@alyall.bsky.social
Slow cyclist, serial enthusiast, aspiring harpy. Mostly in Edinburgh. Work: World Heritage things (for now...) Volunteering: river things
Meet Marco, who tells us how, one public toilet at a time he and the Edinburgh Thriving Green Spaces team are breaking down barriers to spending time outdoors.
His story shows how small changes can make green spaces welcoming for all.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk/meet-the-nat...
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the newly-transformed Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht, which is lined with commercial shopfronts, dedicated and separated space for walking and cycling, bike parking, and trees and plants.
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the newly-transformed Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht, which is lined with commercial shopfronts, dedicated and separated space for walking and cycling, bike parking, and trees and plants.
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the newly-transformed Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht, which is lined with commercial shopfronts, dedicated and separated space for walking and cycling, bike parking, and trees and plants.
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along the newly-transformed Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht, which is lined with commercial shopfronts, dedicated and separated space for walking and cycling, bike parking, and trees and plants.
Utrecht’s municipal plan—developed over several years with input from stakeholders, business owners, disability and cycling advocates—set out a broad set of goals: elevate spatial quality, enhance safety, slow traffic to 30 km/h, add greenery, support climate resilience and boost commercial success.
02.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.
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People on bicycles riding down The Mound on a sweeping road
People on bicycles riding around Charlotte Square
People on bicycles riding through a roundabout on George Street
A flag reading "Saving lives is NOT controversial"
Some photos from today's #edcriticalmass ride through Edinburgh. An astonishing turnout for a dreich day.
#cycling #Edinburgh
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
Sunset at Crinan Ferry, Argyll.
Pic: IG/eilidh__cameron
Whatever works is good!
Not "advice" but when I stopped smoking way back in 2004 I was hitting 30-40 a day (more on a night out) & I spent 4 months sucking on wee hard candy lollipops instead so I had something to do with my hands/mouth. (I stayed stopped & haven't even missed it since early 2005)
We are looking for a new Head of Operations and Business Support.
Closing date: Friday 20 February 2026
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I need a physical copy of each of these!
30.01.2026 16:57 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I also don't understand how this is fundamentally any different from saying "people who dont have kids shouldn't have to pay taxes for schools"!
(never mind how useful a category "people who don't go to university" is given it's not a fixed characteristic...)
“You can’t own the land / the land owns you” - Dougie MacLean
No one owns our Arctic land, say Greenland's Inuit - www.reuters.com/investigates...
“Time and again, we see what happens when devices go to market without proper consideration of how they might be used to harm women and girls.”
30.01.2026 08:00 — 👍 136 🔁 76 💬 2 📌 5my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
29.01.2026 17:10 — 👍 2038 🔁 407 💬 31 📌 19
Imagine being a 400th generation rat, thinking you are the apex predator, and then along comes fuzzy Godzilla.
sfstandard.com/2026/01/27/c...
Listen to the latest episode of The Monumental Project podcast, "Commemorating Sites of Conscience with Ereshnee Naidu," now anywhere you listen to podcasts.
28.01.2026 18:05 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Season 4 of The Monumental Project podcast is officially underway! Tune into the first episode, "Community Made Monuments" with the (Un)Set in Stone project at worldheritageusa.org/monumentstoo....
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A new Monuments Toolkit blog post, "Unofficial Monuments Honoring Victims of ICE Agent Violence: Names That Must Be Spoken," is out now. Read at worldheritageusa.org/unofficial-m...
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A drone-view of the Stroget in Copenhagen. There is a bronze fountain in the foreground, opening out to a wide plaza, filled with pedestrians and shoppers
One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianisation pilot project in 1962
What could we do to fix ours?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
The redoubtable @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social recently led the Bristol Declaration on the health impacts of car-centric planning. I was very pleased to be asked to contribute to this. You can read the declaration and its policy suggestions here: www.fph.org.uk/media/tr2bnu...
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“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills
28.01.2026 08:13 — 👍 349 🔁 139 💬 4 📌 13Climate change is already reshaping the Hudson River. 🌊
Riverkeeper’s new interactive map visualizes sea level rise, heavier rain, and rising temperatures from NYC to the Adirondacks, giving you the information you need to plan for what’s ahead.
👉Learn more at data.riverkeeper.org/climate
UK: Charities don't need to abandon trans-inclusive policies despite calls to do so, the Charity Commission has confirmed.
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
“The frictionless relationship that you have with the bot is fundamentally changing something in what we can tolerate in terms of experimentation, experience with the unknown, tolerance of uncertainty, conflict management — stuff that is part of relationships.”
Life should not be optimized!
Trump officials have ordered national parks to remove dozens of signs and displays related to climate change, environmental protection and settlers’ mistreatment of Native Americans.
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A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
After the amazing turnout for in-person voting on Saturday, please remember that you can also vote on-line as of today - even if you've already voted in-person! So what are you waiting for!? Follow the link and help make our Coalie Park dreams come true:
www.edinburgh.gov.uk/voteleithchooses
THANKS!
Well, this is delightful!
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Cover - "A Civic Survey and Plan for Edinburgh"
Inside page showing colourful map of Edinburgh - "A Civic Survey and Plan for Edinburgh"
If anyone wants a copy of "A Civic Survey and Plan for Edinburgh", better known as "The Abercrombie Report", there's one up for auction at Franklin Browns. Just promise not to cut it up to frame and sell the maps please, there's only so many of these in existence www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...
27.01.2026 12:27 — 👍 25 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 2Not only the poor visibility - the high bonnet height is more likely to strike the head or torso of a pedestrian, especially a child, which makes them lethal
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