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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

usa.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Enjoy the victory, New York. You did great. #NYC

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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 21/11/2024

The city of #Ljubljana in #Slovenia, population 280,000, kicked cars out in 2007. Since then, car use has dropped by 32%, black carbon emissions are down 70%, noise pollution is down by 6 decibels. Unfortunately, going car-free has made the center a living hell, as this video shows: 🧵

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Slightly diminish a book: Toes!

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I’m talking about the humble wheeled shopping trolley - or as they’ve been unfortunately branded almost everywhere: the “granny trolley.”

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Charlotte “Pure True Love” @charluv.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

No one owns the Water. No one owns the Land. No one owns the sand. These are given by Our Mother. The Planet provides for Free. Only by the hands of the Greedy does the Earth require a Fee 🌺

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Got to say that there's much water to flow into the sea before there's any opportunity for Corbyn's party to dent the polls. However, the impact on party discipline could be immediate and could go one way or both.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Seems bad: "We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."

theconversation.com

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.

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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 04/07/2025

Have to say, the name’s a bit of a surprise.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

No, of course not! Not that Jeremy Corbyn! You didn't think I meant that Jeremy Corbyn? Oh, I can see now where I might have confused you. I should have spotted that.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 01/07/2025

Gran Vía, Madrid’s iconic central avenue, has long been the cultural and commercial heart of the city. But by the mid-2000s, it had become overwhelmed by private cars, and noise and air pollution that failed to meet EU standards; reflecting the car-centric urban planning paradigm in post-war Spain.🧵

People in casual summer attire walk and sit along the wide sidewalks of Gran Vía, Madrid’s central avenue lined with retail storefronts, tall buildings, shade trees, lighting fixtures, and wooden benches.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Love that the Evening Standard carried this complaint about Neil Young as genuine. A third viewer added: “Fuming about Neil so-called Young just miming in front of a strobe light while writhing around in a pair of leather Y-fronts. This sort of pop outrage is killing live, quite dull dadrock.”

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Good to see the MEN giving coverage to the dreadful rates of dangerous driving in Greater Manchester. Stockport has the 18th highest rate in the UK – but it's less than a third of the number in Bradford.

manchestereveningnews.co.uk

The scourge on Greater Manchester roads that should shame our region

The city-region has been shamed as a national hot-spot

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Terrific thread on facilities for girls (and boys). 👇

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The US will take part in Russia’s Intervision Song Contest, a Eurovision rival created primarily for Soviet Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War, RIA Novosti reports.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Totally agree with Caroline on this. Well argued. Cars are getting too big and lives are being put at risk.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

via Wild Bird Scoop

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

If The Fast Show is ever revived, could Ed Miliband be a character? He's very funny.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

BBC carrying the police request not to speculate on the Liverpool tragedy. Immediately followed by lots of speculation by BBC, politicians etc.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I see a Japanese snow fairy bird, I share a Japanese snow fairy bird. Those are the rules.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

And far enough away from the wall so that bike can be snug with stand.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

67th year on the trot I've missed the world cheese rolling championship. Why is there never any pre-publicity? On my bucket list.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

You probably needed to know this earlier, but the Trafford Centre stinks of the sewage works today.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

No offence to Sheffield United. I don't like your manager. I don't want Chris Wilder anywhere near the premier league again.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Clarkson's farm - scripted. Not good.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Can't believe I've got an ear to the window, hoping for rain. # allotmentfever

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Eurovision was dire, but the voting was fun. The comfort is that I'll never hear a single song from the show again.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Getting a mail-merge out of libre office is rubbish, but the sense of achievement is worth, it even if the address is nowhere near where you want it.

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Owl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A Great Grey Owl in a stunning flight. 📸francoispotvin.photography #Nature #owl #Bird

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 06/05/2025

Fantastic to see the 1st phase of the pedestrianisation of Camden High Street. With all the bars, shops & the famous market, these pavements have overcrowded for far too long. It's great to see visitors having the safe space they deserve. 👏👏👏 @camdencouncil.bsky.social

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Simply "lost concentration". On a hands free call. Drive through a stop sign. Killed a person who was cycling. Guilty of death by dangerous driving. Suspended sentence. Not even a life driving ban. This country is sick. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Driver caused 75-year-old cyclist's death while she was 'distracted'

Lucinda Collins was on a hands-free call to her mum when the collision occurred, a court heard.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Silly substitution Pep. Really need variation.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

timeshighereducation.com

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

imagine a building code where midrise buildings with 40 homes, ranging in size from 1- to 3-bedrooms, and where every unit has daylight on at least 2 sides is possible. it's not possible in the US context. but it is possible w/ (4) connected point access blocks rdrarchitectes.com/en/project/s...

rdrarchitectes.com

Sainte-Luce 9 · Projects · RDR Architectes

Located in the heart of Lausanne, in a dense and historically rich district, the new apartment block houses 40 flats ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 rooms. Given the[...]

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Another similarity between Trump & Truss is that we risk fixating too much on them personally. As I wrote here, the bigger question is how people so unfit to govern were put in positions of power. And that's about the systemic failures of their parties & political systems unherd.com/2023/01/liz-...

unherd.com

Liz Truss still haunts the Tories

She carried a Molotov cocktail into No. 10 — but others lit the fuse

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The softening up starts. About time.

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Mike Cordingley @mikecordingley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Just a reminder you're only losing today if you choose to sell.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles

Five images of various characters:

A coven of murderous witches...
Who play loud youtube videos on public transport.

An ancient malevolent demon...
With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs.

A flock of bloodthirsty ravens...
Who think absolutely everything is "Woke".

A primordial shambling beast...
Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap.

A mob of satanic villagers...
Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.

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Owler Nook @owlernook.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It is 2025, and Stockport Council appears to have removed a pedestrian crossing and added guard rail like it's 1965. @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

A busy road junction. An uncontrolled pedestrian crossing has been removed, and new guard rail added to stop pedestrians crossing here.

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Amazing—the arrogance of Labour MPs, especially the frontbench, in thinking they understand mental and physical health, behavioural science, risk, and what it would take to rebuild trust in the DWP better than ALL disabled people, health organisations, and researchers combined.

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