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With strips like "Charlie's Charlie" there is no better comic than Viz 🤣

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And Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed and Max von Sydow!

Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub offering is “The Design Of Childhood” by @langealexandra.bsky.social. A GREAT book by an author who WON THE PULITZER PRIZE for a series of articles on the same broad subject in @opinion.bloomberg.com Citylab! Alexandra interviewed me for the book on Vancouver’s work. 6/

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The new cycling ramp on to the Sydney Harbour Bridge is tantalisingly close to being completed - and beautiful. Such a light structure, which touches the ground lightly too. All those “what about the park and heritage” arguments that naysayers put forward would appear to have been unfounded… 🤷‍♂️

I will always be proud of the small role I played in helping to get the first two Cycle Superhighways built, and take such joy in seeing London cycling go from strength to strength ❤️ bsky.app/profile/moda...

The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.

Doesn't say anything for the political instincts of Number 10 that they were surprised by a positive response to a positive EU agenda.

Doesn't say much for their diplomatic instincts that this came 12 months too late to make a difference to negotiations. www.politico.eu/article/brex...

Ha! Sounds like National Lampoon's Vacation!

The trumpet: a machine where you put in compressed air and divorce comes out.

Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.

"100% Pure New Zealand"

"Clean Green New Zealand"

Yeah, right! www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

I like it too.

overheard a dad at the bookstore showing his little girl a copy of Redwall and saying “it’s like Lord of the Rings but with small animals!”

I reread Mossflower recently after a 20+ year hiatus. It's still good.

Corgi's gonna corgi.

Confiscation of phone and ejection from bus/train should be a condition of carriage for anyone using a speaker.

The advent of WiFi on planes makes this problem even worse.

Anyone who watches videos or listens to music out loud on public transport should receive an automatic fine. Get some earphones or learn to live without an Instagram reel for 10 minutes, twats.

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

There is a good account of this in 'How Big Things Get Done' by Bent Flyjvberg.

One contributing factor is the scale-free scalability of wind turbines. You can churn them out in a factory day and night. Much easier than waiting decades for one big power station to open. Modularity breeds success.

I wonder where Goscinny and Uderzo went to gain their inspiration? It's as if the Vogons made an appearance in human form.

Oh boy. Combine unreliable platform info with train companies that lock the train doors whole minutes before departure and you're truly up the creek.

On the basis of this news story, if I ever move back to the UK I will be sure to avoid Fife.

Glasgow's a nice city...and seems to be able to build cycle infrastructure with less aggro.

In this crazy world, @vizcomic.bsky.social is often the best source of truth.

"Woke transport" is surely the one that requires a licence, insurance and regulation?

REAL freedom fighters ride a bicycle.

Four questions for people who say their driving is essential:

1. why is it essential to drive THAT car?
2. do you drive it as little as possible?
3. why is it essential to drive it that fast?
4. why do you need priority over people who aren't driving?

Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

What could the future look like? When it comes to our energy system, we could do the bare minimum and pay the price, or we could think ahead and reap the rewards. Here's what both of those options could look like in 2030.

Which future would you choose?
#nzpol

A tree on the other side of the road.

It's the principle that irritates me more. This is the central Auckland BNZ branch. There used to be a sign next to the bike racks saying "Customer Parking".

Now the implicit message from BNZ is that bike riders are not customers.

Rude!

"CREW EXPENDABLE"

Chilling.