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@davidcox65.bsky.social

Emeritus Prof ex Chair South B’ham PCT and Cycling UK. Chair Push Bikes. Dirty air damages heart and lungs ❤️ NHS saved my life twice. #WalkCyclePlay you know you want to

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NEW: Trump says UK PM Starmer, “should be giving us, without question or hesitation, things like bases”. (New York Post)

Astonishing that the US president thinks he can issue commands to the leaders of foreign nations, including allies.

Countries need to keep telling him “no”. Sovereignty matters.

05.03.2026 16:21 — 👍 240    🔁 62    💬 30    📌 7

Seems like traditional MoD procurement is going to need some rethinks compare this to those awful armoured cars etc

05.03.2026 16:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If there was one thing that should be banned in (not-so) emerging tech, it's wearables like glasses that record everything. What benefits could possibly outweigh the risks of this in the wild?

05.03.2026 16:05 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
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05.03.2026 03:54 — 👍 2793    🔁 1363    💬 124    📌 49

Forgot ALT picture of Shipping Container with wood cladding being adapted as a kiosk in car park. With builder in Print to Go T-Shirt

05.03.2026 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Modern architecture lightly used shipping container and some wood cladding. Print to Go #Stirchley #Birmingham Spud Man coming soon just in time for our #CycleJumble #VentureBikes @beaconrcc.bsky.social #BeaconAcademy #WalkCyclePlay

05.03.2026 16:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

04.03.2026 14:09 — 👍 4394    🔁 1361    💬 103    📌 148
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UK to end study visas for Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Sudan students The ban on students from the four countries comes amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the UK.

The ban on students from the four countries comes amid a rise in anti-immigration sentiment in the UK.

04.03.2026 02:00 — 👍 68    🔁 33    💬 8    📌 8
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The Future of Railways in Birmingham with Gareth Dennis Podcast Episode · Better Streets for Birmingham · 2 March · 32m

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Excellent authoritative assessment and explanation of what’s good, what’s bad and what needs to be done about Birmingham and Midlands railways thx @betterstreetsforbirmimgham.org and Gareth Dennis

04.03.2026 15:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yep more than a bit appalled. This is disgraceful from #Labour

04.03.2026 08:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"No place appears safe in Iran.. joint US and Israel strikes are hitting densely populated areas, leaving widespread destruction & mass casualties.. in Tehran two hospitals were evacuated.."

Mohamed Vall reporting from Tehran

04.03.2026 08:38 — 👍 35    🔁 32    💬 4    📌 2
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To anyone who thinks Trump can bring peace and equality to Iran – I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Going cheap | Marina Hyde If POTUS can really bomb peace, stability and women’s rights into the Middle East, I’ll take my hat off to him. Judging by his role in Gaza, I won’t hold my breath, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 08:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, 257 trips were made past Cartland Road on @Route5Brum. 141 headed towards Cannon Hill Park, 116 headed towards Stirchley.

04.03.2026 06:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, 279 trips were made past the ring road on the @A34Cycleway. 146 headed into the city 133 headed towards Newtown.

04.03.2026 06:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, more than 27 trips were made on the @A45Cycleway. 17 headed into the city, 10 headed towards Small Heath.

04.03.2026 06:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, 1045 trips were made via Hill Street in Birmingham City Centre. 583 headed towards Victoria Square, 462 headed towards Southside.

04.03.2026 06:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, 232 trips were made via Pershore Street in Birmingham City Centre. 67 headed towards New Street Station, 165 headed towards Southside and Highgate.

04.03.2026 06:02 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

A graph showing the hourly counts. The usual trend is a peak in early morning and then a second peak in the afternoon.

Yesterday, 285 trips were made via Edgbaston Road on @MoseleyCycleway. 147 headed into the city, 138 headed towards Moseley.

04.03.2026 06:02 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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"will you say.. that you think what America is doing is illegal"

"Thats a Q for the Americans"

"I'm asking for your judgement"

"My judgement only relates to what Britain does"

So its up to Russia to say whether invading Ukraine was legal & you don't have an opinion, right?

03.03.2026 08:13 — 👍 57    🔁 25    💬 12    📌 3
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Whatever else this is from Paul Ovenden, demanding Labour MPs back Mahmood’s immigration crackdown, it is the most over-written, pretentious thing I’ve seen for some time.

03.03.2026 07:57 — 👍 445    🔁 83    💬 48    📌 76

No words for this one

03.03.2026 06:16 — 👍 102    🔁 42    💬 1    📌 1

And this ⬇️

21st century version of the Crusades then. They didn't end well either

Hegseth will do anything it seems to insult the intelligence of the Armed forces

Add this to the Ivy League stuff last week and you might think he wants a brain dead corps of robots

bsky.app/profile/jona...

03.03.2026 06:14 — 👍 55    🔁 29    💬 5    📌 2
There's a sexual predator in the White House.
The Epstein files.

There's a sexual predator in the White House. The Epstein files.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.
DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine.

12.02.2026 06:25 — 👍 1210    🔁 563    💬 82    📌 0
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His rich daddy bought him out of the Vietnam War draft 5 times. In fact, no Trump has ever served our country in the 180 years the Trump family has been in the U.S. (Can ANY other family in the U.S.make that claim? I don’t know of one.) It’s long past time for THIS GENERATION of Trumps to step up.

02.03.2026 18:18 — 👍 403    🔁 117    💬 49    📌 15

Why things need to change in the conversation about urban change. Dramatically. #UrbanTruth

02.03.2026 22:46 — 👍 27    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0

Tory and Labour working together to remove bike lane rather than make it safer. Hopeless and illiterate. @ategov.bsky.social So everyone on a bike is a drug dealer or shop lifter?
Haven’t they learnt anything about criminal use of cars?? #Middlesborough

02.03.2026 17:16 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
How Your Parents Ruined Driving
YouTube video by Climate Town How Your Parents Ruined Driving

With the heightened awareness over #roadsafety in #yyc, this is a video worth watching. The NA Auto Industry has been force feeding us vehicles, by their very design, that are almost guaranteed to kill any living being they hit, at any speed, all in the name of profit.

youtu.be/JPm4de6-eTg?...

02.03.2026 16:14 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

It's genuinely insane that many of the newspaper columnists who cheered us into the war in Iraq are still employed at big legacy outlets cheering us into a new war with Iran.

02.03.2026 15:24 — 👍 4675    🔁 799    💬 65    📌 44

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

02.03.2026 15:52 — 👍 10127    🔁 2166    💬 445    📌 158
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 — 👍 13266    🔁 4226    💬 130    📌 166