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Rob Stephenson FRSA

@rob-stephenson.bsky.social
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Fellow of CPA Australia, IML ANZ and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Member of AICD & ILA. Views my own.

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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 1h
Sanctioned the ICC
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’” #Paris
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How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million/yr on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” Investing in bike infrastructure saves money.
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h
News story tonight suggests that Trump may lose big in the midterms because of tariffs & starting wars, but in particular because he failed to bring grocery prices down. So fascism, racism, blatant corruption/criminality, Russian collusion, treason, Epstein, and on and on…but it’s mostly groceries?
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Would you just do “omnipotence” to remind us how it works!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“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 More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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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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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Andrew Denton’s address to the National Press Club today. Sometimes the important conversations are lost in the noise, but this is one that we should all hear. #VAD
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hope the Giraffe trip from Melbourne Zoo to Perth Zoo isn’t going via Montague Street.
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Parsingphase @parsingphase.dev · 04/10/2026
When you shape roads for people, not machines: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/04/m...
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Somerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston Globe
To make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way.
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Pitch Drop experiment, the Morrow Plots and 7Up - possibly the three most persistently interesting experiments in the history of the world, but 7Up wins hands down for its complexity and humanity - and how we can see ourselves and our memories reflected back to us. #7Up
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Wolfers: Imagine we had a female president who was so idiosyncratic and so moody and whose policy decisions were up and down like crazy... Could you just imagine the coverage? It’s utterly bizarre what we allow to happen.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The FDA designated a voluntary recall of a jalapeño avocado salad dressing by Salata at its highest risk level over concerns about salmonella contamination.
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F.D.A. Classifies Salad Dressing Recall to Highest Health Risk
Salata Dressings initiated the recall of its Jalapeño Avocado Dressing in August over concerns about possible salmonella contamination.
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He’s a horrid little man!
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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🦋Fiona McGee🦋🚫👑🐈🐈‍⬛ @judymccarthy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anti-vaxxers deserve your total contempt.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2026
The authorities investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students have warned people to avoid using the herbal substance Kratom after they found the product during the separate inquiries.
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Officials Investigating Mississippi Student Deaths Issue Warning About Kratom
The herbal substance Kratom was found during inquiries into the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Their causes of death have not been determined.
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m struggling to understand how the AI scraping of Medicare data from a Government website isn’t raising questions about Government data security - at least as much as saying it “proves we need to tighten regulations on AI”.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When a bicycle is part of everyday life, it can provide regular physical activity while helping people stay mobile, independent and connected to their communities. momentummag.com/a-decade-lon...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think @ericidle.bsky.social had this covered with the Galaxy Song: “Pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere out in space, ‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth!”
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@news.abc.net.au reports that the immigration changes will have an impact on the “eduction” sector. Perhaps it’s unfair to blame current proposals?
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1gypsy (🎵I/me/me/mine🎵) 🦋 @theonegypsy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
That's pretty funny.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 18/09/2026
Cycling infrastructure is an absolute "build them and they will come" solution 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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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You’re the only one up for it I fear. Almost everyone else in that godforsaken country seems intent on letting him do as he pleases, then impotently tweeting about it, as if that is what will make a difference.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good article calling out the costs & consequences of car-centric cities. Any traffic engineer or city planner still working to lock in car dependent sprawl is guilty of professional malpractice. Arguments that “the market wants it” or “elected officials make the actual decisions” just don’t cut it.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New York Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social announcing significant street safety initiatives under a #VisionZero banner. It would be significant for New York City to become a true global leader in this space. Worth keeping a close eye on.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New investigation: How Australia is propping up an entire international commercial airline (and a dangerously mismanaged one) for its offshore detention regime:
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Why is Australia propping up Nauru airlines to keep offshore detention alive?
Here’s a question you’ve probably never asked yourself: Why does Nauru Airlines exist? There’s a simple answer – Australia’s offshore detention regime. Australia’s “resettlement” program in Naoero req...
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Changing the world for all people and families with Parkinson’s. A genuine hero, when that phrase is often used casually!
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🍂k a r e n🍂 @andthenisleep.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Robert Harrington On Thursday, with hatred twisting his snarling face, Trump lunged at a woman reporter. For a moment, it looked like he was going to physically assault her. “Not you. Not you,” Trump said. Then came the lunge and the monstrous face, “Hey, not you!”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.
Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They have been practicing for a while now… www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Harry Dunn: What happened in the case of teenage motorcyclist?
Harry Dunn's family have battled with governments and the police to get justice for him.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Marge Simpson bollard. #WorldBollardAssociation
A concrete bollard painted to look like Marge Simpson.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What kind of person tries to make one of our Nation's greatest tragedies all about themself? #Pathetic
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
St Paul’s Chapel, Lower Manhattan, NYC. February 2010. RIP.
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twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hoping they don’t take Tambi from Melbourne to Perth via Montague Street.
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GirlFuturist @girlfuturist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#vaccines #autism #MMR #RFKjr
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God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026
Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.”
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A public confession of Witness Tampering. Holy sh*t.
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Rob Stephenson FRSA @rob-stephenson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s only early September…
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MJ Today, woke elite tomorrow @mjtoday470.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lets talk about and share remarkable Australians for a change instead of the moron currently taking up airwarves. www.theage.com.au/national/syd...
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Sydney scientist behind ‘moon landing’ cancer vaccine wins top science prize
Professor Georgina Long described the vaccine trial as “absolute landmark, fork-in-the-road for cancer”.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oops, I seem to have been caught red handed taking illegal foreign donations and being a corrupt sack of shit.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton
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