Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Is this remotely legal? A 7kw EV charger installed on the outside of a garage so the car owner can charge in the street by running a cable across a pavement. That's a LOT of power. I thought EV charger installations required off road parking.... 210
Reposted by Mounsey.Birkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Liverpool Council backs calls for ‘road safety emergency’ www.birkenhead.news/liverpool-co...birkenhead.newsLiverpool Council backs calls for ‘road safety emergency’A road safety emergency is to be declared in Liverpool as calls continue for further action to remove dangerous motorists from city streets. As all members of Liverpool Council gather… 034
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As I remember it, Liverpool declared a climate emergency and then did absolutely nothing about it. Nothing. They might have built a few 'green walls', but they died (obviously). 000
Reposted by Mounsey.Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Careful if you use whatthreewords for important stuff, they could be going under. 13398
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026£100million over 4 years. Am I the only one shaking my head? This doesn't even scratch the surface... Barely enough for paint and signposts on the shitty murder routes we've already got... 011
Reposted by Mounsey.Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fantastic turnout by campaigners in Liverpool, protesting the Merseyrail e-bike ban. Politicians seem unified... will we see a rethink? I hope so 🤞 Thanks to @cyclinguk.bsky.social for their help 😎 36816
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I tell ya. That was a feisty cycle home... Everton at home and Great Howard closed for emergency road works. 020
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Oh the sweet sound of FM Stereo. Still sounds surprisingly good.... 010
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I paid to come specifically to this hotel because it has destination charging... And all the cables have been cut on the chargers. LOL at me! 000
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Bicycle! Ebike! Modified ebike! Motorbike! RIP to someone just crossing the road. 000
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Haha. LOL.. Haha... LOL. Literally being robbed. 92p/kWh. 000
Reposted by Mounsey.Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Not cool, Merseyrail. Not cool 291
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026And Burnham bottled the Manchester scheme, even after the signs had already gone up. We could have had half a dozen cities with ULEZ by now... 000
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Today. Liverpool. That was a pretty unpleasant ride to work. 010
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I was gonna cycle down to the eclipse at Crosby beach with our lad. Shook myself to my senses when I thought about how people would be driving and parking down there. Walked instead. Absolutely fucking madness in the car park. 110
Reposted by Mounsey.Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Whilst it's sad I'm not surprised by this. There is case upon case where drivers who kill barely even get a short ban (before we even get to the merits and demerits of prison). Plus, the roads have been barely policed since austerity and it shows. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug...theguardian.comVictims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review findsMany of those affected in England and Wales think offences are not treated with the seriousness they deserve, says commissioner 0164
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Easier gears. Do it. Do it now. You'll never look back. 010
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The joy of public EV charging.. tebay services north. 4 faulty chargers. Queue to get on the working ones. Got to the hotel.. 6 chargers. 2 already cockblocked by ICE, got the last free one. 210
Reposted by Mounsey.Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 31/07/2026More performative fuckwittery from a Reform led council. This time mine: South Shields. The councillors are clearly out of touch with reality as this is such a boneheaded decision. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSouth Tyneside Council rescinds climate emergency declarationA Reform UK motion argues the council can improve the local environment without the official pledge. 3527
Reposted by Mounsey.Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.socialtheconversation.comCycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero citiesActive travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day. 351331457
Reposted by Mounsey.West Seattle Bike Blob @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Remember when automakers were making these cute little cars that were working their way towards 100 mpg, and then they said fuck that and built brodozers 971037113
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Local Labour fence sitters going hard for "there's a climate emergency!" And "we're going to rip out that bike lane"... Pure doublethink. 340
Reposted by Mounsey.Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Reform controlled Sunderland council resinds their climate change declaration. In the middle of a heatwave that's seen several consecutive hottest June day records broken. Absolute fuckwits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSunderland Council rescinds climate emergency declarationReform councillor Bill Blackett says polar bears are not extinct and the Maldives has not sunk. 1291046350
Reposted by Mounsey.Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 25/06/2026OK, so just as I have to yell at my fellow Americans "air conditioners *are* heat pumps!" to combat basic ignorance of what the tech actually is, Europeans need to hear "heat pumps *are* air conditioners" because y'all are making arguments which don't make sense if you see why heat pumps are good. 1133280377
Reposted by Mounsey.BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Founder and owner of Wikipedia says the Social Media ban is stupid, won't work, and forces people to send their own facial data to the most dangerous companies in the world. 1017863
Reposted by Mounsey.Gen X @genxtoo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026As an IT worker, I beg you to turn your computer off and then turn it on again before calling IT. 4064553420
Reposted by Mounsey.Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The average terror suspect arrested in England and Wales is now a white woman in her 50s as a result of the Palestine Action ban Almost 2,800 arrests were made for supporting the group in 6 months - surpassing the number of terror suspects detained in the previous decade inews.co.uk/news/politic...inews.co.ukPalestine Action terror ban remains in place after Home Office wins appealGovernment's decision to proscribe group 'struck a fair balance', Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr tells Court of Appeal 38919539
Reposted by Mounsey.The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Labour's social media ban is essentially punishing kids, who are taught online safety from primary level, for the failures of the tech companies and indeed, government. 1210327
Reposted by Mounsey.Miki Berenyi @mikiberenyi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026God this 4 quarters bollocks is a real irritation. 7303
Reposted by Mounsey.Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I seem to be in a rut where it is increasingly easy to talk myself out of bike rides. There is plenty to unpack, but a major part of it is I am *really* tired of the 30 minute gauntlet through South Liverpool (and back) to get to quiet lanes. 261
Reposted by Mounsey.Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is really disappointing. Deep down I'm not surprised. There are two things I can't understand: 1) Why the scheme creates more "missing links", despite the LTP saying it explicitly wants to end them. 2) Why LCC insist on routing bike infra through parks. liverpool.gov.uk/council/cons...liverpool.gov.ukResults of the consultation on the Liverpool City Centre to Childwall Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Scheme - Liverpool City CouncilInformation for residents about Liverpool City Council services including council tax, bins and recycling, schools, leisure, streets and parking. 552
Reposted by Mounsey.Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Ok. Then repaint car parks so the spaces are 50% bigger. Obviously prices would need to go up and there would be fewer car parking bays as the space is finite. 85711
Reposted by Mounsey.Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/06/2026Me: [arrives at computer every morning, clicks to tab in which e-mail was open when I left] Microsoft Outlook:static.klipy.comMariah Carey: I Don't Know HerAlt: GIF of Mariah Carey saying "I don't know her" 1753415
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Is it world bike day today? Here's a long proposed cycle route. Absolutely strangled to death in consultation. Note how the only real changes are the removal of protected cycle lanes. 143
Reposted by Mounsey.Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Happy #worldbicycleday It doesn't matter what you rode, or where or how you ride. All that matters is that you ride. 0426
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Got this portable air con unit for cheap a year ago. It's still a big chunk of money, but on a day like today, our bedroom would be unbearable. And now it's the coolest room in the house. Worth every penny. 000
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 25/05/2026A proper hot bank holiday Monday. I wonder how drivers are planning their journeys, knowing full well that there will be zero available parking spaces....??? 100
Reposted by Mounsey.Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Started up with this stuff again last night. Local politics is very weird. Very proud to co-lead our plucky bunch of Green councillors on Wirral for another year ✅ 1121
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Went to Mallorca, again, hired a bike, again, rode 7 days, again. The peace and quiet and calm. 56 days I've ridden here since 2015. Scatter my ashes here. 040
Reposted by Mounsey.Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/05/2026Impressed by the number of bikes and bike lanes in Bristol. The city could have said, look, we are made entirely of hills, biking is madness, maybe we could have a funicular or something. Instead they said no, we are strong, we can do it, we will have the finest quads in all the kingdom 🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴 551576132
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026You know, I think it was exactly at this point that I felt a race to the bottom was only ever going to end in a complete shit show. Strivers Vs shirkers is just me against my neighbour. 000
Reposted by Mounsey.Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Cycled into town on a narrow shared path that runs through a playground filled with toddlers and loosd dogs. But presumably if I hit somebody that'll be down to my recklessness rather than the choices of a council that decided to marginalise healthy travel while giving motorists a dual carriageway 410730
Reposted by Mounsey.kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 27/04/2026seems like a great technology to build literally everything on 52306534
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Doomed from day 1. Just too wacky, too poorly explained and in 2026, too easily the victim of gobshite YouTube 'influencers'... Half hearted will fall at the first hurdle. 171
Reposted by Mounsey.Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 23/04/2026NEW: More than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, it has emerged, part of what Labour MP Sarah Coombes has called an increasing problem of “ghost owners” who cannot be held accountable for their driving. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...theguardian.comRise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsExclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying ‘speeding, hit and runs and worse’ are going unpunished 44823
Reposted by Mounsey.David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Transportation historian Peter Norton doesn't buy into the robotaxi hullabaloo: "What robot cars are promising is the next generation of car dependency." In @bloomberg.com, my lengthy conversation with @norton.bsky.socialbloomberg.comWhy Cities Shouldn’t Fall For the Robotaxi HypeTransportation historian Peter Norton sees a pattern in the promises that autonomous vehicle companies make as they push self-driving cars into cities. 1524276
Mounsey. @mounsey.bsky.social · 15/04/2026liverpoolexpress.co.uk/council-awar...liverpoolexpress.co.ukCouncil awards design contract to progress Vauxhall/Greatie active travel improvements - Liverpool ExpressLiverpool City Council has approved the award of a contract for preliminary design work to support major active travel improvements across the Vauxhall and Greatie corridors. 100
Reposted by Mounsey.Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/04/2026Saw a reel making fun of people who were expressing skepticism of the #Artemis II images in Instagram comments and while it's true that a lot of folks are just spreading conspiracy theories, there are misconceptions that can just be addressed directly! 1/🧵 16552154
