Reposted by Nathan CardonThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 13/10/2026theglobeandmail.comMajority of Canadians support closer formal ties with European Union: pollApproval ratings for the idea were highest in British Columbia and lowest in the Prairies 14310
Reposted by Nathan CardonDr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social · 12/10/202630,000 job losses in one of the few sectors we are still genuinely world-leading, and zero national conversation beyond tuition fees and loans. UK Higher Ed is sinking and apparently no-one has noticed. 610462
Reposted by Nathan CardonMarianne Heaslip @marianneh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Heat pumps *are* defense spending. They cut our reliance on gas, and so weaken Russia. 112345
Reposted by Nathan CardonSeth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Apparently, I almost made it on to a syllabus in Texas... and then didn't! 65212
Reposted by Nathan CardonNathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My new book has a cover! The folks @columbiaup.bsky.social did a fantastic job. It captures one of the book's key arguments on the relationship between an 'everyday technology' of American mobility, the US frontier, and empire. Look for it on store shelves just in time for Bike Month 2027. 13611
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My new book has a cover! The folks @columbiaup.bsky.social did a fantastic job. It captures one of the book's key arguments on the relationship between an 'everyday technology' of American mobility, the US frontier, and empire. Look for it on store shelves just in time for Bike Month 2027. 13611
Reposted by Nathan Cardonhannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Second week on strike with UCU Edinburgh. We will be on strike for five weeks - taking out the entire first half of term, up to the first assessments - but we could be back in the classroom tomorrow if management withdrew the threat of compulsory redundancies. 17628
Reposted by Nathan CardonJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good pedagogical practice leads to generative class discussion leads to wider insights leads to asking the right questions.... 032
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This week my MA group enthusiastically agreed to do part of the seminar screen free. They later asked why the library only had digital copies of the assigned books; they wanted physical copies. They resent AI. I wonder if universities are ready for the counter-revolution against tech? 0195
Reposted by Nathan CardonMatt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bournville Lantern Lectures… Disrupted Sat 17 Oct Bournville Quaker Meeting House Step back in time for an immersive performance & lively retelling of an original Bournville Lantern Lecture, brought to life by Birmingham Rep’s Creative Learning Department. sellymanormuseum.org.uk/events/2026-... 1145
Reposted by Nathan CardonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Pretty remarkable how quickly the idea of Low Traffic Neighborhoods has gained traction in New York after working in London.gothamist.comNYC lawmakers want 'low-traffic neighborhoods' with more speed humps, street changesThe bill mandates a select number of "traffic-calming devices" in five different neighborhoods. 510717
Reposted by Nathan CardonJerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Starting in October, MBTA buses will be equipped with automated enforcement cameras to issue warnings, and later tickets, to vehicles caught illegally blocking bus lanes and bus stops. www.wcvb.com/article/mbta...wcvb.comMBTA to begin automated enforcement of bus stop, bus lane violationsMBTA buses will soon be equipped with cameras to issue warnings, then tickets, to vehicles blocking bus lanes and stops. 0405
Reposted by Nathan CardonSaima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Please join us in celebrating the Centre for Black Humanities’ tenth anniversary. CBH is holding a two-day symposium titled ‘Collectivity, Community, Collaboration’. Our keynote will be Professor Christina Sharpe. Cfp below. Please spread the word! 12119
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The first rule I learned when walking and cycling in the UK is that Audis and BMWs always have the right of way. 0197
Reposted by Nathan CardonCycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ontario Society Of Professional Engineers (OSPE) continues to speak out against the province's reckless and arbitrary scheme to rip out 19 km of protected bike lanes. Now will engineering firms heed this message before bidding on Ontario's RFP?ospe.on.caOSPE Statement: Where Things Stand on Bill 212 and Toronto's Bike LanesExplore the OSPE Statement on Bill 212 and its impact on Toronto's bike lanes and transportation planning. 413650
Reposted by Nathan CardonFire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This wildfire season, FBU members have faced the fire service's most challenging period since the Blitz. All the while, without proper PPE, welfare facilities or sufficient relief. FBU BEMM rep Dwight Williams moving an amendment to the NEU motion on Climate heat emergency. 02210
Reposted by Nathan CardonJesse Feld @jessersfeld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Every city in France above 150k people has a tram or subway. I was just in Reims🇫🇷 - 177k people live there. Equivalent to Ipswich🇬🇧 / Barrie, ON🇨🇦 / Midland, TX🇺🇸 Yet they have 2 fast tram lines along with a rapid bus network and high-speed rail. It grows downtown, businesses thrive, traffic drops. 082
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Like Godfather II, the sequel is as good as the first: "An ideological wool has been pulled over our eyes, but focusing on stealing cars can correct our vision to...a scene of stealing in full view, a daylight robbery experienced by any pedestrian who has ever tried to cross a road." 012
Reposted by Nathan CardonMaris Zivarts @emveezee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"With every motorized vehicle churned out, and every square foot of space they stole, a me-first, get-out-of-my-way way of being increasingly took root." You should read both of these pieces. 194
Reposted by Nathan CardonJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Stealing Cars, Part II: Fordism and Flexible Enclosureurbancyclinginstitute.substack.comStealing Cars: Fordism and Flexible EnclosureLong Ride | Historian John Munro explains how the colonial logic that fueled the automotive industry led to a new concept of streets 12210
Reposted by Nathan CardonJustin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Biking, gender, empire? I can roll with that. 011
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The effect of this policy was obvious back in Ontario this summer: massive fuel-guzzling pick-up trucks, often pulling rec. trailers or boats, going 20-30km/h over the limit. All subsidised by the Canadian government. 000
Reposted by Nathan CardonMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 09/09/2026“In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a ‘pre-crime’ approach… In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs.” @drboguslaw.bsky.social:prospect.orgAnthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American ProspectNew hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters. 314997
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’ - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FTgiftarticle.ft.comAnthropic researcher quits over AI labs ‘gambling with our lives’Latest departure highlights mounting unease inside Silicon Valley companies racing to build ever more powerful systems 020
Reposted by Nathan CardonJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Labour's absence on this issue is a testament to their disinterest in the legacy of Councillor Waseem Zaffar. 042
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/not-fast-but...birminghamdispatch.co.ukNot fast but furious: popping the bonnet on the 20mph row‘It’s f***ing insane’ 021
Reposted by Nathan CardonJames Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 07/09/2026FWIW I think the Burnham government is 'continuity Starmer' in failing to grasp how serious and dangerous this stuff is, and how sharply they should move on it. (The line has been crossed!) bsky.app/profile/yeom... 726960
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This will be essential reading to a wide audience, and will no doubt be assigned in many history department's seminars. 130
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FTgiftarticle.ft.comRerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascismHow nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future 042
Reposted by Nathan CardonDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115643175
Reposted by Nathan CardonMarianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Huge. Huge testament to the power of organising. Huge relief for Exeter friends and colleagues. Huge waste of time and resources. Huge reputational damage done. Huge warning to universities who want to treat their staff like they don’t matter. 011132
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm 100% certain I saw Wes Anderson in Digbeth last night. 100
Reposted by Nathan CardonMet Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 01/09/2026Summer 2026 is provisionally the UK’s warmest summer on record with the season’s mean temperature made around 130 times more likely due to human-induced climate change. Here, we delve into the numbers 🧵 5262168
Reposted by Nathan Cardonᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The New Yorker 1929 🚲🚴🏼 #bike 0546
Reposted by Nathan CardonBetter Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 28/08/2026Great opinion piece in The Guardian on the #20mph media frenzy over the past week, generated from just being a footnote - continuing a 12-year-old policy - in the next Birmingham Local Plan!theguardian.comDear culture-war motorists, look to the future. We'll all be driving at 20mph soon | Christian WolmarThere are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow, says transport writer and podcaster Christian Wolmar 1218
Nathan Cardon @ncardon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s ClimateThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 000
Reposted by Nathan CardonRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21/07/2026"To accountants, some courses or departments may be viewed as cost centres. But to lecturers and students, and the places in which they are based, they are cultural resources – repositories of knowledge built up over decades." bit.ly/4gOTZo2 #Skystoriansbit.lyThe Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | EditorialEditorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed 210653
Reposted by Nathan CardonDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Fascinating that our local police are baffled and powerless to catch the uninsured & often unlicensed boy racers who drive at 2-3x the speed limit on residential streets EVERY NIGHT or the quadbikers who rip up our parks and green spaces, but a bicyclist? Oh, *then* they're happy to Do Enforcement. 14716
Reposted by Nathan CardonDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Professor Whittle is one of four colleagues in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Exeter elected to Fellowship of the British Academy this year. 🗃️ ALL FOUR of these outstanding scholars were placed at risk of redundancy last month. Here's their statement: 36232
Reposted by Nathan CardonJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Bicycles are often seen as vehicles of liberation, and for very good reason. But in this essential article, @ncardon.bsky.social shows us how bicycles have also been technologies of imperial identity. Check out this nuanced, deeply researched account while you wait for Nathan's new book! 121
Reposted by Nathan CardonModern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026On First View! 073
Reposted by Nathan Cardondaviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We've got a new shiny submission site, too, and we welcome original submissions relating to American history in the (long) 19th C. We welcome standard research articles, roundtables, conversational pieces, historiographical, theoretical, methodological, or pedagogical interventions. 012
Reposted by Nathan Cardondaviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 17/07/2026🧵With apologies for the delay, we're delighted that @anchistjournal.bsky.social Volume 27. 1 is out in its entirety, with articles on Jefferson's life and legacies, Malthusian politics in the US South, convict leasing, culture, temptation, and the US Civil War: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fanc20/2...tandfonline.comAmerican Nineteenth Century HistoryVolume 27, Issue 1 of American Nineteenth Century History 153