana's large pedestrianized city centre on Google Earth, showing more detail. It contains the central Old Town, Ljubljana Castle and many other landmarks.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Any Black Crowes fans out there? I know it gets a rough ride, but Lions has *really* grown on me the last few years. To the extent it's maybe a top 3 (after Amorica and Southern Harmony).

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Cosmic Friend

The Black Crowes · Lions · Song · 2001

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 24/09/2026

Having led a campaign for proper continuous segregated bike lanes on Leith Walk a long time ago, it's very pleasing to read this. Build bike lanes and they will come... Who knew? www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

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More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time

Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's something amazing about being in a peloton of 40+ bikes on the cycle lane heading home. Every driver at the front of a queue of side-street traffic... every person peering out of a bus window... every passer-by gets the message: "Oh wow, yeah, people are using this stuff". Never gets old.

My view travelling home by bike: Loads of people cycling on the South City Way cycle lane on Victoria Road in Govanhill in the Southside of Glasgow, during evening rush hour. A woman in front of me wears an incredibly fetching gold coloured helmet.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

- Honestly my dear grandchildren, you’ll never believe how low rates were in the 2010s. - at least you built a load of infrastructure when borrowing costs were so low grandad? Right? Right?

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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

More of this! Just reporting on what's happening on the streets as though it's news rather than normal is so powerful. vimeo.com/1203509441

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City of Cars: shorter version

This is "City of Cars: shorter version" by Sarah Chaundler on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Walk Talk Tours @walktalktours.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A valuable addition to the Glasgow’s mapping - thanks to Neil Scott neilscott.substack.com www.neil-scott.com/plaques/

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Plaques & Statues of Glasgow

A map of the plaques, statues and public art of Glasgow, drawn from Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not making a big point here, but I dipped into X for a minute there to find some info (posted by an account that doesn't post elsewhere) and jeeso... People are still there, arguing with trolls, AI slop and bot accounts. Bewildering to see (actual) people expend any energy there in 2026.

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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New #MapMen episode!!! 🗺️ How many languages are there in the world? And can you put them all on one map? (No.) youtu.be/hX21ctsGhNc Share and enjoy!

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Why a Language Map of the World is Impossible

YouTube video by Map Men

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A delightful day walking around Nice. I loved the use of streetcars and the huge parks cutting through the city, as well as the markets in car-free squares. It's a joy to experience places designed with people and not just cars in mind. It felt so vibrant.

A two-way separated cycle track running alongside a street

A pedestrian only street absolutely packed with people

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Pearl Jam @pearljam.com · 20/09/2026

17 years of Backspacer today. What's the first song you remember hearing from the album? 📸: mih___carvalho, VinylwithDad, now.playing___, & wasogrunge on Instagram.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just saw it was the European TramDriver Championships in Warsaw yesterday. Edinburgh successfully avoiding a relegation spot.

A Warsaw tram knocks down some inflatable bowling pins in front of a crowd

Lower bit of the final league table for the European TramDriver Championship 2026, which Prague won.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Current hyper-niche guitar obsession: Joe Walsh's weird little raspy off-beat 12th fret slide thing he does in the verse of One Of These Nights

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Eagles - One of These Nights (Live 1977) (Official Video) [4K]

YouTube video by Eagles

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cat cafe window on Woodlands Road never disappoints

A large, grumpy looking ginger cat tries to snooze in a bed framed by the Mona Lisa painting, in the window of a cat cafe on Woodlands Road, Glasgow.

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS 💍 🪏 More remarkable early medieval finds in the 1,500-year-old churchyard at Govan Old, home of the @govanstones.bsky.social, and featuring my own photos of the roughout of a finger ring that's just been unearthed! drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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BREAKING NEWS! Early Medieval Finger Ring Workshop Unearthed in Glasgow

A partially finished 'roughout' of a shale finger ring has been discovered during a dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are other problems, obviously, but seems really clear that Celtic's single pivot with McGregor has been a big issue for years. European teams double up on him and snuff him out = no out ball, constant pressure. Other problems, but honestly think this is the biggest underlying issue.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New data shows records tumbling on protected cycle lanes in Scotland, incl more bikes than cars on some routes at rush hour 👇 Whether Copenhagen, Dublin, New York, Toronto, Paris... in this case Edinburgh and Glasgow... the message is clear that safer space helps more people to get around by bike.

Photo of people riding bikes in the sunshine on protected cycle lanes on Leith Walk, the main boulevard connecting Edinburgh city centre and Leith. Edinburgh city centre is in the background, with buses and car traffic to the right of the protected lane.

New data from Cycling Scotland shows that this boulevard is starting to see more bikes than cars at morning rush hours - a trend also seen on a similar route in Glasgow.

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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The latest results from Cycling Scotland traffic surveys, shows the continuing success of building high-quality cycle lanes in encouraging more people to cycle.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚲 NEWS: More bikes than cars on Leith Walk in morning rush hour; record cycle counts and record cycling modal share on multiple routes in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Delve into the latest data from Cycling Scotland traffic surveys and cycle counter analysis: buff.ly/IoWdSMB

People smile and chat to one another as they cycle together on a protected cycle lane in Edinburgh.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 15/09/2026

New York launching 100 policies for the next ten years. 👇

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚲 "The point is just to have that choice for everyone, regardless of how old they are or where they live." @annaholligan.bsky.social shares the freedom and joy that cycling has brought her as a working parent and reporter in the Netherlands. @lesswastelaura.bsky.social #CyclingScotlandConf

BBC journalist Anna Holligan addresses the Cycling Scotland Conference in Perth.

Anna Holligan and Cycling Scotland Conference Chair Laura Anderson take part in an audience Q&A.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bravo Bristol. The ban covers advertising of petrol, diesel and hybrid-electric vehicles and SUV’s, flights, airports, cruise holidays and travel agents, firms and lobbying related to the fossil fuel industry, and marketing that encourages excessive consumption of fashion products or trends.

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Council bans advertising of fast fashion, flights and cars

Adverts for high carbon products will no longer appear on council-owned ad spaces

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚲🏆 We’re delighted to announce Ben Seven of @edi.bike and @pedalonparliament.org has been named Scotland’s 2026 Cycling Champion of the Year, celebrating his impact as a local and national campaigner for positive change. Congratulations Ben! 🎉 buff.ly/XrKoyOi

Ben Seven, Scotland's Cycling Champion of the Year 2026, pictured with his award outside the Scottish Parliament.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🚨 🪏 We'll talk about this online soon, but, for now, you'll have to visit to see what we've been uncovering at Govan Old... 🕙📆 The dig and survey is on every day until, and including, Sunday the 20th of September ⛪️🎟 Always FREE, and we're open 11am to 4pm every day!

Archaeological features in a churchyard.

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary

Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking south along Queen Street, at the western end of George Square in Glasgow city centre. Image 1 from 2016, image 2 from today.

Google Street View looking south along Queen Street in 2016. A three lane road wraps around George Square, the main civic square in the centre of Glasgow. Cars and road space fills the image.

People sit amongst new street trees in a completely zero-traffic, renovated section of Queen Street, on the western end of George Square. This is the same view as the previous image.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

First time seeing George Square since the western Queen Street section opened up last week. Love it. On the question of whether the seats will be used... I think we have an answer!

Looking towards George Square in Glasgow, from beside Queen Street Station. A new rain garden is in the foreground with colourful wildflowers and grasses. People can be sitting in the opened section of a renovated George Square, with Glasgow City Chambers in the distance.

People gathered relaxing and chatting on new seating between new sreet trees on the western section of George Square, which opened this week after renovations.

More people sitting on a newly renovated and traffic-calmed western section of George Square in Glasgow, in the afternoon sunshine, surrounded by new street trees.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looking through other photos I took, and it dawns on me I've been a bit of a boiling frog with the changes on Marszałkowska (main north-south avenue in central Warsaw). I've seen it happen gradually over 10 years, but it really is phenomenal. And all down to the city reclaiming space from vehicles.

Split image showing the same location on Marszałkowska, the main north-south boulevard in the modern centre of Warsaw, Poland. The top image is a photo I took two weeks ago, showing a streetscape dominated by greenery, planting, trees, tram line and a protected cycleway - all possible by reclaiming road space cars. The bottom image shows how it looked around ten years ago, with the street dominated by a major six lane roadway.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On this, Star Trek's 60th birthday, I think we should remember the undoubted highlight of the franchise: Tom Paris breaking the speedlimit and thus transforming into some kind of sex lizard.

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Avant / Après Place Félix Eboué dans le 12ème arrondissement de Paris. On voit que des nouveaux arbres plantés en début d'année ont eu un coup de chaud avec les canicules. On verra s'ils repartent bien ou non l'année prochaine. En tout cas la pelouse a été adoptée par Parisiennes et Parisiens.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 07/09/2026

Completed in late 2025 at a cost of €14 million, Tallinn's Lastekodu Street has been rebuilt around slower traffic and safer cycling, and more pedestrian space and greenery. It now features raised intersections, cycle tracks, benches and planting, while the design speed has been reduced to 30 km/h.🧵

Photos of a street transformation in Tallinn that features red asphalt cycle tracks, vegetation and seating, and a two-tier sheltered bike parking structure.

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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 06/09/2026

For those wondering, Scotland’s largest source of climate change causing emissions is transport. So in Scotland if you want to fight climate change, it's pretty important to make it easier for more folks to get around easily and safely without a car

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fresh evidence that car touchscreens are a giant step backwards for road safety: "For all tasks, the touchscreen was associated with increased visual distraction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Pics from the part-opening of George Square look good and it'll look even better with the full tree planting along the sides soon. I was so glad they went with the "Bryant Park" model of the 4 options: more trees, more enclosure, while keeping things simple. Plus, a massive reduction in road space.

A top-down aerial visualisation of the George Square redevelopment - the main public square in Glasgow city centre. The western end has reopened today, with the rest of the square set to open in the coming months. The visualisation shows new grass areas and trees lining the square, with western and eastern ends closed permanently to traffic, and cycle lanes on the north and south sides.

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A lunchtime nosy around the South Portland Street Avenue, I think officially opened today.

South Portland Street, a short street just south of the River Clyde. Buildings of Glasgow city centre and the walking cycling suspension bridge over the river can be seen in the background. In the foreground are completed Glasgow Avenues project works, including rain gardens, new trees and protected cycle lane.

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great to see that 20mph speed limits are coming to almost 800 more Glasgow streets as the city progresses on its plans for 20mph as the new norm. www.glasgowworld.com/news/20mph-s...

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20mph speed limits coming to almost 800 more Glasgow streets

Almost 800 streets across the south and east of Glasgow are set to benefit from safer 20mph speed limits, with new signage due to be installed from next month.

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