Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy201.bsky.social
Cycling, sustainability, tech & fairness
#Space4Cycling
#Space4Cycling
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If you decrease the space given to cars, they go slower, walking & cycling become safer, more people turn to public transport and the higher uptake makes it faster and more reliable.
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If you decrease the space given to cars, they go slower, walking & cycling become safer, more people turn to public transport and the higher uptake makes it faster and more reliable.
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
The UK: "It's hard to think of a country better suited to public transport or where it's more needed."
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"For every £1 spent on cycling and walking schemes in the UK, you get nearly £6 back in benefits.."
"..Medway Council has received £1,727,695. A total of £25,924,411 has been allocated to Kent County Council.."
#cycle
"..Medway Council has received £1,727,695. A total of £25,924,411 has been allocated to Kent County Council.."
#cycle
South East councils given £133m for cycling and walking schemes
The money is part of a £626m package announced as part of the government's Spending Review in June.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"For every £1 spent on cycling and walking schemes in the UK, you get nearly £6 back in benefits.."
"..Medway Council has received £1,727,695. A total of £25,924,411 has been allocated to Kent County Council.."
#cycle
"..Medway Council has received £1,727,695. A total of £25,924,411 has been allocated to Kent County Council.."
#cycle
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Message from the Canadian Tourist Office.
December 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Message from the Canadian Tourist Office.
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🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
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Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.
The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
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It was and is inevitable that the personal story of Trump ends in abject failure and humiliation.
The only question now is if we let him destroy the country completely while he's crashing.
The only question now is if we let him destroy the country completely while he's crashing.
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It was and is inevitable that the personal story of Trump ends in abject failure and humiliation.
The only question now is if we let him destroy the country completely while he's crashing.
The only question now is if we let him destroy the country completely while he's crashing.
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Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
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Since 2000, London has added more than 1.9 million residents (+26%), but the number of vehicle miles driven has declined by 10%; it's declined most spectacularly in the center.
Outside of London, vehicle miles traveled have increased rapidly over the same period. content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-lo...
Outside of London, vehicle miles traveled have increased rapidly over the same period. content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-lo...
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Since 2000, London has added more than 1.9 million residents (+26%), but the number of vehicle miles driven has declined by 10%; it's declined most spectacularly in the center.
Outside of London, vehicle miles traveled have increased rapidly over the same period. content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-lo...
Outside of London, vehicle miles traveled have increased rapidly over the same period. content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-lo...
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Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
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Trump has called women reporters within the last two weeks:
Obnoxious
Bad
Nasty
Stupid
Ugly
Piggy
Only NYT has formally responded to protect its reporter and the free press.
Obnoxious
Bad
Nasty
Stupid
Ugly
Piggy
Only NYT has formally responded to protect its reporter and the free press.
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump has called women reporters within the last two weeks:
Obnoxious
Bad
Nasty
Stupid
Ugly
Piggy
Only NYT has formally responded to protect its reporter and the free press.
Obnoxious
Bad
Nasty
Stupid
Ugly
Piggy
Only NYT has formally responded to protect its reporter and the free press.
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com I’m watching tonight’s show on investing (good stuff btw).
However, it saddens and frustrates me that you continue to pursue engagement via Musk’s site.
You’ve a good following here too. Use it? Promote it. You’re good people. Use your platform 👍
However, it saddens and frustrates me that you continue to pursue engagement via Musk’s site.
You’ve a good following here too. Use it? Promote it. You’re good people. Use your platform 👍
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com I’m watching tonight’s show on investing (good stuff btw).
However, it saddens and frustrates me that you continue to pursue engagement via Musk’s site.
You’ve a good following here too. Use it? Promote it. You’re good people. Use your platform 👍
However, it saddens and frustrates me that you continue to pursue engagement via Musk’s site.
You’ve a good following here too. Use it? Promote it. You’re good people. Use your platform 👍
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Unsurprising that Trump would try to ban fact checking. He already demands a promise that no fact checking will happen if he does an interview. There's very little Trump hates more than an insistence on truth and facts because it interferes with the lies he constantly tells.
In the Trump administration’s war on truth, they have attempted to silence and intimidate those who stand in their way. In their latest attack, they try to strategically frame fact-checking as “censorship.” But fact-checking isn’t censorship, it’s speech.
www.poynter.org/news-release...
www.poynter.org/news-release...
IFCN statement on U.S. visa restrictions targeting fact-checkers - Poynter
New visa directives wrongly conflate journalism with censorship.
www.poynter.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Unsurprising that Trump would try to ban fact checking. He already demands a promise that no fact checking will happen if he does an interview. There's very little Trump hates more than an insistence on truth and facts because it interferes with the lies he constantly tells.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
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New from 404 Media: a Border Patrol agent recorded recent immigration raid, where agents followed a flower seller into the woods, with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. Recording light is clearly on, according to vids sent to us. DHS bans use of personal recording devices www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New from 404 Media: a Border Patrol agent recorded recent immigration raid, where agents followed a flower seller into the woods, with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. Recording light is clearly on, according to vids sent to us. DHS bans use of personal recording devices www.404media.co/border-patro...
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⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine war latest updates: Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast (6)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 6 times today. Drones operated by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) destroyed a drone depot in o...
kyivindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
⚡️ Ukraine war latest live: Special Forces destroy Russian drone depot in occupied Donetsk Oblast.
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THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THEY JUST FUCKING LIE
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The thing about the average New Yorker’s objection to open gangway cars - that they’ll make the subway less safe because “bad people” can move between the cars - is that people already go between the cars all the time anyway. I’m tired of being held hostage in the city by people who are afraid of it
@davecolon.bsky.social:
“MTA Still Won’t Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars:
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.” — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/m...
“MTA Still Won’t Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars:
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.” — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/09/m...
MTA Still Won't Embrace Open Gangway Subway Cars - Streetsblog New York City
The see-through cars have been standard across the globe for a generation, but to the MTA, it's still untested technology.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The thing about the average New Yorker’s objection to open gangway cars - that they’ll make the subway less safe because “bad people” can move between the cars - is that people already go between the cars all the time anyway. I’m tired of being held hostage in the city by people who are afraid of it
Couple of cards off to Europe & USA.
Each green 2nd class stamp’s worth 87p. 4 of ‘em just meet the £3.40 #RoyalMail international letter rate.
Lucky I had the foresight to buy these stamps 15yrs ago when they were ~36p each 😬
Each green 2nd class stamp’s worth 87p. 4 of ‘em just meet the £3.40 #RoyalMail international letter rate.
Lucky I had the foresight to buy these stamps 15yrs ago when they were ~36p each 😬
![A handful (5) of white envelopes, each with 4 green stamps marked “2nd” [class].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ca3kbj6lfy3npgtzhbo72wf4/bafkreid7xxklxzgb6lo3dzwtmx2pyl7borda3eeth6hznnbh3zdbun4e3a@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Couple of cards off to Europe & USA.
Each green 2nd class stamp’s worth 87p. 4 of ‘em just meet the £3.40 #RoyalMail international letter rate.
Lucky I had the foresight to buy these stamps 15yrs ago when they were ~36p each 😬
Each green 2nd class stamp’s worth 87p. 4 of ‘em just meet the £3.40 #RoyalMail international letter rate.
Lucky I had the foresight to buy these stamps 15yrs ago when they were ~36p each 😬
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“Mind your own country and mind your own people,” said Irakli Kirtskhalia, a member of the GD led Parliament, addressing the UK government, which he called a “non formal, oligarchic government.” 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“Mind your own country and mind your own people,” said Irakli Kirtskhalia, a member of the GD led Parliament, addressing the UK government, which he called a “non formal, oligarchic government.” 1/2
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“Georgia has become a captured, kleptocratic state,” Transparency International Georgia said on International Anti-Corruption Day.
TI-Georgia: Georgia Has Become Captured, Kleptocratic State - Civil Georgia
On International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9, Transparency International (TI) Georgia, the local
civil.ge
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Georgia has become a captured, kleptocratic state,” Transparency International Georgia said on International Anti-Corruption Day.
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He’s *so* close to getting it #ActiveTravel
An Oxfordshire councillor is planning on cycling every day in the run-up to Christmas to raise money for the legal battle against a congestion charge.
Councillor raising funds for legal battle against congestion charge… by cycling
Councillor David Henwood - who was found to have harassed a Labour councillor in online spats over traffic measures in Oxford - plans to cycle every day until Christmas to raise money for Open Roads i...
road.cc
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
He’s *so* close to getting it #ActiveTravel
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Here's your periodic reminder that there are more than 230 reported crashes every day in NYC.
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that there are more than 230 reported crashes every day in NYC.