Mark McIntyre
@markjmcintyre.bsky.social
Keen on active travel 🚲 music, cities, odds and ends of Glasgow history, transport. Powoli uczę się polskiego 🇵🇱 posting my own views
Daydreaming of how this gem could be something like a Glasgow Ostbahnhof (with the Clyde Line running underneath and a reactivated City Union Line behind it).
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Daydreaming of how this gem could be something like a Glasgow Ostbahnhof (with the Clyde Line running underneath and a reactivated City Union Line behind it).
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Cameron Toll would be the ideal transport interchange - a covered, cross platform interchange with high capacity, rapid trams.
Would reduce the number of buses using the key Bridges corridor allowing more space for pedestrians along the line
Good for business too - if integrated with the centre?
Would reduce the number of buses using the key Bridges corridor allowing more space for pedestrians along the line
Good for business too - if integrated with the centre?
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Cameron Toll would be the ideal transport interchange - a covered, cross platform interchange with high capacity, rapid trams.
Would reduce the number of buses using the key Bridges corridor allowing more space for pedestrians along the line
Good for business too - if integrated with the centre?
Would reduce the number of buses using the key Bridges corridor allowing more space for pedestrians along the line
Good for business too - if integrated with the centre?
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
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@jonnelledge.bsky.social Really pleased to hear you make the point on OGWN about the number of car trips that could be walked. It's great to have that out there somewhere people might hear it
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social Really pleased to hear you make the point on OGWN about the number of car trips that could be walked. It's great to have that out there somewhere people might hear it
I'm almost exclusively resharing @hackneycyclist.bsky.social posts this week, because frankly, they're just too good.
Eerste van der Helststraat, Amsterdam in 1986 and today. None of the traders want the cars back.
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm almost exclusively resharing @hackneycyclist.bsky.social posts this week, because frankly, they're just too good.
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I spent most of Tuesday following the "Singing Street" around to take photos of the filming locations. It was very hard not to be struck by streets that were once playgrounds now being car parks. In other places there is still a bustle of life, but it is now tourists playing, not skipping girls
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I spent most of Tuesday following the "Singing Street" around to take photos of the filming locations. It was very hard not to be struck by streets that were once playgrounds now being car parks. In other places there is still a bustle of life, but it is now tourists playing, not skipping girls
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Hopefully Scotland next!
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hopefully Scotland next!
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Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Holy moly - Welsh Government have approved side-road zebras! www.gov.wales/written-stat...
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#BudgetUK
👍 Two significant structural changes
1. Road-user charging principle accepted, #PerMile for EVs (FVs pay #FuelDuty)
2. Fuel duty inflation-link to restart after previous govt's freeze [EV charge also inflation-linked]
🤔 We'd have also liked..
1. #SUV charging
2. Tax/vat on #AviationFuel
👍 Two significant structural changes
1. Road-user charging principle accepted, #PerMile for EVs (FVs pay #FuelDuty)
2. Fuel duty inflation-link to restart after previous govt's freeze [EV charge also inflation-linked]
🤔 We'd have also liked..
1. #SUV charging
2. Tax/vat on #AviationFuel
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#BudgetUK
👍 Two significant structural changes
1. Road-user charging principle accepted, #PerMile for EVs (FVs pay #FuelDuty)
2. Fuel duty inflation-link to restart after previous govt's freeze [EV charge also inflation-linked]
🤔 We'd have also liked..
1. #SUV charging
2. Tax/vat on #AviationFuel
👍 Two significant structural changes
1. Road-user charging principle accepted, #PerMile for EVs (FVs pay #FuelDuty)
2. Fuel duty inflation-link to restart after previous govt's freeze [EV charge also inflation-linked]
🤔 We'd have also liked..
1. #SUV charging
2. Tax/vat on #AviationFuel
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This is a massive problem with Labour’s immigration proposals. All migrant families affected will be made considerably poorer (because of extra immigration fees over several years plus dampened job prospects) and many (most?) of those families have children.
Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."
So why should migrant children?
So why should migrant children?
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is a massive problem with Labour’s immigration proposals. All migrant families affected will be made considerably poorer (because of extra immigration fees over several years plus dampened job prospects) and many (most?) of those families have children.
Gladiator 2, with Nick Cave's script
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Gladiator 2, with Nick Cave's script
Interesting article on the ever changing historiography of The Beatles. From @stuartmaconie.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Interesting article on the ever changing historiography of The Beatles. From @stuartmaconie.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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When cities build protected cycle tracks, families don’t have to choose between safety and freedom. Kids can ride on their own, dads can hang back, and everyone gets where they’re going safely and comfortably. Safe infrastructure turns everyday trips into independence, not stress, yo!
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When cities build protected cycle tracks, families don’t have to choose between safety and freedom. Kids can ride on their own, dads can hang back, and everyone gets where they’re going safely and comfortably. Safe infrastructure turns everyday trips into independence, not stress, yo!
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Here's my favourite way of visualising this 👇
(🔴L) The 15 min catchment of your station by foot.
(🔵R) The 15 min catchment of your station by bike.
Hundreds, thousands more potential passengers to sustain the railway. All within grasp, by providing bike parking and the routes to get there. 🚲🚆
(🔴L) The 15 min catchment of your station by foot.
(🔵R) The 15 min catchment of your station by bike.
Hundreds, thousands more potential passengers to sustain the railway. All within grasp, by providing bike parking and the routes to get there. 🚲🚆
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Here's my favourite way of visualising this 👇
(🔴L) The 15 min catchment of your station by foot.
(🔵R) The 15 min catchment of your station by bike.
Hundreds, thousands more potential passengers to sustain the railway. All within grasp, by providing bike parking and the routes to get there. 🚲🚆
(🔴L) The 15 min catchment of your station by foot.
(🔵R) The 15 min catchment of your station by bike.
Hundreds, thousands more potential passengers to sustain the railway. All within grasp, by providing bike parking and the routes to get there. 🚲🚆
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"I'm really glad we had this chance. I used to be the only one of my friends who couldn’t ride a bike, but now I can."
Dumfries and Galloway celebrates #BikeabilityScotland success, as one of latest Scottish local authorities to deliver on-road cycle training at all primary schools: buff.ly/8TiUBFo
Dumfries and Galloway celebrates #BikeabilityScotland success, as one of latest Scottish local authorities to deliver on-road cycle training at all primary schools: buff.ly/8TiUBFo
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"I'm really glad we had this chance. I used to be the only one of my friends who couldn’t ride a bike, but now I can."
Dumfries and Galloway celebrates #BikeabilityScotland success, as one of latest Scottish local authorities to deliver on-road cycle training at all primary schools: buff.ly/8TiUBFo
Dumfries and Galloway celebrates #BikeabilityScotland success, as one of latest Scottish local authorities to deliver on-road cycle training at all primary schools: buff.ly/8TiUBFo
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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors
A stunning development over the past 24 hours.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
I've posted about this before, but it's really one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I've posted about this before, but it's really one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
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John Squire/Mani isolated guitar/bass Made Of Stone The Stone Roses
YouTube video by Box Set Go
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Race to the bottom. Countries in the EU Common Asylum System (incl France) are likely to be pretty unhappy.
Westminster’s overhaul of its asylum system will affect us, and unless we want even higher numbers coming here, we need to set similar measures | ✍️ Leo Varadkar
Common travel area means Ireland must align migration law with UK
Westminster’s overhaul of its asylum system will affect us, and unless we want even higher numbers coming here, we need to set similar measures
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Race to the bottom. Countries in the EU Common Asylum System (incl France) are likely to be pretty unhappy.
I guess this list is geared for a certain type of sporty bike person... but honestly, the single best gift I reckon you could get someone with a bike isn't mentioned (assuming their bike can fit one): a rear rack and pannier bag for the shopping. 🚲🛒
Life changing.
Life changing.
The best Christmas gifts for cyclists in the UK, from heated gloves to handlebar bags
Whether it’s a jacket to stay cosy in the cold or a clever multitool, our expert-selected gear means there’s something for everyone who loves life on their bike
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I guess this list is geared for a certain type of sporty bike person... but honestly, the single best gift I reckon you could get someone with a bike isn't mentioned (assuming their bike can fit one): a rear rack and pannier bag for the shopping. 🚲🛒
Life changing.
Life changing.
Anyone unsure what the proposed changes to UK immigration law will mean (incl. extending pathway to permanent settled status for most migrants to anywhere between 10 and 15 years), please take one minute to read these short statements from @refugeecouncil.bsky.social and @workrights.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Anyone unsure what the proposed changes to UK immigration law will mean (incl. extending pathway to permanent settled status for most migrants to anywhere between 10 and 15 years), please take one minute to read these short statements from @refugeecouncil.bsky.social and @workrights.bsky.social.
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I still have an X account (necessary for work, sorry), and sometimes I check in just to see what's going on over there. And it's like a parallel universe. Levels of overt racism, antisemitism and misogyny that we'd all have agreed was despicable just 3 years ago - under people's real names
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I still have an X account (necessary for work, sorry), and sometimes I check in just to see what's going on over there. And it's like a parallel universe. Levels of overt racism, antisemitism and misogyny that we'd all have agreed was despicable just 3 years ago - under people's real names
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An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
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Zwolle doing it right: a central busway flanked by traffic lanes and a separate cycleway, all buffered by trees that prevent overtaking. Buses speed through without getting stuck in traffic, people cycling have a safe route, and the narrower roadways reduce collisions. Amazing bit of street design.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Zwolle doing it right: a central busway flanked by traffic lanes and a separate cycleway, all buffered by trees that prevent overtaking. Buses speed through without getting stuck in traffic, people cycling have a safe route, and the narrower roadways reduce collisions. Amazing bit of street design.