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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 12h

IIRC works were supposed to have started the best part of a year ago.

Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 13h

That quote describes a policy choice that sounds like a very political act... 🤔

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 1d

Sign game was strong...

Person outside the Kings Arms with a sign saying 'I trained for months to hold this sign'

Sign game: 'I saw you finish faster last night'

Man in pink vest and tattoos gives a cheery thumbs up next to the Bridge of Sighs

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 1d

I'll have to start renting the driveway 😁
But we should point out to people (as per original post) you don't *have* to drive through one to get to me. In fact there are probably times when it would be faster going the longer avoidance route.

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 1d

My mind boggles that a first assumption is that people should/would drive such a trip.

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 1d

And for the very reason you point out, I question why so many free resident passes are being handed out...
(Compromises to get this over the line I appreciate...)

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 1d

Important to remember that Marston Ferry and Hollow Way are peak time only, so out of those periods your maps changes greatly.

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The Record Deck 🛥🎵🎶 @therecorddeckuk.bsky.social · 2d

The floating record shop is open in Jericho, Oxford
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
11am to 5pm.
Pop down for a rummage
#vinylforsale
#canaltraders

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Cllr Anna Railton 🌹 @annarailton.bsky.social · 2d

Assume drivers have to get out and push too right 🤔

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 3d

“This approach redefines responsibility, shifting the focus from arbitrary budget rules to the well-being of people and the environment.”

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 3d

✨ New! ✨

"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"

Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩‍💻

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 3d

Ha, you indirectly answered my question. 👍

Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 3d

#biofuel 👎

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 4d

Who's your favourite bass player Dave?

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Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social · 5d

Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week.
A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift.
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Dave nλ=2dsinθ @xtaldave.xtaldave.net.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Optimus prime points at the reader
"This Prime day, Optimus Prime wants you to boycott Amazon for their shitty employment practices "

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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 5d

Mad to me that the centrist UK commentariat still insist this never happened and nothing needs to change.

Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 5d

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 5d

Noah Smith has a solid record of being wrong about many things.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 6d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 6d

Want! Although I'm really looking for a solid body 5 string.

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Nathan Ley @nathanley.com · 6d

Amazing what you can do when you show some bottle and introduce a tough policy which reaps a dividend later (rather than folding under the slightest pressure, like Oxford East's MP)

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6d

Park & Ride bus journeys will be free when Oxford’s congestion charge comes into effect on 29 October. Holders of P&R parking tickets will be entitled to catch any Stagecoach or Oxford Bus Co service from the sites, not just the P&R-branded ones. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/free-park-an...

Free park and ride bus travel with temporary congestion charge

Oxfordshire County Council is providing free park and ride bus journeys in Oxford for an initial period of three months from 29 October, when the city’s temporary congestion charge scheme starts. The ...

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 7d

If we are thinking about alternatives to intellectual property, Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts seems like a model worth considering. www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent

The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.

www.rte.ie

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 7d

If you're need of some positivity in your day, watch this! So heart-warming. Teaching children with movement difficulties to ride a bike - on a low budget, with volunteers, with donated space and with much patience. 👏#cycling #OxfordBrookes #joy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ6B...

Learning to ride a bike | Oxford Brookes University

YouTube video by Oxford Brookes University

www.youtube.com

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Cowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 7d

Oxford anti immigration protestors (who's only chant is "Oh, Tommy Tommy, Tommy Robinson") were flying the Israel flag alongside the Union Jack and St George Cross on Sunday. The same person who was doing a literal Nazi salute 2 protests ago was now shouting "Jew haters" at counter protestors.

HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 7d

Amichai Chikli described the far-right agitator as a "British patriot" in the wake of last week's synagogue attack.

Keir Starmer Condemns Israeli Minister's Decision To Invite Tommy Robinson To His Country

Amichai Chikli described the far-right agitator as a "British patriot" in the wake of last week's synagogue attack.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Danny Axford @dannyaxford.bsky.social · 8d

"...Starmerism: a politics defined not by vision but by compliance, where electoral ambition shrinks to whatever billionaires, suburban taxpayers, or Trump’s manufactured crises will tolerate. The result is a politics of pre-emptive surrender.."

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 8d

Democratic desire is present. But political imagination stalls at the threshold of private investment. The assumption that only billionaires or suburban taxpayers can provision democracy has become so entrenched that it is easier to imagine acquiescing to authoritarianism than bypassing this veto.

The Case for Fiscal Insurgency

by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…

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