Urbane Cyclist
@urbanecyclist.bsky.social
Bike commuter for over 35 yrs; last 19 in London; also road, gravel and mtb. Also commenting on #brexshit. 🍉
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Sir Keir Starmer's Authoritarian Zionist Labour Government latest:
Banning books written by people who oppose genocide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Banning books written by people who oppose genocide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sir Keir Starmer's Authoritarian Zionist Labour Government latest:
Banning books written by people who oppose genocide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Banning books written by people who oppose genocide
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government sources had briefed there would be a clamp down on “tax breaks for high earners riding £4,000 e-bikes in the Surrey Hills”.
No mention of Cycle to Work in Rachel Reeves' Budget despite reports spending cap would be introduced
Reports had suggested a spending cap would be re-introduced to the tax-relief scheme
road.cc
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Government sources had briefed there would be a clamp down on “tax breaks for high earners riding £4,000 e-bikes in the Surrey Hills”.
Methinks Australia is doing something right here. Hopefully the high court will throw the case out.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Teens challenge law before High Court
They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Methinks Australia is doing something right here. Hopefully the high court will throw the case out.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good. EVs damage roads due to their excess weight.....currently being subsided by the rest of the population.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric vehicle owners to face pay-per-mile tax
Drivers of electric cars will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good. EVs damage roads due to their excess weight.....currently being subsided by the rest of the population.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elmer!
Volunteers created blankets for elephants during a cold spell in Myanmar, Winga Baw Elephant camp #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Elmer!
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Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Proud to see London is fast becoming a cycling city ⤵️
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
📈 Daily journeys are 12% up from last year to 1,500,000 trips
📈 Up by more than 40% since 2019
This is just the start, we’ll continue working with partners to improve safety and invest in more routes.
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the price of populism
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
the price of populism
Remember Lord Dannatt used to be the head of the British army. Honour, duty and all that BS.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How Lord Dannatt used his peerage to open doors for business interests
Former head of British army is suspended from the House of Lords after being filmed breaking rules
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Remember Lord Dannatt used to be the head of the British army. Honour, duty and all that BS.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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£600m raid on foreign students, or £600m raid on British universities?
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
£600m raid on foreign students, or £600m raid on British universities?
Surely losing a few management consultants is something that should be welcomed?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, research finds
Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charity
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Surely losing a few management consultants is something that should be welcomed?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
These prices are crazy.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
These prices are crazy.
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This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
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"My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine."
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine."
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
Sounds like TNT as a channel are in trouble. Hopefully it can't get worse for UK cycling fans, only better? #GCN comeback?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Paramount to show most Champions League games in UK from 2027-31
The American media and entertainment giant Paramount Skydance has won the rights to broadcast most Champions League matches in the UK after a Uefa auction
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sounds like TNT as a channel are in trouble. Hopefully it can't get worse for UK cycling fans, only better? #GCN comeback?
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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For as long as I live, I will never forget that the whole world watched Israel starve 2 million innocent people in Gaza, killing children on a daily basis and did nothing to stop it, even worse, punished those trying to end it.
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
July 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
For as long as I live, I will never forget that the whole world watched Israel starve 2 million innocent people in Gaza, killing children on a daily basis and did nothing to stop it, even worse, punished those trying to end it.
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide
My UK passport still has 3 yrs to go, but so full of EU entry/exit stamps its now too full for visas. New passport time.
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
My UK passport still has 3 yrs to go, but so full of EU entry/exit stamps its now too full for visas. New passport time.
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
#Brexshit #BrexitBenefit
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Have you ever encountered something similar while riding?
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Have you ever encountered something similar while riding?
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Labour has started lying about stuff in the way the Conservatives routinely lied. That’s a problem if we’re to have any hope of a healthy discussion about a lot of things and try to stave off, rather than pander to, the worst liars of all, who may form the next government.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Labour has started lying about stuff in the way the Conservatives routinely lied. That’s a problem if we’re to have any hope of a healthy discussion about a lot of things and try to stave off, rather than pander to, the worst liars of all, who may form the next government.
Whatever the question is, Wes Streeting isn't the answer.
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Whatever the question is, Wes Streeting isn't the answer.
If you can't recognise how to use AI to improve your productivity, switch over to the slow lane. I am now 5 to 10x more efficient in my job.
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you can't recognise how to use AI to improve your productivity, switch over to the slow lane. I am now 5 to 10x more efficient in my job.
On the tube to LHR. Reckon 80% of my fellow travellers don't speak English as their mother tongue.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On the tube to LHR. Reckon 80% of my fellow travellers don't speak English as their mother tongue.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.
I think its great. Exactly the city i want to live in.