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A brilliant article on how promoting road schemes (dualling, extensions, bypasses) appear as logical technical solutions but sustainable transport schemes are framed as political choices. open.substack.com/pub/omerbor/...

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Great news

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There really hasn’t been as much coverage of Musk’s state capture as there should have been across the British media in last 24 hours. Not so on News Agents. Here’s today’s episode with 20 mins on the subject. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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🚨New episode! Ned, Laura and Adam meet to talk about delivery riders in the gig economy. Laura finds a happy rider, and we interview author and academic Callum Cant about the reality for riders, and the creep of AI in our lives Delivery Riders: who wins? shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...

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Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

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I have deactivated all 4 of my twitter accounts. I felt a bit sad doing it as I was reminded of all the information I gained and shared of my years on the app. But I kept being brought back to today that Twitter is long gone.

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“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

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I’ve not used it for about a year now, but today seems a good day to go on line and delete all 4 of my accounts from an app that was called Twitter when I signed up

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Way back when I was a journalist, the EU looked at regulation of the vitamin supplements industry. A huge and well funded PR and lobbying campaign sprang up. Later, in the Brexit years, I recognised many of the techniques, including astroturfing, and realised what had been happening before...

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I love @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social message to He who cannot be named(or trusted as my phone suggests) “Just crack on with this getting to Mars”. Wouldn’t it be great if all his followers headed off there.

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Surgeons showed significantly greater manual dexterity compared with physicians, nurses, and non-clinical staff when assessed using a buzz wire game. But had the highest rates of swearing www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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More evidence that active commuting is healthier than driving. I find it really patronising when drivers ask me if I’m scared when I cycle home from work. Please remember that it is you who is at higher risk of death & hospitalisation

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17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of: • early death • hospitalisation for any reason • cardiovascular disease • cancer mortality • treatment for mental health problems. Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are really annoying.

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We're sleepwalking towards total climate collapse– it's why I'm petitioning the UK Govt to BAN fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships , following the lead of cities and countries around the world petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Homicide is one of the leading causes of death among pregnant women and new mothers in the US, and has been for years. Grateful for this story on this critical but underreported public health crisis. #ReproSky #MaternalHealth #IPV www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Great to see the ELF2 study finally making it to print. www.bjanaesthesia.org.uk/article/S000...

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New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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This is my approach to the “Black Friday sales”

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STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE

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How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored. The talks are MEANT to fail.

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Thanks @londoncycling.bsky.social for all your work trying to improve roads for people

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Timely report into current planning & coordination of end of life care: National Confidedential Enq into Pt Outcomes & Death shows gaps in services, breaching 2019 NICE guidance for commissioning & providing adequate, timely planning & delivery of #EoL care & access to palliative care teams. 🧵 1/

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If you are showing an interest in the upcoming assisted dying bill - you must also read this #NCEPOD report into End of Life Care published this week…. ncepod.org.uk/2024eolc/Ful...

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The most important report I’ve read this week. #EndOfLifeCare www.ncepod.org.uk/2024eolc/Sum...

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Stats from Brussels, which in 2022 closed the city center to through automobile traffic. In the area: > 20% fewer cars > 37% more bikes > 21% fewer crashes > 69% fewer crash fatalities > 35% less toxic NO2 from diesel > 10% rise in credit-card billings www.politico.eu/article/brus...

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This is funny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

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If you've fantasized about blowing up your local expressway blocking access to the waterfront, here's what it looks like (Rio de Janeiro)

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Reminder: Repeated fuel-duty freezes since 2011 have cost the govt at least £80bn and raised UK CO2 emissions by as much as 7% www.carbonbrief.org/...

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A petition to the UK Parliament to run a public information campaign about the climate. The rules are: 10,000 signatures = a govt response, 100,000 = poss debate in Parl. Over 200 deaths in Valencia, floods throwing lorries into houses. Tell people why. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Great to join the @bmj.com Medicine & Science pod talking about climate fiction and health w/ Howie Frumkin, Sarah Grossman, & @kamranabbasi.bsky.social #medhum #clifi #climatechange thebmjpodcast.podbean.com/e/climate-le...

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New paper in @bmj.com today: We show how public provision of adult social care has nearly ended over the last 20 years. We argue it has done so a) worsening the quality of care b) reducing accessibility of services and c) increasing inequalities. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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The World Health Organization notes 300 essential drugs are now in shortage. What's behind the problems and what are countries doing about it? www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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