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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 8h

Beautiful.

"It prevents the excessive use of cars and keeps the city centre active and lively."

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Paris Architect’s Own Micro Apartment - 31sqm/344sqft

YouTube video by NEVER TOO SMALL

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 13h

Driving a car. You're basically on a livingroom couch staring forward like an idiot doing nothing.

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 14h

These plans for the improvement of St Giles in Oxford to deliver 'improved space for pedestrians, cyclists and improved arrangements for buses and tourist coaches' are exciting.

Could they really create 'the historic gateway that Oxford deserves'?

@cycloxoxford.bsky.social

St Giles, where the Eagle & Child sits, has long suffered from Oxford’s tendency to turn its historic spaces into car parks. Broad Street, the most notorious example, was semi-pedestrianised in 2022-23. Just a year on, restoring the car park already seems unthinkable.

Nothing as dramatic as pedestrianisation is proposed for St Giles, but Oxfordshire County Council recognises that the wide expanses of tarmac and rows of idling tourist coaches do nothing for the historic streetscape. It is earmarking funds to rebalance the street away from its current, car-dominated form, planning “an improved space for pedestrians, cyclists and improved arrangements for buses and tourist coaches”. With the revived Lamb & Flag on one side and the Eagle & Child on the other, the street could once again become the historic gateway that Oxford deserves.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 16h

It's a joy to see Westminster's determination to build new, safe cycleways in the West End, despite some minority opposition 🥳

C43 is a much needed route. Most residents supported it at consultation 😍

Kudos to Cllrs @adamhug.bsky.social @maxsullivan.bsky.social!

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Row breaks out over £1.5m cycle lane that would be safe alternative to Oxford Street

Tory councillors want Westminster council to pause cycleway through Marylebone until impact of mayor’s traffic ban becomes clear

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 9d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 16h

Finally 10 years into #Birmingham Cycle Revolution an outline plan for a segregated cycle lane for a stretch of the dangerous but key Hagley Road Corridor. Here’s what #PushBikes thinks. Please respond to consultation link in the article

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Hagley Road cycle track | Push Bikes

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has put out a preliminary consultation on improvements to Hagley Road from Five Ways to the junction with Portland Road, which includes a segregated cycle track on t...

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 3d

The father in law has been keeping himself busy since retirement.

An elderly priest in vestments (white robe and red stole) between two uniformed policemen.

The priest is Timothy Gorringe, Emeritus Professor of Theological Studies and an Anglican priest for over 50 years.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1d

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 1d

Has Simon Foster explained the basis for the policing approach which saw police officers escort a group of unauthorised individuals driving a cherry picker on the pavement and hanging flags from lampposts?

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1d

Simple way to avoid car companies bricking your vehicle by installing a forced software update: make sure your vehicle is a bicycle.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 1d

The future is great, huh?

"A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed."

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Jeep software update bricks vehicles

“Please exercise extreme caution”

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2d

I am an airplane person who thinks that nearly all commuter flight routes should be replaced with high-speed trains

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 1d

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 1d

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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story

‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 2d

“the plain fact that youth services ought to be thought of as one of the public realm’s most basic elements”

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Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 2d

#America, 2025

And the UK #Farage wants to create.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

NEW ANALYSIS: More than 80% of UK social housing still relies on gas boilers keeping bills exposed to international gas markets and climate targets out of reach.

I’ve explored how other European countries are tackling this at scale, and what the UK can learn.

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Phasing out gas in European social housing - what the UK can learn

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

‘An investigation by Index on Censorship showed that it’s mainly LGBT-themed books that get challenged; another study indicated that American pro-censorship groups are beginning to influence the situation in the UK.’

Anna Aslanyan on book bans, from the blog
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Anna Aslanyan | The Censor’s Scissors

John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused...

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 2d

"Because you can never have enough email."

Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 2d

On BlueSky I share thoughts about sustainable transport and environmental psychology, plus interesting links

I'm going to try a newsletter for when I want to explore ideas in more depth

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The Simple Newsletter is coming soon

Because you can never have enough email

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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, upstairs with books and menswear.

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 2d

Your next pricey takeaway could well be cooked in an entirely different kitchen from the one you expected, delivered by someone who doesn't match the picture of the courier, using what the platforms say is a bicycle but is actually an unlicensed motorbike.

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Your upmarket Deliveroo might be made by your local kebab shop

"On one hand, it’s a lifeline... But on the other hand, it’s a harbinger of doom.”

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

‘It is peculiar, to say the least, that Israel is being given, in a “peace deal”, land that it has not managed to capture militarily.’

@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Selma Dabbagh | Knowledge of the Relevant Facts

Israel has assassinated a record number of Palestinian journalists, refused to allow international reporters to enter...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back