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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah - one question I always tend to ask locally is "would you ride down it (especially at night, etc)?" or "would you let your kids ride down it?" but this takes it to a whole new level!

Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 7h

Imposter syndrome never leaves you.

I'm reviewing some final drafts of a book chapter which I haven't seen for a little while.

I'm genuinely struggling to believe the lad from a bad northern state school wrote this. Where are all the spelling errors, grammatical mistakes and garbled sentences?

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 21h

I'll add this to my research leave reading list!

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

Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org for running this preview of "Life After Cars. Read the intro and please preorder the book. It will be published one week from today!

Sneak Peek: In Their Book, 'The War on Cars' Hosts Explore Life After the Automobile — Streetsblog USA

...and why it's so urgent that we work for a better future.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 22h

Enjoyed this. Nice to reflect, and loads of interesting questions and discussion.

My favourite (albeit impossible) reflection on if cllrs can champion cycling in places where it might cost them their seat. If I could answer that I would bottle it and sell it to political parties for a small mint.

Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 10d

Next week (14th Oct) I'll be at @activetravelcaf.bsky.social talking about my paper on social media and how it affects Cllr's attitudes to cycling.

It caught a bit of traction in the summer, and I'll also reflect on that and what it means in a BlueSky world.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 1d

We had a colleague who was known (and beloved) for this kind of thing.

'Smoking Mirrors' was his best.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Love 'cult-de-sac'. Love this kind of thing. One of my favourite examples is 'well, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it', an enjoyably fatalistic mistaken phrase.

Dave H @thinkfoo.uk · 1d

Great article. The Tories need their Kinnock if they are going to get out of the cult-de-sac* they've gone down.

*Auto correct but I kind of liked it.

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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 1d

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I do hear you for sure. Depending on if I'm in reviewer #1 or reviewer #2 mood will depend on the extent of the reading list I give you, and the tone in which you get it!

Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 1d

The counter to that is I've been told off by editors* for not citing the most recent stuff - my general rule of thumb is theory: old, practice; new.

*I strongly suspect as an unethical ploy to increase the citations in their own journal...

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 2d

This is tomorrow. Really looking forward to talking about this bit of research (and what happened with it)

Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 10d

Next week (14th Oct) I'll be at @activetravelcaf.bsky.social talking about my paper on social media and how it affects Cllr's attitudes to cycling.

It caught a bit of traction in the summer, and I'll also reflect on that and what it means in a BlueSky world.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 14d

📢 New open access paper by myself and Graeme Sherriff in Active Travel Studies

Agree to Disagree? Insights into Community Views and Sources of Division in Relation to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester

Available here: activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

Agree to Disagree? Insights into Community Views and Sources of Division in Relation to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester

Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) involve the use of modal filters to limit motorised traffic from residential streets while retaining access for people walking, wheeling and cycling. They can be seen...

activetravelstudies.org

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 3d

You want to know about the Tories 20% base? There's a major chunk of it.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 3d

There's a lot of talk here about the terminally online (left and right). I've just been to see my Daily Mail reading, terminally OFFLINE parents.

It's like I was visiting another planet. No problems with Badenoch. High support within party and country. No serious play for reform, modest criticism.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 3d

We got beets!

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 3d

I've just had a 'solid chocolate kitkat' moment. The restaurant we were at got my order wrong and brought a small instead of large plate. To make good they brought a second for no additional cost.

I had two teas!*

This will be family legend forever now.

*I'm so full.