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sbarlster.bsky.social
Cyclist, bike lover, rider, two wheel explorer and cycle fixer. Sometimes I get to walk a dog. Absorbed in writing software. Studied economics. Vote for communists, get free stuff. Vote for Tories get robbed of societal structures.
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Stephen Fry, "I'm deeply worried about the darkening shadow that's going over the world, the shadow of fascism" Laura Kuenssberg, "You would use that word?" Stephen Fry, "Absolutely. It's a cult of power. And power only speaks to power"

submitted 10 hours ago • 157 comments

‘exposed a darker side to Paris's cycling revolution’ Hmmm, more like a darker side to psychopath drivers… ‘the marks of the vehicle crossing his body’ Fair and balanced from the #BBC 😬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 45 minutes ago • 0 comments

20 minute neighbourhoods need traffic filtering. Since 1993, this filter has been quietly effective - attracting no fuss or claim that residents freedom has been restricted in any way. Rat run: tamed. #StreetsNOTroads

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

It’s Saturday night and I want to head into town, reliably, cheaply and quickly! @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social thanks for the accidental secure city centre bike parking. 👍 #alltheordinarythings

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

This is for @gtconway.bsky.social Five things I did last week. 1. Took too much ketamine 2. Danced onstage with a chainsaw 3. Ignored my new baby momma 4. Laughed at my own jokes. 5. Neglected all of my children except for the one I use as a human shield.

submitted 20 hours ago • 368 comments

Video snippet courtesy of Belfast legend David Holmes on Instagram...

submitted 1 day ago • 183 comments

Another aspect of motonormativity is how car crashes are used in fiction as a deus ex machina way to get rid of characters without explanation. Everyone from the writer to the viewer understands that being killed by a car is just something that happens from time to time, outside anyone's control

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

With so much going on, I missed Truss’s fillers.

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Today in Scotland 😢 Thanks @policescotland.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Threat to pedestrians = drivers Threat to people on bikes = drivers Threat to those using mobility devices = drivers Threat to drivers = drivers We must continue to prioritize drivers.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Great piece about @coachbalto.bsky.social and the bike bus movement, countering “the epidemic of dangerous and toxic car traffic” whilst having fun: “the best thing about the bike bus is that it’s simply a cool thing to do with friends.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Stumbled across this metaphor while walking around Vancouver BC.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Another vulnerable traveller killed by a driver. 😢 @policescotland.bsky.social @fionahyslop.bsky.social we are failing the young and old in our society with their much reduced access to cars. We need to control drivers. We need to process options for travel. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

What absurd bollocks is this? Less than 1% of people pay school fees. Yet, apparently it increases inflation for everyone else. Who writes this absolute drivel? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

This is why #Edinburgh needs a decongestion charge too: 🚌 Bus trip times reduced 🚋 Public transport usage up 💰 Good for business 🚑 Traffic injuries halved In addition it’s been reported that: 🚊 subway crime has dropped 🚶‍♂️ pavements are busier 📦 easier to make deliveries #streetsNOTroads

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Put aside the nastiness of this post, & the way in he attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator but says not a word about his pal Putin, & just focus on the way it is written: would you hire this weird person to work for you? Would you trust this odd person to teach your kid in school?

submitted 4 days ago • 3390 comments

What an absolute joke. #motonormativity www.edp24.co.uk/news/2494849...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 4 days ago • 1925 comments

This on repeat.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social your regular reminder that you have still not implemented an active travel zone linking the 4 HS, numerous PS and two sports centres along Colinton Rd. Literally 1000s of residents who could be active but are currently dissuaded by danger.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Your regular reminder that a staggering 41% of adults aged 40 to 60 in England walk less than 10 minutes continuously a month at a brisk pace. Physical inactivity amongst adults contributes to 1 in 6 deaths in the UK & costs the NHS over £1 billion per year

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

@policescotland.bsky.social @fionahyslop.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social is the plan no plan? Is the plan to wait for this to happen again?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t worry it will happen again. The system is broken. The system encourages road violence. And following this incident nothing has been altered. The driver had been banned 6 times. The speed limit has not been altered. No street redesign. No vehicle controls. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments