Alex Nurse
@alexnurse.bsky.social
Reader in Urban Planning at the University of Liverpool. Researching: Cycling, Urban Governance, Cities and City-Regions.
Likes are usually bookmarks (or it might mean I like it!)
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DMs not open. I'll reply to an email if you need me.
We've got a new piece of equipment appear in the gym.
There are no instructions though, so I'm not sure what I should be doing...
There are no instructions though, so I'm not sure what I should be doing...
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We've got a new piece of equipment appear in the gym.
There are no instructions though, so I'm not sure what I should be doing...
There are no instructions though, so I'm not sure what I should be doing...
It's time to add a new face to my revision quiz picture round.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's time to add a new face to my revision quiz picture round.
A little bit louder for those in the back...
Bicycles. Are. Transport.
Bicycles. Are. Transport.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A little bit louder for those in the back...
Bicycles. Are. Transport.
Bicycles. Are. Transport.
I've been growing veg for 10 years. I've tried all kinds of methods and these are, genuinely, the best carrots I've ever managed.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've been growing veg for 10 years. I've tried all kinds of methods and these are, genuinely, the best carrots I've ever managed.
I now own three of these. The impending 2026 hosepipe ban will not affect me one jot (and if they run out then, lads, we really will have stacked it).
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I now own three of these. The impending 2026 hosepipe ban will not affect me one jot (and if they run out then, lads, we really will have stacked it).
Today's bike playlist is 90s summer blockbuster bangers. I'm absolutely showing my age now, but they don't make 'em like they used to.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today's bike playlist is 90s summer blockbuster bangers. I'm absolutely showing my age now, but they don't make 'em like they used to.
When you get so much predatory journal spam that you miss that legitimate review request...
One of these is not like the others.
One of these is not like the others.
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When you get so much predatory journal spam that you miss that legitimate review request...
One of these is not like the others.
One of these is not like the others.
I've been down here twice in the past four days. On both occasions there was a car crash so bad it required the police to attend.
I lived near there a decade ago and it was an accident blackspot then. Literally nothing has changed in that decade, or more.
I lived near there a decade ago and it was an accident blackspot then. Literally nothing has changed in that decade, or more.
November 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've been down here twice in the past four days. On both occasions there was a car crash so bad it required the police to attend.
I lived near there a decade ago and it was an accident blackspot then. Literally nothing has changed in that decade, or more.
I lived near there a decade ago and it was an accident blackspot then. Literally nothing has changed in that decade, or more.
Which will finish first? My ride, or the clapped out iPad battery that goes down even when it's on charge...
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Which will finish first? My ride, or the clapped out iPad battery that goes down even when it's on charge...
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
15th November and we're done. I threw maybe 10 or so out, but I ate precisely zero green tomatoes.
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
15th November and we're done. I threw maybe 10 or so out, but I ate precisely zero green tomatoes.
You can actually see the stress spike just before submission as I realised I'd forgotten to cost something...
...and then the HR crash afterwards back to the lowest HR ive seen all week...
...and then the HR crash afterwards back to the lowest HR ive seen all week...
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You can actually see the stress spike just before submission as I realised I'd forgotten to cost something...
...and then the HR crash afterwards back to the lowest HR ive seen all week...
...and then the HR crash afterwards back to the lowest HR ive seen all week...
Good morning.
Am I excited about my impending research leave you ask?
Am I excited about my impending research leave you ask?
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good morning.
Am I excited about my impending research leave you ask?
Am I excited about my impending research leave you ask?
Last night I thought I was fairly on top of my workload (especially for the busiest time of the year) and my stress levels were actually fairly good...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Last night I thought I was fairly on top of my workload (especially for the busiest time of the year) and my stress levels were actually fairly good...
Someone on reddit summed up the current state of affairs in the UK pretty well if you ask me (which you didn't, but you are here)
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Someone on reddit summed up the current state of affairs in the UK pretty well if you ask me (which you didn't, but you are here)
Here's one of the signatories to Liverpool's climate emergency.
As a hint to whats going on here, he's not cebrating that the cycle lane is being put IN...
As a hint to whats going on here, he's not cebrating that the cycle lane is being put IN...
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Here's one of the signatories to Liverpool's climate emergency.
As a hint to whats going on here, he's not cebrating that the cycle lane is being put IN...
As a hint to whats going on here, he's not cebrating that the cycle lane is being put IN...
I've had such a crap commute this morning, that I've written to my MP and Councillor.
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I've had such a crap commute this morning, that I've written to my MP and Councillor.
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
I'm just a bloke trying to get to work, and I want to go home to my kids at the end of the day.
Our road culture is fundamentally broken.
cc @liamthorp.bsky.social
Phase 1 (35 out of a total of 150 2,000 word reports) are done.
So its time for a little treat.
So its time for a little treat.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Phase 1 (35 out of a total of 150 2,000 word reports) are done.
So its time for a little treat.
So its time for a little treat.
After however many years I've realised that the reason these ticket machines are so slow and unresponsive is because im too tall, and despite looking normal from my perspective I'm jabbing the buttons too high...
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
After however many years I've realised that the reason these ticket machines are so slow and unresponsive is because im too tall, and despite looking normal from my perspective I'm jabbing the buttons too high...
My first chance to really play with the new IMD 2025 (I made a quick map of Liverpool last night).
The bottom 10 most-deprived areas is eye-opening. 7 of the bottom 10 are in Blackpool...
The bottom 10 most-deprived areas is eye-opening. 7 of the bottom 10 are in Blackpool...
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My first chance to really play with the new IMD 2025 (I made a quick map of Liverpool last night).
The bottom 10 most-deprived areas is eye-opening. 7 of the bottom 10 are in Blackpool...
The bottom 10 most-deprived areas is eye-opening. 7 of the bottom 10 are in Blackpool...
You'll have to excuse me, I'm a...
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You'll have to excuse me, I'm a...
I might feel like death warmed up. I might have 4 hours of lectures in the next 5 hours. But the river with a stonking tailwind is always nice.
I'll take that commute over a drive or even the bus any day of the week.
I'll take that commute over a drive or even the bus any day of the week.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I might feel like death warmed up. I might have 4 hours of lectures in the next 5 hours. But the river with a stonking tailwind is always nice.
I'll take that commute over a drive or even the bus any day of the week.
I'll take that commute over a drive or even the bus any day of the week.
I wrote two sets of quarter pages in this and I realise making students do a 2hr exam is a physical task as much as a mental one...
*I do legit think exams are an important pedagogical tool and I will die on that hill.
*I do legit think exams are an important pedagogical tool and I will die on that hill.
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wrote two sets of quarter pages in this and I realise making students do a 2hr exam is a physical task as much as a mental one...
*I do legit think exams are an important pedagogical tool and I will die on that hill.
*I do legit think exams are an important pedagogical tool and I will die on that hill.
In Wolverhampton to watch form Maiden vocalist play the X factor in its entirety.
It's a deep deep cut. But what a lovely fellow he is.
It's a deep deep cut. But what a lovely fellow he is.
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In Wolverhampton to watch form Maiden vocalist play the X factor in its entirety.
It's a deep deep cut. But what a lovely fellow he is.
It's a deep deep cut. But what a lovely fellow he is.